Benedicto Llave of American Canyon won three straight matches to capture the boys 14 challenger division of the Hunter Gallaway’s Tennis Academy Challenger and Novice, a U.S. Tennis Association Northern California event earlier this month.

Llave had wins over Alexander Cocoles of San Francisco in the quarterfinals, 6-0; 6-1; Sean Hill of Berkeley in the semifinals, 6-1, 6-2; and Moseley Andrews of Ross in the finals, 6-0, 6-1.

In the boys 18 challenger, Jonathan Bush of Napa beat Renato Castro of Concord in the quarterfinals, 6-1, 6-2.

Meanwhile, Jose Hernandez and Gilbert Lima, both of Napa, won matches in the NTRP (National Tennis Rating Program) men’s 3.0 singles division at the USTA NorCal NTRP Grand Prix at Santa Clara University recently.

Hernandez beat William Yeh of San Jose in the semifinals (7-5, 0-6, 6-4). Lima beat Phil Kopec of San Jose in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-2.

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Justin-Siena High School athletic director Mike Fisher will be the guest 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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Spencer Schwandt, a forward-midfielder, recorded his fifth assist of the season for the San Francisco State men’s soccer team in a 2-1 California Collegiate Athletic Association loss Sunday to No. 7 Sonoma State.

San Francisco tied the game at 1-1 when Wes Whitt connected from 15 yards out on a pass from Schwandt, a Vintage High graduate, in the 19th minute of the first half.

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The 18th annual Stocker Cup Invitational will be played at The Preserve Golf Club in Carmel starting Thursday. Once again, it boasts a strong, experienced field that includes multiple state champions and U.S. Golf Association participants from 14 states in the U.S., as well as Japan and Canada.

Continuing through Sunday, the Stocker Cup is played in memory of Peter Stocker with the field comprised of 52 world-class mid-amateur invitees. The Stocker Cup is a Golfweek/amateurgolf.com World Rankings points event.

In addition to the “A” players who are invited based on their playing accomplishments, the Stocker Cup also holds a one-day qualifying tournament for players not receiving invitations. On Sept. 29, over 30 competitors with a handicap index of 3.4 or lower vied for the final four “A” list spots at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif. Tanner Makimoto of Roseville posted a 1-under-par 71 to take home medalist honors and qualify for his second national tournament of the year.

Those final “A” list golfers are complemented by a matching number of qualified “B” list competitors, with invitations extended to friends, relatives and associates of the late Peter Stocker, as well as to various sponsors and other supporters of the event. Every “A” player is teamed with a “B” player in a handicapped best-ball competition held simultaneously with the individual stroke-championship.

Early favorites include Craig Doell, Joe Sanders, Brady Exber, Nick Ushijima, Casey Boyns, Harry Rudolph, Bill Williamson and Rick Helling.

The Stocker Cup Invitational Golf Tournament is held each year in memory of Peter C. Stocker, who died in a helicopter accident at Rancho San Carlos near the Carmel Valley in 1990.

In 1974, Stocker and his partners, Bill Harlan and John Montgomery, founded the Pacific Union Company of San Francisco, a real estate development firm. Pacific Union developed Meadowood Resort and Merryvale Vineyards in the Napa Valley.

The Stocker Cup was formerly played at the Chardonnay Golf Club in Napa.

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The Santa Rosa Junior College football team is 4-2 and is listed on the bubble in the latest JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 rankings.

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