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Sports 1B Wednesday September 11, 2013 WILCOX OAKS GOLF CLUB Men's Invitational another success Special to the DN The Wilcox Oaks Golf Club Men's Invitational was another great success, as guests from across California and Oregon filled a field of 80 men who battled it out in a 4 Man 2 Best Ball format. Overall low gross winning team comprised; Dwain Barfuss, Russ Nygard, Kai Zheng and Jeff Devish who shot a tow day total of 284. Low net winning team; Jack Hansen, Frank Perino, Vern Fite, and Steve Judson shot a two-day net total of 281. Along with the great golf, Taylormade/Adidas/Ashworth's mobile show was a huge success bringing in assortments of golf apparel, equipment, and accessories for the avid golfer to enjoy. Wilcox Oaks Golf Club looks forward to coming events, which include a Veterans Benefit on Oct. 5 and the Fall Benefit to support church community outreach on Oct. 12. Courtesy photo RED BLUFF CYCLING NCAA FOOTBALL Report: Ok St players took thousands from coaches, boosters Courtesy photo Red Bluff Cycling's Thomas Mendonsa, middle, earned a second-place finish at the Super Man Duathon held Sunday at Rancho Seco Park in Herald. Mendonsa rides to 2nd at duathon Special to the DN Red Bluff Cycling team member Thomas Mendonsa placed second overall in the Super Man Duathlon, which took place south of Sacramento at Rancho Seco Park in Herald on Sunday. The course was a two-mile run, eight-mile bike ride and a two-mile run. Mendonsa placed second overall and second in his age division of 30-39. His first two miles were ran in 13:03, which is a 6:32 mile pace. The bike portion was ridden at a speed of 21.7 mph and in a time of 22:57. The final run was ran in 16:16 for a pace of 8:08 per mile. His total time including time spent in the transition was 53:27. "I never feel good after getting off the bike and having to run," Mendonsa said. "Your legs just don't want to take long strides after being on the bike." Those interested in participating or sponsoring the cycling club should "Like" the group on Facebook at "Red Bluff Cycling." STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Boosters and assistant coaches at Oklahoma State handed out tens of thousands of dollars to players for at least a decade as the football program grew into a national power under coaches Les Miles and then Mike Gundy, according to a Sports Illustrated article released Tuesday. The article, which quoted several former players by name, said some players received $2,000 to $10,000 annually, with a few stars receiving $25,000 or more. Eight players told SI they received cash, while 29 others were named by teammates as taking money. The transgressions cited stretched from 2001 until at least 2011, the magazine said. Oklahoma State said it has notified the NCAA about the report and launched its own investigation. Sports Illustrated said its five-part series included interviews with more than 60 former players who played for Oklahoma State from 2001-10. Among the allegations of misconduct and potential NCAA violations are: — An Oklahoma State assistant coach, Joe DeForest, paid cash bonuses to players of up to $500 for performance. — Boosters and assistant coaches funneled money to players and provided sham jobs for which players were paid. — Tutors and school personnel completed school See REPORT, page 2B NASCAR Bowyer denies intentional spinout at Richmond race CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — After first avoiding the question, Clint Bowyer denied Tuesday that he intentionally spun his car in an effort to keep Ryan Newman from winning at Richmond and making NASCAR's championship field. Bowyer was previously scheduled to spend the day at ESPN before NASCAR sanctioned Michael Waltrip Racing for manipulating the outcome of the race. In his first interview, he said he had apologized to Newman in a phone call for bringing out a caution while Newman was leading, but said it was racer protocol for costing Newman a win. Asked specifically if the apology was an admission of guilt, Bowyer said: ''Let's not dig too much into this.'' The topic was covered again in a second appearance, and Bowyer denied deliberately spinning. ''No,'' he said. ''Anytime something happens on the race track, it's unfortunate. If I had a crystal ball and could have told you everything lined up just perfectly the way it did, there's no way you could do all that math and know everything that happened.'' Bowyer also revealed he had poison oak all over his arm from cutting a tree down last week when asked about his team allegedly talking in code during the race. His crew chief had inquired about his arm right before he spun, at one point saying, ''I bet Tehama Tracker Today's schedule CROSS COUNTRY Corning at Red Bluff, 3:30 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Davis at Corning, 3:30 p.m. SWIMMING Red Bluff at Paradise; Corning, Mercy, Gridley, Orland, Sutter and Willows at Durham VOLLEYBALL Anderson at Red Bluff, 4:30 p.m.; Los Molinos at Williams, 7 p.m. Sports on TV MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 9:30 a.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati 4 p.m. ESPN — Boston at Tampa Bay 7 p.m. ESPN — Arizona at L.A. Dodgers WNBA 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Phoenix at Chicago it's hot in there. Itch it.'' NASCAR said they could not prove Bowyer's spin was intentional in levying stiff sanctions against MWR on Monday. Newman replaced Martin Truex Jr. in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship field and MWR was fined $300,000 as part of the penalties. MWR general manager Ty Norris was suspended indefinitely, Bowyer, Truex and Brian Vickers were docked 50 points each, and their crew chiefs were placed on probation through the end of the year. Newman said Tuesday he accepted Bowyer's apology and the two will move on — they had a previously scheduled hunting trip together next week. But while Bowyer discussed the spin in Monday night's phone call, Newman told The Associated Press that Bowyer never said it was intentional. ''I could tell by the sound of his voice, I really feel he was genuine with his remorse,'' AP photo Clint Bowyer gets sideways on the front stretch during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va. Newman said. ''He said it was a heat of the moment thing, and he told me the biggest thing was he was glad NASCAR did what they did and took the action they did to get me in the Chase. I believed him and that made me feel good about what he was saying. But, no, he did not say with the exact words that he spun on purpose.'' Still, Newman said he has no doubt that Michael Waltrip Racing manipulated the ending of the race through a series of different actions that only began with the Bowyer spin. NASCAR could only prove one action — radio communication between Norris and Vickers in which a confused Vickers was told to pit as the field went green with three laps to go. The call was an effort to give Joey Logano position on the track to pass Jeff Gordon in the standings and knock Gordon out of the Chase so that Truex could gain the wild card. Newman had been leading at the time of Bowyer's spin with seven laps to go, and the victory would have given him the wild-card See BOWYER, page 2B