Two days after wilting from the heat and Napa High’s strong lineup, the Justin-Siena girls tennis team made an about-face with an 8-1 rout of host Vintage.

Freshman Presley Bohanan wasn’t wielding a smoking putter on Thursday like she had for the Napa High girls golf team two days before, and neither was junior Maria O’Byrne, the Indians’ No. 1 player.

Napa Valley, with a sub-8,000 enrollment, was the third opponent for 12,000-enrollment Treasure Valley of Ontario, Ore., during the Chukars’ week-long tour of NorCal two-year colleges on Wednesday.

Eduardo Gutierrez had two goals and Alberto Aguayo and Jaime Moreno each had one as the Braves improved to 3-0 with Wednesday’s road win at Travis Air Force Base. Eric Gutierrez contributed two assists and Jason Dougherty added one assist.

For the Crushers in the defeat, Corinne Schafle had seven goals and four steals; Lexi Baldwin had a goal and a steal; Olivia Husted had one assist and four steals; Laurel Davis took two shots, Chelsea Murdock added a shot, and Katherine Pella had one steal; and Madeline Murdock had six saves and one steal in goal.

Kelsey Scanlon had 11 kills and two aces and setter Lauren Yannucci tallied 26 assists and three aces as the Braves improved to 2-0 with Wednesday night’s 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 nonleague road win in Santa Rosa.

Gabby Salva, Katherine Lee and Skylar Hall each had five kills as the Braves came back to beat the Bears for their first win Wednesday on the road, 23-25, 25-23, 15-10. Setter Megan Castelucci racked up 17 assists.

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Vintage cruised past the 2007 Sac-Joaquin Section runner-up at the Crusher Swim Center.

Vintage High School didn’t waste any time getting the ball into the end zone Friday night.

• Editor’s Note: Napa native and professional cyclist Lucas Euser, who is living and training in Girona, Spain, writes a column for the Register every other Saturday.

Justin-Siena went to 3-0 in the early season, defeating visiting University-San Francisco, 25-22, 28-26, 19-25, 25-8, Friday.

Calistoga High’s football team looked pretty good on the opening drive of Friday’s game at Rio Vista, but it was all Rams after that.

Class A (7-24 handicap)

Justin-Siena played well in twin losses at the rugged Sierra Tournament at Rocklin High School on Friday.

The visiting Indians came from behind to defeat Concord 7-5 on Wednesday.

Nicole Kampton led the team with five goals and two assists. Stephanie Hernandez had three goals and five steals. Megan Jessell had three goals and one assist. Karlie Mast stole the ball four times and scored two goals.

The Braves got wins from their top three players, but had two close singles losses and another narrow loss in doubles in Friday’s MCAL-opening loss at Napa Valley College. The matches were played as eight-game pro sets to speed up play because of the 105-degree temperatures on the court surface.

In what Storm coach Kelly Van Winden believed to be Napa Valley’s first-ever volleyball win over Delta of Stockton, Vintage High product Emily Pahk racked up 35 assists and 10 defensive saves in a 25-22, 25-21, 15-25, 25-20 home victory on Friday.

The Indians cruised to a decisive victory as goalie Trace Denna posted seven saves.

The Napa High boys varsity water polo team dominated Concord in preseason play, winning 20-7.

A trio of former Vintage High standouts led the Storm to its first win of the season Friday.

What drew cheers from the large crowd at Memorial Stadium on Friday night may elicit as many groans from the Napa High football team’s coaches when they look at film today.

Marlee Davis had 14 kills, Miranda Sanderson had 16 digs and Taylor Fultz had six service aces Thursday in Vintage’s 25-23, 21-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-9 nonleague loss to Rodriguez-Cordelia.

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Justin-Siena High’s football team inaugurated revamped and newly-named Dodd Stadium in style on Friday night.

In the early morning darkness, a warm, dry breeze blew across the open fields and vineyards of Carneros.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a

Growing up, Calistoga native Dick Vermeil learned what to value in life from his father.

Lake Berryessa