It might be a stretch to say that just because Curtis Smith is coaching them, the Napa Babe Ruth 14-Year-Old All-Stars will come back from Saturday’s lopsided loss and win the District 3 Tournament.

When he’s not competing around the country or globe, Donny Robinson enjoys practicing at the North Bay BMX track in South Napa on a regular basis.

The Solano Community College football program, led by head coach Floyd Burnsed, will host a series of two-day youth football clinics in early July.

EUGENE, Ore. — Napa High School senior Tatum Souza, of the Napa Track Club, is ninth after the first day of competition in the women’s heptathlon U.S. Junior Track & Field Outdoor Championships at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.

The Napa American Legion 14’s split a doubleheader with the Fairfield Expos at Yountville’s Cleve Borman Field on Saturday, making today’s 10 a.m. rubber match all the more important.

Saturday at North Bay BMX in Napa

I can’t guarantee that any reader who writes a long e-mail criticizing two paragraphs of one of my stories will get the same response, but George Slinsen had a good point.

Memo to 1986: Sorry, but we’re stealing your NBA draft.

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

Mike Copithorne (middle) of Napa’s Off the Hook Fly Fishing Travel outfitter landed this rare permit. Fishing reporter Bill Ryan estimated it to be about 20 pounds, and said dedicated anglers have fished a whole lifetime without catching one.

I’ve changed my mind about the L.A. Clippers picking Blake Griffin.