Eight players in Week No. 12 of our Can You Beat Randy NFL Pool hit for 13 wins, but this time even the tiebreaker was not enough to determine the week’s winner.

The Napa Valley College men’s basketball team held off De Anza-Cupertino 73-72 on Sunday in a losers-bracket game of the Wine Country Classic at NVC.

Janelle Travis had 20 points and three assists as the Braves opened the season with a nonleague home victory on Saturday.

Freshman Mariah Braddock had 12 points, four rebounds and five assists in her first high school game as the Braves rolled in their season opener at home Saturday.

The Braves took a 30-10 halftime lead en route to the nonleague season-opening win over the crosstown visitors on Saturday.

Most connected to Napa High sports would like to see the volleyball and football teams go as far as possible this year.

Getting more than twice as many players to come out than the year before seemed a victory in itself.

Justin-Siena    2    7    7    6    —    22

Laguna Creek    14    7    6    6    —    33

The Napa Chivas, a first-year Under-12 boys soccer team playing in Div. III, posted a 9-2-1 record and finished second in District 5. The players are Owen Ensminger, Nicolai Dolinar, Jack Dolinar, Brandon Duong, Kyle McGuire, Owen Weber, Ruben Hernandez-Rubalcava, Juan Prado Gutierrez, William Alanis, Nate Toma, Sam Blanchard, Alexis Alcantar, Andres Ochoa, Eric Johnson and Sebastian Herrera. The manager is Jerry Ensminger, the head coach is Jeff Dolinar and the assistant coach is Tam Duong.  Submitted photo

The Wine Country Classic, a men’s basketball tournament hosted by Napa Valley College, concludes today with three games.

Kurt Ruegg was hoping to make the top 40 and came out breaking a record.

FERNDALE — Craig Cybulski did a little bit of everything for Justin-Siena High’s football team in Saturday’s stunning 22-15 upset of undefeated, top-ranked Ferndale.

The Napa High School volleyball team had all day Saturday to think about its CIF Northern California Division I semifinal match.

OAKLAND — Tom Cable has been well-schooled in the history of the Raiders-Chiefs rivalry from his days growing up an Oakland fan.