NOTES AND QUOTES for a Thursday in the Napa Valley:

Junior relief pitcher Mark DeVincenzi was named to the 2009 All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention list for the Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo baseball team.

DeVincenzi, a right-hander and graduate of Justin-Siena High School, led the conference in pitching appearances (30) and has a 6-1 record and 3.95 earned-run average with one save.

Cal Poly (37-19 overall), which finished third in the Big West, is in the NCAA playoffs for the first time in its 15-year Division I history.

The Mustangs meet Oral Roberts (31-13) in the opening round of the Tempe Regional on Friday at Arizona State’s Packard Stadium.

The Mustangs won 11 of 14 series and have already won 13 more games than they did in all of 2008.

Matt Leonard, who also went to Justin-Siena, is in the starting rotation for Cal Poly’s pitching staff.

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The powerlifting team from HealthQuest in Napa, coached by Mike Bonifield, had a very impressive showing at the World Association of Bench Pressers & Deadlifters’ Capital City Classic Powerlifting Meet in Sacramento.

Ken Engleman had first-place finishes in the bench press (341.5 pounds) and deadlift (447.5), Sharon Tisdale won the bench press (197.5) and deadlift (278), Peter Murphy was first in the deadlift (518), Mike Basayne was first in the bench press (308), Lee Joiner had a winning effort in the bench press (197.5), Dr. Bob Nasser won the bench press (292), Bonifield took a first place in the bench press (325), and Kenny Kirk was second in the deadlift (375).

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Matt Dito of Eagle Vines Golf Club and Ed Hester of Novato tied for ninth in a field of 43 teams at the Northern California PGA’s 20th annual Senior/Junior Championship Wednesday.

Dito and Hester shot 64-62 — 126 (14-under-par).

This 36-hole, one-day championship was played at Spring Valley Golf Club in Milpitas.

Defending champions Charlie Gibson of Wildhorse Golf Course (Davis) and Jason Schmuhl of Windsor Golf Club claimed the title with a final score of 21-under par 119.

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Napa Community Public Access TV-Channel 27 will air Redwood Middle School’s triathlon throughout the month of June on Wednesdays at 7:45 p.m. and Saturdays at 2:45 p.m.

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The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Masters track and field meet, involving athletes from Napa and Vintage, starts today (3 p.m. field events, 4 p.m. running events) and continues on Friday (3 p.m. field events, 6 p.m. running events) at Sacramento City College’s Hughes Stadium.

Qualifiers advance to the state meet June 5-6 at Buchanan High in Clovis.

Two Sac-Joaquin Section athletes currently hold the top marks in the state in their events, according to dyestatcal.com.

They are Granite Bay’s Justin Sutter in the long jump and Mackenzi Landry of Del Oro-Loomis in the pole vault. Sutter cleared 24-4 at the Arcadia Invitational in April. Landry cleared the bar at 13-1, also at the Arcadia Invitational.

Landry is tied for the state’s top mark with Huntington Beach’s Allison Koressel.

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The Oakland Raiders began using the Twitter service Wednesday to deliver news, event notices, organizational information and content exclusive to the Raider Nation. The Raiders will also use Twitter to deliver game day updates, including weather, traffic and scores.

Fans wishing to follow the team via Twitter can log on to: http://twitter.com/

oakraiders or click on the “Follow us on Twitter” ad tiles on Raiders.com.

The Raiders will return to the Napa Valley Marriott and Redwood Middle School in July for training camp.

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Napa Valley College head baseball coach Bob Freschi and two of his assistants, Tim Masters and Tommy Long, are my guests in June on Napa Community Public Access TV-Channel 28.

The half-hour show, “Register Sports with Marty James,” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. and Mondays at noon.

E-mail Executive Sports Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.