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.

Hole after hole, Napa’s Taylor Bickell was hammering drives, hitting fairways in regulation and finding the greens on her approach shots.

Eleven hours after its biggest win of the football season, Vintage High School coaches and players were back at work Saturday, looking at film, seeing what went right and wrong in a 37-12 nonleague victory over Hogan-Vallejo, stretching, getting team pictures taken, and looking ahead to the Monticello Empire League opener Oct. 17.

The Napa Valley College volleyball team defeated Mendocino 25-7, 25-15, 25-12 on Friday, improving to 1-1 in Bay Valley Conference action.

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.

NEW ORLEANS — Even more accurate than usual, Drew Brees conducted a clinic that JaMarcus Russell would be wise to study.