High school basketball players from Napa, Vintage, Justin-Siena and St. Helena have been invited to the fourth annual “North Bay’s Finest,” an instructional showcase event that will be held Oct. 17 and 18 at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park.

Organized by 1 Percent Club Basketball, this is an invitation-only event, with the top 125 boys players representing Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Marin, Humboldt, Del Norte, Lake and Mendocino Counties, respectively. The two-day event will include a total of six hours of elite-level skill position training, as well as evaluated team games.

The drills will be directed by Jeremy Russotti, Phil Doherty, Jordan Brewer and Bennett Davison.

Tyler Imoff, Trevor Davisson and Anthony Alexander of Napa; Matt Scott, Kenny Laprelle, Ben Molinari, Gianni Nola, Dimitri Rivera and Alex Peterson of Vintage; Christopher Lopez of Justin-Siena and Cole Ballentine of St. Helena are the Napa County players who will be featured.

There are additional players from Analy-Sebastopol, Arcata, Armijo-Fairfield, Benicia, Bethel-Vallejo, Branson-Ross, Buckingham Charter-Vacaville, Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa, Casa Grande-Petaluma, Clear Lake-Lakeport, Cloverdale, Del Norte-Crescent City, Sir Francis Drake-San Anselmo, El Molino-Forestville, Elsie Allen-Santa Rosa, Fairfield, Fort Bragg, Fortuna, Healdsburg, Hogan-Vallejo, Hoopa, Kelseyville, Lower Lake, Maria Carrillo-Santa Rosa, Marin Catholic-Kentfield, McKinleyville, Mendocino, Middletown, Montgomery-Santa Rosa, Novato, Petaluma, Piner-Santa Rosa, Rancho Cotate-Rohnert Park, Redwood-Larkspur, Rincon Valley Christian-Santa Rosa, Rodriguez-Cordelia, San Marin-Novato, San Rafael, Sonoma Valley, St. Bernard-Eureka, St. Patrick/St. Vincent-Vallejo, St. Vincent-Petaluma, Tamalpais-Mill Valley, Terra Linda-San Rafael, Ukiah, Vacaville, Vallejo, Vanden-Fairfield, Wood-Vacaville, Willits and Windsor.

It is free to the public and runs from 1-8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, go to www.1percentclub.org.

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Vintage High Athletic Director Dave Shipp and assistant AD Rich Anderson will be the guests of the “KVON SportsVine” Saturday.

The hour-long show, hosted by Terry Simpkins, Charles Kennedy and Mark McLeod, airs from 9 to 10 a.m. on KVON-1440 AM.

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Pacific Union College goalie Randy Castanza was selected as the California Pacific Conference Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the dates of Oct. 5-12.

The Bellflower native had 12 saves in a 2-0 week for the Pioneers. They won 3-1 over Bethany University in Angwin and 4-1 over Menlo College in Atherton.

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David Goodwill of Napa won the final race of the 2009 Northern California Modified Association pavement sprint car division Saturday night at Stockton 99 Speedway.

Goodwill, owner and driver of the DDS Racing Sprint Car, had won the championship for the series prior to the race, but wanted to finish the season in a very positive manor, which he certainly achieved.

He had the fastest qualifying time and starting from the back of the field, won both the trophy dash and the 40-lap main event.

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Pacific Union College sophomore Edrei Mauries and Holy Names University senior Mustafa Celik were selected as the co-California Pacific Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Players of the Week for the dates of Oct. 5-12.

A native of Lynwood, Calif., Mauries scored three goals in a 2-0 week for the Pioneers. They beat Bethany University 3-1 in Angwin and won 4-1 over Menlo College in Atherton.

Celik, a native of Cologne, Germany had a hat trick in a 1-0 week for the Hawks. They beat Simpson University 4-1 in Redding.

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In a strong effort to enhance the quality of postseason high school sporting events, the CIF state office announced Monday that it will use Chip Timing at the 2009 CIF State Cross Country Championships on Nov. 28 at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Chip Timing is a system that requires athletes to wear a lightweight small chip on the shoelace or on an ankle bracelet. The CIF will mandate that runners wear a chip on both shoelaces. The chip helps identify runners as they cross strategically placed electronic mats throughout the course. The system can accurately chart runners split and finish times.

Sponsorship by Nike makes Chip Timing possible for the first time in the history of the state championships, which started in 1987.

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Spencer Schwandt of Napa had two shot attempts Sunday in San Francisco State’s 1-0 loss to Cal State San Bernardino in a California Collegiate Athletic Association men’s soccer game.

Schwandt is a Vintage High graduate.

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