Napa Valley Baseball Club’s 11-and-under team claimed the championship Monday in the USSSA Labor Day Classic tournament at Manteca’s Big League Dreams ballpark.

Two days after wilting from the heat and Napa High’s strong lineup, the Justin-Siena girls tennis team made an about-face with an 8-1 rout of host Vintage.

Freshman Presley Bohanan wasn’t wielding a smoking putter on Thursday like she had for the Napa High girls golf team two days before, and neither was junior Maria O’Byrne, the Indians’ No. 1 player.

Napa Valley, with a sub-8,000 enrollment, was the third opponent for 12,000-enrollment Treasure Valley of Ontario, Ore., during the Chukars’ week-long tour of NorCal two-year colleges on Wednesday.

Eduardo Gutierrez had two goals and Alberto Aguayo and Jaime Moreno each had one as the Braves improved to 3-0 with Wednesday’s road win at Travis Air Force Base. Eric Gutierrez contributed two assists and Jason Dougherty added one assist.

For the Crushers in the defeat, Corinne Schafle had seven goals and four steals; Lexi Baldwin had a goal and a steal; Olivia Husted had one assist and four steals; Laurel Davis took two shots, Chelsea Murdock added a shot, and Katherine Pella had one steal; and Madeline Murdock had six saves and one steal in goal.

Kelsey Scanlon had 11 kills and two aces and setter Lauren Yannucci tallied 26 assists and three aces as the Braves improved to 2-0 with Wednesday night’s 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 nonleague road win in Santa Rosa.

Gabby Salva, Katherine Lee and Skylar Hall each had five kills as the Braves came back to beat the Bears for their first win Wednesday on the road, 23-25, 25-23, 15-10. Setter Megan Castelucci racked up 17 assists.

Today

Vintage cruised past the 2007 Sac-Joaquin Section runner-up at the Crusher Swim Center.

In the early morning darkness, a warm, dry breeze blew across the open fields and vineyards of Carneros.

Growing up, Calistoga native Dick Vermeil learned what to value in life from his father.

Lake Berryessa