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ByProfessionalRodeoCowboys Association COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. WorldChampionCowboysTom Nesmith, Mark Garrett, Bob Wegner and Harry Charters, along with rodeo notable Jack Hannum, the Hendricks Broth- ers specialty act and four-time team roping head horse of the year Precious Speck (Walt) head the 2015 induction class for the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. They will be enshrined Aug. 8 during ceremonies in the sculp- ture garden adjacent to the Hall, along with the rodeo commit- tees from the Red Bluff Round- Up, the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo and Iowa's Champion- ship Rodeo. All three of the rodeos se- lected for enshrinement are among the oldest and most pres- tigious Professional Rodeo Cow- boys Association events on the schedule. The Red Bluff Round- Up just completed its 94th an- nual event last weekend while Iowa's Championship Rodeo, named the PRCA Small Rodeo of the Year in 1997, will be cel- ebrating its 91st anniversary in July. Guymon Pioneer Days, the 2002 PRCA Large Rodeo of the Year, is producing its 83rd an- nual event next month. The induction week will kick off with the 28th annual ProRo- deo Hall of Fame Golf Tourna- ment on Aug. 6, the Cowboy Ball on Aug. 7, and then culminates with the Induction Ceremonies and the Commissioner's Clas- sic Team Roping competition on Aug. 8. Nesmith, of Bethel, Okla- homa, was a soft-spoken cow- boy whose best events were steer wrestling and calf roping, and he captured the 1962 all-around and steer wrestling world cham- pionships. "This is just great, and I'm flattered on behalf of my dad for him to honored," said Ja- nette Nesmith, Tom's daughter. "I remember traveling from one rodeo to the next with my dad. I think he would've been able to achieve so much more if he hadn't gotten sick." Nesmith died of a heart at- tack on Oct. 16, 1972, at the age of 37. In the years leading up to his death, Nesmith battled a rare form of heart disease, and there was no cure at the time. In Nesmith's double gold buckle season, he won $32,611 to claim the all-around title and $16,789 to win top steer wres- tling honors. "He was an even better horse- man than he was a cowboy," Ja- nette Nesmith said. "For him to be recognized with the best cow- boys ever is a very good feeling." Nesmith also finished fourth and third in the 1958 and 1961 calf roping world standings. The 5-foot-10, 180-pounder's first PRCA rodeo was in 1953 at Fort Smith, Ark., and he cred- ited Dick Truitt and Everett Shaw with teaching him the re- spective skills of steer wrestling and roping. Garrett, 49, the 1996 world champion bareback rider, was known for his ability to come through under pressure. He won his only gold buckle with a clutch ride in Round 10 at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, scoring 83 points on Big Bend Rodeo Company's Spring Fling, a 2014 inductee into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. That ride also clinched the NFR average title for Garrett with a then-bareback riding re- cord of 786 points on 10 head. He also set the NFR bareback riding earnings record that year with $78,517. He had entered the 1996 NFR about $30,000 behind his older brother, Marvin, who was the bareback riding leader. Mark Garrett said he was thrilled to join his brother in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Mar- vin Garrett, who won four gold buckles (1988-89, 1994-95), was enshrined in 1998. "It's dang sure an honor," Gar- rett said. "I'm pretty shocked, I guess. A lot of your heroes and your friends are in the Hall of Fame, but I sure didn't plan on joining them. You don't really count on something like this, RODEO RedBluffRound-Up togointoHallofFame PRCA reveals 2015 ProRodeo Hall of Fame induction class, including local committee DAILYNEWSFILE The Red Bluff Round-Up rodeo, which concluded its 94th edition on Sunday, has been selected for enshrinement at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Staff Reports RED BLUFF Pitch, Hit & Run, the official skills competition of Ma- jor League Baseball, is scheduled to hold an event at 5 p.m., May 1 at Trainor Park here. "This grassroots program is de- signed to provide youngsters with an opportunity to compete, free of charge, in a competition that recognizes individual excellence in core baseball/softball skills," according to a press release. The competition for boys and girls is divided into four age groups, including 7- to 8-year- olds, 9- to 10-year-olds, 11- to 12-year-olds, and 13- to 14-year- olds, according to the release. Children will have the chance to advance through four levels of competition, including team championships at MLB ballparks and the national finals to be held at the 2015 MLB All-Star Game, according to the release. Individual pitching, hitting and running champions — along with an all-around champion — in each age and gender group will be awarded at the local competition and advance to the sectional com- petition, according to the release. To register, visit pitchhitrun. com. All participants must bring a copy of their birth certificate and have their parent or guardian complete a registration/waiver form prior to the start of the com- petition. For more information or ques- tions, contact city of Red Bluff rec- reation supervisor Chris Hurton at 530-527-8181. RED BLUFF MLB skills program at Trainor Park May 1 Girls, boys to show core so ball, baseball skills By Andrew Baggarly Bay Area News Group SAN FRANCISCO Justin Maxwell grew up a San Francisco Giants fan in the Chesapeake Bay, which is to say that he didn't receive a full indoctrination. He loved the Giants. He didn't fully loathe the Dodgers. "You definitely knew about the rivalry," said Maxwell, "but it's a lot different in person." Especially when you're the hero at the center of a three-game sweep. Maxwell's single down the left-field line scored Angel Pagan from second base in the 10th in- ning as the Giants took a 3-2 vic- tory over the Los Angeles Dodg- ers at AT&T Park. Maxwell would've been the hero in the eighth inning if Dodg- ers second baseman Howie Ken- drick hadn't snared his line drive up the middle with the bases loaded. But Brandon Crawford hit a tying triple in the ninth, Pa- gan stole the most important base by a Giant this season in the 10th and Maxwell found a hole as the Giants celebrated their second walk-off victory over their archri- vals in barely 18 hours. "I thought this was a big test for us, and we rose to the occa- sion," Giants manager Bruce Bo- chy said. "We pitched well, the at-bats were better and they kept fighting. ... You give (Maxwell) credit. He didn't get down, he came up again and he won the game for us." The Giants hoped to do better BASEBALL Maxwell hits game-winner, Giants sweep 3-game series President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan in- advertently killed an American and an Italian, two hostages held by al-Qaida, as well as two other Americans. PAKISTAN Hostageskilledindrone strikes against al-Qaida FULLSTORYONPAGEB4 Loretta Lynch won confir- mation as the nation's first black woman attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced her to wait more than five months for the title and remained divided to the end. CONGRESS Senate confirms Lynch as new attorney general FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 The Red Bluff High School baseball team is scheduled to visit Enterprise at 7p.m. today, while the school's so ball team is set to host Foothill at 4p.m. RED BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL Baseball, so ball teams back in action today The Red Bluff and Corning high school track and field teams are scheduled to travel to Oroville today to compete in the West Valley Invitational meet. TRACK AND FIELD Red Bluff, Corning set for West Valley invite The 2015 Berrendos girls fast pitch so ball team recently wrapped up their season with a perfect 14-0 re- cord. Unfortunately, the girls couldn't play any games on their home field, so they had to win them all on the road, playing schools from Shasta and Tehama counties. Pictured, from le , are Victoria Clark, Regan Par- kinson, Rianna Zepeda, Emma Hale, Chloee Drake, Sarah Reineman, Audra Brown, Bridget Brown, Alexis Zamora, Claire Miller, Cassie Drury and Aubrey Zamora. Coaches were Brittani Johnson and Bayli Johnson. COURTESY PHOTO SOFTBALL A PERFECT SEASON RECORD RODEO PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, April 24, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1