Napa High School’s Athletic Booster club has organized a charter bus to Friday night’s CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I semifinal football game between Napa and Elk Grove.

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Gabby Pecora hasn’t forgotten the date: Oct. 10, 2006.

It’s hard for a coach to tell if a future opponent will be its toughest.

Due to escalating transportation costs, Vintage High School is dropping Nevada Union-Grass Valley, one of the top football programs in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, from its nonleague schedule next year.

Kevin Dougherty scored 21 points for the Justin-Siena High School boys basketball team Tuesday night in a 55-52 loss to Petaluma in a CIF North Coast Section Foundation Game. The game doesn’t count on a team’s win-loss record.

SACRAMENTO — On a night when his team struggled from beyond the arc, Stephen Jackson made a pair of huge 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to rescue the resurgent Golden State Warriors.

ALAMEDA — Finishing with the worst record in the NFL usually gives a team one benefit: picking first in each round of the next year’s draft.

SAN JOSE — Although the Kings’ month-long rivalry series with the Sharks finally, mercifully ended Wednesday night, Los Angeles coach Marc Crawford wasn’t looking forward to leaving the friendly confines of the Tank.

DENVER — The NFL said Wednesday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit filed by former 49ers receiver Antonio Bryant over drug testing, saying the matter should be resolved under grievance procedures set out in the league’s collective bargaining agreement.

SANTA CLARA — Frank Gore has plenty of reasons to feel battered this season.