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Staffreport PALO CEDRO Red Bluff's boys and girls relay teams won all four events at Friday's Sac River League championships hosted by Foothill. West Valley swept the boys and girls overall competitions. The Eagles boys scored 153 points. Enterprise was second with 138.5 points. Shasta finished with 97 points, Red Bluff was fourth with 61 points and Foothill had 39.5 points. The Lady Eagles scored 166 points. Enterprise was second with 92 points, just edging the Lady Spartans with 91.5 points. Shasta was fourth with 78.5 points and Foothill had 57. Rafael Chavarria, Michael Stone, KJ Hinkston and Austin Torres won the boys 4x100 in 44.18 seconds. Jordan Johnson, Torres, Hinkston and Stone won the 4x400 in 3:28.49. The Lady Spartans were equally as successful with Daisy Brose, Adrienne Hinkston, Allison Win- ning and Kaylynn Gibson winning the 4x100 in 50.85 seconds. Jordan Vazquez, Gibson, Hinkston and Brose won the 4x400 with a time of 4:05.35. Adrienne Hinkston added league titles in the 200 meters (26.42) and 400 meters (58.03). Kayla Thayer was league cham- pion in the discus at 117 feet, 5 inches. Jenny Weightman won the long jump at 15 feet, 9 inches. Johnson gave the Spartan boys an individual league champion in the 800 meters (2:03.17). Torres was second in the 200 meters (23.42) and fourth in the 100 meters (11.80). KJ Hinkston placed third in the 400 meters (51.03). Wyatt Garner was third in the long jump (19-4) and fourth in the triple jump (39-7). Malakki Wilson was fifth in the triple jump (39-4.25). The Lady Spartans got a second place finish from Brose in the 100 meters (13.46). Brose also placed fourth in the 200 meters (27.33). Weightman was second in the high jump (4-8). Thayer was third in the shot put (30-1). Mika LeVitt placed fourth in the discus (95-6). Hailey Reineman was fifth in the long jump (14'4.5). NORTHERN ATHLETIC LEAGUE Corning's Ivan Alvardo won three titles at Friday's meeting in Yreka. The host Miners swept the championships. Yreka won the boys competition with 175 points. Corning was sec- ond with 86 points. Anderson was third with 84.5 points followed by Lassen with 78.5 points and Cen- tral Valley with 44 points. Alvardo won the 100 meters (11.38), 200 meters (22.97) and long jump (21-8.5). Anthony Peter placed second in the shot put (48-10.5) and Thomas Lowe was third (48-8). Andrew Jackson was third in the discus (125-6). In the pole vault Matthew Slim- TRACK & FIELD Relayteamssweepevents Corning'sAlvaradowins3NALchampionshipsatSacRiverLeague By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter DURHAM There were no last sec- ond changes to the Northern Sec- tion Division-III bracket released Saturday. Enterprise (26-9) was given the top-seed as the Sac River League champion. Red Bluff (29-6) winners of 21 straight, will have the No. 2 seed and host No. 3 Foothill (26-10) 4 p.m. Tuesday. It will be the fourth consecutive meeting between the two schools. Red Bluff swept last week's season ending series. Last year's section champion Paradise (15-18-1) visits Enterprise in Tuesday's other playoff game. The two winners will meet Sat- urday at the higher seed. DIVISION-IV Corning closed out their season Friday with a 11-1 six- inning road win at Central Valley. Baylie Fryar had five RBIs in the game. Bailey Jennings and Chey- enne Boles each drove in two runs. Jennings and Marissa Hopkins had two hit performances. Made- line Caputo had a triple and Hop- kins and Boles had doubles. Boles picked up the win for Corn- ing, which finished the regular sea- son 22-13. That earned the Lady Cardinals the fourth seed and a home playoff game 4 p.m. Tuesday against West Valley (11-17). Nine teams made the D-IV bracketwithaMondayplayoffgame between No. 8 Colusa (14-15-1) and No. 9 Anderson (19-18-1). Top-seed Lassen (27-9-1) gets the winner. The other half of the bracket fea- tures last year's two finalists with runner-up Wheatland (20-9-1) as the No. 2 seed hosting Willows (16- 12) and defending section champion Sutter (24-9) getting the No. 3 seed and hosting Yreka (22-12). Semifinal games are scheduled for Thursday with the champion- ship Saturday. SOFTBALL LadySpartans and Cardinals earn home playoff games Staff Report PALO CEDRO Red Bluff's sea- son came to an abrupt end Friday night when Foothill beat the visit- ing Spartans 15-5 in six innings in a Northern Section Division-1 first round playoff game. Foothill scored in every inning, including a four-run first inning. Red Bluff battled back to the BASEBALL Fo ot hi ll bla st s Re d Bluff from playoffs By Rick Freeman The Associated Press NEW YORK California Chrome beat out an idiosyncratic racing rule — by a nose. The colt is back on track for his Triple Crown try after an only-in- New York equipment ban appeared ready to put a kink in his Triple Crown try at the Belmont Stakes. The Kentucky Derby and Preak- ness Stakes winner was cleared to wear the nasal strip he has worn all through a six-race winning streak that has set him up for a chance at horse racing's 12th Triple Crown. New York racetracks have a rule prohibiting any equipment not spe- cifically approved by stewards, and nasal strips were not on their list. A statement from the New York Racing Association and the state's Gaming Commission on Monday said the track's three stewards unanimously agreed to lift the ban. The strip worn by California Chrome during his six-race win- ning streak is thought to assist air- flow through the nostrils — some- thing that should come in handy June 7 for Belmont's grueling run. "I think it opens up his air pas- sage and gives him that little extra oomph that he needs, especially go- ing a mile and a half," trainer Art Sherman said. "Any time you can have a good air passage that means a lot for these thoroughbreds." Other states allow equine nasal strips while racing, and even some jockeys wear them, as do humans in other sports. American mara- thon star Meb Keflezighi can be seen sporting one during his win- ning run in Boston last month. California Chrome doesn't need to go 26.2 miles to reach racing im- mortality, though. Just 1½ will do. Racing hasn't had a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978, and the sport's popularity has waned in the nearly four decades since. But it gets a boost every time a horse heads to the Big Apple with a Triple Crown on the line. Sherman raised the possibility HORSE RACING CALIFORNIA CHROME ALLOWED NASAL STRIP Ban on outside equipment li ed by stewards a er possibility of horse's withdrawal from Belmont PATRICKSEMANSKY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Art Sherman, assistant trainer for Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome, displays a nasal strip at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Monday. PATRICK SEMANSKY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Assistant trainer Art Sherman rubs Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner California Chrome's nose during a walk at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Monday. California Chrome is scheduled to depart Tuesday for Belmont Park, N.Y. Online: Read about California Chrome's previous two wins in his attempt for the Triple Crown. REDBLUFFDAI- LYNEWS.COM/SPORTS. "I think it opens up his air passage and gives him that little extra oomph that he needs, especially going a mile and a half." – Art Sherman, California Chrome trainer TRACK PAGE 2 Northern Section playoffs begin 4 p.m. today In Division-III the No. 2Lady Spartans host Foothill at 4 p.m. Red Bluff won six of seven meetings between the schools this season. In Divi- sion-IV No. 4Corning hosts No. 5West Valley at 4p.m. SOFTBALL Sectionplayoffsstartin Red Bluff, Corning The Corning Union High School Cardinals start spring football today with practices all week long from 3:30to 5:30p.m. Corning finished last year 7-4and lost in the first round of the D-2playoffs. FOOTBALL Corning Union set for spring practices CHROME PAGE 2 BASEBALL PAGE 2 Henrik Lundqvist made 40 saves and Martin St. Louis scored in the second period and the New York Rangers earned a 3-1victory. NHL PLAYOFFS Rangers upend Canadiens 3-1 FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 Tim Duncan scored 27points and the San Antonio Spurs took advantage of Serge Iba- ka's absence to dominate the paint, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-105. NBA PLAYOFFS Duncan helps Spurs rout Thunder in Game 1 FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, May 20, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1