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Wednesday Tour de France — Stage 10, 5 a.m., VERSUS Golf — Champions Challenge, 7:30 a.m., ESPN Sports 1B Wednesday July 14, 2010 Red Bluff wins district Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80 NEW YORK (AP) — George Steinbrenner, whose big wallet and win-at-all-cost attitude whipped the New York Yankees into a billion-dollar sports empire, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4. Steinbrenner had a heart attack, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Fla., and died at about 6:30 a.m, a person close to the owner told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not disclosed those details. ‘‘George was ’The Boss,’ make no mistake,’’ Hall of Famer Yogi Berra said. ‘‘He built the Yankees into cham- pions, and that’s something nobody can ever deny. He was a very generous, caring, passionate man. George and I had our differences, but who didn’t? We became great friends over the last decade and I will miss him very much.’’ In 37-plus seasons as owner, Steinbrenner led the Yan- kees to seven World Series championships, 11 American League pennants and 16 AL East titles. ‘‘He was and always will be as much of a New York Yankee as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mick- ey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and all of the other Yankee legends,’’ baseball commissioner Bud Selig said. ‘‘Although we would have disagreements over the years, they never interfered with our friendship and commitment to each other. Our friendship was built on loyalty and trust and it never wavered.’’ Steinbrenner’s death on the day of the All-Star game Daily News photo by Rich Greene Ryan Gamboa is congratulated in between innings,Tuesday, during the Red Bluff 11-and 12- year-old Little League All-Stars 4-3 District 1 championship game win over West Redding in Anderson. Red Bluff advances to the sectional tournament in Marysville beginning Saturday. McCann comes up big, NL finally wins All-Star game ANAHEIM (AP) — One key swing by Brian McCann pulled the National League out of the All-Star shadows. McCann’s three-run double in the seventh inning provided the NL all the offense it needed to capture its first Midsummer Classic since 1996 with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night. In a year of dominant pitching, young starters David Price and Ubaldo Jimenez set the tone — and got even more help from the tricky shadows. Nearly the entire field at Angel Stadi- um was bathed in odd patterns of sun- light for a twilight first pitch, creating more awkward swings and misses than usual in baseball’s annual talent show. Even that bouncing Rally Monkey on the big screen in a red AL jersey couldn’t change things this time. The National League earns home-field advantage in this year’s World Series. The AL didn’t go down without some ninth-inning drama, started by David Ortiz’s leadoff single. But Jonathan Broxton sealed it, helped by an alert play from right fielder Marlon Byrd and shaky baserunning by Big Papi. Ortiz was on first with one out when John Buck hit a blooper that Byrd scooped up and threw to second for a forceout on the slow-moving Boston DH. With Alex Rodriguez standing on the steps in the AL dugout, Ian Kinsler flied out and the NL had its win. ‘‘It felt awesome for us to get the win and break the streak,’’ Broxton said. Until MVP McCann cleared the bases, Robinson Cano’s fifth-inning sacrifice fly stood as the lone run in a game expected to be decided by the loaded pitching staffs on each side. McCann’s deep fly ball to the warning track in right gave the NL hope in the fifth. When he made good with that bases-loaded double off Matt Thorn- ton, Atlanta’s steady catcher hit second base and pumped his right fist. The three guys who scored headed to the dugout with a renewed swagger. It took the NL 14 years to break through after several close calls. The National League lost the last two 4-3, including that 15-inning affair in 2008 at Yankee Stadium. The two before that were also one-run defeats. In 2002, they tied 7-7. was the second in three days to rock the Yankees. Bob Sheppard, the team’s revered public address announcer from 1951-07, died Sunday at 99. New York was 11 years removed from its last champi- onship when Steinbrenner headed a group that bought the team from CBS Inc. on Jan. 3, 1973, for about $10 mil- lion. Forbes now values the Yankees at $1.6 billion. Schleck takes lead SAINT-JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE, France (AP) — Andy Schleck of Luxembourg captured the overall lead at the Tour de France on Tuesday at the end of a mountainous ninth stage won by French rider Sandy Casar. Schleck took the yellow jersey from Australia’s Cadel Evans, who only wore it for one day, after finishing seventh in the stage, two seconds behind Casar and alongside two- time Tour winner Alberto Contador. Evans was dropped on the fabled Madeleine pass and lost more than 8 minutes on Schleck and Contador. Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong fared relatively well as many other riders dropped off the title contenders on the Madeleine — one of the toughest climbs in cycling. The United States rider finished 18th, 2:50 behind Casar. Casar led a sprint among seven breakaway riders at the finish of the 127-mile trek from Morzine to Saint-Jean-La- Maurienne — the second and final day in the Alps contain- ing three tough climbs. The Francaise des Jeux rider collect- ed his third career stage win at the Tour. More strong showings from local swimmers It was another week of standout performances by local swimmers as Evan Miller, Jayne Brandt and Julia Brandt helped lead Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing to a title at the Orland Otters Invitational and Sarah Reineman won four events at the Red Bluff Tritons 8- and-under meet. Larsen Dahl, Nathan Lindauer, Curtis Twitchell and Gregory Wilson helped the Tritons to a third place finish in Orland and Jayden McCammon, Ellie Fletcher and Holiday Rider all added individual Top 3 finishes for Sun Oaks. Orland Jayne Brandt won all eight of her events in the 8- and-under girls division. The feat was matched by her sister, Julia Brandt, in the 9-and-10 division. Jayden McCammom, 5, grabbed three second place finishes to finish second overall in the 6-and-under boys division. Larsen Dahl, 17, also earned a second place finish in his division, helped by first place finishes in the 50 freestyle and 100 breast- stroke. Right behind him in the division was Nathan Lin- dauer, who finished third overall in the division and grabbed seconds in the 50 freestyle and 100 breast- stroke. Ellie Fletcher piled up Top 10 finishes, including a second place in the 100 breaststroke to finished third in the 9-and-10 girls divi- sion. Holiday Rider was sec- ond in five different events and finished third overall in the 9-and-10 boys division. Curtis Twitchell, 14, set A times on his way to win- ning both the 50 and 100 freestyles. Gregory Wilson, 17, won the 100 butterfly, 100 and 200 freestyles and 200 back- stroke. TC Drury, 8, won the 100 freestyle in his age group and placed third in the 50 backstroke. In the 8-and-under girls division Sophie Fletcher had four Top 3 finishes and Samantha McCannon had a pair of Top 10 finishes. Up in the 9-and-10 girls division, Fallyn Gallagher had three Top 10 finishes. Ellie Miller had her best Courtesy photo Laura Schreter competes in the backstroke. finish in the 100 butterfly and Kelcy Tils had her best event in the 100 backstroke. Adam Swarthout fin- ished fourth in the 9-and-10 boys 50 breaststroke, while Colby March and Andrew Miller also earned Top 10 finishes. Payten McKerras fin- ished in the Top 10 three times in the 11-and-12 girls division. Mikaela Weber had her best showing in the 50 butterfly and Jacklyn Courtesy photo Sevee Johnson competes in the freestyle at the Orland Invitational. Jones competed in the 50 freestyle. Owen Swarthout and Connor Fennel each had fourth place finishes in the 11-and-12 boys division. Swarthout added three more fifth place finishes and Fennel had five more Top 10 finishes. Brannon March was sev- enth in the 50 butterfly. Kyle Woods turned in a pair of 11th place finishes and Ken- neth Tils had a pair of Top 20 finishes. Laura Schreter finished in the Top 10 in five events, including a third place in the 13-and-14 girls 100 freestyle. In the 13-and-14 boys division Eric Schreter had a sixth place showing in the 100 backstroke. Erin Fennel, 15, had six Top 10 finishes, her best was fourth in the 200 freestyle. Chloe Casey, 8, Joshua Jackson, 14, Sevee Johnson, 9, Ted Sheppard, 8 and Mayson Trujillo, 14, con- tributed points to help the Tritons. Red Bluff At an 8-and-under meet hosted by the Red Bluff Tri- tons, Sarah Reineman won the 25 freestyle, 100 individ- ual medley, 50 freestyle, 25 breaststroke and was second in the 25 butterfly. Jasmine Atencio was second in the 100 individual medley and third in the 50 freestyle. Kaylee Humphrey was third in the individual med- ley. Riley Vise finished third in both the 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke. Jaden Humphrey grabbed a third in the boys 25 backstroke and Dante Beeman was third in the 25 freestyle. Megan Snodgrass had a pair of fourth place finishes and Claire Miller and Samantha Beeman also had fourth place showings. Claire Tobin was fifth in the 25 backstroke, Matilde Louisell had her best show- ing in the 25 backstroke and Kaarina Louisell’s best event was the 25 freestyle. Sierra Hoover competed hard in the 25 freestyle as the Tritons finished ahead of the Weed Swim Club for second place overall. Tritons fundraiser today The Red Bluff Tritons will host their $pla$h for Ca$h fundraiser at the Red Bluff Union High School pool today between 4-8 p.m. Swimmers will swim laps and earn money from sponsors. A barbeque and raffle will also be held for the public. The barbeque dinner will be $5 and include a hamburger or hot dog along with chips, drinks and a cookie.