Sports capsule
Napa Valley Soccer Club tryouts start Saturday
Prep Baseball: Napa 9, Armijo 7
Steven Nagy went 3-for-3 with a double, three runs and a stolen base and pitched the first four innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on six hits, four strikeouts and four walks.
Prep Boys Tennis: Novato 6, Justin-Siena 3
Andrew Kelley won 6-0, 6-1, Andrea Casasco 7-5, 3-6, 10-1, and Justyn Thomas 7-6, 6-3 in the top three singles spots, respectively, in the Braves’ Marin County Athletic League road loss on Thursday.
Prep Boys Tennis: Armijo 5, Napa 4
Armijo won the all-Indian battle on Wednesday afternoon as Napa dipped to 9-2 overall and 7-2 in MEL play.
Prep Boys Swimming: Terra Linda 128, Justin-Siena 42
Sam Starr won the 100 backstroke to lead the Braves in Thursday’s MCAL road loss.
Prep Girls Swimming: Terra Linda 105, Justin-Siena 70
Double-winners Kimmie Kreuzberger (200, 500 freestyles) and Alli Channels (200 individual medley, 100 butterfly) also teamed with Chelsea Lazzari and Kelsey Minigan to win the 200 free relay in Thursday’s MCAL road loss.
JV Baseball: Vintage 10, Wood 9
The Crushers (7-7 overall, 2-5 MEL) scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning Thursday to pull out the MEL road victory, snapping a five-game skid.
Freshman Baseball: Tamalpais 15, Justin-Siena 2
The Braves dipped to 3-8 overall and 1-4 in the MCAL with Wednesday’s loss.
JV Girls Soccer: Napa 3, Vacaville 0
Becca Steen scored off Bryce Franco’s corner kick a minute before halftime, and that was all the Indians (12-0-2 overall, 7-0-1 MEL) needed in Thursday’s road win thanks in part to the play of center defensive midfielder Montana Upton.
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Napa High breezes to windy win
The frustration on the faces of half the Napa High boys golf team Thursday belied the fact the Indians won by 85 strokes.
Duncan clubs Crusher golfers to MEL win
Brandon Duncan claimed medalist honors with a 38 as the Vintage boys golf team edged Vacaville 208-211 at Green Tree Country Club on Thursday.
Vintage Prep Badminton
The Crushers prevailed over visiting Vacaville on Thursday.
JV Softball: Vintage 13, Wood 2
Chelsea Murdock pitched an incredible game Wednesday, striking out three in a complete game and helping her cause with a 3-for-3 day at the plate.
Prep Badminton: Armijo 14, Napa 1
Annmarie Walsh and Susha Sukova teamed on a 21-13, 21-23, 21-19 win at No. 1 doubles for visiting Napa in Thursday’s MEL loss.
Napa takes all-Indian swim meet
The Napa High School boys and girls swim teams edged visiting Monticello Empire League foe Armijo on Wednesday afternoon.
College Baseball: Marin 12, Napa Valley 2
Storm pitching ace Tyler Cravy, who shut down Marin earlier in the season, was so sick he couldn’t bat in his usual cleanup spot. On the mound, he left Thursday’s game after allowing six earned runs on seven hits — including a wind-aided home run — in five-plus innings.
Two battling it out in Hoops Challenge contest
Wyates, with all of the Final Four teams advancing, leads NapaValleyRegister.com's annnual
Hoops Challenge sponsored by
NAPCO painting contractors, but only by the slimmest of margins.
The arrow finally flies straight on Opening Day
The gobbling started before we had even set up. Just minutes earlier, hunting partner Matt Schwanebeck and I had split up to take our respective positions.
Rain wrecks Kriders' winning ways
Napa’s Krider Racing towed its 2008 Shelby GT Mustang all the way down to sunny San Diego for the SCCA National Tour March 21-22, only to find it wasn’t so sunny after all.
Bragging rights
Danny Giovannoni (left) and Ron Davis battled with this 65-inch Napa River sturgeon for about 45
Fishing report: Anglers landing 20-pounders
Clear Lake