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ByRichGreene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter HilmaR Forthesecondstraight week the Red Bluff Spartans are tournament champions. In the championship game the Spartans (19-4) knocked off Mari - posa County for the second time at the Hilmar Tournament Saturday, in the process running their win streak to 10 games. A week ago Red Bluff won the Shasta Lake Bass Easter Baseball Classic. Red Bluff thumped Mariposa County 10-0 in the championship. Kyle Martin went the distance, striking out seven in the complete game shutout. Lane Pritchard went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a double. Walker Dodero went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Sam Hendricks knocked in two runs on a single and double. Ryan Gamboa went 3-for-3 with a double and a RBI. Jared Poore finished 3-for-4 wi th a R BI . Red Bluff 13, Gustine 3 The Spartans beat Gustine earlier in the day Saturday to reach the championship. Red Bluff stole 13 bases in the game. Ten different Spartans stole a bag and no one was thrown out. Will Macdonald stole three bags, going 4-for-5 in the game. Gamboa drove in three runs on three hits. Will Macdonald went 4-for-5. Carson Ellis had two hits. Clint Jablonowski, Hendricks and Andrew Clawson knocked in runs for the Spartans. Ellispickedupthewin.Hewentfive inningsandstruckoutfivebatters. Nick Schluep struck out three battersintwoinningsofreliefwork. The Spartans open up a 3-game set with Foothill by hosting a dou - bleheader today at 4 p.m. Red Bluff and Foothill are the top two teams in the Sac River League. The Spartans are undefeated at 6-0and Foothillis 4-1 in league play. BaseBall RedBluffwinsanothertournament Staff Report Cottonwood Jordan Johnson, Austin Torres, Michael Stone and KJ Hinkston continued Red Bluff's string of strong 4x400 relay per - formances Friday by winning the West Valley Invitational. The Spartans turned in a time of 3:32.66 to beat Enterprise. The same four placed second in the 4x100 (45.34 seconds). Meanwhile Corning's Ivan Al - varado won the long jump with a mark of 20 feet, 6 inches. Corning's Alex Davila was 19th (18'1"), Red Bluff's Wyatt Garner was 23rd (14'1") and fellow Spartan Malakki Wilson was 25th (12'11"). Chico claimed the team title with 80.5 points. Enterprise was second with 66.5 points and hosts West Valley was third with 44.6 points. Red Bluff finished in sixth place with 30 points. Corning was 10th with 17 points. There were 25 schools competing in the boys events. Hinkston placed second in the triple jump at 40 feet, 1 inch. Corning's Andrew Jackson was third in the discus (135'10"). Thomas Lowe was 27th (111'5") tRaCk & field Boys 4x400 team wins at West Valley Invitational Corning's Alvarado wins long jump, Lady Spartan Hinkston wins 800 Staff Report RedBluff The Spartans Athletic Department will be hosting basket- ball and volleyball camps in June. The Spartan Basketball Camp at Red Bluff High School will be held June 9-13. The camp is open to boys and girls fourth grade and up. The deadline to signup for the camp is June 9. Although the school can not ac - cept checks written after May 1. The cost of the camp is $40 The Spartan Volleyball Camp is scheduled for June 23-27 The camp is open to girls in fourth through ninth grades. The deadline to signup for the camp is June 23. Checks must be made prior to May 10 and should be payable to RBHS-Volleyball Camp. The cost of the camp is $60. Enrollment pamphlets for both camps are available at the Red Bluff High School student store. For more information about ei - ther camp call 529-8710. YoutH spoRts RBHS to host basketball and volleyball camps in June CoachDocRiversturneddown the opportunity to talk to owner Donald Sterling about his recent racist comments, saying it wasn't the time or place to make a judgment on his words. nBa Clipperscoachdoesn't want to speak to owner FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 Baseball hosts Foothill for a doubleheader at 7p.m., so ball is at West Valley at 4 p.m., tennis hosts Enterprise at 3:30p.m. and the golf team is at the Partner Tournament in Oroville at 10a.m. spaRtans spoRts Full slate of action for Red Bluff teams Corning baseball is at Ander- son for a doubleheader at 4 p.m., while so ball travels to Lassen at 3p.m. Mercy baseball and so ball travel to Hayfork at 3p.m. Los Molinos so ball is at U-Prep at 2p.m. pRep sCHedule Baseball, so ball teams set to play today By stephen Hawkins The Associated Press aRlinGton,texas Sonny Gray threw a three-hitter for his first career complete game and the Oakland Athletics beat Texas 4-0 Monday night in Rangers ace Yu Darvish's shortest outing in the major leagues. Gray (4-1) allowed only three singles while striking out six. Texas got only one runner to third base against the right- hander, who threw two wild pitches in the sixth after Robin - son Chirinos singled. Darvish (1-1) was gone after 3 1-3 innings, pulled after walking No. 9 batter Eric Sogard for the second time. Those were the only two walks for the right-hander, who allowed four runs and six hits while throwing 83 pitches (45 strikes). Darvish is winless his last nine home starts. Josh Donaldson had a two-run single in the third, and the A's made it 4-0 an inning later when Josh Reddick had an RBI triple before coming home on Daric Barton's sacrifice fly. Gray, in his 16th career start, threw 73 of his 108 pitches for strikes. Oakland and Texas entered tied for the AL West lead and the league's best record at 15- 10. The Rangers, shut out for the first time this season, had swept a three-game series in Oakland last week. Darvish made his 66th start for the Rangers since signing with them from Japan before the 2012 season. His shortest previ - ous MLB outing had been four in- nings at Seattle on May 21, 2012, and he had since gone at least five innings in 56 consecutive starts. Darvish did have a start of only 1 1-3 innings in Japan eight years ago. Darvish struck out four, but three of those came in the first five batters of the game. Gray walked Rangers lead - off hitter Michael Choice to get his night started, but got out of the first with a fielder's choice grounder and then a 4-5-3 double play with three Oakland infield - ers shifted to right side against Prince Fielder. Choice grounded into an in- ning-ending double play in the third after the bottom two bat- ters reached base. The A's are 7-1 in their nine games against Darvish, who last week got a no-decision in Oak - land after going six innings and leaving a 3-3 tie. The Rangers won that game 4-3. After Donaldson's big hit, a bouncer through the left side of the infield out of the reach of div - ing third baseman Adrian Beltre, the A's had the bases reloaded on a one-out single by Brandon Moss. mlB GRAY THROWS 3-HITTER FOR A'S PHOTOS By BRAnDOn WADE — THE ASSOCiATED PRESS Texas Rangers first baseman Prince Fielder (84) reacts a er Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick (16) is ruled safe a er tagging up during the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday in Arlington, Texas. The play was reviewed and Reddick was ruled out. Oakland Athletics' Eric Sogard, right, is congratulated by teammates a er scoring on a double RBi by Oakland Athletics' Josh Donaldson (20) during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Monday in Arlington, Texas. A'S 4, RANGERS 0 Up Next: A's at Rangers When: Tuesday, 5:05p.m. TV: CSn-CA Radio: 95.7FM TheSCORe LeBron James scored 31 points, and the Heat com- pleted a first-round sweep of the Charlotte Bobcats with a 109-98victory Monday night. nBa Roundup Miami completes sweep of Charlotte FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 Finishes 4-0 weekend in Hilmar tRaCk paGe 2 a's paGe 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com tuesday, april 29, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AnD TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1