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NOTES AND QUOTES for a Thursday in the Napa Valley:
Jimmy Cacho has had a very good summer for the La Rinconada Country Club team in the Bay Cities League of Junior Golfers.
Jimmy Cacho has had a very good summer for the La Rinconada Country Club team in the Bay Cities League of Junior Golfers.
Cacho, a Justin-Siena High School graduate who plays golf for Santa Clara University, shot a 6-under-par 64 in a match against host Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club, giving La Rinconada of Los Gatos the overall championship.
Bay Cities League is a premier junior golf league that consists of 31 private and semi-private golf clubs in the Bay Area. It ranges in location from Olympic Club to the west, Santa Rosa to the north, El Macero to the east, and Coyote Creek to the south. Players range in age from 7 through 21. Some go on to college level golf, and some have become stars on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and other tours.
Bay Cities League is a premier junior golf league that consists of 31 private and semi-private golf clubs in the Bay Area. It ranges in location from Olympic Club to the west, Santa Rosa to the north, El Macero to the east, and Coyote Creek to the south. Players range in age from 7 through 21. Some go on to college level golf, and some have become stars on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and other tours.
Bay Cities League was formed in 1967. It is a California non-profit corporation.
Cacho, who had several low scores all summer, will be joined on the Santa Clara golf team in the fall by his brother, Danny, who graduated in June from Justin-Siena.
Cacho, who had several low scores all summer, will be joined on the Santa Clara golf team in the fall by his brother, Danny, who graduated in June from Justin-Siena.
At the senior awards ceremony at Justin-Siena in June, Danny Cacho was presented with the Dennis Rathjen Memorial/Vintner’s Golf Club scholarship for academics, community service, leadership and golf. He will play for Santa Clara on a scholarship.
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In her first year as the head coach of the Vintage JV volleyball team is Heather O’Neill, a 2006 VHS graduate who also played two years at Napa Valley College.
As a senior, she earned First-Team All-Napa County and Second-Team All-Monticello Empire League honors. She was also the Crushers’ MVP and co-captain. As a junior, she was selected Honorable Mention All-County.
O’Neill was selected First-Team All-Bay Valley Conference at NVC.
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Janelle Travis, a 5-foot-6 Justin-Siena junior who transferred from Campolindo-Moraga, is listed among the 170 players named to the “Girls of summer: girls basketball final rankings,” a list of the top high school players assembled by Cal-Hi Sports correspondent Harold Abend. There were 1,000 players that were evaluated.
The evaluation areas consisted of speed and quickness with or without the ball; passing abilities; converting makeable shots and lay-ups consistently; ability to pull up and hit the shot, including the trey; range of shooting; free-throw shooting; defensive intensity, including body positioning and footwork; stamina and endurance; teamwork; left and right hand abilities to shoot and dribble; blocking out and rebounding; winning attitude, plus more.
Others named to the list were Lauren Polansky of Branson-Ross, Ashley Moore and Rechel Carter of St. Patrick-St. Vincent of Vallejo, and Nicole Anderson-Jew, Leigh Stewart and Melissa Wise of Marin Catholic-Kentfield.
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In addition to playing volleyball as an outside hitter for Dominican University of California, Gabby Pecora is also the assistant varsity coach at Redwood-Larkspur.
Dominican named Pecora, a Justin-Siena graduate, as its most valuable player and the school’s female athlete of the year during an awards banquet last year.
Pecora led Dominican — a small, private NAIA-Division II school in San Rafael — in kills (323) and digs (295) as the Penguins tied for the California Pacific Conference title with Holy Names University. For her all-around play, she was named as the CalPac Player of the Year and First-Team All-Conference.
Pecora averaged 3.67 kills and 3.35 digs per game while hitting .249 as the Penguins went 14-9 overall.
The CalPac is one of the largest Division II leagues in the NAIA.
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After two years at Santa Rosa Junior College, Tim Matson is transferring to Avila University of Kansas City, Mo., and will play baseball for the Eagles on a scholarship.
Matson started in left field for Santa Rosa, a Big 8 Conference member. He is a Vintage graduate and played football and baseball for the Crushers.
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Vintage graduate Ian Hetrick is listed third at quarterback on the University of Wyoming’s depth chart.
He was a standout at Santa Rosa Junior College and saw time at quarterback for Wyoming as a junior last year.
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Stacy Reyes and Liza Saunders will be the guests of the KVON Sportsvine Saturday. The hour-long show, hosted by Terry Simpkins, Charles Kennedy and Mark McLeod, airs at 9 a.m. on KVON 1440 AM.
Reyes will be on hand to talk about the Manny Reyes Memorial Golf Tournament, scheduled for Sept. 26 at the Vintner’s Golf Club in Yountville. Proceeds are used for a scholarship fund that has been established in Manny Reyes’ name at Napa High School.
Saunders is the Vintage High swimming coach.
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Junior defensive end John Shackford of Napa should step in as a first-year impact player for the Portland State football team, the Vikings reported on their athletic Web site.
Shackford played football at Vintage and Santa Rosa JC.
Jerry Glanville is the Vikings’ second-year head coach. Portland State comes off a 3-8 season in which the Vikings went 3-5 in the Big Sky Conference.
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The defending Far West Region champion Sonoma State men’s soccer team is the favorite to win the 2008 California Collegiate Athletic Association championship, according to a vote of conference head coaches. The Seawolves were a perfect 14-0-0 last season and have already been ranked No. 6 in the national preseason poll.
E-mail Executive Sports Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.
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In her first year as the head coach of the Vintage JV volleyball team is Heather O’Neill, a 2006 VHS graduate who also played two years at Napa Valley College.
As a senior, she earned First-Team All-Napa County and Second-Team All-Monticello Empire League honors. She was also the Crushers’ MVP and co-captain. As a junior, she was selected Honorable Mention All-County.
O’Neill was selected First-Team All-Bay Valley Conference at NVC.
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Janelle Travis, a 5-foot-6 Justin-Siena junior who transferred from Campolindo-Moraga, is listed among the 170 players named to the “Girls of summer: girls basketball final rankings,” a list of the top high school players assembled by Cal-Hi Sports correspondent Harold Abend. There were 1,000 players that were evaluated.
The evaluation areas consisted of speed and quickness with or without the ball; passing abilities; converting makeable shots and lay-ups consistently; ability to pull up and hit the shot, including the trey; range of shooting; free-throw shooting; defensive intensity, including body positioning and footwork; stamina and endurance; teamwork; left and right hand abilities to shoot and dribble; blocking out and rebounding; winning attitude, plus more.
Others named to the list were Lauren Polansky of Branson-Ross, Ashley Moore and Rechel Carter of St. Patrick-St. Vincent of Vallejo, and Nicole Anderson-Jew, Leigh Stewart and Melissa Wise of Marin Catholic-Kentfield.
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In addition to playing volleyball as an outside hitter for Dominican University of California, Gabby Pecora is also the assistant varsity coach at Redwood-Larkspur.
Dominican named Pecora, a Justin-Siena graduate, as its most valuable player and the school’s female athlete of the year during an awards banquet last year.
Pecora led Dominican — a small, private NAIA-Division II school in San Rafael — in kills (323) and digs (295) as the Penguins tied for the California Pacific Conference title with Holy Names University. For her all-around play, she was named as the CalPac Player of the Year and First-Team All-Conference.
Pecora averaged 3.67 kills and 3.35 digs per game while hitting .249 as the Penguins went 14-9 overall.
The CalPac is one of the largest Division II leagues in the NAIA.
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After two years at Santa Rosa Junior College, Tim Matson is transferring to Avila University of Kansas City, Mo., and will play baseball for the Eagles on a scholarship.
Matson started in left field for Santa Rosa, a Big 8 Conference member. He is a Vintage graduate and played football and baseball for the Crushers.
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Vintage graduate Ian Hetrick is listed third at quarterback on the University of Wyoming’s depth chart.
He was a standout at Santa Rosa Junior College and saw time at quarterback for Wyoming as a junior last year.
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Stacy Reyes and Liza Saunders will be the guests of the KVON Sportsvine Saturday. The hour-long show, hosted by Terry Simpkins, Charles Kennedy and Mark McLeod, airs at 9 a.m. on KVON 1440 AM.
Reyes will be on hand to talk about the Manny Reyes Memorial Golf Tournament, scheduled for Sept. 26 at the Vintner’s Golf Club in Yountville. Proceeds are used for a scholarship fund that has been established in Manny Reyes’ name at Napa High School.
Saunders is the Vintage High swimming coach.
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Junior defensive end John Shackford of Napa should step in as a first-year impact player for the Portland State football team, the Vikings reported on their athletic Web site.
Shackford played football at Vintage and Santa Rosa JC.
Jerry Glanville is the Vikings’ second-year head coach. Portland State comes off a 3-8 season in which the Vikings went 3-5 in the Big Sky Conference.
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The defending Far West Region champion Sonoma State men’s soccer team is the favorite to win the 2008 California Collegiate Athletic Association championship, according to a vote of conference head coaches. The Seawolves were a perfect 14-0-0 last season and have already been ranked No. 6 in the national preseason poll.
E-mail Executive Sports Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.
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