NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

Brett Wallace went

4-for-5 and hit his ninth home run of the season, leading the Sacramento River Cats over the host Memphis Redbirds in a Pacific Coast League game Sunday, 10-7.

Wallace, a third baseman who was traded from St. Louis to Oakland in the Matt Holiday deal in late July, also scored two runs for the River Cats, who moved a season-high 29 games over the .500 mark. Sacramento’s magic number to clinch the PCL’s South Division title is now 12.

The solo home run for Wallace, a Justin-Siena High School graduate and former Arizona State star, came in the fourth inning and extended Sacramento’s lead to 10-2.

Wallace began the year in Memphis, the St. Louis Cardinals’ Triple-A affiliate.

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Bob Soper, a retired Napa Valley Unified School District employee, visited recently with one of his former students, Brook Jacoby, who is in his third season as the Cincinnati Reds’ hitting coach.

Jacoby is a former Napa resident who attended Redwood Middle School for two years before moving to Ventura.

“Back then, in the spring, several of us teachers would play softball against the kids every day at lunch time, and Brook was always the first one out on the blacktop waiting to play,” said Soper, who worked as a P.E. teacher, coach and administrator at Redwood.

Jacoby was also the bat boy for Soper’s city league softball team. Jacoby’s dad, Jake, who played three years in the Philadelphia Phillies’ organization, played first base on that same city league team.

“Brook couldn’t believe that Tom Savage and I were still playing softball on the same team,” said Soper, who visited with Jacoby before a recent Reds-Giants game at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

He was drafted by Atlanta in 1979 and spent 11 seasons with three big league teams, including Cleveland. He finished his big league career with a .270 average, 120 home runs and 545 RBIs in 1,311 games. He was chosen to All-Star Games in 1986 and 1990.

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Gabby Pecora goes into her senior year at Dominican University of California as a co-captain on the volleyball team. Pecora, a Justin-Siena graduate, is an outside hitter and was the MVP of last year’s team.

Last fall, Pecora was selected to the California Pacific Conference First Team. She played in 72 games and averaged 3.19 kills, .46 service aces, and 3.26 digs per game.

Dominican joins the NCAA-Division II Pacific West Conference for the 2009-10 school year.

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California Collegiate Athletic Association coaches have picked the Sonoma State women’s soccer team to win the 2009 North Division crown.

The Seawolves, who finished atop the division standings last season with San Francisco State following a 10-3-1 record in conference play, received nine first-place votes and 64 points overall. Sonoma State was also selected to participate in the CCAA tournament that will be held Nov. 6-8 in Turlock.

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Scott McCarron shot a final round 73 Sunday and tied for 24th at the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn.

McCarron, a Vintage graduate and former Napa resident, won $53,112 and is 76th on the PGA Tour money list ($864,044). He is also third in driving accuracy percentage (73.3) and 17th in total driving.

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The top 10 players for the International and U.S. teams that will compete in The Presidents Cup 2009 were determined Sunday with the conclusion of the PGA Championship. The two team captains, Greg Norman for the International team and Fred Couples for the U.S. team, will each make two captain’s selections on Sept. 8 to round out their 12-man teams.

The U.S. team consists of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Kenny Perry, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink, Sean O’Hair, Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim and Justin Leonard.

Playing for the International team are Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; Vijay Singh, Fiji; Camilo Villegas, Colombia; Retief Goosen, South Africa; Ernie Els, South Africa; Angel Cabrera, Argentina; Mike Weir, Canada; Robert Allenby, Australia; Y.E. Yang, Korea; and Tim Clark, South Africa.

The Presidents Cup will be held Oct. 6-11 at Harding Park Golf Club in San Francisco.

For tickets to the event, visit PresidentsCup.com or call 877-PREZ-TIX (773-9849).

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