Rachel Pickett was credited with a combined assist in the Fresno State women’s soccer team’s 1-0 win over visiting Louisiana Tech Sunday.

The game’s only goal came in the 60th minute of regulation time. It was the first Western Athletic Conference home win for the Bulldogs (2-1 WAC, 4-9 overall), who earned their fourth shutout of the season.

Pickett went to Napa High School.

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Midfielder Adriana Vasquez’s first goal for the Sam Houston State women’s soccer team provided the winning score for the Bearkats in a 1-0 victory over Lamar University earlier this month in Beaumont, Texas. It was a Southland Conference game.

Vasquez, a junior who played soccer at Vintage High and Solano Community College, scored in the 55th minute.

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Justin-Siena (2-4 overall), which continues its football season Friday night against visiting Tamalpais-Mill Valley at Dodd Stadium, is among 10 teams on the bubble in this week’s Redwood Empire report.

It’s the Braves’ Homecoming game.

The Tamalpais-Justin game is in the running for the KTVU (Channel 2) Wells Fargo High School Game of the Week. By going to KTVU.com, fans can vote for the Game of the Week.

Valley Christian (Dublin) vs. St. Elizabeth (Oakland), Bellarmine (San Jose) vs. Serra (San Mateo), Clayton Valley (Concord) vs. Mt. Diablo (Concord), and Vacaville vs. Fairfield are the other games that fans can vote for.

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Kyleigh McAhren of Napa had two kills and four defensive digs for the Bucknell volleyball team in a 3-1 loss to Colgate in Hamilton, N.Y., last week.

McAhren is a Justin-Siena graduate.

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Ranch Market (both Yountville and Napa), Napa Valley Physical Therapy Center, and 1st Choice Mortgage and Realty are sponsors of the Napa High girls tennis team.

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The PGA Tour season resumes this week with the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. As the second event in the PGA Tour Fall Series, it takes place at TPC Summerlin.

The field this week includes 11 players who have won in 2009 and 28 who have won since the start of the 2008 season. It also features four players who competed in last week’s Presidents Cup at Harding Park in San Francisco: Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim and Hunter Mahan from the victorious United States squad; and Tim Clark from the International team.

Also in the field is former Napa resident Scott McCarron, a Vintage High graduate, who hasn’t played in a Tour event since the Deutschke Bank Championship in early September. McCarron is 85th on the money leaders list. His best finish in 2009 is a tie for fourth at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. The first round is Thursday.

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This week’s Administaff Small Business Classic outside Houston will be the 900th event in Champions Tour history.

The Tour rolls into Sonoma later this month for the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Featuring just the top 30 players on the official money list, the 20th annual Schwab Cup, which carries a $2.5 million purse, takes place Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 on Sonoma Golf Club’s par-72, 7,103-yard course.

The winner of the season-ending tournament, as well as the year-long Charles Schwab Cup winner, will be crowned at Sonoma.

To purchase tickets, call 939-4131. For more information, go to www.charlesschwabcupchampionship.com.

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Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.