NOTES AND QUOTES for a Thursday in the Napa Valley:

Anthony Malisauskas, a junior at Vintage High School, won the Northern California championship with the Vacaville Jets’ midget 16 “A” ice hockey team at the Oakland Ice Center.

Malisauskas and the Jets defeated the Santa Clara Blackhawks 7-4 on Friday, lost to the Tri-Valley Blue Devils 6-3 on Saturday. On Sunday, they tied the San Jose Junior Sharks 2-2 before beating the Blue Devils in the finals, 3-2.

The Jets now move on to the state finals, which take place at the Logitec Ice Center in San Jose, April 14 and 15.

Vacaville is also the home rink for many other Napa hockey players. In fact, last year 47 Napa youths attended a one-day ice hockey clinic at the Vacaville Skating Center. This was such a success that the rink decided to do free hockey for a month.

Every Saturday, from March 31 until April 21, the Vacaville Skating Center will be offering free instruction in the basics of ice hockey to all youth, ages 5 and over. The Saturday sessions will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. All ice skates, sticks, and helmets will be supplied by the rink free of charge. For further information, call the Vacaville Skating Center at 455-0225 or go to www.vacavilleicesports.com.

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Augie Kersting, a Trinity Prep graduate who is from Napa, had a big weekend for the University of Dallas baseball team during a doubleheader sweep of Robert Morris College at Robin Roberts Field in Springfield, Ill.

Kersting, Dallas’ designated hitter, was 3-for-4 with a double, home run, three RBIs and two runs in a 12-6 win in Game 1. He went 3-for-4 and scored a run in a 14-13 win in Game 2.

Kersting, a senior, is batting .329 with seven doubles and 15 RBIs for Dallas (12-15-1 overall).

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Bill Narlock, a longtime St. Helena Little league coach who received a Lifetime Achievement award from the league on Opening Day, will be the guest of the “KVON Sportsvine” Saturday. The hour-long show airs on KVON 1440 AM starting at 9 a.m. and is hosted by Arty “Party” Reyes, Charles Kennedy and Terry Simpkins.

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Brett Wallace of Arizona State University was named as the Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Week March 27 after going 7-for-12 with three home runs, five RBIs, six runs scored and four walks as the Sun Devils won two out of three from USC. Wallace, a sophomore, is a former Justin-Siena star and plays first base for ASU.

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The fifth annual CIF Sac-Joaquin Section A. Dale Lacky/GMC Scholarship and Model Coach Awards Breakfast is set for April 17 at Elkhorn Country Club in Stockton beginning at 9 a.m. The section will honor 47 student-athletes and six model coaches.

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Silver and Black Productions, the Oakland Raiders’ in-house television production operation, recently taped an upcoming episode of The Raiders Report, in front of a live studio audience. The show will air in Northern California on Comcast SportsNet West Saturday at 10 p.m. The show also airs on The Dish Network and DirecTV at the same time.

This is the first time Silver and Black Productions has taped any of their three weekly shows in front of a live audience.

The taping took place at Raiders headquarters in Alameda, serving as an opportunity for the organization to give something back to the fans. An enthusiastic group of Raider season ticket holders filled the team’s auditorium and was greeted with an opening performance by the Raiderettes.

Throughout the taping, audience members had an opportunity to ask guests and host J.T. “The Brick,” questions. The guests for the show included current Raiders Stuart Schweigert, Kevin Boothe and Isaiah Ekejiuba, as well as Raiders radio voice Greg Papa and Raiders legend George Atkinson.

The Raiders Report, in its second year of production, provides fans with insight and an overview as to what is going on with the team and the organization throughout the year. The Raiders are the only team in the NFL to have a one-hour, year-round show.

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Defending champion Scott Simpson and 2004 winner Craig Stadler are among 40 Champions Tour players who have already committed to participate in the fourth annual Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach over Labor Day weekend. Others who have committed to date include Chip Beck, Peter Jacobsen and Jim Thorpe.

Professionals are teamed with junior golfers who qualify from around the country and amateur contestants at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Del Monte Golf Course Aug. 27-Sept. 2. This unique tournament showcases The First tee, an initiative of the World Golf Foundation, which provides young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop life-enhancing values through golf and character education.

Further information is available on the tournament Web site, www.thefirstteeopen.com, or by calling 1-800-541-9091.

Junior qualifying information is available by contacting The First Tee national headquarters at (904) 940-4300 or www.thefirsttee.org.

E-mail Executive Sports Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.