Conor Trombetta put yet another scare into his nemesis, shook off the heartbreaking loss, and refocused on his goal of reaching the CIF State Wrestling Championships.

Sean McNamare is an offensive tackle on the Vintage High School football team, but when he spoke to students Thursday morning at Pueblo Vista Alternative School and Pueblo Vista Elementary, he wasn’t going over the basics of blocking or the importance of protecting the quarterback.

The Storm finished fifth out of seven teams in Big 8 Conference Tournament No. 2 on Thursday at Morgan Creek Golf & Country Club in Roseville, improving from a seventh-place in the first conference tourney a week before.

Trevor Larsen went 4-for-5 with two RBIs to lead a 12-hit attack for the Crushers (4-1) in Thursday’s nonleague win at home.

Jordan Grubbs started and went three innings to get the win in Thursday’s Marin County Athletic League opener for Justin-Siena (1-1 overall) in Mill Valley. Grubbs didn’t allow any hits, walked three and struck out five.

Crystal Andreas scored two goals on breakaways and Marilu Martinez struck from 30 yards out on a free kick in Wednesday’s game.

Ever since the Napa Valley College softball team split a Feb. 10 doubleheader against San Jose City on a cold and windy but dry day, the Storm have had far less luck with the weather.

Justin-Siena High School has been a familiar figure in the baseball postseason, having made eight straight trips to the playoffs.

Tyler Cravy got the win in Thursday’s Bay Valley Conference game in San Pablo for the Storm (9-7 overall, 3-0 BVC), who have won four in a row and five of their last six. Cravy pitched 7 2/3 innings, giving up four hits, two earned runs, striking out six and walking three.

Center-midfielder Sara Warner’s goal from 18 yards out in the second half was the only score of the game as Justin-Siena shut out Vintage, 1-0, in girls soccer on Wednesday.

The Optimist Youth Basketball seventh and eighth grade boys division held an awards party March 1 at Napa Valley College.

The Crushers (3-2) trailed 4-3 entering the bottom of seventh, when Josh Tremblay (3-for-3, double, hit-by-pitch) and Zach Zuniga (2-for-3, double, RBI) sparked the winning rally with back-to-back singles.

Napa High 171-pound wrestler Conor Trombetta won his first two matches at the CIF State Wrestling Championships today before getting pinned by Winters’ Jesse Hellinger in the third round and dropping into the consolation bracket.

Preliminary 2008 salmon data released last week indicates a continued and significant reduction in the return volume of Sacramento River fall Chinook stock.

During this year’s transition of management at Lake Berryessa’s recreational facilities, boaters are left with very limited access to the lake.

Race fans can spend quality time with two top drivers on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit during the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in June.

Following four successful years on the NASCAR West racing series, Bennett Lane Winery, the first California winery to sponsor a NASCAR team, is warming up its engine to bring its No. 2 yellow Bennett Lane Winery Ford back to racing tracks across the West.

Jim Young of Napa caught this chrome steelhead on a recent trip to the Coquille River in Oregon. Young was