The St. Apollinaris sixth-grade girls basketball team went 8-0 to win the North Bay Catholic School League title this past season. After going 6-0 in the regular season, St. A’s defeated St. Eugene in the semifinals and St. John’s of Napa in the championship game.

St. Helena High School’s Maddy Densberger, a sophomore, was named as the most valuable player of the all-North Central League I South girls basketball team.

It was early on during the 2008 football season when John Paniagua, a sophomore starting linebacker for Solano Community College, got hurt.

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Orlando, Fla. — The Napa High spiritleaders captured their third consecutive national championship in the pom division at the NDA National Dance Championships on Sunday.

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

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Monday in the Napa Valley:

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