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Thursday Tennis — Corning at Central Valley, 3:30 p.m. Golf — EAL at Paradise at Tuscan Ridge, Noon Golf — NAL at Anderson at Tucker Oaks, Noon MLB—Tigers at Athletics, 7 p.m., CSNC NHL Playoffs — Kings at Sharks, Game 1, 7 p.m., VS PGA— Texas Open, Noon, TGC Sports 1B By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor No exaggeration — the world’s best cowboys are coming to Red Bluff. Rejoining the Wrangler Tour a year ago, combined with a reputa- tion for some of the top stock in the country has this weekend’s Red Bluff Round-Up loaded with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s top talents. With the exception of bullrid- ing, where injuries may plague the field, when the Round-Up starts Friday it is expected to have every defending PRCA champion as well as every 2011 money leader. That includes, 14-time world champion Trevor Brazile, who a year ago at the National Finals Rodeo won his eighth all-around gold buckle breaking Ty Murray’s record. To start 2011, Brazile is looking up the money list to the team rop- ing duo of Chad Masters and Jade Corkill and in tie-down roping to his fellow Decatur, Texas cowboy Clint Cooper. Steer wrestling is expected to feature money leader Luke Bran- quinho (Los Alamos) and 2010 world champion Dean Gorsuch. Two-time Round-Up champion and four-time world champion Bobby Mote leads the bareback cowboys, a group that also will include current money leader Tilden Hooper. Saddle bronc rider Cody Wright placed in eight out of 10 rounds at the 2010 NFR and so far in 2011 he’s right where he left off, leading the money list. Cottonwood’s Nellie Williams, who a year ago reached her first NFR, will have the local support in barrel racing. While climbing up the Wran- gler Tour money list is one factor for drawing elite talent to the Round-Up so is the rodeo’s reputa- tion for great stock and it starts with Red Bluff’s own Growney Brothers Rodeo. Other local contractors this year include Marysville’s Flying U Rodeo and Wheatland’s Rosser Rodeo Company. Big Bend Rodeo, Flying Five Rodeo and Western Rodeos Com- pany round out the suppliers. With so many rodeos to choose from in a given week, cowboys are often attracted to the ones that sup- ply stock known for giving quality rides. “If you go somewhere where every bull challenges the contes- tant than the cream rises to the crop,” bullrider Clayton Williams said. Williams, who’s father is a respected bull contractor in Texas, knows first-hand the quality of stock John Growney and Don Kish supply. Williams said he remembers his father purchasing bulls from the Red Bluff contractors many years ago — and of course they were some of the best around. “Don Kish has great bulls so that’s why we always look forward to going to Red Bluff,” he said. Fighting those bulls this year, will be a couple of hometown guys in Red Bluff’s own Joe Baumgart- ner and Eric Layton. Baumgartner has been named PRCA’s Bullfighter of the Year Goal explosion SOCCER Red Bluff 3 Paradise 1 JEFF LARSON MediaNews Group PARADISE — The Paradise High girls soccer team entered Tuesday’s match with Red Bluff with one goal in its last five games. Red Bluff wasn’t much better, piercing the net just twice in the last 400 minutes. So needless to say both teams were looking for a little success with the ball Tuesday. They found it, with Red Bluff scor- ing three times and Paradise once in the first half. That score held up through the final whistle, as Red Bluff secured just its second win all season, 3-1 over Paradise in an Eastern Athletic League match at Paradise Intermediate School. “We definitely felt we were domi- nating the game, especially (in) the midfield which we’ve been focusing on,” said Paradise coach Ron Wall whose team lost its third straight game and fourth in its last five contests. “We just didn’t finish today.” Red Bluff (2-5-1, 2-4-1 EAL) did and Alex Levindofske was the catalyst. The senior midfielder contributed on the team’s first two goals, the first being a 20-yard unassisted goal from the right side of the field over Paradise goalkeeper Cydney Cone’s head and just inside the left post at the 14th minute to put Red Bluff up 1-0. “I was trying to get in for a cross then I was like, ‘I can try to go over the goalie,’” Levindofske said. “I seem to do that a lot and it seems to always work most of the time.” Paradise (3-11-1, 1-5-1) answered Levindofske’s score when senior Krys- tal Shingler scored the team’s first goal in 260 minutes on a header courtesy of a cross from freshman Ali Rank to tie the game at 1-1 20 minutes into the match. ed was erased nine minutes later by Levindofske, after the The momentum that Shingler creat- senior found Mickenzie Perdue for a easy tap-in five yards outside the goal to push the Spar- tans in front again, 2-1. “Well the (cross) was just to get it into the box and see if someone else could get in there,” Levindofske said. The Spartans converted their third SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Just like the whole Steroid Era: We’ll never really know. Even the one charge that left Barry Bonds a convicted felon didn’t specify steroids. Instead, a federal court jury found the home run king guilty of obstruction of justice Tuesday for giving an evasive answer under oath more than seven years ago. Rather than say ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’ to whether he received drugs that required a syringe, Bonds gave a rambling response to a grand jury, stating: ‘‘I became a celebrity child with a famous father.’’ The decision from the eight women and four men who listened to testimony during the 12-day trial shot attempt on a break-away by Lexi Nanfito, extending the lead to 3-1. Down two goals at that point, Paradise attempted four shots in the final nine minutes of the half. The closest the team got were when Rank fired a shot from 20 yards out that was corralled by Red Bluff goalkeeper Carissa Henry and a rebound attempt from Shingler that skimmed the left post. Paradise remained the aggressor in the second half, led by Andrea Turrine, but couldn’t crack another goal. turned out to be a mixed and muddled verdict on the slug- ger that left more questions than answers. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston declared a mistrial on the three charges that Bonds made false statements when he told a grand jury in Decem- ber 2003 that he never knowingly received steroids and human growth hormone from trainer Greg Anderson and that he allowed only doctors to inject him. Defense lawyers will try to persuade Illston or the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to toss out the lone conviction. Federal prosecu- tors must decide whether it is worth the time and expense to try Bonds for a second time on the dead- locked charges. 6. McFall, Austin Grootveld, Cole MacLachlan, Mallon, Quintin Flores and Tyler McIntyre drove in runs. Los Molinos 7 Biggs 0 Bryer Whetstone allowed just two hits and struck out seven as the Bulldogs beat Biggs 7-0, Tuesday. Jesse Dodero, Andrew Surtees and Wyatt Spencer drove in runs for the Bulldogs. Graham Wagenfuhr had a double and Reggie Points and Michael Kling each had two hits. SOFTBALL Corning 1 3 2 Anderson 8 10 2 Anderson knocked off Corning 8-1, Tuesday. It was the Lady Cardinals’ fifth consecutive loss. Los Molinos 8 Biggs 7 A five-run second inning helped the Lady Bulldogs to an 8-7 win against Biggs, Tuesday. Los Molinos improved to 3-6. TENNIS Las Plumas 0 Red Bluff 9 MediaNews photo by Jeff Larson Red Bluff senior Alex Levindofske launches a kick,Tuesday. “Overall Red Bluff played intense defense and really did not give Paradise many good chances to score,” Spartans coach Geoff Barrow said. “It was a solid team effort also having only one sub for the match.” The Spartans hosts Shasta, Friday at 6 p.m. Jeff Larson is the sports editor for the Paradise Post. Daily News Sports Editor Rich Greene contributed to this article. Bonds guilty on one count, mistrial on others Less than two miles from the ballpark where he broke Hank Aaron’s career home run record in August 2007, Bonds walked out of the Phillip Burton Federal Building on a sunny, windy afternoon and looked on as his lead lawyer, Allen Ruby, held a sidewalk news con- ference. Ruby instructed Bonds not to comment because the case wasn’t over. Impeccably dressed in black suit and purple neck- tie, with a few days of stub- ble on his chin, Bonds flashed a victory sign to a few fans. ‘‘Are you celebrating tonight?’’ one asked. ‘‘There’s nothing to cele- brate,’’ he replied. While Bonds stood on the sidewalk on the court- house’s north side, the jurors — whose names are being withheld until Thursday — went out the south entrance and many lingered to answer questions. For now, they only would give their first names. Amber, a 19- year-old blonde woman who was the youngest juror, said the final votes were 8-4 to acquit Bonds of lying about steroids and 9-3 to acquit him on lying about HGH use. The panel voted 11-1 to convict him of get- ting an injection from some- one other than his doctor, with one woman holding out, she said. Jurors decided to convict Bonds on the obstruction count on Tues- day; on Wednesday they decided they could not come See BONDS, page 2B The Spartans dominated Las Plumas, Tuesday, not drop- ping a single set across all matches. Thunder Shaffer won 6-2, 6-3. Cody Yarbrough won 6-2, 6-0. C.J. Varner won 6-2, 6-3. Paul Hendricks swept his match 6-0, 6-0. Arthur Germano grabbed a 6-0, 6-1 win and Aaron Vasey won 6-1, 6-2. In doubles play Shaffer and Hendricks on 10-2, Yarbrough nd Varner won 10-1 and Curtis Twitchell and Davis Palubeski picked up a 10-5 win. Red Bluff is 7-2 on the season. West Valley 6 Corning 3 Corning just couldn’t pull out the close matches, Tuesday, and fell 6-3 to West Valley. The schools split the three singles matches. Ryan Howell defeated Jordan Burk 6-3, 6-7, 10-2. Javier Curiel beat Devo Wilkins 6-4, 6-3 and Omar Diaz knocked off Wesley Porter 6-1, 6-2. GOLF Las Plumas Invitational Pleasant Valley won Tuesday’s Las Plumas Invitational at Table Mountain with an overall score of 208. Chico (218) was second and Foothill (223) was third. Red Bluff placed with eighth out of the 16-school field with a 250. Los Molinos (314) was 13th and with 325s Corning and Mercy tied for 14th. Red Bluff’s Daniel Frantz had the long drive of the day. LITTLE LEAGUE Red Bluff Little League Junior-Senior sign-ups for 13 to 15 year-old boys and girls is currently running at the Little League snack shop. You may sign up between 5 to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Managers and coaches are also needed. The cost for players is $75. SOAR Interested in joining a competitive and fun swim team this summer? Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing Swim Team will have sign ups Saturday, April 23, Tuesday, April 26, Wednesday, April 27 and Thursday, April 28 at Wink Fash- ion and Salon on Oak Street. Cost to swim for the summer is $110, not including the USA Swimming registration. Scott Teeters, former Division I swim coach, will coach in Red Bluff for the summer. All swimmers ages 6-18 are wel- come to swim. For more information contact Kathy Brandt at 528-8754 or kandjbrandt@msn.com. Thursday April 14, 2011 Round-Up boasts star-studded lineup three times and Layton is building his own reputation. Bob Tallman and Wayne Brooks are back to announce this year as is Canadian barrel man Ash “Crash” Cooper. This year’s speciality act is one- armed bandit John Payne and Round-Up president Dave Ramel- li said there are many other crowd- pleasing surprises in the works for the rodeo’s 90th anniversary. The 90th Red Bluff Round-Up starts with a 7 p.m. Friday perfor- mance. Saturday and Sunday per- formances will bat 1:30 p.m.. Tickets, including a Friday Family Four Pack for $25, can be purchased by calling 257-1000, online at redbluffroundup.com or in person at the rodeo’s office in Red Bluff at 670 Antelope Blvd., Suite 1. Tehama Tracker BASEBALL Corning 2 —8 Anderson 3 —6 The Cardinals split a double header, Tuesday, with ander- son to even their league record to 4-4. Red Bluff lost the opener 3-2 despite a strong pitched game by Austin Arbogast. Michael Garcia went 3-for-3 and knocked in a run. Austin Mallon had an RBI and Dakoda McFall had a hit and a run scored. Corning only had three hits in their win, but still won 8-