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Wednesday MLB — Astros at Cubs, 11 a.m., WGN MLB — Red Sox at Athletics, 12:30 p.m., CSNC MLB — Angels at Yankees, 1 p.m., MLBN MLB — Nationals at Reds, 4 p.m., ESPN MLB— Giants at Dodgers, 7 p.m., CSNC Soccer — Manchester United at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m., ESPN2 Sports 1B Tritons beat heat, times Wednesday July 21, 2010 Red Bluff boys knocked out A 9-8 extra inning loss to Chico Central knocked the Red Bluff 11-and 12- year-old Little League base- ball All-Stars out of the Section 2 tournament, Tuesday night. It was the first time since 2004, Red Bluff had made it to a sectional. Red Bluff put up four runs in the first inning with singles from Will Macdonald, Kolby Button and Jack Murphy, a double from Ryan Gamboa and a 2-run homer from Jay Boone. Lane Pritchard scored on a passed ball in the second inning to push the Red Bluff lead to 5-0. Chico Central struck for two runs in the fourth inning, but Red Bluff came right back. Gamboa homered in the fifth inning and then Macdonald hit a 2-run homer to score himself and Pritchard in the sixth inning and Red Bluff had an 8-2 lead. Down to their final three outs, Chico Central exploded for three homers in the sixth inning and fought back to push the game into extra innings at 8-8. Red Bluff was held off the bases in the top half of the sev- enth inning and Chico Central needed just three batters to push across the winning run. RB Renegades conclude season at Turlock tourney The RBRenegades concluded their USSSA 18-and- under baseball tournament season at the TPR Summer Championships in Turlock. The Renegades picked up just a single win at the com- petitive tournament, but finished their season with a mark of 15-9. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff Tritons swimmer Jillian Strom reaches the wall in the 100-yard breaststroke, Sunday. Local swimmers battled the heat over the weekend to turn in some of their best times of the year at the Anderson Aquagators Invitational. Jaden Humphrey, 6, placed second overall in the 6-and-under age group thanks to a second place finish in the 50 freestyle and third place finishes in the 25 and 100 freestyles. Larsen Dahl, Mayson Trujillo and Curtis Twitchell all grabbed third place overall finishes in their age groups. Twitchell, 14, racked up high finish- es, winning the 50 and 100 freestyles, taking second in the 100 backstroke and grabbing third in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Trujillo, 14, won the 100 butterfly and was second in the 200 breaststroke. Dahl, 17, placed third in the 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly. Gregory Wilson, 17, placed second in the 200 freestyle and third in the 100 backstroke. Melissa Smith, 18, had a pair of fourth place finishes in the 100 back- stroke and 200 breaststroke. Samara Robinson, 13, took fifth in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle. Joshua Jackson, 14, had a fifth place finish in the 100 freestyle and three sixth place finishes. Bethany Strom, 14, improved her time in the 100 freestyle and had her best event in the 200 breaststroke. Julia Bellon, 14, had her best finish in the 50 freestyle and Nicole Sauve, 13, had her best event in the 200 freestyle. Mitchell Sauve, 11, had three top 10 finishes and improved four of his times. Isaac Jackson, 10, improved two personal times and finished 10th in the 100 individual medley. Zoe Casey, 10, improved five times with her best event coming in the 50 backstroke. Erica Downey, 11, improved four times and turned in a strong perfor- mance in the 50 backstroke. Hannah Huhn, 9, found success in the 100 individual medley and Gerald Baker earned the win on the mound for the Rene- gades in an 8-3 victory over the Sting 18’s. Baker also drove in a pair of runs. The Renegades got on the board early with a two-out rally in the first inning, sparked by back-to-back singles from Cody Gappa and Andrew Millner. Both ended up scoring to give the Renegades a 2-0 lead. The Sting 18’s tied the game in the fourth inning, but the Renegades came right back in their half of the inning. Trevor Gipson, Storm Lewis, Baker, David Ratcliffe, Derek Jones and Scott Avery all scored in a decision six run inning. Gipson batted .382 to lead the Renegades during the sea- son. Millner was right behind batting .378 and led the team with 28 hits and 27 RBI. Cody Gappa batted .329 with 18 RBI and led the team in runs with 18. Scott Avery stole 10 bases and drove in 16 runs. Derek Jones had a team high 13 walks. Armstrong shows grit in bid for win in Pyrenees PAU, France (AP) — In his final days of his final Tour de France, Lance Armstrong showed some of the old fire. The seven-time champion, knowing full well he no longer stands above all others in his sport, fought from beginning to end in the hopes of going out with a stage victory high in the Pyrenees. It was not to be. Armstrong finished sixth after break- Daily News photo by Rich Greene Tritons swimmer Larsen Dahl competes Sunday in Anderson. improved in four events. Jillian Strom, 12, and Katelyn Tobin, 11, improved three times each and Carly Storms, 11, had her best event in the 50 breaststroke. Jasmine Atencio, 8, placed fourth in both the 25 butterfly and 100 individ- ual medley and improved four times. Chloe Casey, 8, grabbed a fourth place finish in the 25 freestyle and improved five times. Christopher Huhn, 7, had four Top 10 finishes and improved his times in all eight events. Kaylee Humphrey, 8, improved Tiger Woods has dropped into a tie with Kobe Bryant as the favorite American sports star. Woods had held the position alone since 2006, but the Los Angeles Lak- ers guard moved up from fourth last year to grab a share of the top spot, Har- ris Interactive said Tues- day. LeBron James dropped from third to sixth in the company’s survey of 2,227 adults conducted online from June 14-21, before he left Cleveland to sign with Miami. Retired NBA star Michael Jordan fell from second to sev- enth. Yankees captain Derek times in five events and had a pair of Top 10 finishes. Megan Snodgrass, 8, finished in the Top 10 twice and improved her time in three events. Claire Tobin, 7, improved in four events and finished in the Top 10 three times. The Red Bluff Tritons relay teams had second place finishes in four events — the 8-and-under 100 medley and freestyle and the 13-18 boys 100 freestyle and 200 medley. The 11-and-12 girls relay team was third in the 200 medley. Woods drops into tie with Bryant as favorite star NEW YORK (AP) — Jeter moved up one spot to third and quarterback Brett Favre went from ninth to fourth. Indianapo- lis quarterback Peyton Manning was fifth, up from seventh. New England quarter- back Tom Brady, who failed to make the top 10 last year, returned at No. 8, followed by New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees and NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR’s Jeff Gor- don and St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols dropped out of the top 10. Among female ath- letes, sisters Serena and Venus Williams were 1-2, followed by race car dri- ver Danica Patrick, retired soccer star Mia Hamm and tennis stars Maria Sharapova and Anna Kournikova. Volleyball player Misty May-Treanor was tied for seventh with gymnast Shawn Johnson, basket- ball player Lisa Leslie was ninth, and retired ten- nis players Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova were tied for 10th. Dropping out of the top 10 were basketball’s Can- dace Parker, golfer Anni- ka Sorenstam, former ten- nis star Chris Evert and skater Michelle Kwan. ing away early in the 16th stage and holding his own through four major climbs of the Tour’s most demanding leg. But he lost in a final sprint, with Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo winning the 124-mile ride. Alberto Contador was almost seven minutes behind, his Astana team asserting control over the field. The defending champion from Spain kept the overall lead, eight seconds ahead of Andy Schleck of Luxembourg. The two rode a day after Contador apologized for the way in which he took the yellow jersey. On Tuesday, Armstrong, broke away on his own at one point before he was caught by a small group of riders. All of which was a bit of a change for the 38-year-old Texan. ‘‘It was harder than I expected. It’s been awhile since I sprinted,’’ he said. ‘‘Just not quick enough. I’m not the best guy in the race but I still have the spirit of a fighter. ... I wasn’t fast enough in the end. Fedrigo is very fast and he deserves the win.’’ The Tour ends in Paris on Sunday, and Armstrong acknowledged his career was nearing the finish. ‘‘Lance Armstrong is over in about four days,’’ he said. Armstrong’s coach, Johan Bruyneel, said the course was not ideal for Armstrong to prevail. ‘‘You really have to be very, very strong to ride away,’’ he said. ‘‘And there’s always going to be one or two guys with him, who are equally strong in the sprint,’’ he said. Contador lauded Armstrong’s effort. ‘‘I believe he really wanted to go for that stage today,’’ he said. ‘‘For myself, I would have been really happy if he had won that stage because he really deserved it,’’ he said. Second place went to France’s Sandy Casar, with Spain’s Ruben Plaza third. The stage featured two climbs that are so difficult they aren’t even classified by cycling’s governing body. The leading group finished the race in 5 hours, 31 minutes, 43 seconds. The stragglers were almost 35 minutes behind. It was the third successive French victory in this year’s race and the sixth in all. ‘‘It was my day. Everything smiled on me,’’ said Fedri- go, who also won a stage in 2009 and 2006 and has reg- ularly been part of breakaways in this year’s race. ‘‘This shows that it isn’t only the great leaders who can win on the Tour de France, it’s also the general riders.’’ Schleck was unable to get away from Contador and make up the time he desperately needs to regain the yel- low jersey and build a buffer for Saturday’s time trial, where Contador is expected to excel.