The Napa-Vintage Big Game rivalry took to the road Monday for the seventh Big Game Mini-Golf Tournament at Scandia Family Fun Center in Fairfield. Napa's David Engelskirger led all players by shooting a 49 as Napa won the event 6-4. Roger Bubel, of Ben & Jerry’s in Napa, puts on the match.

The California Tornadoes 12-and-under girls softball team captured second play in the 2009 Memorial Day Shootout at Regional Fields in Stockton. The tournament field included 30 teams from California and Nevada.

Summer time isn’t just for softball and baseball.

Swimmers from the Napa Valley Swim Team recently competed in their first long course meet of the season. The meet was held in Vallejo, where teams from all over the Bay Area attended.

After losing the first game, the Napa American Legion 19’s came back to win the last two games of a weekend District 5 series against B & L Properties of Fairfield.

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With the resounding defeat of five of the six propositions in this month’s special election — and a looming, massive $23 billion budget shortfall — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has once again proposed to subsidize the General Fund by transferring monies from the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.

Napa High grad Matt Yourkin is making a nice showing in relief for the Giants' Double A team in the Eastern League.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

The Wine Country Classic Historic Car Races return to Sonoma, May 30-31, as the best in vintage racing and the Sonoma Valley Wine Country converge on Infineon Raceway.

The Napa Valley Register’s coverage of the 2008 Louie Vermeil Classic for sprint cars at Calistoga Speedway has won an award from a national organization of motorsports writers and broadcasters.

Former Napan Ben Matthews, right, poses with “Big George” Matthews of Napa and a 60-inch, 65-pound sturgeon they hauled in while fishing on a party boat, The Right Hook, in the Suisun Slough.

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