NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

Vintage High School has been selected to host the U.S. Tennis Association Northern California Adult League District Championships from Aug. 14-16. The announcement was made by Napa Valley Tennis Association.

Men’s and women’s tennis teams from Napa, Marin and Sonoma counties are slated to play against teams from San Francisco, Contra Costa County, Redding and Sacramento during the three-day event. Over 700 adult tennis players will be competing for a coveted District title.

There will be 36 teams from 10 designated local playing areas in Northern California participating in the District Championships. To qualify for “Districts,” each of these teams must prevail during their local league playing season, which began in April. Local league winners are determined at the local league play-offs, culminating the local league playing season.

Levels of competition for men and women are 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0. The team match format consists of two singles matches and three doubles matches. 

The teams, which will represent various clubs, parks, recreational departments and organizations, will vie for the opportunity to advance to the Northern California Adult League Section Championships, scheduled for Aug. 28-30.  Following the Sectional Championships, winning teams will go on to represent Northern California at the National Adult League Championships.

USTA League Tennis, first established in 1980, is the largest recreational tennis program in the world.

   Over 625,000 adults participate nationwide in one of four national divisions — adult, senior (players over 50), super senior 60 and super senior

65. Players participate on teams in a league format, competing against players of similar ability levels. 

Founded in 1967, the Napa Valley Tennis Association is a non profit, registered USTA Community Tennis Association dedicated to bringing quality tennis to the Napa community. The club maintains the Vintage High tennis facility and schedules all activities.

The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S. It owns and operates the U.S. Open, one of the largest annually attended sporting events in the world.

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Former Napa High spiritleaders are excelling in dance.

Jennifer Keisling, a 2007 NHS graduate who also served as captain, auditioned and was selected to the Cal State Sacramento Hornet dance team. They will lead Hornet fans at football and basketball games as well as compete and perform dance routines during the 2009-2010 school year.

Jennifer O’Bryon, a 2003 graduate, recently completed her contract with the NFL’s San Diego Chargers dance team for the 2008-09 season. O’Bryon auditioned with over 400 candidates and was one of 14 new members to be chosen for the position. The Charger dance team entertained U.S. troops last year and performed in Mexico, Guam, Japan and Hawaii.

Jenny Nominni, a 2002 graduate, danced on the collegiate level and is now a professional with Imagination Entertainment, which puts on the “Cirque Shows.” Nominni has danced in Switzerland, Mexico and throughout the U.S.

Nominni recently took on a new challenge and completed the Vineman Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in 5 hours and 59 minutes, meeting her personal goal to finish under 6 hours. The point-to-point triathlon began at Johnsons Beach in Guerneville and took the racers past vineyards and wineries, passing through four different grape growing regions, before it finished up at Windsor High School, north of Santa Rosa. It included a 1.2-mile swim, 13-mile run and a 56-mile bike ride.

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Napa’s Presley Bard, representing the Concord Terrapins, won the women’s 100 back in 1:03.27 during the final day of long-course meter pool swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals in Clovis.

Bard, a Napa High graduate, transferred to the University of Southern California after swimming for two years at Indiana University.

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Former Napan Scott McCarron tied for eighth at the RBC Canadian Open, a PGA Tour event that ended Monday at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario. McCarron, a Vintage High graduate, shot a final round 70 and finished 12-under, earning $123,038.

Statistically, he tied for seventh in driving accuracy, tied for eighth for putts per round, and tied for 12th for birdies.

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