The Napa High and Vintage boys basketball teams will jump right into the flaming hoops of the Monticello Empire League circus when they open league play tonight.

Madison Vallerga, a Napa resident, was recently named as a captain on the National High School Rodeo Association’s Wrangler Division All Star Rodeo Team.

The California Department of Fish and Game’s Heritage Trout Program offers a challenge to California anglers to catch the state’s native trout.

Bill Ryan (left) and ‘Big Ed’ Smith of St. Helena show off their mighty bass haul from a recent outing to Clear Lake. They boated and released 41 legal-size largemouth bass in cold water.

Except for the few place-specific items below, here is the short version of the general situation.