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Staffreport MT.SHASTA RedBluff'sConnor Sousa took first place for boys skiing Monday at Mt. Shasta Ski Park, leading the Spartans boys to second overall during the third race of the season. Sousa's win was backed up by a third place finish from Devon Treat and 9th, 10th, 11th place finishes by Brandon Bronze, Cole Bunting and Ryan Mueller respectively. Logan Carver took 13th out of 22 racers. The boys skiing was won by Mt. Shasta, in third was Shasta and fourth went to Foothill. Mariah Damante came in sixth and Trinity Tumidanski ninth to take third place for the girls skiing, out of 17 racers. The girls winner was Mount Shasta, with Shasta in second and Foothill in fourth. Combined ski winner was Mt. Shasta, followed by Shasta in second, Red Bluff in third and Foothill in fourth. The Spartans girls took fifth place and the boys sixth place for snowboarding. Combined, Red Bluff tied for fifth place with Weed. Overall winner was Shasta, Foothill took second, Mt. Shasta was third and Foot- hill was fourth. Red Bluff's Ellie Miller took sixth in the first race and ninth in the second, among 22 racers. Terrin Garcia got 25th and 16th and Les Shank took 28th and 23rd out of 42 racers for the boys snowboarding. Season results after Race 3 for skiers is Mt. Shasta, Shasta, Red Bluff and Foothill. For snow- boarders, Shasta, Mt. Shasta, Foothill, Enterprise, Weed and Red Bluff. The combined ski and snow- board leader after Race 3 is Shasta, followed by Mt. Shasta, Foothill, Red Bluff, Enterprise and Weed. Race 4, which was postponed by a storm earlier in the sea- son, was planned Tuesday after- noon. Results will follow when received. ALPINE SKIING REDBLUFF'SSOUSA GETS FIRST PLACE Boysfinishsecondoverall,girlstakethird RedBluff'sDevonTreatcompetesMondayatMt.ShastaSkiPark. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS BY PAUL SCHWARTZ Red Bluff's Connor Sousa competes Monday at Mt. Shasta Ski Park. By Christopher Weber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A tennis com- mentator dropped by ESPN for a remark about Venus Williams during the Australian Open sued the sports network Tues- day for wrongful termination. Former tennis pro Doug Adler maintains he was describing Williams' aggressive style last month as "guerrilla" tactics and not comparing her with a "go- rilla." He apologized for his poor word choice but was let go from ESPN mid-tournament. Adler claims "emotional dis- tress" in the filing in Los Ange- les Superior Court, alleging he was wrongly branded a racist and has lost other TV opportuni- ties because of the controversy. The lawsuit calls for punitive financial damages, but doesn't name an amount. ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said Tuesday the network hadn't seen the lawsuit and had no comment. The suit points out that "Guer- rilla Tennis" was the name of a Nike TV ad from the 1990s fea- turing Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. "Obviously, (Adler) saw that commercial many times and the phrase became widely used by those who actually understood tennis vernacular and followed the sport closely," the lawsuit said. Peter Bodo, senior editor of Tennis magazine, used the term in a 2012 profile of Agnieszka Radwanska, according to court papers. Adler was doing play-by-play commentary on ESPN for Wil- liams' Jan. 18 match against Ste- TENNIS Ex-commentator sues ESPN a er getting fired By Janie McCauley The Associated Press SCOTTSDALE,ARIZ. Mark Melan- con sprints to the mound and his heart starts racing — at precisely 183 beats per minute. It's all by careful design for San Francisco's new closer. "I didn't realize it was that high," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday, when his pitchers and catchers held their first spring training work- out. "That shows you how ramped up these guys get with Adrenalin kicking in. It's a beautiful thing. Adrenalin's a beautiful drug as long as you can control it." Melancon sure can, and he is monitoring his every movement. The right-hander is wearing a heart rate monitor under his uni- form around his rib area while he pitches. "I don't think across the league it's too popular," Melancon said. In fact, he asked his share of questions about sports science — his passion that goes hand in hand with pitching at his peak — when deciding to sign with San Francisco during the offseason. But 183 beats per minute, for a someone who typically works all of one inning at the end of the night to finish off the opponent? "Which is extremely high, be- cause I'm just standing out there, barely moving," he said. "I don't want to go from sitting out in the bullpen for two hours to all of a sudden trying to be at 183. That's what's going to cause injury, so slowly building that up over the course of two innings or so get- ting the heart rate up riding the bike, getting the blood flowing and get your body loose." On Tuesday, Melancon threw for the first time to Gold Glove catcher Buster Posey as lefty ace Madison Bumgarner let it fly from one mound over at Scottsdale Sta- dium. All the brass watched their prized ninth-inning addition keenly from the side — executive vice president of baseball opera- tions Brian Sabean, general man- ager Bobby Evans, athletic trainer Dave Groeschner, assistant GMs Jeremy Shelley and Dick Tidrow. Of course Bochy stole some glances, too. Melancon, who landed a $62 million, four-year contract in De- GIANTS Me la nc on throws to Posey on first day Staff report CORNING The Corning Lady Car- dinals played to a 1-1 tie Thurs- day against the Paradise Bob- cats, with each team scoring in the first half. Sophomore Brisa Martinez was named player of the game, with 10 steals in the contest. "Another excellent gamer from our stopper Brisa Mar- tinez," said coach Ed Curiel. "Brisa really showed us her passion, intensity and grit. Fif- teen minutes before half time she took a hit to the knee and unfortunately had to be pulled out. However she came out and pulled herself together and was ready to go back in and give it 110 percent and that is exactly what she did." The Cardinals goal came from freshman Nayeli Lara, one of her 3 shots on goal. Masiel Anaya had 15 steals and Tiffany Gay- tan had 9. Goalkeeper Anna Reynolds made 9 saves in the tie. The No. 2 seed Lady Car- dinals (7-6-3 overall, 4-1-2 league) are scheduled to host the No. 7 seed Anderson Cubs (4-15 overall, 2-8 league) at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday to open the NSCIF playoffs. LadySpartans2, Pleasant Valley 3 CHICO The Red Bluff Lady Spar- tans came up short Friday night against the Pleasant Valley Vi- kings, 3-2. Rosy Alfaro scored on a free kick in the first half for the Spartans and Maya Cruz scored with an assist from Al- exa De La Rosa in the second half. Karissa Mena also re- corded an assist. Goalkeeper Grace Thornton made 7 saves in the loss. The Vikings put up 1 in the first and 2 in the second for the win. The No. 5 seed Lady Spartans (8-9-4 overall, 2-5-3 league) open the playoffs at 6 p.m. Thursday in Redding when they take on the No. 4 seed West Valley Ea- gles (16-1-2 overall, 9-0-1 league) at 6 p.m. at Redding Soccer Park. Cardinals 0, Paradise 2 CORNING The Corning boys were shut out at home by the Paradise Bobcats Thursday, 2-0. As of 4 p.m. Monday no stats had been posted for the Cardi- nals. The No. 3 Cardinals (11-6 over- all, 3-2 league) are scheduled to host the No. 6 Sutter Huskies (4- 8-4 overall, 2-3-1 league) at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday to start the play- offs. Spartans 0, Pleasant Valley 3 RED BLUFF The Red Bluff boys were shut out at home Friday night by the Pleasant Valley Vi- kings, 3-0. Salvador Santoyo was named player of the game for the Spar- tans, with 10 steals on the night and 1 save at goal. Congratulations to Salvador for receiving a well deserved player of the game," said coach Claudio Martinez. "Chava stepped onto that field today and was ready to work, ready to give it his all. He was a constant wall during the game, stepping up and challeng- ing every ball. He also had won- PREP SOCCER CorninggirlstiewithParadise Cardinals boys, Spartans boys and girls lose TENNIS PAGE 2 SOCCER PAGE 2 CHRIS CARLSON – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Mark Melancon, right, talks to catcher Buster Posey during spring baseball practice on Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz. GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, February 15, 2017 MORE ATFACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1