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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Tuesday's results Thursday August 8, 2013 MLB Athletics 5 Cincinnati SWIMMING | North Valley Aquatic League Championships 6 OAK — Donaldson 2-4, 2 RBI CIN — Bruce 1-4, 3 RBI, 1 HR Milwaukee LATE Giants Today's games MLB Milwaukee Giants CSNB 12:45 p.m. MIL — Hand SF — Lincecum On the tube CYCLING 1 p.m. FSN — Tour of Utah, stage 3, Richfield to Payson, Utah GOLF 10 a.m. TNT — PGA of America, PGA Championship, first round, at Pittsford, N.Y. 1 p.m. TGC — USGA, U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, second and third round matches, at Charleston, S.C. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 a.m. ESPN — Playoffs, Great Lakes Regional semifinal, teams TBD, at Indianapolis 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, Northwest Regional semifinal, teams TBD, at San Bernardino, Calif. 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, Great Lakes Regional semifinal, teams TBD, at Indianapolis 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, Northwest Regional semifinal, teams TBD, at San Bernardino, Calif. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Detroit at Cleveland or L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis (8 p.m. start) NFL FOOTBALL 5 p.m. ESPN — Preseason, Cincinnati at Atlanta TENNIS 9 a.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA, Rogers Cup, men's and women's round of 16, at Montreal and Toronto Around town Red Bluff High School football practices start Monday, with varsity players set to meet at 6 a.m. at the school's football stadium. Freshmen and junior varsity teams meet at 3:30 p.m. Tehama County PAL and Tehama County DSA is hosting a double-elimination co-ed softball tournament Aug. 16-18 at Frey and Tosh fields in Red Bluff. The entry fee is $200 and the deadline to enter is Aug. 13. The proceeds will benefit youth programs and youth sponsorships in the community. For more information contact Kyle Button (530-526-3609) or Kathy Hausman (530518-5284). Raiders second-round pick injures calf NAPA (AP) — Second-round pick Menelik Watson's first practice of training camp lasted less than 30 minutes Wednesday before the Oakland Raiders' offensive lineman left the field after reinjuring a calf muscle in his left leg. Watson, the 42nd overall pick and projected backup to right tackle Khalif Barnes, had been on the non-football injury list since the beginning of camp after injuring his calf in mid-July. The 6-foot-5, 315pound tackle jogged out to practice and took part in two offensive linemen drills before aggravating his injury. Watson angrily walked off the field with head trainer H.Rod Martin, punched a wooden bench near the team's weight room and let out a scream before going into the locker room. Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. @TehamaSports NVALs cap swimming seasons Red Bluff Tritons take 3rd Special to the DN The Red Bluff Tritons swam in their last swim meet of the season Aug. 2-4 and placed 3rd amongst tough competition from many seasonal teams. The North Valley Aquatic League Championships (NVALs) were hosted by Chico Aqua Jets at Shasta College in Redding. The end of the season Championships is a way to bring all of the 16 teams in the league together and to compete with all the local swimming talent. The Tritons' 36 athletes did some awesome swimming and earned the team 2,251 points even with having far less swimmers than some of their competitors. The Triton swimmers snagged six individual High Point awards. The top honors went to: Pre- Corning Manta Rays finish strong See SOAR, page 2B See RAYS, page 2B Courtesy photo The Red Bluff Tritons swimming team placed third at the North Valley Aquatic League Championships at Shasta College over the weekend. ston Beeman and Joslyn Shults (6-under age group), Ethan Williams (7-8 age group), Sevee Johnson (11-12 age group), Jordan Johnson (15-16 age group) and Josh Jackson (17-18 age group). The Triton relays teams were very competitive, as the boys 910 relay placed 3rd on the 200 Medley and 5th on the 200 Freestyle. The girls 8 and under took 4th and the boys 8 and under got 2nd on their 100 Medley relays and 5th on the 200 Free relay. The 11-12 girls earned 8th in 200 Freestyle relay and the girls 15-16 got 7th. The relays are great for team building and also quickly add points for the team. Carson Courtesy photo Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing brings home six overall trophies and placed 2nd overall at the NVAL Championships held at Shasta College. Back row, left to right, are Mitchell Sauve, Coley Sauve, Julia Brandt, Jayne Brandt, Zinnia Balken and Coach Barry Henderson. Front row, left to right, are Jaxon Balken and Jordan Brandt. SOAR brings home 2nd Special to the DN For the first time ever Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing placed second overall, edging out the Redding Ducks at the North Valley Aquatic League Championships. The swimmers from Red Bluff made quite a showing as six of the ten swimmers who competed came home with an overall trophy. All of the swim- This completes an outstanding summer season for Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing team. Many swimmers will continue to swim starting back up in September. If you are interested in competing at a high level year around please contact Kathy Brandt at 530-3544775 or kandjbrandt@gmail.com. Results: Coley Sauve, 16, Placed 5th Overall Seasonal 11th place-100 Back 1:10.21; 13th place-100 Breast 1:23.11; 16th Place-500 Free 6:21.98; 17th place200IM 2:38.57, 200 Free 2:18.07; 18th Place-100 Fly 1:14.31, 100 Free 1:02.74; 22nd place-50 Free 28.70 Mitchell Sauve, 14, Placed 4th Overall Seasonal 8th place-100 Breast 1:18.33; 9th place-200IM 2:36.63, 100 Free 1:00.43; 11th Place-50 Free 27.12, 12th place-200 Free 2:18.13; 13th place-500 Free 6:31.64; 15th Place100 Fly 1:17.70; 17th place-100 Back 1:16.60 Jaxon Balken, 11, Placed 3rd Overall Year Around 3rd Place-50 Back 33.31, 100IM 1:11.37; 4th Place-50 Breast 38.97, 500 Free 6:16.45, 5th Place-50 Fly 32.49, 200 Free Special to the DN The Corning Manta Rays had 22 swimmers participate in the final swim meet of the 2013 season. "This is the finale to all of our hard work, Manta Rays coach Julene Stokes said. "Our swimmers came to swim their hardest. Our goal was to bring home some hardware, and we did just that." Results: The relay team of James Stokes, Tyler Grine, Zachary Pritchard, Owen Ritter was a very exciting race. Corning placed sixth. Girls: Breanna Terry (7-8) 25 breaststroke 20th place, 25 freestyle 40th place. Breanna had one best ever time. Hannah Pritchard (910)100 IM 4th place, 100 freestyle 4th place, 50 butterfly 8th place, 50 backstroke 5th place, 200 freestyle 3rd place. 50 breaststroke 3rd place, 50 freestyle 2nd place. Hannah had three best ever times and she also took home the first place trophy in the top scoring seasonal girls 9-10 age division. Tayler Snow (9-10) 100 IM 18th place, 100 freestyle 25th place, 50 butterfly 30th place, 50 backstroke 24th place, 200 freestyle 16th place, 50 breaststroke 4th place, 50 freestyle 26th place. Tayler had three best ever times. Kara Beckwith (9-10) 100 IM 8th place, 100 freestyle 13th place, 50 butterfly 12th place, 50 backstroke 13th place, 200 freestyle 18th place, 50 breaststroke 11th place, 50 freestyle 21st place. Kara had six best ever times. Kara also brought home the fourth place trophy in overall points in the 11-12 girls seasonal division. McKenna Kiefer (1112) 50 breaststroke 36th mers experienced huge time drops and some even got new "A," "AA," and "AAA" times. Coach Barry Henderson was very pleased with the performances stating: "We focus on fundamentals at every level. Our goal is to help our kids on a path of really understanding what potential they have, and I saw a lot of them start to recognize that this weekend." Jordan Brandt was especially excited to earn her first ever "A" time in the 25 Fly going 19.02. Mitchell Sauve earned personal best times in all eight events he competed in. Most all of the Sun Oaks swimmers from Red Bluff competed on outstanding relay teams as well. Sousa was excited to get a medal with his teammates Niko Munoz, Dante Beeman and Jaden Humphrey for their 9-10 boys 200 Medley relay. All six Triton swimmers in the 11-12 age group, who swam the 500 Freestyle, had top 24 finishes, earning See TRITON, page 2B REDS 6, ATHLETICS 5 Colon struggles as A's lose again CINCINNATI (AP) — Oakland's offense finally perked up on Wednesday. Unfortunately for the Athletics, it was a sluggish day for Bartolo Colon. Colon was knocked out in the third inning in his shortest outing of the season, and Oakland went on to a 6-5 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. AL West-leading Oakland, which began the day with a one-game advantage over Texas, scored as many runs as it had in its previous three games. The five runs and 11 hits were the highest totals for the A's since they had 12 hits in a 9-4 victory against Toronto on July 29. But Oakland still lost for the sixth time in seven games. Colon (14-4) allowed five runs and seven hits in 2 2-3 innings. He was 3-0 with a 1.57 ERA in his previous five starts, including a four-hitter in a 6-0 victory at the Los Angeles Angels on July 21. The All-Star right-hander was pitching on six days' rest but was weakened by a stomach virus. ''It is no excuse,'' Colon said through interpreter Ariel Prieto. ''I wasn't throwing strikes like I did before the All-Star game.'' Manager Bob Melvin hoped that an extra day off would help the veteran's performance. ''We've seen him have lower velocity before,'' Melvin said. ''He's had the stomach virus before and pitched through it. He's pitched without his best stuff before and worked through it.'' Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer and threw out a runner at the plate for Cincinnati, which won consecutive games for the first time since July 24 in San Francisco and July 25 in Los Angeles. Corky Miller added two run-scoring doubles. Miller's first run-scoring double gave Cincinnati a 2-1 lead in the second inning. The Reds added three more in the third, with Bruce going deep for the See A'S, page 2B AP photo Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick waits to bat against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday in Cincinnati.