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Monday NBA Playoffs — Magic at Hawks, 5 p.m., TNT NBA Playoffs — Lakers at Jazz, 7:30 p.m., TNT NHLPlayoffs — Penguins at Canadians, 4 p.m., VERSUS MLB— Yankees at Tigers, 4 p.m., ESPN Sports 1B Monday May 10, 2010 Pitcher perfect Red Bluff’s Wheeler named EAL’s Scholar Athlete of 2009-2010 There may be only about a month of school left for the senior class of 2010, but that was plenty enough time for Red Bluff High School’s Jaklyn Wheeler to add another award to her collection. Wheeler was named the Eastern Athletic League’s 2009-2010 female Scholar Athlete on Saturday. During her four years in high school, Wheeler was awarded nine varsity letters, playing soccer, bas- ketball, track and field and her best sport — volley- ball. Wheeler was named to five All-League teams and was recognized as an All- age. Wheeler will be attending the University of Oregon on a MCT PHOTO Oakland Athletic Dallas Braden reacts after the 27th out of his perfect game was recorded. Dallas Braden pitches perfect game OAKLAND (AP) — Dal- las Braden definitely owns the mound now. Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history on Sunday, shutting down the majors’ hottest team and leading the Oakland Ath- letics to a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Braden threw his arms in the air after Gabe Kapler grounded out to shortstop for the final out, his simmer- ing feud with Yankees star Alex Rodriguez merely a footnote to the first perfect game for Oakland in 42 years. The closest the Rays got to a hit was Jason Bartlett’s liner to third leading off the game. Evan Longoria tried to bunt leading off the fifth, drawing boos from the small crowd. ‘‘Pretty cool,’’ Braden said. ‘‘I don’t know what to think about it just yet. There’s definitely a select group. I’d like to have a career more than today.’’ Before this gem, Braden was best known for his enraged reaction to Rodriguez walking across the mound on April 22. Still angry after the game, he told the slugger ‘‘to go do laps in the bullpen’’ if he wanted to traipse across a mound. The squabble was still simmering last week. On Friday in Boston, Rodriguez said he didn’t want to extend Braden’s ‘‘extra 15 minutes of fame.’’ A-Rod struck a far more conciliato- ry tone Sunday. ‘‘I’ve learned in my career that it’s always better to be remembered for some of the good things you do on the field, and good for him,’’ Rodriguez said before facing Boston. ‘‘He threw a perfect game. And, even better, he beat the Rays.’’ That said, Braden’s grandmother may have gotten the last word: ‘‘Let’s forget it, uh huh — and stick it, A-Rod,’’ said a chuckling Peggy Lindsey, who was in the stands watch- ing. This was the majors’ first perfect game since Mark Buehrle did it for the White Sox against the Rays on July 23, and the second no-hitter this season after Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez accomplished it in Atlanta on April 17. ‘‘I’m a bad omen. That’s the third perfect game and fourth no-hitter I’ve been on the wrong side of,’’ Rays man- ager Joe Maddon said. ‘‘When Kenny Rogers threw his I was the bullpen coach. If you want to see another one, just follow me around.’’ Braden pitched the A’s first perfect game since Hall of Famer Jim ‘‘Cat- fish’’ Hunter’s gem on May 8, 1968, against the Minnesota Twins. Only 6,298 were there to witness it. Sun- day’s crowd at the Coliseum wasn’t much better: 12,228. Braden (4-2) wasn’t fazed by any- thing, locating his fastball in every spot, throwing two-strike changeups and getting quick outs against a Rays team that lost on the road for just the third time this year. He struck out six in the improbable 109-pitch per- formance, throwing 77 strikes in his 53rd career start and first complete game. Braden’s teammates mobbed him when the Mother’s Day masterpiece was over, leaving bats and gloves scattered on the field. The left-hander pointed to the sky in honor of his single mom, Jodie Atwood, who died of skin cancer when he was a high school senior. He shared a long and tearful hug with Lindsey, who helped raise him, in front of the dugout. ‘‘It hasn’t been a joyous day for me in a while,’’ Braden said. ‘‘With my grandma in the stands, it makes it a lot better.’’ Braden’s perfect game was the sixth no-hitter in Oakland history. The 26- year-old Braden, a native of nearby Stockton, was a 24th-round draft pick by the A’s in 2004. He improved his career record to 18-23. ‘‘Little League, I got a couple of them under my belt,’’ Braden said. ‘‘In the bullpen, I’m damn near perfect every day.’’ His grandmother gets the game ball, the Stockton Hall of Fame everything else. Dozens of supporters from Stock- ton packed the Coliseum’s Section 209 — the number of their area code. Last Mother’s Day, Braden was hit by a line drive by Vernon Wells. ‘‘You know, a year later you don’t expect anything like this,’’ he said. ‘‘I’m just happy to be putting on the costume a year later.’’ The A’s defense didn’t even have to make a really tough play in fair territo- ry. Third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff sprinted to the dirt in front of Oakland’s dugout to catch a foul popup by Dion- er Navarro for the second out in the sixth. Kapler then fouled out on a 12- pitch at-bat on another ball caught by Kouzmanoff. Navarro fouled off five straight pitches before the popup. In the eighth, Kouzmanoff went down the dugout steps to snare Carlos Pena’s foul. ‘‘I told him he needs to quit stealing my thunder,’’ Braden said. ‘‘He makes ridiculous plays.’’ Landon Powell — who caught the game with regular catcher Kurt Suzuki injured — Kouzmanoff and Ryan Sweeney each singled in runs for the A’s, who added two unearned runs in the fourth after catcher Navarro’s throwing error. This was even a first for longtime umpire Jim Wolf, who worked home plate. ‘‘You do get caught up in it a little bit,’’ said Wolf, who watched younger brother Randy throw a perfect game and no-hitter as a high-schooler. volleyball scholarship. Enterprise High School’s Anthony Williams was named the male recipient. Williams also learned nine varsity levels during high school careers in football, basketball and track and field. He was named to eight All-League teams and was rec- ognized on All-Section teams four times. He was apart of eight section champion teams and main- tained a 3.57 grade point average. Williams will be attending California State University, Sacramento. Paige family keeps rolling Jaklyn Wheeler Section performer four times. She played on one champi- onship team — the 2009 Spartans volleyball team. During this time she maintained a 3.88 grade point aver- Courtesy photo Stacy, Paige and Kaden Pearce. Chalk up some more wins for the Pearce family archers. Paige Pearce won the Young Adult Division at Nation- al Field Archery Association Outdoor Marked 3-D Nation- als, and brother Kaden and mother Stacy each won the 3- D Nationals and the Western Classic for their divisions. Approximately 1,200 shooters from all over the United States participated in the National Field Archery Associa- tion Outdoor Marked 3-D Nationals held at the Straight Arrow Archery Club on Swasey Drive in Redding April 30 through May 2. During the three-days of tournament action, archers shot 70 life-size animal targets from distances ranging from four yards to 101 yards. The weekend was com- prised of the 3-D Nationals, the Western Classic and the $50,000 money shoot. After the first day Kaden and Stacy Pearce led their divisions in the Nationals and the Western Classic. Paige led her division in the Nationals. In the money shoot and Pro Division, Paige was in second place trailing Jamie Van Natta, Women’s World Team Member and the top woman shooter in the world by six points. Paige led Women’s World Team Member Erika Anschutz by one point. On Day Two, Anschutz took over second place with a one- point lead over Paige. On the final day, Paige regained her lead on Anschutz until the last four targets when she dropped an arrow out of the spot and then hit another arrow in the spot, glancing her arrow into the ten ring. A perfect score is 1540 points. Van Natta broke the course record with an impressive score of 1529. Anschutz took second with a score of 1517 and Paige took third with a score of 1515. Paige placed first in the Young Adult Division for the Nationals with her score of 1515. Kaden Pearce won both the Western Classic and the 3- D Nationals with a score of 1514. Stacy Pearce won both the Western Classic and the 3-D Nationals with a score of 1511. She also claimed the top female shooter award for the Western Classic. There are many local shoots in the area and throughout MCTphoto Dallas Braden hugs his grandmother following his perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Mother’s Day. the state. A calendar can be found on the California Bow- man Hunters website. Ishi Archery will be holding the annual 42 target, 3-D tournament on Sunday. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the shoot starts at 9. Every Thursday night Ishi Archery club has a 16 target 3-D shoot. The shoot starts at 5 p.m. The cost is $5 for members and $6 for non-members. This will continue until August as long as there is an interest. For more information, call 527- 4200.