NOTES AND QUOTES for a Friday in the Napa Valley:

Organizers said their aim for the Nike West Coast Classic, a one-day high school football showcase on Sept. 5 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, is to become the premier high school event west of the Mississippi River.

“This year’s inaugural event is just a small taste of what’s in store in future years,” promoters said in announcing the games.

The Week 0 event has three games, with Whitney-Rocklin facing Fernley (Nev.) at 1 p.m., Burbank-Sacramento playing Pittsburg at 4 p.m., and Ponderosa-Shingle Springs taking on Berkeley at 7 p.m.

Hughes Stadium is located on the campus of Sacramento City College.

All-day tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children ages 6-12. Parking is available on campus for $7.

This event benefits Francis House, a resource and counseling center in downtown Sacramento that works with homeless and poor individuals and families. Francis House is supported by 17 churches and the community at large.

Looking ahead to 2010, programs already committed to participate include Grant-Sacramento, Long Beach Poly, Clovis West, Granite Bay and Elk Grove. The plan is to expand it to three days and eight games.

More information is available at www.sac

westcoastclassic.com.

A similar prep football event takes place on Sept. 12, also at Hughes Stadium: Franklin-Elk Grove vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral-San Francisco, 11 a.m.; Pittsburg vs. Granite Bay, 2 p.m.; Central Catholic-Modesto vs. Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa, 5 p.m.; and California-San Ramon vs. Del Oro-Loomis, 8 p.m.

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Sam Houston State in Hunstville, Texas said a key addition to its women’s soccer team for 2009 is Adriana Vasquez, a Vintage High School graduate and a transfer from Solano Community College.

The Bearkats were recently tabbed to finish seventh in the Southland Conference’s coaches’ preseason poll.

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The University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) football team, which has T.J. Ross of Napa, will enter the 2009 season at the top of the NAIA poll. The Cougars return 18 starters from last season, which was highlighted by Great Plains Athletic Conference and NAIA national titles.

Sioux Falls, which begins the season on Sept. 5 against Nebraska Wesleyan, is No. 1 in the NAIA Coaches Poll.

Ross is a defensive lineman who played football at Vintage High and Solano Community College.

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The United Football League’s California franchise, which is based in San Francisco, has been named the Redwoods with team colors of green, blue and white.

The California Redwoods’ season-opening game will be in Las Vegas on Oct. 8. The Redwoods’ first home game will be on Oct. 17 at AT&T Park against the Florida franchise.

Tickets can be purchased by calling Tickets.com at 1-800-225-2277 or logging onto www.tickets.com.

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The Sonoma State men’s soccer team, the defending California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament champion which made an appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament a year ago, is ranked 17th in the 2009 National Soccer Coaches Association poll.

Fourteen letterwinners return for the Seawolves, who finished 18-2-4 last year.

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High-tech swimsuits that have been linked to record performances at all levels of competition the past couple of years have been banned for high school competition, effective immediately.

The National Federation of State High School Associations Swimming and Diving Rules Committee approved changes to a rule that will make the high-tech swimsuit no longer a legal suit for swimmers at the high school level. The committee’s recommendations were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

The committee discussed the high-tech swimsuit issue at its meeting in March, but did not have enough factual information to take action at that time.

The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and fine arts activities.

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