All-County Boys Soccer: First Team
Danny Almanza, St. Helena senior center midfielder
All-County Boys Soccer: Second Team
Juan Chavez, Vintage senior forward
All-County Boys Soccer: Honorable Mention
Alberto Aguayo, Justin-Siena senior striker
All-County Boys Soccer: Superlatives
Player of the Year: Max Alvarez, Napa senior forward
Three Storm volleyball players, coach nab All-BVC recognition
The Napa Valley College volleyball team, which made it to the Northern California Community College Tournament, is well represented on the all-Bay Valley Conference team.
Varsity Boys Basketball: St. Helena 69, Calistoga 49
St. Helena (3-4 overall) won Thursday night’s nonleague game, as Cole Ballentine (17 points, five rebounds), John Gehrke (14 points) and Morgan Densberger (10 points, four steals) led the way for the visiting Saints.
Varsity Boys Basketball: Tomales 59, Trinity Prep 30
Dan Cravalho (10 points, four steals), Anthony Kersting (eight points), Sean Ryan (six points) and Kyle O’Brien (four rebounds) led visiting Trinity Prep (3-5) in Thursday night’s nonleague game.
JV Girls Basketball: Vintage 47, Rio Linda 18
Tied 5-5 early on, Vintage went on a 15-0 run to break the game open. Olivia Husted led the Vintage scoring with 16 points. She was followed by Megan Galles with eight and Barb Speth with seven.
Optimist Basketball Girls Division
MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION, WEEK 2
Max-imum production
Max Alvarez is much more comfortable playing soccer than he is talking about playing soccer.
Varsity Girls Basketball: Tomales 47, Trinity Prep 21
Marisa Streett scored 16 points Thursday night to lead visiting Trinity Prep (3-4 overall) in a nonleague game. Jessica Friedlander (nine rebounds, four steals) and Barbara Bakh (four steals, three rebounds) also contributed.
JV Girls Basketball: St. Helena 51, Calistoga 7
Shelby Zumwalt had 11 points and Gaby Rulon had 10 points to lead visiting St. Helena Thursday.
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JV Boys Basketball: St. Helena 71, Calistoga 45
Peter DelBondio had 19 points, Carson Heywood had 13 and Cole Pierce had 11 for visiting St. Helena in Thursday’ nonleague game.
Sacramento Valley astir with geese of all types
This week I had the opportunity to hunt geese on a Wilderness Unlimited property near Willows. Unfortunately, I chose a day in between weather fronts. It was a clear and cold morning with not enough of a breeze to really move the birds off their normal feeding patterns.
World's 22nd-ranked player to hold free local tennis exhibition
NOTES AND QUOTES for a Friday in the Napa Valley:
Stripers biting in Napa River until rains summon sturgeon
Napa River
Outdoor activities
Six-week golf class at Vintner’s Golf Club starts Monday
Bragging rights
Mike Beguelin (above) and fishing partner John Lambert fooled 59 striper (26 keepers) in a five-hour outing on the Napa River. The largest one weighed 12 pounds and was 33 inches long.
Higgins expected to start Sunday as Raider receivers battle injuries
ALAMEDA — Johnnie Lee Higgins has two of the Raiders’ three longest touchdown receptions this season, but it took injuries to Oakland’s top four wide receivers to get him into the starting lineup.
