Editor’s Note: This is the last of a series of 2008-09 fall sports previews. Today: Napa Valley College, Pacific Union College, St. Helena High School and Calistoga High.

Three sports headline the fall season as Pacific Union College athletes swing into action for 2008.

Playoff appearances in the sport of high school soccer have become routine at Calistoga and St. Helena.

Kevin Swindell celebrated the “crush” of harvest season in this renowned winemaking region in his own way — by stomping and squeezing the life out the rest of the field in Sunday night’s sprint car portion of the Louie Vermeil Classic at Calistoga Speedway.

Adult education fall golf classes start today

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

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley: