SACRAMENTO — The score was closer than the game indicated.

In recent years, the North Bay Catholic Schools track and field meet has become synonymous with blistering heat. The 2009 event last Sunday at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa was no exception.

No. 2 seed Justin-Siena (17-9 overall) will open the CIF North Coast Section Division IV playoffs at home Friday or Saturday against No. 7 Arcata. The game time is still to be announced.

Justin-Siena’s CIF North Coast Section Division IV playoff game Saturday at Healdsburg has been moved up to a 2:30 p.m. start time. It will be played at Healdsburg High School.

Napa Valley Cast Stone blanked RE Maher behind starting pitcher Max Hautala, who went 51⁄3 innings and struck out 11. Closing pitcher Hunter Scriven took over with one out in the sixth and closed out RE Maher with two strikeouts of his own.  Offensively, Hautala helped his cause with a base hit that plated Matthew Hansell in the fourth. In the fifth inning, three singles by Carson Seibert, Brenden Neal and Jacob Castleberry brought Seibert in for the second and final NVCS run.

The school year is winding down, and summer is just around the corner.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Wednesday in the Napa Valley:

The Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki team enters the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown at Infineon Raceway, May 15-17, on a definite high.

AMA series leader Mat Mladin rode to his fifth American Superbike Superpole of the season on Friday, setting up what promises to be a dramatic weekend as he pursues an unprecedented eighth straight AMA victory at the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts.

SONOMA — Legendary Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler has been named Grand Marshal of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend, June 19-21 at Infineon Raceway.

The NBA's annual draft lottery is tonight, and as a Sacramento Kings fan, I'm hoping they lock down the top pick and lock up the services of Blake Griffin.

Blake Griffin should now be a lock for the Clippers with them winning the NBA draft lottery.

Here’s a look at the recent local angling action:

Galen Harris caught and released this 46-inch, 40- to 50-pound white sturgeon off his dock just south of the railroad bridge on Milton Road. Harris used cut anchovy on a striper rig with 10-pound test line.