Napa County dominated the rankings, as four Napa residents and one from American Canyon took the top five spots in Week No. 5 of the Can You Beat Randy pro football pool at NapaValleyRegister.com

Seven players scored for the Indians in Thursday’s win over Rodriguez, which plays in the MEL in water polo.

Servando Vega scored three goals for 3-0 halftime lead, Fabian Quintana added a fourth goal, and Noriki Ushida had the last two goals for the Indians in Thursday’s MEL road win.

The Crushers swept Armijo 25-9, 25-16, 25-18 on Wednesday night, improving to 7-2 in the MEL.

Napa High coach Bob Bimson said the Indians “imploded” Thursday afternoon as they lost to Wood in the battle for the MEL lead.

Down to one bench player because of red card suspensions or injuries, the Napa High boys soccer team pulled out a 1-0 road victory over Wood on Thursday, improving its second-place Monticello Empire League record to 7-2.

Seth Anderson had four goals and three steals in the Crushers’ road victory on Thursday.

The younger Indians scored just 20 seconds into Thursday’s contest and never looked back.

Vintage won 21-18 and lost 21-13 against Rodriguez, and won 23-22 and lost 21-17 against Wood at a recent tournament.

Vintage boys soccer coach Dennis Sweeney wasn’t overly concerned on Thursday after his team won by a single-goal margin for the sixth time in nine Monticello Empire League games.

Local racers Chris Simas and Nikole D’Adamo recently competed in the NHRA Summit Racing Series Division 7 finals at Top Gun Raceway in Fallon, Nev., held Sept. 26-28.

The 2008 waterfowl season is almost here! Opening day will be next Saturday, Oct. 18 in most of California, including Napa County and the Sacramento Valley area.

It’s been almost a week since I competed in the 2008 World Road Championships in Varese, Italy.

Sara Heinke, age 7, caught this 19-inch brook trout on a recent camping trip to Hat Creek.

OAKLAND — Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski has one of the strongest legs in the NFL and proved it by making a franchise record 56-yard field goal earlier this season.