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Sports Tehama Tracker Tuesday's results 1B Wednesday August 7, 2013 MLB Athletics 1 Cincinnati 3 OAK — Norris 1-1, 1 HR CIN — Latos 7.1 IP, 4 H, 0 ER Milwaukee LATE Giants Today's games MLB Athletics Cincinnati CSNC 9:35 a.m. OAK — Colon CIN — Bailey Milwaukee Giants CSNB 7:15 p.m. MIL — Gorzelanny SF — Bumgarner On the tube CYCLING 1 p.m. FSN — Tour of Utah, stage 2, Panguitch to Torrey, Utah GOLF Noon TGC — USGA, U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, first round matches, at Charleston, S.C. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 9 a.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, Midwest Regional semifinal, Kearney, Neb. vs. Urbandale, Iowa, at Indianapolis 11 a.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, Southeast Regional semifinal, Nashville, Tenn. vs. Stuart, Fla., at Warner Robins, Ga. 1 p.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, Midwest Regional semifinal, Rapid City, S.D. vs. Coon Rapids, Minn., at Indianapolis 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, Southeast Regional semifinal, Taylors, S.C. vs. Henrico, Va., at Warner Robins, Ga. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 9:30 p.m. MLB — Oakland at Cincinnati 5 p.m. ESPN — L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis Around town Red Bluff High School football practices start Monday, with varsity players set to meet at 6 a.m. at the school's football stadium. Freshmen and junior varsity teams meet at 3:30 p.m. Tehama County PAL and Tehama County DSA is hosting a double-elimination co-ed softball tournament Aug. 16-18 at Frey and Tosh fields in Red Bluff. The entry fee is $200 and the deadline to enter is Aug. 13. The proceeds will benefit youth programs and youth sponsorships in the community. For more information contact Kyle Button (530-526-3609) or Kathy Hausman (530518-5284). MERCY HIGH SCHOOL Curl good for 2 at William Jessup U. By ANDRE BYIK DN Staff Writer Jessica Curl is getting used to delivering at the line. A point away from a Northern Section volleyball championship, Mercy High School's Jessica Curl stepped to the line for a service and aced the Warriors to a Division VI title on Nov. 17, 2012, beating Liberty Christian and ending a decade-long title drought. At the high school on Tuesday, Curl stepped to a different line, which had her signing a letter of intent to attend William Jessup University in Rocklin, where she will play both volleyball and basketball after earning dual scholarships from the university. Curl, who was flanked by coaches, friends and family at her signing ceremony, transferred to Mercy from a larger high school that had her feeling as if she was "just a number." "Freshman and sophomore year I was told I would never play, 'You're not good enough,'" Curl said. "I got (to Mercy) and everything changed." The 6-foot-2 Curl, who is earning a 3.9 GPA and is entering her senior year at the high school, picked William Jessup University after piquing the interest of five universities during a run of NCAA showcase events during the summer, Daily News photo by Andre Byik Jessica Curl, front row, third from left, who is entering her senior year at Mercy High School, signed a letter of intent at the school Tuesday to attend William Jesup University in Rocklin, where she earned scholarships to play both basketball and volleyball. She is joined Mercy High coaches Zane Zelei, front left, Shannon Threlkeld, and Jamie Ingram, front right and head volleyball coach at William Jesup University. The university's head women's basketball coach, Guin Boggs, back left, stands next to Steve Shellabarger, a Mercy High basketball coach and John Wheeler, a longtime friend and coach of Curl's. Curl's father, Kevin, said. The offer of scholarships to play two sports proved Jesup to be the right fit. "The coaches and players have been super supportive," Curl said of her relationship with the university. "They talk to me all the time and they offer me to come down all the time. It's like a family atmosphere." That family atmosphere is by design and it encourages an environment of academic and athletic success, said Guin REDS 3, ATHLETICS 1 Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. @TehamaSports Boggs said he first got a look at Curl on the basketball court when she played in an AAU tournament at the university. Curl at the time was entering her freshman year and See CURL, page 2B PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Woods poised to end long major drought through it, fight your way through it, have better at-bats, get grittier, find a way to get the guy home,'' Melvin said. ''We're not swinging our bats, there's no doubt about that. ''You go through these periods, yet you try to minimize them so they don't go on too long.'' Latos (11-3) allowed four hits through 7 1-3 shutout innings, leaving him 3-0 in his last four starts. Chapman gave up his sixth homer of the season while getting his 26th save in 30 chances. Bruce hit his 23rd homer off Dan Straily (6-6), who has lost all of his four starts since being called back up from the minors. The right fielder also went a long way to run down Josh Reddick's fly ball to the warning track in the fourth, saving a run. Melvin decided to hit for Straily in the fifth inning after catcher Stephen Vogt led off with a single. The A's trailed 2-0 and Straily had thrown 75 pitches already. ''It's not so much frustrating as you never want to stop pitching,'' Straily said. ''I felt like it was all right. I got out of some jams. Obviously you never want to get up a home run. Every time you go PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Tiger Woods is leaving nothing to chance in his last chance this year to win a major. Fresh off a seven-shot victory at a World Golf Championship — his fifth win of the season — Woods showed up at Oak Hill late Monday afternoon and spent most of his time chipping and putting, trying to learn the nuances of the greens. Remember, his failure to adjust to the greens is what derailed him at the British Open two weeks ago. He also spent time with Steve Stricker talking about putting, which must have been a daunting sight for the other players. The last time Stricker gave him some putting tips was in early March, and Woods went on to win three of his next four tournaments. The stakes are higher than usual for him at the PGA Championship. This isn't the first time Woods has gone into final major trying to make sure his season doesn't end without one. One difference from previous years is that Woods now is piling up wins just about everywhere except the majors. The Bridgestone Invitational was his fifth win of the year. Only twice in the last 30 years has a player had at least that many PGA Tour wins in a season without a major — Woods in 2009 and Woods in 2003. For someone who has been stuck on 14 majors the last five years, Woods didn't sound like he was in panic mode. ''I think winning one major championship automatically means you had a great year,'' he said Tuesday after playing nine holes and spending even more time in the practice area, fine-tuning a game that already is in great shape. ''Even if you miss the cut in every tournament you play, you win one (major), you're part of history. ''This year, I think it's been a great year so far for me, winning five times,'' he said. ''And you look at the quality of tournaments I've won — The Players and two World Golf Championships in there — that's pretty good.'' It used to be major or bust for Woods, but when asked if he had adjusted his standards during this five-year drought, Woods offered a simple, ''No.'' Still a great year without a major? ''Yeah,'' Woods said, offering nothing more than See SLUMP, page 2B See WOODS, page 2B Beasley arrested after pot suspected in his car SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Forward Michael Beasley, who vowed when he joined the Phoenix Suns a year ago that his marijuana problems were in the past, has been arrested by Scottsdale police after they found what they believe to be marijuana in his car. Beasley was arrested early Tuesday following a traffic stop, according to Officer David Pubins. An officer found three cigarettes suspected to contain marijuana in Beasley's Mercedes after smelling marijuana during the stop, Pubins said. Beasley was released after being cited for investigation of one felony count each of marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to Pubins, court proceedings in the case will begin once results of lab tests are available. Boggs, head women's basketball coach at Jessup. "It helps in many ways," Boggs said. "First of all you feel comfortable, you feel loved, you feel encouraged, you feel part of everything." AP photo Oakland Athletics' Jed Lowrie breaks his bat popping out to Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart in the third inning Tuesday in Cincinnati. Slumping A's still struggling CINCINNATI (AP) — Sitting on the top of the dugout bench pregame, Athletics manager Bob Melvin looked over Great American Ball Park and figured it was a perfect stop for his struggling team. ''Given the way we've been struggling on offense, I want them to think, 'Yeah, this is a good place to hit,''' Melvin said. So much for that idea. Even in one of the most hitter-friendly places, the A's can't do much of anything these days. Jay Bruce homered and made a runsaving catch on the warning track, and Mat Latos pitched into the eighth inning against Oakland's slumping lineup on Tuesday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory. The Reds had dropped seven of nine and were coming off what players called an embarrassing weekend against St. Louis — losses of 13-3 and 15-2. They found an American League team struggling even more. The Westleading Athletics have lost five of six, getting shut out twice during that span. It was nearly three — Derek Norris hit a two-out homer in the ninth off Aroldis Chapman that ended Oakland's streak of 18 innings without a run. ''You've just got to play your way