Auburn's Prewitt to be inducted into NorCal Hall of Fame

The Northern California Sports Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary Saturday, Sept. 28, by inducting 10 professional-level athletes into its Hall of Fame. Five of the most successful race car drivers and five other professional athletes will be included. Leading the race car drivers are Scott Pruett (IndyCar, NASCAR and 24-hour Endurance record-holder), Bill McAnally (Napa Motor Racing Team Champions), Jerry Bartlett (local driver who holds most of the records at Marysville Raceway), Mel Hall (posthumously, who made significant improvements to Marysville Raceway when he took it over) and Pat Clements. Athletes in other sports include Pat Gillick (Oroville native who was the MLB general manager for two World Series teams), Bill Plummer (posthumously, who was in professional baseball for 52 years and known as the backup catcher for Johnny Bench during the Cincinnati Reds' World Series victories), Darryl Stephens (Major League Baseball), Larry Prewitt (a baseball player from the Auburn area and coach at Placer High School) and Leon Donahue (posthumously, a lineman for the 49ers during the 1960s and athletic director at Shasta College). The Hall of Fame event will be held at the Veteran's Memorial Building at 1425 Veterans Memorial Circle in Yuba City on Sept. 28 at 6 p.m.