NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

Napa Valley FC, an under-12 boys team which is affiliated with the Napa Valley Soccer Club, began the fall season by winning the Novato Classic this past weekend.

Napa Valley FC won each of its four games, allowing just one goal during the tournament.

Napa Valley FC had wins the first day over the host team, Novato (2-0) and EDYSL Impact (5-0). Napa continued its surge the second day, beating Mill Valley Fusion (6-0) and MPHFC Voltage (6-1).

The local team consists of Alexis Aguirre, Brian Arcila, Samuel Blanchard, Fernando Corro, Dominic Debenedetti, Aldair Diaz, Jessie Eusebio, Alejandro Gonzalez, Osvaldo Gonzalez, Cole Letourneau, Jerman Lua, Jessie Maciel, Jesus Meza, Alexis Palmas, Edgar Rodriguez and Sam Sheekey.

Coach Horacio Arcila is assisted by Rafael Diaz and Chad Letourneau. The team’s manager is Brian Sheekey.

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Preseason football camp for the University of Oregon — which has John Boyett of Napa — is under way.

Oregon will hold approximately 30 workouts prior to its season opener Sept. 3 at Boise State. The game will be carried by ESPN.

Boyett, named First-Team All-State by CalHiSports.com and an EA Sports Second-Team All-American for Napa High School, is a redshirt freshman free safety. He was held out of most contact drills during the spring due to injury.

He’s a member of Oregon Iron Club, totaling 1,066 pounds in the clean, squat and bench during winter testing. He posted the third-highest vertical (32.5) and second-highest squat (445) among defensive backs during winter testing.

Last year as a redshirt, Boyett was a three-time scout team player of the week, readying Oregon leading up to games against Boise State, Washington State and Oklahoma State.

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Brett Wallace’s solo home run in the fifth inning was the difference as the Sacramento River Cats beat New Orleans, 4-3, in a Pacific Coast League game Sunday night at Raley Field in West Sacramento.

Wallace plays third base and starred at Justin-Siena and Arizona State.

Sacramento took an 81⁄2-game lead in the PCL’s South Division into Monday night’s game.

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USC’s 2009-2010 women’s swimming and diving recruiting class — which includes Presley Bard of Napa — was recently ranked No. 1 by CollegeSwimming.com.

Bard is one of 12 new swimmers who will be joining the Trojans, the majority of whom are ranked among CollegeSwimming.com’s top 100.

Bard is a transfer from Indiana University.

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Napa’s Carolyn Knudson, a pitcher/utility player for the San Francisco State softball team, was honored by the California Collegiate Athletic Association last month as the recipient of a CCAA All-Academic Award for 2008-09.

To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be a varsity letter winner who competed in one of 13 CCAA-sponsored sports during the 2008-09 academic year. Student-athletes must also have a grade point average of 3.40 or higher in a minimum of 24 semester or 36 quarter units completed at a certifying institution.

Knudson, who will start her senior year in the fall for the Gators, played softball at Vintage High and Napa Valley College. She was the Bay Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year (2007 and 2008), team MVP (’07 and ’08) and First-Team All State (’07 and ’08) at Napa Valley.

Knudson was also named to both the SF State Athletics’ Department Honor Roll and to the Dean’s List.

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UC Berkeley, which opened football practices last week, is ranked No. 12 in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ Preseason Poll.

Fan Appreciation Day is Saturday, Aug. 29, beginning at noon at Memorial Stadium.

The Golden Bears begin their 2009 season with a nationally televised ESPN2 contest against Maryland at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, September 5 (7 p.m.).

For Cal football tickets, visit CalBears.com or call (800) GO BEARS.

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