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Tuesday Baseball — Central Valley at Corning, 6 p.m. Baseball — Mercy at University Prep, 4 p.m. Softball — Corning at Gridley, 3:30 p.m. Softball — Mercy at University Prep, 3:30 p.m. Softball — Red Bluff at West Valley, 3:30 p.m. Tennis — Anderson at Corning, 3:30 p.m. Sports 1B Tuesday March 15, 2011 Dairyville dynamos Courtesy photo Dairyville swimmers Jaxon Balken, Jayne Brandt, Zinnia Balken, Julia Brandt and Holiday Rider pose in the pool. (Below) Jayne Brandt shows off her High Point Championship. SWIMMING Five swimmers from Dairyville who swim for Sun Oaks Aquatics Rac- ing recently brought home 20 medals from the elite Sierra Nevada Junior Olympic Swimming Championships held at Solano Junior College. These five kids commute to Red- ding two to three days a week for swim practice and proved that hard work and dedication pays off. Over 400 of Northern California’s best swimmers were in attendance. The Junior Olympic Swim Meet is a three-day meet that has preliminary swims and finals each day. Sun Oaks Aquatics placed fifth out of 22 teams and placed in front of the Chico Aqua Jets and the Redding Swim Team for the first time. Jayne Brandt, 8, was crowned the 8- and-under Girls High Point Champion with 73 points. She achieved Sierra Nevada Recordable Times, (the highest time standard set for 8-and-under) in five of the seven events she swam in. Brandt placed first in five events, the 50 back (40.30), the 50 fly (38.95), the 100 IM (1:27.50), the 25 fly (16.91) and the 25 back (20.04). She took second place in two events, the 100 freestyle (1:15.31) and the 50 freestyle (33.75). She was also a part of two third place 10-and-under relay teams. Jaxon Balken, 8, brought home four medals and earned a first place in the 50 back (39.30), which is also a Sierra Nevada Recordable Time. He finished third in the 100 IM (1:30.72), fourth in the 25 back (20.26), and sixth in the 25 breast (22.26). Holiday Rider, 10, medaled in every event he entered and achieved a new AAA time in the 100 back (1:13.73) finishing in fifth place. In all of his other events Holiday swam AA times. Holiday placed fourth in the 100 fly (1:16.76) and in the 50 back (34.82), fifth in the 50 fly (33.64), sixth in the Tehama Tracker SOFTBALL Pleasant Valley Tournament The Lady Spartans concluded play at the Pleasant Valley Tournament, Saturday, with a pair of wins — defeating Nevada Union 11-3 and Enterprise 13-9. Against Nevada Union, Emily McEnaney belted two more home runs, to bring her total to four for the five- game tournament. McEnaney drove in four runs, as did Bryce Etzler, who went 2-for-3. Brittany Fletcher went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Mor- gan Weaver went 2-for-3 with a triple and a RBI and Haley Harris scored twice on a 2-for-3 day at the plate. Megan McColpin scored two runs and also pitched six innings, striking out five. Red Bluff’s bats outlasted Enterprise in a 13-9 game. McColpin went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored. runs. scored. McEnaney and Brooke Clatty each drove in runs and Aubrey Lair walked twice and scored two runs. Cubs Classic Small School Tournament The Lady Cardinals finished as the runner-up at Anderson’s Cubs Classic Small School Tournament. Corning defeated Etna 4-3, Redding Christian 11-0 and Orland 7-3 on Friday. They beat Portola 7-0 and Fall River 2-0 on Saturday before losing to the hosts 12-0 in the final. Corning is 7-1 on the season. TENNIS Corning 2 Wheatland 7 Corning won just two matches, Friday, but played well against an experienced Wheatland team in a 7-2 loss. No. 1 singles Ryan Howell defeated Steffar Wagman 6-4, 6-2. Howell and Durante Rodriguez then defeated Theo Lepeau and Cameron Bushling 8-5 in doubles. Corning’s Robert Garcia lost a tough match to Anthony Lee 4-6, 6-4, 11-9. “I was really pleased with our Howell and Garcia who played good and battled tough,” coach Mike Albee said. “The No. 1 doubles team beat a good team who has played together for years, with this being our sec- ond match.” 500 free (6:30.26), eighth in the 200 free (2:25.00), ninth in the 100 free (1:09.05). He scored 36 points for the team and has qualified for the Far Western Swim Championships in Morgan Hill April 1-3. Julia Brandt, 11, earned a new AA time for 11-12 girls in the 50 fly (30.47) and placed sixth in that event. She also placed ninth in the 100 fly (1:11.62). She earned new A times in the 200 breast (2:53.9), the 100 breast (1:21.13) and competed in the 100 IM (1:14.90), the 50 breast (39.38) and the 50 free (30.08). Zinnia Balken just turned 13 and competed in the 13-14 age group. She swam the 100 free (1:06.16), the 100 breast (1:23.86) and the 50 free (30.86). If you are interested in swimming for Sun Oaks Aquatics this summer in Red Bluff please call Kathy Brandt 354-4775 or e-mail her at kandjbrandt@msn.com. Metteer duo grab awards Special to the DN Tanner Wilhite, 10, and Hunter Wilhite, 7, students at Metteer Ele- mentary School in Red Bluff, competed at the American Judo and Jujitsu Federation National Sumo and Freestyle Tournament in San Ramon, Califor- nia on March 5. Both boys earned second place finishes in the National Sumo Tournament. The boys train at Redding Jujitsu Acade- my under the instruc- tion of sixth degree Black Belt Professor Sheryl Hager, as well as ninth degree Black Belt Professor Jane Carr, the highest ranking female in the AJJF. They are also stu- dents of fifth degree black belt Sensei Scott Redden. The boys have been attending classes at Redding Jujitsu Acade- my for the past 3 years and have competed in several local tourna- ments in the past. This was their first National level tourna- ment. Bailey leaves with sore elbow Oakland Athletics GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Oakland Athletics All-Star closer Andrew Bailey is scheduled to be evaluated Tuesday by renowned elbow specialist Dr. James Andrews in Birm- ingham, Ala. Bailey, the 2009 AL Rookie of the Year and a two-time All-Star, left a spring training game Monday against the Cleveland Indians with elbow discomfort in his pitching arm after facing only three batters. The latest trouble comes after he was shut down at the end of last season with an elbow injury. He got an out, a batter reached on an error, then Bailey yielded an RBI double to Travis Hafner and was visited at the mound by manager Bob Geren and the A’s training staff. After a couple of moments of discussion, Bailey walked to the dugout. The right-hander has been on a strict regimen this spring. This was his second outing. He struck out two in one inning in his first appearance. The A’s said they would provide more information on Bailey’s status once it was available. Bailey has 51 saves and a 1.70 ERA over his first two major league seasons. UConn, Tennessee, Baylor and Stanford No. 1 seeds Basketball Tournament NCAA Women’s By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Courtesy photo Tanner Wilhite, Professor Sheryl Hager, and Hunter Wilhite pose for a picture. Connecticut’s path to a third straight national champi- onship could include a renewal of the most heated rivalry in women’s college basketball. For Geno Auriemma to match Tennessee coach Pat Sum- mitt with an eighth national championship he might have to go through her Lady Vols, who earned the top seed in the Dayton region. The Huskies earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament Monday night. If both come through their regions, UConn and Tennessee could meet again in the national semifinals at Indianapolis. Auriemma’s Huskies didn’t have to face Tennessee dur- ing its record 90-game winning streak that was ended by Stanford on Dec. 30. The two pre-eminent teams in the sport broke off their annual matchup in 2007 in a testy split. Baylor and Stanford were the other two No. 1 seeds. It was the second straight No. 1 seed for the Cardinal, who fell to UConn in the title game last season. See NCAA, page 2B Harris also doubled, scored twice and drove in two Fletcher drove in two runs and went 3-for-4. Etzler doubled, knocked in a run and scored twice. Weaver went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs