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ByFenitNirappil TheAssociatedPress SACRAMENTO Respondingtopa- rental safety concerns, the state Assembly on Thursday passed leg- islation limiting full-contact prac- tices for high school football teams. AB2127 by Assemblyman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, passed on a 50-22 vote and now heads to the Senate. It has the support of the California Interscholastic Fed- eration, which oversees high school athletics. Cooley said he was motivated by the growing anxiety from parents about the risks associated with concussions. The American Acad- emy of Pediatrics, writing in sup- port of the bill, said head injuries from football may lead to long-term brain damage and early-onset de- mentia. "There are just a lot of parents today who are worried about what happens if my kids get in these sort of sports," Cooley said in an inter- view after the bill passed. The issue has even caught the attention of the White House, which announced Thursday plans for a May 29 summit about youth sports safety and concussions. The California bill limits drills LEGISLATION Bill limits contact drills in football Staff Report CORNING A Youth Carnival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat- urday at North Side Park, 1414 Colusa St. to raise money for Corn- ing Youth Bowlers. Proceeds from the carnival will go toward expenses for the youth bowlers to attend the Youth State Bowling Tournament in Windsor and Rohnert Park. The carnival will have more than 28 different fun games. There will be a dunk tank with local teachers and coaches from Little League, football, wrestling and basketball as well as bowlers from the bowling center. There will also be a concession stand with soft drinks, snow cones, nachos, hot dogs and popcorn. The whole community is invited to the fun day at the park. For more information call Bev- erly Martini at 824-3500 or 824- 4489. FUNDRAISER Corning Youth Bowlers to host carnival SanJoseSharksgeneral manager Doug Wilson is wast- ing no time making changes a er perhaps his team's most crushing playoff collapse, tell- ing two players they won't be back next season. NHL Sharksmakechanges a er playoff collapse FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 Red Bluff travels to the Sac River League track and field championships being hosted by Foothill at 2p.m. Corn- ing is at the Northern Ath- letic League championships in Yreka at noon. TRACK & FIELD League finals scheduled for today No. 5Red Bluff visits No. 4 Foothill at 7p.m. in Division 1. In Division 2No. 6Corning travels to No. 3Lassen at 4 p.m. No. 7Mercy plays at No. 2 Redding Christian at 4p.m. in a Division 5playoff game. BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Opening round of section playoffs today By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff High Lady Spartans scored four runs in the first inning and cruised to a 6-0 win over Foothill on Senior Day Thursday to extend their win streak to 21 games. With the close of the regular season it's rather simple now for the 29-6 Spartans. Either they carry their win streak over to next season by be- coming Northern Section champi- ons in between or the streak and their season end next week during the playoffs. Red Bluff started the season 8-6 and was swept by Enterprise dur- ing the first week of April. They haven't lost since. A large part of the successful run has fallen on seniors Chey- anne Grannes, Alyssa Hethcoat, Sam Jones, Hailee Nichols and Tayler Zazueta. Those five were honored before the first pitch and all came to play Thursday. Zazueta led off the bottom of the first inning for Red Bluff by being hit by a pitch. Two batters later she stole sec- ond and then she scored on a Bai- ley Akins double. Hethcoat followed by dropping a single into right field. Akins would score on a wild pitch to make it 2-0. Nichols then worked a walk to keep the pressure on Foothill pitcher Heidi Sundquist. Another wild pitch allowed Het- hcoat to score and Molly Murphy capped the inning with an RBI in- field single to score pinch runner Allyson Drury. Red Bluff led 4-0. It was way more than Nichols would need. She blanked Foothill inning af- ter inning behind some stellar de- fense. Akins made play after play at third base, then in the sixth inning took a relay throw from Grannes to PREP SOFTBALL RED BLUFF PUSHES WIN STREAK TO 21 LadySpartanswinbyshutoutonSeniorDay over Foothill, their opponent in playoffs RICH GREENE — RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS Cheyanne Grannes jumps onto home plate Thursday to score the final Red Bluff run during a 6-0win over Foothill. RICH GREENE — RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS Tayler Zazueta hits a single during the sixth inning of Red Bluff's win against Foothill on Thursday a ernoon. RED BLUFF 6, FOOTHILL 0 Up next: Tuesday, Foothill at Red Bluff, 4p.m., Northern Section Division III playoffs. THESCORE Online: For more local sports coverage of Tehama County visit REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM. Tears in her eyes, firefighter widow Maureen Fanning emerged Thursday from the new Sept. 11museum deep beneath ground zero, unable to bring herself to look at all of it, "too overwhelming." MEMORIAL Sept. 11 museum opens to relatives, survivors FULL STORY ON PAGE B3 FOOTBALL PAGE 2 The Associated Press OAKLAND The Golden State War- riors are taking another chance on a television analyst and former NBA guard who has never been a head coach at any level. The Warriors won the bidding war with the New York Knicks for Steve Kerr on Wednesday, hiring him away from the TNT broadcast table to be their coach. Kerr agreed to a five-year, $25 million deal with Golden State, said his agent, Mike Tannenbaum. The Warriors confirmed the agreement Wednesday night and said they will introduce Kerr at a news conference after the contract is complete. Kerr had been in talks with the Knicks about becoming their coach since Phil Jackson took over as team president in March. He won three titles playing for Jackson in Chicago and another two under Gregg Popovich in San Antonio. Kerr told NBA.com, which first reported the agreement, that go- ing to Golden State "just felt like the right move on many levels." He said his daughter plays volleyball nearby at the University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley, his oldest son is in college in San Di- ego and his young- est son is a junior in high school. Kerr called the offer to coach the Knicks a "tantaliz- ing" opportunity. He said it was "ago- nizing" to say no to Jackson "because of what I think of him and what he's done for my career." "I told Phil, 'I think I have to pur- sue this other opportunity,'" Kerr told the website. "He gave me his blessing. He said. 'Go look at it, and do what was in my heart.'" Kerr, 48, said last month that he has wanted to coach since step- ping down after three seasons as general manager of the Phoenix Suns in June 2010. And while the lure of rebuilding a flagship fran- chise with his mentor at Madison Square Garden looked appealing, the chance to coach a Western Conference contender in his home state proved to be too much. Kerr replaces Mark Jackson, who was fired by the Warriors on May 6 after three seasons and back-to-back playoff appearances — mostly due to a sour relation- ship between him and team man- agement. The Warriors job is certainly a far more attractive one than when owner Joe Lacob hired Jackson away from the ESPN/ABC broad- cast table in June 2011. The War- riors are coming off a 51-win sea- son and consecutive playoff ap- pearances for the first time in 20 years, and they've surrounded star Stephen Curry with a talented young core. Kerr became the hottest coach- ing candidate on the market after Phil Jackson started courting him to the Knicks. Kerr also has close ties to Lacob, his son, assistant GM Kirk Lacob, and Warriors Pres- ident Rick Welts, who worked in Phoenix's front office during Kerr's time as Suns general manager. Given the tension that built be- tween Jackson and Warriors man- agement last season — and the back-and-forth that played out between them in the media after Jackson was dismissed — having NBA KerrsignstocoachWarriors TV analyst, former NBA guard has never been a head coach at any level, to lead Golden State Kerr KERR PAGE 2 SOFTBALL PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, May 16, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1