Sonoma Dragons rugby season under way

The Sonoma Dragons rugby team, which has started its season in the Sonoma Valley, is still looking for players from the Napa Valley area. Last year the team made it to the playoffs, with the help of Kevin Marciano and James Jones, both graduates of Vintage High School. For more information, contact the team at www.sonomadragons.com, Kevin Brown at 933-8444, or David McFarland at 338-3291./Register

American Legion youth team tryout Sunday

Tryouts for 14-and-under and 13-and-under American Legion-affiliated baseball teams will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Vintage High School varsity baseball field. All interested players must be 13 or 14 years of age as of April 30, 2007. Each team will be comprised of about 14 players from throughout Napa.

The ultimate goal of these players are to hopefully make the Rasmusen Painting American Legion team (19-and-under) after progressing through the junior Legion team (17-and-under).

These teams will play on a transitional field (80-foot bases and 55-foot pitching distance). This will be a traveling tournament team with possible league participation of at least 20 games.

Home games will be at Cleve Borman Field at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville and the season will start in mid-March, extending through early July.

Sponsorships are still available. Steve Skinner will serve as instructor of baseball for these two highly competitive teams.

Players or parents that are interested can contact Kyle Rasmusen at 326-9225 or Billy Smith at 253-3601./Register

Girls fastpitch softball sign-ups Jan. 16-17

The Napa Valley Girls Fastpitch Association will register players for the 2007 season on Jan. 16-17 at the Napa High School cafeteria. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and will continue until 9 p.m. on both those days.

Managers, coaches and executive board members will be on hand to help with registration and answer questions.

Each new player to the league should bring a copy of her birth certificate to verify age. The NVGFA has two divisions — a major division for ages of 13-15 and a senior division for age 15-17. All girls are welcome and guaranteed to play each game.

The registration fee is $75 and $45 per sibling. Questions or information regarding registration or the league may be directed to Wendy Brady at 254-1990 or Mike Washburn at 255-0120.

The Napa Valley Girls Fastpitch Association executive board for 2007 includes president Wendy Brady, vice president Mike Washburn, secretary Caryn Green, treasurer Bryna McCulley, member-at-large Susan O’Byrne and representatives Kristin Grubbs and Teresa Zimny./Register

Napa Junior Girls Softball signups next week

The Napa Junior Girls Softball League will be conducting registration during the month of January. The league is open to all girls in grades 3-7.

Practices will begin in March and games will be played starting in March and continuing through June. The $90 registration fee includes a team shirt, photo package and awards.

Partial scholarships are available. Players signing up for the first time will need to show proof of age.

Registration will be held at the Napa High School cafeteria from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, and will continue from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 20 in front of Office Depot on Soscol Avenue.

Questions can be directed to the league hotline at 259-9022, or visit www.napajuniorgirlssoftballleague.org./Register

Napa Community T-Ball sign-ups coming up

Napa Community T-Ball, a beginning baseball program for boys and girls whose birthdays fall between July 1, 1998 and May 1, 2002, will have sign-ups this month at Hopewell Baptist Church, 3755 Linda Vista Ave.

Sign-ups are Tuesday and Jan. 19, from 6 to 9 p.m., and Jan. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The cost is $40, and $20 for each additional child. The fee includes a T-shirt, hat, pictures and trophies. New players are required to bring a birth certificate and provide emergency and doctor’s phone numbers.

The season runs from April 14 to June 2. Picture day is April 7.

Late registration is Feb. 3, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Hopewell Baptist Church.

The late registration fee is $55.

For more information, call the information hot line at 259-0344./Register

Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken baseball sign-ups continue Saturday

Sign-ups for the 2007 Napa Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken spring baseball season continue Wednesday and Jan. 24 and 31, from 5 to 7 p.m., and will also be held Saturday and Jan. 20 and 27, from  10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day, at Replay Sports. All divisions may sign up: rookies (ages 6, 7 and 8), $80; minors (ages 8, 9 and 10), $110; majors (ages 10, 11 and 12), $110; 13-15 division, $160; and 16-18 division, $200.

The major division of the Cal Ripken League will be using 70-foot bases and a 50-foot pitching distance this year. Opening Day has been scheduled for March 24.

For more information, contact league president Larry Baracco at 363-2923 or lbaracco55@aol.com, or league registrar Don Ramey at 486-2106 or dkramey@sbcglobal.net./Register

St. Helena Little League sign-ups start Jan. 17

St. Helena Little League is currently getting underway with registration for the 2007 season. To register online, visit www.sthll.org.

To register in person, go to the Carnegie Building on Jan. 17-18 from 3 to 6 p.m., as well as Jan. 24-25 from 3 to 6 p.m. This will be for all levels of Little League, including baseball, softball and senior league ages 6-15.

Tryouts for Majors and Minors baseball and softball will be held Feb. 3-4.

Team manager applications will be accepted for all levels at the sign-ups also. Practices will start in February.

March 19 is the first game and March 24 is opening day.

For more information, contact player agent Dianna Varozza at 738-4416.

For more information in Spanish, contact Miguel Macias at 963-3243./Register