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

Liz Holman had five goals, two assists and five steals as the Vintage High School girls water polo team beat Benicia in the Cunningham Aquatic Center in Vallejo, 15-1, Thursday.

Erin Komplin scored three goals, stole two balls, drew an ejection and added an assist for the Indians (12-7 overall) in Thursday’s road win.

The Storm played well defensively in Friday’s road loss but couldn’t convert on their scoring opportunities.

The Braves had to work for their three-game sweep on the road Friday, 25-11, 25-7, 30-28.

The Braves took Friday’s match at Napa Valley Country Club.

The Braves won Friday’s match 25-18, 25-13 as Megan Castelucci recorded eight assists.

Allie Channels recorded four kills and two blocks, while the Braves amassed 23 aces as a team in Friday’s victory.

With another big league game and even bigger nonleague contest coming up next week, the Vintage boys soccer team seemed like a team on a mission Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

The Napa city adult men’s basketball fall league registration is under way. Cost is $355 per team. The season runs from Oct. 13 to Nov. 26.

Marin Catholic    0    7    7    0    —    14

Hogan    0    0    6    6    —    12

Calistoga    0    7    0    7    —    14

Napa    3    13    0    24    —    40

Jackson Cummings didn’t see much action, but plenty of other Rocklin High football players gave Napa a thing or two to worry about — and learn from — during the Indians’ 40-23 road win Friday night.

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly two decades ago, Tom Cable and Sean Payton worked on the same sideline in San Diego, but could only dream of coaching in the NFL.

Vintage (2-3 overall) performed well at home on offense, defense and special teams in its final nonleague game.

ROCKLIN — The Napa High junior varsity football team was singing “Happy Birthday” in the post-game huddle Friday night after giving head coach Nick Tedesco a thrilling 29-28 win over Rocklin on his 29th birthday.

Doug Croft passed for one touchdown and ran for another, but it wasn’t enough to save the Braves on the road Saturday.

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.