By MARTY JAMES

martyjames.sports@gmail.com

The Napa Valley College women's golf team, led by Hanna Ruggles, continued its fall 2025 season on Monday, taking third place in a Big 8 Conference match at Peach Tree Golf & Country Club, in Marysville.

Napa Valley posted a 348-team score in the field of eight teams.

Ruggles shot a team-low 83.

Kylee Scroggs was next for the Storm with an 85.

Libby Webb and Hazel Zastrow each posted 90's.

Also, playing for Napa Valley was Rylie Olmo with a 93 and Loret Osorio with a 97.

Reedley College finished in first place, posting a 316-team score. Tessa Hernandez led Reedley with a 73, earning low individual medalist honors.

Modesto Junior College was second, with a 334-team score.

Also, in the team field:

Sacramento City College, 361; Sierra College-Rocklin, 368; San Joaquin Delta College-Stockton, 377; Taft College, 417; and Fresno City College.

Napa Valley is host to a Big 8 Conference match on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 11:30 a.m. at Chardonnay Golf Club & Vineyards, in American Canyon.

* Marty James is a freelance writer who makes his home in Napa. He retired on June 4, 2019 after spending 40 years as a sports writer, sports editor and executive sports editor for the Napa Valley Register, a daily newspaper in Napa County. He is a 1979 graduate of Sacramento State and a member of the California Golf Writers & Broadcasters Association. He was inducted into the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Hall of Fame in 2016, the Vintage High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019, and the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022.