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Tuesday Softball (11-12) — Corning at Foothill, 5:30 p.m. Baseball (9-10) — Cottonwood at Red Bluff, 6 p.m. College World Series — Florida vs South Carolina, 5 p.m., ESPN Tennis — Wimbledon — 7 a.m., NBC; 10 a.m., ESPN2 MLB— Giants at Cubs, Doubleheader; 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., CSNB MLB — Marlins at Athletics, 7 p.m., CSNC Sports 1B Tuesday June 28, 2011 Manta Rays on fire Little League Updates This division of 11-and 12-year-olds eventually sends its best teams to the famous South Williamsport, Penn. venue where in 1974 Red Bluff finished as the world’s second best team. Corning and Red Bluff are both still alive in the winner’s bracket of District 1. Corning shut out both of it’s first two opponents with a 10-0 win over Anderson on Saturday and a 5-0 win against Foothill on Sunday. Corning plays East Redding at 6 p.m, Wednesday. East Redding defeated West Redding 16-3 in the second round. Red Bluff had a first round bye, then beat Yreka 7-0 to advance to a 6 p.m. Wednesday game against Cottonwood. Kolby Button and Nicholas Rodriguez combined for a no-hitter. Courtesy photo Corning Manta Rays swimmers (from back left): Frankie Chavez, James Stokes, Zackary Pritchard, Joseph Wilson, Mercedes Chavez,Brianna Wilson , Kellie Snow, Rachael Snow, Mellisa Boles,Taylor Snow and Hannah Pritchard. SWIMMING Special to the DN This past weekend Corning Manta Rays swimmers participated in the Gri- dley Invitational swim meet. One could say that the swimmers were on fire. “We had some really great swim- ming going on" said, co-coach Julene Stokes. "I have never seen such a group of hard working and dedicated swim- mers. These swimmers put a lot of time and hard work into being part of swim team and their hard work paid off in a big way this weekend." With only 15 swimmers on the team, the Manta Rays still managed to place third in overall team points. Many swimmers posted their best ever times. In addition to best times, Zachary Pritchard won individual high point in the boys 13-14 age group. Pritchard won first place in nine events (200 IM, 500 free, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 back, 100 breaststroke, 200 fly, 200 breaststroke and 100 free), took one second place and one third place, Pritchard wasn't the only Corning Manta Ray to bring home first place. Frankie Chavez took second in overall individual high point boys 13- 14 age group and won first place in the 50 free, took a second place (500 free) and three third place finishes (200 free, 200 back and 100 breaststroke). Joseph Wilson came in third in high point in the boys 13-14 age group, tak- ing home three second place finishes (200 free, 200 back and 100 breast- stroke) and two third place finishes(100 back and 200 breaststroke). The boys weren't the only swim- mers bringing home the gold. On the girls side of the action, Han- nah Pritchard won second in overall high point in the 7-8 year-olds and Tay- lor Snow was right behind her in third. Pritchard won the 100 freestyle, had District 1 was split into North and South brack- ets this year. Corning is a win away from the South Champi- onship after beating Cottonwood 10-6. Corning will face Anderson, 6 p.m., Wednesday. Red Bluff will have to take the long journey after losing to East Redding 2-1 to start the tourna- ment. Central Tehama is in the same boat after falling 4-1 to Cottonwood. Central Tehama was taking on East Redding in one loser’s bracket game, Monday night. Red Bluff, the hosts for this tournament, play Cottonwood, 6 p.m., today. Courtesy photo Coaches and Parents Zachary Pritchard poses with his first place trophy. five second place finishes (25 free, 50 fly, 25 fly, 50 back and 50 free) and one third place (25 back). Taylor Snow won the 50 backstroke and took second in two events (100 IM and 25 back). “All in all, it was a great weekend for our swimmers,” Stokes said. Little League softball’s most competitive divi- sion ends with the World Series in Portland, Ore. In 2008, Red Bluff got within one win of the ultimate destination. Red Bluff was trying to avoid elimination Mon- day night as they faced Cottonwood in the loser’s bracket. No score was available at press time. Red Bluff fell 5-0 to Foothill in the opening round. Foothill is set to face Corning in the winner’s bracket semifinal, today at 5:30 p.m. at Junction School in Palo Cedro. Corning beat Anderson 13-7 in the first round. Button pitched the first five innings and Rodriguez handled the sixth. Button’s bat was also key. After Austin Youngblood led off the game with a single, Button and Lane Pritchard hit back-to- back home runs to give Red Bluff a 3-0 lead. Wesley Clawson would follow with a single and also score in the first inning. Clawson scored again in the third inning after opening up the rally with a double. Red Bluff picked up two more runs in the fifth inning on a series of passed balls. Cottonwood beat Central Tehama 2-0 in the first round and South Siskiyou 9-2 on Sunday. Central Tehama was eliminated on Sunday with a 10-0 loss to West Redding. The double-elimination tournament is being held at Caldwell Park in Redding. Send us your Little League All-Star results, stats, pictures and stories to sports@redbluffdailynews.com. To speak directly to Sports Editor Rich Greene call 527-2151, ext. 109. Williams sisters, Wozniacki all lose at Wimbledon WIMBLEDON, Eng- land (AP) — Walking away from Centre Court, Oracene Price — mother and some- times-coach to Serena and Venus Williams — shook her head after watching one daughter lose at Wimble- don, then the other. Undeniably great as she is, even defending champion Serena found it too tough to make a deep run at her first Grand Slam tournament in a year after a series of health scares. And as successful as Venus has been at the All England Club, even she couldn’t muster her best after missing nearly five months with a hip injury. ‘‘I don’t think their lay- offs helped their rhythm,’’ Price said. ‘‘They both seemed to be making the same kinds of mistakes. They were hit-and-miss, here and there.’’ They’re both headed home after straight-set exits in the fourth round against far-less-accomplished oppo- nents Monday. First, 13- time major champion Sere- na lost 6-3, 7-6 (6) to ninth- seeded Marion Bartoli on Court 1. Then, less than two hours later and before a Centre Court crowd that included Prince William and his new bride, Kate, five- time Wimbledon champion Venus was beaten 6-2, 6-3 by 32nd-seeded Tsvetana Pironkova. Adding to the chaotic nature of the afternoon, top- seeded Caroline Wozniacki lost, too, although she’s still searching for her first Grand Slam singles trophy, where- as the Williams sisters own a total of 20. ‘‘Definitely not our best day,’’ Venus said. ‘‘I think we both envisioned seeing this day going a little bit dif- ferent.’’ And why shouldn’t they have? After all, Venus and her younger sister combined to win nine of the past 11 Wimbledon titles, including Serena’s victories in 2009 and 2010. They even played each other in four of the finals in that span. ‘‘Well, I never came here thinking I would lose,’’ said Serena, a former No. 1 whose ranking now will plummet to about 175th. ‘‘That’s my attitude.’’ It’s the first time since 2006 that neither Williams is in the Wimbledon quarterfi- nals; Venus lost in the third round that year, while Sere- na skipped that tournament because of a left knee injury. Of the 12 years that both entered the field at the All England Club, this is the first neither one made it past the fourth round. ‘‘Obviously, it’s not something planned,’’ Venus said. ‘‘We rarely lose on the same day.’’ That’s true: They last lost on the same day at a Grand Slam tournament on May 30, 2008, in the French Open’s third round. All in all, it was a topsy-turvy day at the All England Club. Set aside, for a moment, what went on with the Williams sisters, and digest Monday’s various other happenings: — Wozniacki still has yet to make it past the fourth round at Wimbledon after a 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 defeat against No. 24 Dominika Cibulkova; — defending champion and top-seeded Rafael Nadal initially thought he broke his left foot and might have to quit late in the first set, then lost the second set, but eventually beat 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro 7-6 (6), 3- 6, 7-6 (4), 6-4; — six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer dropped his first set of the fortnight — against a man he was 10-0 against, no less — before righting himself to reach a 29th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal; — 18-year-old Bernard Tomic of Australia became the youngest man in the Wimbledon quarterfinals since 1986, when Boris Becker went on to win his second title in a row; — 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych went out in straight sets against 10th- seeded Mardy Fish, who never before reached the quarterfinals at the All Eng- land Club but now is the last American, man or woman, left in the tournament. ‘‘Last. ... Not what you set out to do,’’ said Fish, who is 0-5 against Nadal heading into their quarterfi- nal. ‘‘It was, I guess, bad luck for the Williams sisters to lose. Unfortunate, I guess. They’ll be back, I’m sure.’’ They won’t be around for the women’s quarterfinals Tuesday, which are: Cibulkova of Slovakia vs. No. 5 Maria Sharapova of Russia; Bartoli of France vs. wild-card entry Sabine Lisicki of Germany; No. 8 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic vs. Pironkova of Bulgaria; and No. 4 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus vs. Tamira Paszek of Austria. It’s the first time since 1913 that the last eight women at Wimbledon are from Europe — and, as it hap- pens, eight countries are rep- resented. Sharapova is the only quarterfinalist who’s won a Grand Slam title; her See LOSE, page 2B Baseball Division (11-12) Little League Softball Division (11-12) Little League 9-and 10-year-old Baseball Division The Championships Wimbledon