The Napa Road Runners 10-under softball team took first place in the Davis/Dixon Tournament last weekend.

OAKLAND — Barry Zito did his best to avoid the party, fearing a flying bottle might accidentally cost him a start on his biggest stage yet: the AL championship series.

DETROIT — In a ballpark normally locked up by October, the Tigers got 72⁄3 shutout innings from 41-year-old Kenny Rogers and outplayed New York in a 6-0 victory, pushing Detroit within one win of shocking the Yankees into an early winter.

Vintage High School’s five golfers powered through to hand Napa its first Monticello Empire League loss Thursday afternoon at Vintner’s Golf Club in Yountville. The Crushers won 257-280.

Travis Berryhill of American Canyon started off well in a Bay Cities Racing Association/USAC midget program last month at Shasta Raceway Park, a 3/8-mile paved oval which is located at the Shasta County Fairgrounds in Anderson.

The Justin-Siena football team’s opponent Friday night looked as hungry as Braves coach Rich Cotruvo had predicted — for the first five minutes, anyway.

LOWER LAKE — The St. Helena High football team had not lost three games in a row in Ian MacMillan’s two-plus seasons as head coach.

Vintage High School may have found the stride it’s been looking for all year.

OAKLAND — The momentum the Napa High football team has could be unstoppable. At least it was Friday night.

GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONUMENT — The forest setting is rugged, but the digs are not. Plump beds, clean linen, cozy tents and an onsite gourmet chef beckon hike-in guests to this luxury camp.

Napa River Here are the words you have been waiting for. “...lots of stripers up and down the river.” It’s wide open for every technique: Toss cut bait from the bank; troll with the new P-Line Predator, Broken-back Rebels; Rattletrap or swim baits; stop and cast Rebels and ‘traps. Most fish will go 6 — 10 pounds to trolling and casting — we’ve had reports of weights up to 20. Bait fishing will deliver 20 to 30 inch stripers — that’s a big fish — take your kids for a real thrill.

A pickup game of basketball or a bike ride to the local swimming pool are fading summer pastimes for California youths, who are increasingly drawn to the computer keyboard and flat-screen entertainment, according to a new survey.