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Special to the Daily News Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing placed eighth out of 25 teams at the 2014 Sierra Nevada Junior Olympics Short Course Cham - pionships over the weekend. The top 657 swimmers com- peted in the championship meet that featured trials and finals each of the three days of the meet. The top 10 swim - mers in each event swam in the finals in the evening and were all guaranteed a medal. Three of the four swimmers from Red Bluff Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing qualified for the finals. For the first time ever, Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing came home with two gold medals and two meet records in two different relays, respectively. In the 13-14 400 medley relay, Ju - lia Brandt swam the 100-yard breaststroke leg and her team won the gold medal, crushing the old meet record of 4 min - utes, 11.35 seconds by swim- ming a swift 4:08.82. On Sunday, another record of 1:43.09 fell when Brandt and her teammates finished in first place with a blistering time of 1:41.73. All swimmers were un - der 26 seconds as Sarah Lud- low led off with a 25.95, Olivia Parham followed with a 25.45, Brandt swam a 25.67 and an- chor Connor Doran finished with a remarkable 24.66. Brandt's highest individual finish was fifth place in the 100 butterfly, where she achieved a new AA time of 1:01.47. She SUN OAKS AQUATICS RACING Local swimmers make waves on short course Three of four Red Bluff competitors make finals at Junior Olympics Championships COURTESY Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing swimmer Julia Brandt (back) competes in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the Sierra Nevada Junior Olympic Short Course Championships over the weekend in Folsom. COURTESY Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing swimmers (pictured from le) are Olivia Parham, 13, Sarah Ludlow, 13, Julia Brandt, 14, and Connor Doran, 13. Online: For more local, regional and national sports, visit the website redbluffdailynews.cOm/spOrts. By Antonio Gonzalez The Associated Press agonzalezAP on Twitter OAKLAND » Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson has been jok- ing about "getting my Pop on" ev- ery time he sits a key player with a nagging injury the past couple of weeks. The reference is to San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who has famously — and often success - fully — rested his regulars at times during the NBA's marathon sea- son. After the Warriors wore down in the second round of the playoffs against the Spurs last year, Jack- son isn't taking any chances. The third-year coach is trying to give his banged-up players breaks during the season's stretch run in hopes of getting healthier for the most important games of the year. The strategy is one the Warriors have rarely had the luxury to con - sider, and Jackson knows some fans could criticize him if it back- fires. "If Pop rests guys and they lose, it's Pop. If I rest guys and I lose, I'm on the hot seat," Jackson said, chuckling. "So I don't think it's the same thing." Some injuries are more pressing than others. Starting swingman Andre Iguo - dala missed Tuesday night's win over the Orlando Magic because of tendinitis in his right knee, the first of at least three straight games he is expected to miss. He has been shut down from all basketball ac - tivity. Center Andrew Bogut sat out against Orlando with inflammation in his surgically repaired left an- kle, and backup Jermaine O'Neal got the night off to rest. Both big men participated in Wednesday's light practice, including the "play- in" portion of a team 3-point con - test organized by Stephen Curry, who modeled the bracket-style competition after the NCAA tour- nament. While Bogut and O'Neal could return for today's home game against Milwaukee or Saturday's showdown against San Antonio, an oddity in the schedule gives Jackson the option to prolong their rest. The Warriors have five days off between hosting San An - tonio and a visit by Memphis on March 28. NBA Warriors trying to rest up, win games before playoffs Coach Jackson tries to 'mix and match, create lineups' to close season BEN MARgOT — ThE ASSOCiATED PRESS golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson will try to rest some members of his banged-up team down the stretch. Staff Reports Red Bluff High's boys tennis team on Monday defeated Corn- ing 9-0 at Corning High School. Red Bluff's No. 1 singles player Thunder Shaffer defeated Durante Rodriguez 6-1, 6-1. Curtis Twitch - ell downed Ethan Munoz 6-2, 6-1. Cory Twitchell won in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Jay Boone defeated Wyatt Haywood 6-2, 6-1. Will Yates pre - vailed against Cruz Padilla 6-1, 6-2, and Nathan Frits beat Marcos Va- lencia 6-2, 6-4. In doubles, Shaffer and Curtis Twitchell defeated Rodriguez and Munoz 8-4. Cory Twitchell and Boone teamed up and won 8-5. And Yates and Frits defeated Pa - dilla and Valencia 8-2. On Tuesday, the Spartans (3-2) took down visiting Foothill 8-1. Shaffer defeated defending Northern Section champion Ryan Wilson in a third-set tiebreaker, 5-7, 7-5, 10-6. Shaffer found him - self down five games to love in the second set before rallying for the comeback victory. Red Bluff's No. 3 singles player Cory Twitchell defeated Logan Mc - Clain 6-1, 6-1, and Boone defeated Tristen Callahan 6-0, 6-3. The Spar- tans received forfeit victories in Nos. 5 and 6 singles, as well as 1 and 3 dou- bles. Cory Twitchell and Boone won their No. 2 doubles match 10-2. The Spartans are back in action at 3:30 p.m. today in West Valley. Mercy High's boys tennis team on Tuesday defeated Wheatland 7-2 on the road. Mercy won five of six singles matches, anchored by a 6-0, 6-1 win from No. 1 player Connor Rooney. Chuck Li defeated Brandon Cope 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. David Zi beat David Adrian 6-4, 6-2. Kevin Shu defeated Ivan Dungca 6-1, 6-4. T.J. Frase won in three sets over Thomas Crippen 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. Wheatland's Timothy Hardee de - feated Chris Wood 6-3, 6-4. In doubles, Rooney and Li won their No. 1 match by a score of 8-6. And Thanupong Chatwiryanont and Yunho Lee defeated Dungca and Hardee 8-1. Wheatland's Adrian and Cope prevailed over Zi and Saegae Chon 8-6. AREA ROUNDUP RB tennis team wins two; Mercy wins 7-2 Spartans down Tehama County rival Corning 9-0, then knock off Foothill 8-1 red bluff 9, cOrning 0 red bluff 8, fOOthill 1 up next: Today, Red Bluff at West Valley, 3:30 p.m. mercy 7, wheatland 2 THE SCORE Chris Eversley scores 19 points and Cal Poly avoids its 20th loss of the season and wins its first NCAA tournament game with an 81-69 victory over Texas Southern on Wednesday night in the First Four. NCAA TOURNAmENT Cal Poly, just 14-19, advances to 2nd round full stOry On page b2 Sign-ups for returning football players and all cheerlead- ers will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Red Bluff high's field house. Open football sign-ups will be held March 30. AROUND TOWN Red Bluff Jr. Spartan football, cheer sign-ups Corning high's baseball team will travel to West Valley for a 5:30 p.m. game today. The Cards' tennis team will host U-Prep at 3:30 p.m., while Red Bluff's tennis team visits West Valley at 3:30 p.m. SPRING SPORTS Corning baseball team travels to West Valley D.J Augustin scores 20 points and Taj gibson has 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 102-94 win over Philadelphia on Wednes- day night, handing the 76ers their 22nd straight loss. NBA ROUNDUP Sixers freefalling toward league history full stOry On page b2 SWImmERS » PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, march 20, 2014 » MORE AT facebOOK.cOm/rbdailynews AND twitter.cOm/redbluffnews B1