NOTES AND QUOTES for a Saturday in the Napa Valley:

Linebacker Kevin Harrell was one of nine Southern Oregon University players who were selected to the 2009 Preseason All-Independent Team.

The head coaches of the nine NAIA independent football programs voted for the team, which was announced Thursday.

Harrell, a 2006 Vintage High School graduate who is going into his senior year, led the Raiders with 76 tackles last season. He made seven starts and played in nine games.

Southern Oregon will have its final preseason scrimmage today at Raider Stadium in Ashland and then will open up the 2009 season on Aug. 29 at home against Eastern Oregon.

At Vintage, Harrell was named First Team All-Monticello Empire League at linebacker, Second Team All-MEL at running back, and was chosen as the Defensive Player of the Year on the All-Napa County team. He was also honored as the Crushers’ outstanding defensive player.

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Stuart Miller of Napa fared well during the Santa Cruz Open, a Northern California U.S. Tennis Association junior event.

Playing in the boys 16’s singles division, Miller won in the quarterfinals, beating Cody Rakela of Scotts Valley (6-3, 6-2), and in the semifinals, downing Michael Standifer of Morgan Hill (6-0, 6-0).

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Jason Westerberg pitched over the summer for the Westhampton Aviators, who won the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League title. Westhampton advanced out of the Kaiser Division playoffs as the second seed to reach the finals. The team is based on Long Island.

Westerberg, a Napa High graduate who also pitches for Santa Clara University, was 1-2 with a 3.91 earned run average in 10 appearances this past year.

He appeared in a team-high 25 games with two starts and two complete games as a redshirt freshman for the Broncos.

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Mike Gibson of Napa played guard for Philadelphia in a back-up role in the Eagles’ 23-15 NFL preseason loss Thursday to host Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Gibson played football at Napa High, Solano Community College and UC Berkeley.

Jonathan Bush of Napa won in the quarterfinals of the boys 18’s singles challenger at the Future Stars 2000’s, defeating Satinderpal Singh of Stockton, 6-0, 7-5.

The Northern California U.S. Tennis Association junior tournament was played in Sacramento.

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The San Jose Sharks begin their 18th training camp Sept. 13 at Sharks Ice in San Jose. The training camp roster will be broken up into three squads (Teams A, B and C) and their schedules will vary for the first four days of camp (Sept. 13, 14, 15 and 16).

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UC Berkeley continued preparations for the 2009 football season with an hour-and-a-half scrimmage as part of its training camp earlier this week at Memorial Stadium.

“Today’s scrimmage is what you would typically see,” head coach Jeff Tedford said on the Bears’ athletic Web site. “We played a lot of young guys today to get them some scrimmage time. This is a chance to see some of these guys and evaluate what they can do.”

The Bears begin their 2009 season with a nationally televised ESPN2 contest against Maryland at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m.

For 2009 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.