The Vintage High School boys soccer team returns nine starters from its 2007 Monticello Empire League championship team, which stunned host Jesuit-Carmichael in the quarterfinals of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs.

Pacific Union College Prep’s volleyball team begins a rebuilding season after rolling to the North Coast Section Division V tournament in 2007.

Tim Kaeding gave himself an early birthday present, winning the Saturday night sprint car main event at the Louie Vermeil Classic at Calistoga Speedway.

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Justin-Siena High School will name its new turf and track complex “Dodd Stadium,” in memory of Napans Bill and Pat Dodd, who were longtime supporters of the private parochial school.

During this governor-declared drought year of 2008, many California reservoirs have been drawn down to historically low levels.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Labor Day in the Napa Valley: