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Wednesday Soccer — Red Bluff at University Prep, 4:30 p.m. NBAPlayoffs —Celtics at Heat, Game 5, 4 p.m., TNT NBAPlayoffs —Grizzlies at Thunder, Game 5, 6:30 p.m., TNT MLB— Athletics at Rangers, 11 a.m., CSNC MLB— Diamondbacks at Giants, 7 p.m., CSNB MLS—San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m., CSNC Sports 1B Mountain Valley League Championships Thursday at University Prep, 10 a.m. Last year: Los Molinos and Mercy competed in the Mid-Valley League and the Lady Bulldogs reeled off a second place finish Carolyna Salazar who won the 100- meter hurdles, discus and triple jump and placed third in the 300-meter hurdles. Francis Ocampo was second in the long jump and Linzy Irle was third in the 800 meters. The Lady Bulldogs finished with 56 points. Uni- versity Prep won the event with 163. Providence Christ- ian was third with 53 and Mercy finished in 10th with 2. U-Prep also won the boys title with 126 points, ahead of Hamilton City (115) and Hayfork (46). Los Molinos fin- ished tied for seventh with 19 points and Mercy was ninth with 13 points. Kevin Garnica won the discus event for Los Molinos. Mercy’s Jeremie Jones was third and Royce Crane finished third in the 200 meters. Top male athletes entering championships Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff’s Thunder Shaffer reaches for a shot,Tuesday, against the Chico Panthers. TENNIS By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor There literally was no way the Spartans were going to lose. Red Bluff produced both final- ists in the singles and doubles com- petitions at the recently completed Eastern Athletic League — South Finals. In the singles tournament, senior Cody Yarbrough beat freshmen teammate Thunder Shaffer 6-3, 6-2 in the championship match. Yarbrough came from behind to knock off Oroville’s Steven Vang 3- 6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the final. “It was awesome,” Yarbrough said. “It was nice both of us were in the final so no matter what hap- pened Red Bluff was going to win.” It wasn’t all bad for Shaffer, as he later teamed with Yarbrough to reach the finals of the double tour- nament. Once again it was Red Bluff ver- sus Red Bluff as on the other side of the court were Paul Hendricks and C.J. Varner, who had pulled off a major upset knocking off the tour- nament’s No. 1 seed from Oroville Shaffer and Yarbrough won the all-Red Bluff final 6-4, 6-2. “We didn’t start off the year great, but lately we’ve just been rocking it,” Yarbrough said. All four players qualified for the CIF tournament this weekend. Yarbrough and Shaffer will play in both the singles and doubles tournament. Also in the tournament Arthur Germano won his first round sin- gles match and Curtis Twitchell upset the No. 2 Las Plumas player in the first round and almost pulled off another upset losing to Oroville's No. 3 in three sets. Germano and Twitchell won their first round of doubles before bowing out. The section tournament is Satur- day at Foothill. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. — T.S. Eliot Daniel Frantz — Red Bluff Frantz made it two-for-two this week as he cap- tured his second consecutive league title. The sopho- more had a 75 scoring average in Eastern Athletic League-South play and helped lead the Spartans to a second consecutive league championship. Traditions (530) 527-0247 Trophy Make it Matter… (T.T.) V alor V ictory V alues Katelin Collins — Red Bluff Collins has been racking up the points all season for the Lady Spartans track team. At the Dave Allen Twilight Invitational she took second place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump as the junior helped lead the Lady Spartans to a first place team finish. Congratulations Athletes of the Week! Listen Friday Nights at 6:00pm on KBLF AM 1490 “Northstate Sports Weekly” All episodes can also be heard by logging onto www.trophytraditions.com 100 meters: Dominique Ceja, Los Molinos; Royce Crane, Mercy; Scott Harrison, Hayfork 200 meters: Dominique Ceja, Los Molinos; Royce Crane, Mercy; Jon Dinius, Redding Christian 400 meters: Dominique Ceja, Los Molinos; Eric Ghelfi, Redding Adventist, Joshua Reese, Prov- idence Christian 800 meters: Eric Ghelfi, Redding Adventist; Tucker Hoffman, Providence Christian; Joshua Reese, Providence Christian 1600 meters: Eric Ghelfi, Redding Adventist; Tucker Hoffman, Providence Christian; Joshua Reese, Providence Christian 3200 meters: Eric Ghelfi, Redding Adventist; Tucker Hoffman, Providence Christian; Joshua Reese, Providence Christian 110-meter hurdles: Tim DeSilva, Redding Christian; Caleb Skelton, Providence Christian; Gilbert Zamora, Los Molinos 300-meter hurdles: Joshua Reese, Providence Christian; Caleb Skelton, Providence Christian; Gilbert Zamora, Los Molinos See TRACK, page 2B Wednesday May 11, 2011 Spartans dominate EAL-South Track glance EAL-South Finals