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Weekend SAT—Track — Red Bluff at Sacramento Meet of Champions SAT— NASCAR— Hansen 400, 4 p.m., FOX SAT—NFLDraft — Rounds 4-7, 9 a.m., ESPN, NFLN MLB—Giants at Nationals, SAT, 1 p.m.; Sun, 10:30 a.m., CSNB PGA— Zurich Classic, Noon, CBS SUN— NHLPlayoffs, Red Wings at Sharks, Game 2, Noon, NBC Sports 1B Weekend April 30-May 1, 2011 Local duo hits Boston Tehama Tracker BASEBALL Zane Medeiros pitched well, but the Spartans couldn’t must any offense in a 2-0 loss at Lassen, Friday night. Medeiros struck out five batters in six innings of work. Jorge Caldera, Mitch Robison, Jordan Fox, Modesto Ramirez and Joel Duggins had hits for the Spartans. Red Bluff’s first back-to-back losses on the season dropped them into a 7-4 tie with Lassen for first place in the Eastern Athletic League - South. Red Bluff (20-6 overall) closes its season by hosting Par- adise on Tuesday then traveling to Chico on May 6. Lassen ends their season by hosting Pleasant Valley. TRACK & FIELD Yreka dominated a dual meet with Corning, Wednesday, winning the boys’ events 115.5-20.5 and the girls’ events 94- 38. J.D. Whited won the triple jump and Mayra Diera won the 800 and 1600-meter races. The Lady Warriors put on quite a performance, Wednes- day at a Mid-Valley and Mountain League meet held at Yuba College in Marysville. Mercy finished in second place with 67 points behind Providence Christian with 88. Los Molinos was sixth with 14 points. Courtesy photos Greg Gilchrist and Lonnie Scott are pictured at the Boston Marathon earlier this month. 18. RUNNING Special to the DN Two local runners are back home after running the 115th Boston Marathon. Lonnie Scott of Red Bluff and Greg Gilchrist of Dairyville both completed the marathon on April The Boston Marathon is the old- est and one of the most prestigious marathons in the country. Participants must qualify for entry into the race be completing a previous marathon within a speci- fied time for their age group. Scott and Gilchrist each ran fast enough times to requalify for the Boston Marathon in 2012. This was Gilchrist’s second Boston Marathon and Scott’s first. Scott is an athletic trainers and business manager at the Tehama Family Fitness and Welness center. Gilchrist is a walnut grower and owns California Walnut Company Inc., a walnut processing plant in Dairyville. Wilcox Oaks women medal in team challenge Anna Curry, Samantha Mondragon, Rebecca Gasman and Desiree Crane won the 4x100 relay and finished second in the 4x200. Individually Curry won the 400 meters, Gasman won the 800 meters, Mondragon took the long jump and was second in the 100-meter hurdles and Crane placed second in the 300-meter hurdles. Lady Bulldog Francis Ocampo won the triple jump. The boys’ competition was won by Quincy with 99 points. Mercy placed fifth with 32 points and Los Molinos was sixth with 31 points. Mercy’s Royce Crane won the 100 meters, placed second in the 200 meters and was third in the long jump. Bulldog Kevin Garnica won the discus and was third in the shot put. Mercy’s Jeremie Jones was second. Jorge Salazar gave Los Molinos a second place finish in the triple jump. GOLF Red Bluff pulled within one point of league-leading Oroville, Thursday, as just one match remains in Eastern Athletic League-South play. Red Bluff won both the Front and Back 9s at Tuscan Ridge, Thursday. Sean Collins eagled on No. 2 to finish with an 89 and Kyle Riley shot a personal best 84 for the Spartans. Red Bluff was led by an 81 from Daniel Frantz. Peter Mitzel shot an 83, Justin Martinson an 85 and Jor- dan Chapin a 97. The EAL season wraps up May 5 at Diamond Mountain. TENNIS The Cardinals battled, but couldn’t pull out enough wins against a strong Orland team, Thursday, and lost 7-2. Ryan Howell won at No. 1 singles for Corning by defeat- ing Jony Vazquez 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Howell and Erik Espinoza got Corning’s other win by defeating Vazquez and Blake Roessel in doubles 9-7. Courtesy photo Pictured are (left to right) Sharlet Seale, Peggy McDannold, Evelyn Conant, Kellie Froome, Dianne Angelich, Elaine Tews and Susie Daly. GOLF Special to the DN On April 25 and 26, Womens’ Golf Association of Northern Cal- ifornia held their Team Challenge I Tournament at Lincoln Hills Golf Club and North Ridge Coun- try Club. A Two-Best-Ball-of-Four – Modified Stableford format was used wherein points are accumu- lated for Eagles, Birdies, Pars and Bogeys. Congratulations are in order for the two teams from Wilcox who were accepted in the blind draw tournament from clubs all over Northern California. The team of Sharlet Seale, SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The pres- sure was on the San Fran- cisco 49ers to find a quar- terback this offseason to fill the team’s greatest need. night. They landed one Friday Another might soon be on the way. In the first major move of the Jim Harbaugh Era, the 49ers traded up in the second round to take Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick with the 36th overall pick in the NFL draft. They gave Denver their second-round (45th overall), fourth-round (108th) and fifth-round (141st) picks to move up. General manager Trent Baalke and Harbaugh have spent most of the off- season doing their home- work on quarterbacks. While there’s a growing sentiment that Alex Smith will re-sign with San Francisco, there’s nothing from his past play that suggests he could be the franchise’s long-term solution. Kaepernick was watch- ing the draft unfold with family in Turlock, Calif., and will easily be a more popular pick because of Peggy McDannold, Evelyn Conant and Kellie Froome won First Low Gross in their flight with a score of 91 to capture their Diamond. The team of Cathy Gumm, Dianne Angelich, Elaine Tews (of Tierra Oaks) and Susie Daly won third low net with a score of 167 to secure their Ruby in their flight. 49ers land QB, take Kaepernick in 2nd round his Northern California ties and strong throwing arm. Kaepernick was so excited he immediately started making the two- hour drive and was set to be formally introduced alongside Harbaugh later Friday night. ‘‘That just makes it that much easier for my fami- ly, friends to come and see me,’’ said Kaepernick, who was the sixth quarter- back taken in the draft. ‘‘I know everybody in Reno was hoping I went to the 49ers as well. For me, it was the perfect pick.’’ The 49ers also traded back in the third round to take South Carolina defensive back Chris Cul- liver. The Jacksonville Jaguars received San Francisco’s 76th overall pick in exchange for the 80th pick to take Culliver and a sixth-round selec- tion (182nd overall). The selection wasn’t even the only move the 49ers made to secure a quarterback Friday. Smith was at the team’s facility working out and was scheduled to meet with Harbaugh, who has made it known he would like the team to reunite with the 2005 No. 1 over- all pick. Smith is a free See 49ERS, page 2B ALAMEDA (AP) — The Oakland Raiders decided to keep it in the family when it came time to make their first selection in the NFL draft. Then they went for need. After sitting on the sidelines without a first-round pick, the Raiders took Penn State offensive lineman Stefen Wis- niewski in the second round Friday night. Wisniewski is the nephew of Steve Wisniewski, a for- mer eight-time Pro Bowl guard with the Raiders who joined first-year coach Hue Jackson’s staff as an assistant in January. His father also played three years in the NFL as a defensive lineman. As was the case with his uncle when he was a rookie in 1989, the younger Wisniewski is being penciled in as a starter. Only this Wisniewski will do it at center, a position he played for one season with the Nittany Lions. ‘‘I would have been excited to go wherever, but you can’t help but be a little bit more excited, you know, being a Raider and being able to play for my uncle,’’ Wisniews- ki said Friday. ‘‘My dad, obviously, knows I’m in good hands playing for Steve. We grew up Raider fans, grew up cheering for Steve. It just feels right.’’ The 6-foot-3, 306-pound Wisniewski was the 48th play- er selected overall after a stellar career at Penn State. He started 38 of 39 games over the past three seasons and earned first team All-America honors in 2010. Jackson, who was promoted from offensive coordinator when Tom Cable was fired following the end of last sea- son, said the Raiders were well aware of Wisniewski’s bloodlines but said the pick was made out of need more than anything else. ‘‘By no means was this pick made because of Steve and by no means is (Stefen) here because of a relationship,’’ Jackson said. ‘‘He’s here because he can help the Oakland Raiders win football games.’’ See DRAFT, page 2B Raiders draft C Red Bluff 0 Lassen 2 Yreka Corning Mountain League Mid-Valley EAL-South Match 4 Orland 7 Corning 2 Oakland Raiders San Francisco 49ers