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ByRichGreene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff High Lady Spartans extended their win streak to 17 games by winning both ends of a double- header against visiting Shasta on Tuesday. In both games the Lady Spar- tans erased early deficits. Which comeback was better? That depends on your taste. In Game 1, Red Bluff erased a 2-0 first-inning hole with three runs in the bottom half of the first and then an explosive six- run second inning to win 13-2. In Game 2, Red Bluff found it- self down 6-0 early before bat- tling back to win it with a two- out base hit in the eighth inning 10-9. In both games the Spartans never lost their cool as they flashed their leather and belted the cover off the ball. GAME 1 Red Bluff pitcher Hailee Nicholls allowed two runs in the first, including a game-opening home run to Shasta's Mia Camuso. Nicholls would later make up for those runs by herself, by blasting two home runs over the center-field fence. She wouldn't even need to do that as the Lady Spartans bounced back in their own half of the first inning and never looked back. Tayler Zazueta and Bailey Akins both walked in the in- ning and came around to score on wild pitches and Molly Mur- phy added an RBI single to score Jenny McCluskey and Red Bluff led 3-2. PREP SOFTBALL LadySpartanspush winningstreakto17 RedBluffcomesfrombehindtotakebothendsofdoubleheadersweep RICHGREENE—REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS Tayler Zazueta slides at home plate ahead of a tag in the first game of Red Bluff's doubleheader against Shasta on Tuesday. RICH GREENE — RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS Hailee Nicholls is congratulated a er one of her two Game 1 home runs Tuesday. Online: For complete All- Star rosters visit LIONSALL- STARFOOTBALLNORCAL.COM. Staff Report OROVILLE Rosters for the 37th annual Lions All-Star football game were announced Saturday at an announcement draft banquet at Butte College. Red Bluff High School's Den- ver Gulliford and Corning Union High School's Thomas Lowe were named to the North's 11-man team. The 275-pound Gulliford is listed at guard and defensive end. Lowe is a 6-foot, 230-pound line- backer and running back. TheNorthteamisbeingcoached by West Valley's Greg Grandell. This year the Lions All-Star weekend also features an 8-man game. Tommy Garcia, Alejandro Guer- rero and Brenten James from Mercy High School were named to the South's 8-man roster. Garcia is one of four quarter- backs on the roster. He is also listed at linebacker. Guerrero is listed as a running back and linebacker. James is listed at tight end, ful back and linebacker. Princeton's Brian Lex is coach- ing the team. The games are scheduled for Saturday, July 19, at Shasta Col- lege in Redding. LIONS FOOTBALL 5Tehama athletes named as All-Stars RB, Corning send 1 each, Mercy sends 3 in 8-man Staff Report LOS MOLINOS The Mercy High Lady Warriors got some revenge Monday, defeating their Tehama County rivals on the road 16-5 in a mercy-shortened five-inning game. Earlier in the year the Lady Bull- dogs won at Mercy. It was Los Mo- linos' only win of the season. Cheyanne Johnson knocked in three runs for Mercy on 2-for-3 hitting. Julia Misslin and Jessica Curl also went 2 for 3. Misslin and Ma- halee Gaumer had RBIs. Tasha Pimentel and Selena Dobson each drew two walks. Maggie Sheppard pitched all five innings for Mercy. The Lady Warriors evened their Five Star League record to 5-5 and are 5-9 overall. Mercy visits Red- ding Christian at 4 p.m. Friday and closes its season May 12 at Chester. Los Molinos dropped to 1-6 in league play and 1-15 overall. The Lady Bulldogs host their season finale at 4 p.m. Friday against Lib- erty Christian. PREP SOFTBALL Mercy pounds Los Molinos to take revenge Staff Report CHICO The Northern Section re- leased the current baseball playoff point standings Tuesday. Red Bluff (21-5) was the No. 2 seed in Division 1 with 39.175 points. The points come from a formula that takes into account each team's league, non-league and division re- cords. PREP BASEBALL Playoff points released for section teams Starling Marte was ruled out, then safe on a replay review with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, li ing Pittsburgh over San Francisco 2-1and ending the Giants' six- game winning streak. BASEBALL PiratesdefeatGiants a er replay review FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 The Red Bluff Spartans basketball camp for boys and girls in fourth grade and up is scheduled for June 9-13. The cost for the camp is $50. For more information call 529-8710. YOUTH BASKETBALL RBHS hosting basketball camp Red Bluff hosts rival Enterprise at 3:30p.m. in a matchup of top teams. Corning hosts Las- sen at 3p.m. Los Molinos is at the Mountain Valley League meet at University Prep in Redding at 3:30p.m. TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE Local track teams set for meets today A cook-off for barbecued ribs and chicken will be held May 17during the Glenn County Fair in Orland. Entry forms are available at the fair office, 221 East Yolo St., in Orland, or at glenncountyfair.org. FOOD Glenn Fair barbecue cook-off sign-ups open FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 PLAYOFFS PAGE 2 By Antonio Gonzalez The Associated Press agonzalezAP on Twitter OAKLAND Mark Jackson came to the Golden State Warriors talking big and brash. He prom- ised playoff appearances and championships trophies, and he delivered plenty of wins along the way. Away from the court, though, Jackson never backed down from doing things how he wanted. His inability to mesh with manage- ment increasingly overshadowed all the wins — and ultimately cost him his job. The Warriors fired Jackson after three seasons Tuesday, ending the fran- chise's most suc- cessful coaching tenure in the past two decades. General man- ager Bob Myers thanked Jack- son, saying he helped make the Warriors a more attractive fran- chise. But Myers said the decision to dismiss Jackson was "unani- mous" among the team's execu- tives, in part because the War- riors want a coach who can "de- velop a synergy" with everybody in basketball operations. "You're never sure of anything. But I do know that we have a lot of conviction in the decisions we make," Myers said. "We wouldn't have made this decision if we didn't believe it didn't help the organization move forward." Jackson's time with the War- riors will be remembered for the way he helped turn a perennially losing franchise into a consistent winner and the bold and bombas- tic way in which he did it. He guaranteed Golden State would make the playoffs in his first season, then finished 23-36 after the NBA labor lockout. The Warriors went 47-35 last season and had a memorable run to the second round of the playoffs, and they were 51-31 this season be- fore losing in seven games to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round. The Warriors had not made the playoffs in consecutive years since 1991-92. They had made the postseason once in 17 years be- fore Jackson arrived. Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob said in a statement that the team "must make some difficult deci- sions in our day-to-day opera- tions of the club and this would certainly qualify as one of those examples." The Warriors will begin a coaching search immediately. Former NBA player and TNT broadcaster Steve Kerr, former Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, Iowa State's Fred Hoi- berg and Connecticut's Kevin Ol- lie could be among the top can- didates. Myers said the Warriors know a new coach comes with the risk of disrupting team chemistry, especially considering nearly ev- NBA Warriors fire Jackson despite successes Golden State lets coach go a er three seasons due to inability to mesh with management Jackson WARRIORS PAGE 2 RED BLUFF 13-10, SHASTA 2-9 Up next: Friday, Red Bluff at Shasta, 4p.m. THESCORE SPARTANS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, May 7, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1