The Minnesota Vikings earlier this week agreed to terms with quarterback Kyle Wright, an undrafted free agent from the University of Miami, who at one time attended Vintage High School.

The Storm kept their playoff hopes alive with Thursday afternoon's ninth-inning comeback win.

The Crushers came out running, throwing and jumping on Wednesday.

The Crushers were led by distance runners Taide Guerra-Martinez and Robin Pisor, who finished first and second, respectively, in the 1600 and 3200, with Pisor winning the 800 also.

All of the scoring was over early in the first half.

Stephanie Herwatt (defender), Marie Eberwein (center-defender) and Olivia Barker (goalkeeper) played well for visiting Justin-Siena Thursday in the final match of the year for the Braves.

The Crushers fell in Monticello Empire League play Thursday.

Vintage's defense, led by Katie Salinas in goal, was able to shut out Armijo.

Aaron Jaramillo started for Napa, going six strong innings and allowing two earned runs on seven hits, three walks and striking out three for Napa (8-15 overall, 5-7 Monticello Empire League), which beat first-place Wood Wednesday.

Chris Bajet, Jacob Elliot, Eric Zoller, Ben Sher, Shane Nicolette and Christian Romero all performed well for Vintage.

The Napa Valley College softball team’s goal is not to repeat last year’s postseason performance.

Vintage lost a very tight match Thursday against Armijo.

In one of their toughest games of the season, the Indians prevailed and clinched sole possession of first place in the Monticello Empire League.

Amanda Grafton and Michelle Ramirez performed well for Vintage.

Napa High's Mackenzey Bard added another accolade to her resume in Thursday's 2-0 win over Vacaville.

Napa city’s Beer League has officially started.

The Napa Valley is a truly wonderful place to enjoy a wide variety of outdoor adventures.

Ever since I have been a professional cyclist I’ve been asked the following question, typically after my feeble attempt at describing the team dynamic of the sport, “If one guy wins the race, how in the world is it a team sport?”

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Friday in the Napa Valley:

Road-course ace Max Papis has been confirmed to compete in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race weekend at Infineon Raceway, June 20-22.

The North American Ferrari Challenge Series returns to Infineon Raceway for the fourth time in five years, with racing action in the F430 Challenge and the Ferrari Historic Challenge divisions.

Mike Frey floats his boat at 110 miles per hour. The 47-year-old Napan drag races his souped-up 1971 Sanger Hydroplane in the National Jet Boat Association and International Hot Boat Association in his copious spare time.

Austin Lelles, 13, is coming all the way from Boulder City, NV to compete in the Napa Valley Vintage Half-Iron Man Triathlon this Saturday.