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Sports for Thursday, December 11, 2008

Chico, Miramonte are tourney picks once more

Miramonte and Chico are once again the best teams in the Wine Valley Tournament, Napa High head coach Chuck Johnson said, and this year they’ll have a better chance of meeting in the finals.

Sports capsule

Youth hoop league deadline Dec. 18

Napa man enters shrine

Shawn Moss had a lot of success in football as a linebacker and tight end. But it’s basketball that he enjoys the most.

Justin-Siena ranked No. 10 in state bowl game ratings

Justin-Siena High’s hopes for earning a spot in the CIF Division III state championship football game seem to have disappeared.

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Optimist Middle School basketball: Girls Scores

Soroptimist 33, Bacchus Caves 10: Soroptimist, Olivia henderson 13 points; Christina Tevlin 8 points, 8 rebounds; Julia Friefield 8 points. Bacchus, Ashley Augustus 8 points, Maddy Vallerga 5 rebounds.

Trinity Prep girls upended

Trinity Prep’s girls opened the Gene Duffy Tournament with a tough loss to host Calistoga, 58-28, on Wednesday night.

JV Boys Basketball: Miramonte 64, Napa High 47

Napa lost to Miramonte-Orinda in the first round of the Rodriguez JV Tournament in Cordelia.

Varsity Boys Basketball: Calistoga 64, Trinity Prep 42

Dan Carvalho scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds as the Crusaders lost in the Duffy Tournament in Calistoga.

Yo, Adrian! How bout 'dem Phillies!

When Sly Stallone in “Rocky” — a beat-up, second-rate boxer from Philadelphia — stood up to the heavyweight champion of the world toe to toe, punch for punch, Philadelphians echoed Rocky’s shouts to his girlfriend ... “Yo Adrian!”

DFG ordered to stop stocking several lakes

In Oct. 2006, the Pacific Rivers Council and the Center for Biological Diversity sued the Department of Fish and Game over fish stocking programs it has engaged in for more than 100 years, claiming that no Environmental Impact Report had been completed for the programs.

Raiders call on Henderson to make start at left tackle spot

ALAMEDA - Mario Henderson will replace Kwame Harris as Oakland’s starting left tackle for Sunday’s game against New England in the Raiders’ latest attempt to jump-start their stagnant offense.

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