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ByJosephShufelberger jshufelberger@chicoer.com @JShufelberger on Twitter CHICO Not much was decided in Tuesday's doubleheader between the Pleasant Valley High and Red Bluff baseball teams other than this — Friday's game between the two will mean even more. That's because the Spartans sal- vaged a split by stopping one Vikings rally short of a walk-off win, piecing together a rally of their own in the ninth and perhaps prematurely end- ing another tying or winning one by PV on Tuesday in the doubleheader at Ron Doryland Field in the Hooker Oak Recreation Area. "We definitely found a way to make that interesting," Red Bluff head coach Ryland Sanders said. To say the least. Consider the final three innings included — a dropped fly ball in left field helped PV tie the second game in the seventh inning at 4 before a diving attempt by the Vikings' right fielder nearly kept it deadlocked in the Spartans' half of the ninth as the game ended with catcher Tan- ner Tweedt making a quick recovery on a wild pitch from Evan Tanner PREP BASEBALL PV, RED BLUFF SPLIT TWIN BILL Meetingofco-leadersendswithteamsstilltiedatopleague;thirdgameFriday RedBluff'sEricSpencertouchesdownsafeatsecondas Pleasant Valley's Anthony Montalvo sweeps up the ball Tuesday at Doryland Field in Chico. PHOTOS BY EMILY BERTOLINO — ENTERPRISE-RECORD Red Bluff's Kolby Button pitches against Pleasant Valley Tuesday at Doryland Field in Chico. By Andrew Baggarly Bay Area News Group KANSAS CITY Giants manager Bruce Bochy underwent heart surgery Tuesday morning after experiencing an atrial flutter, or abnormal heart rhythm, and will recover at his home in San Diego, according to the team. The minor ablation procedure, in which surgeons scar small ar- eas of heart tissue to prevent ab- normal electrical signals from moving through the organ, was deemed a success, the team said. Giants bench coach Ron Wotus will manage the club in the two- game series at Kansas City that begins Tuesday night. Bochy is scheduled to rejoin the Giants on Friday in Denver when the club begins a three-game series at Co- ors Field. Bochy, who turned 62 on Sun- day, also missed a game at Mi- ami in August last season when he was hospitalized overnight be- cause of an irregular heartbeat. And he had unscheduled surgery in February of 2015 when he felt discomfort while taking a stress test as part of a routine physical; doctors inserted two stents to treat a pair of 90 percent block- ages in the vessels near his heart. Last year in Miami, Bochy said the irregular heartbeat epi- sode was something he has expe- rienced in the past. "There's no guarantee, but they don't see anything happening," Bochy said at the time. "I don't anticipate having another episode of this." "I had an irregular heartbeat going and they wanted to adjust some meds, and with that, they wanted to hold me overnight for observation. … It's not uncom- mon. Some people have it. You just have to be aware." It is no small matter to be a ma- jor league manager with a heart condition — especially when you have a family history of cardiac is- sues. Bochy's father, Gus, was 65 years old when struck by a fatal heart attack in 1990. As a result, Bochy has sched- uled regular heart checkups with a cardiologist in San Diego since his 40s. Bochy is in his 11th season as GIANTS Bochy undergoes heart surgery, will miss Kansas City series By Jon Wilner Bay Area News Group Former Stanford basketball coach Johnny Dawkins has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the university and is seeking in excess of $7 million in damages stemming from his dismissal last year. Dawkins is owed approximately $2.3 million in direct damages and is seeking "punitive and ex- emplary damages of not less than $5 million for the tortious ingre- dients of its wrongdoing," accord- ing to the complaint filed Monday in Santa Clara Superior Court. Dawkins was fired without cause in March 2016 after failing to reach the NCAA tournament for the seventh time in eight sea- sons. (His record at Stanford: 156- 115.) Soon after, he was named head coach at Central Florida. The mitigation clause in his Stanford contract — what the school would owe Dawkins (af- ter termination) if he was hired elsewhere — is at the heart of his complaint. According to court documents, Dawkins agreed to release any claims against Stanford upon his dismissal in exchange for the uni- versity dropping the mitigation provision in his contract. The school also agreed to pay Dawkins $2.3 million. Subsequently, the documents state, Stanford said it was, in fact, entitled to withhold Dawkins' compensation from UCF from the amount owed to him under the terms of the buyout agreement. Dawkins' attorney, Allen Ruby, who used to represent Barry Bonds, did not respond to a re- quest for comment. Stanford athletic director Ber- nard Muir was not immediately available for comment. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Fo rm er c oa ch Dawkins su es S ta nf or d NHAT V. MEYER — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP The Warriors' Javale McGee, le , and Kevin Durant contest a call during their game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. By Anthony Slater Bay Area News Group OAKLAND Operating at optimal force the past month, the War- riors have vaulted ahead of other flawed contenders into heavy fa- vorite status. But a simple factor threatens to derail any team at any moment: Injuries. Just one game into their 2017 ti- tle chase, the Warriors have been delivered a scare. Kevin Durant is nursing a left calf strain, missed Tuesday's practice and is listed as questionable for Game 2 on Wednesday night. It's not a crip- pling blow, but it's concerning, Steve Kerr says. "It's fully the expectation (that he'll return soon)," Kerr said. "But you have to be careful with this stuff." Durant suffered the injury late in the third quarter of Game 1. After a sharp, bouncy move past Blazers defender Mo Harkless, Durant sharply pulled up and buried a 20-foot jumper. But as he landed, Durant looked down at his left leg, holding his foot in the air briefly and favoring that calf for the first time. Over the next couple minutes, each time there was a stoppage in play, Durant bent down and grabbed the lower part of his calf. When he subbed out to start the fourth quarter, Warriors trainer Chelsea Lane was seen checking it out. It didn't seem to hurt Durant's play. He returned for the game's final six minutes, made four of his five shots and closed out the win with a pair of dagger jump- ers. Then after the game, when asked about his leg, he was short and curt: "I'm good." But the issue has apparently lingered, compounded by the fact that he's only 10 days removed from his return for a right knee injury. The belief is that it's a mi- nor strain, but muscle issues are tricky, particularly calves and NBA PLAYOFFS Durantquestionable,whoisnextup? Barnes' return would help, but team may need scoring punch from Iguodala WARRIORS PAGE 2 MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Stanford head coach Johnny Dawkins talks to his players a game in 2016. 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