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COURTESYPHOTO The Corning Manta Rays swim team, from back le , includes McKenna Kiefer, Coach Garrett Lansdown, Haley Tomas, Zachary Pritchard, Owen Ritter, Coach Ranae Turner, Kara Beckwith, Tyler Grine Isaac Funderburk, Lucas Barriga, Kaden Keifer, Tayler Snow, Hannah Pritchard, Jacob Jorgensen, Julia Turner, Ivan Funderburk, Logan Barriga and Landon Barriga. StaffReports CORNING TheCorningMantaRays competed at the Quincy Invitational over the weekend, bringing home some top placements. Logan Barriga placed second in the 100 back, the 200 free and the 50 fly for the boys 9-10 age group. Lucas Barriga placed first in the 200 fly for the boys 13-14 age group. Kara Beckwith placed first in the 100 back, 50 breast and second in the 100 IM, 50 free, 100 breast, 50 back and the 50 fly for the girls 11- 12 age group. Zachary Pritchard placed second in the 200 fly and the 100 breast for the boys 17-18 age group and Owen Ritter placed second in the 200 breast for the boys 17-18 age group; Haley Tomas placed second in the 100 fly for the girls 13-14 age group. The team is back in action today through Sunday at the North Val- ley Aquatic League Championships in Redding. Results LandonBarriga: 100Free 2:06.22, 50Free 57.62, 100Breast 2:28.27, 50Back 1:05.22. Logan Barriga: 100Back 1:50.65, SWIMMING MantaRaysgarnertopspots A ersolidshowinginQuincy,Corningteam returns to action today at NVAL Championships By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press AKRON, OHIO Tiger Woods showed signs of a positive recov- ery Thursday at the Bridgestone Invitational. Not just from back surgery, but from making bogeys. Woods bounced back with bird- ies all three times that he made mistakes, opening with a 2-under 68 on a soft, gentle day for scoring at Firestone. It left him four shots behind Marc Leishman of Austra- lia, and hopeful that this time he can build on a solid start. Woods opened with a 69 at the British Open two weeks ago, only to plunge down the leaderboard the rest of the week at Royal Liv- erpool. "I hit a lot of good shots," Woods said. "I dropped shots at three holes out there today (and) got it right back on the very next hole." For so many players, the open- ing round of this World Golf Championship felt like either a warmup or an audition for big- WGC Woods gets in decent start at Firestone Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire beginning today, during which time there will be negotiations on a more du- rable truce in the 24-day-old Gaza war, the U.S. said. MIDDLE EAST Israel, Hamas agree to 72-hour cease-fire FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 The Red Bluff Lady Spartans will hold tryouts for the fall tennis season at 3:30p.m. Aug. 11at the high school's tennis courts. Completed clearance slips from the stu- dent store are required. TENNIS Lady Spartans hosting tryouts Aug. 11 The Red Bluff Bulls junior baseball team beat the North Humboldt Giants, 3-0, Wednesday in its Area 1 tournament opener in Red Bluff. Colby Button pitched six innings in the win. AMERICAN LEGION Red Bluff Bulls win tourney opener By Janie McCauley The Associated Press OAKLAND The Oakland Athletics won the Jon Lester sweepstakes, acquiring the left-hander and out- fielder Jonny Gomes from the Bos- ton Red Sox for slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes before Thursday's trade deadline. Oakland, with the best record in baseball at 66-41, also received cash from Boston in another block- buster deal by A's general manager Billy Beane. The Red Sox also get a draft pick in a deal confirmed by both teams. "I believe that the deliberations leading to the two trades we did to- day were deeply analyzed, thought- ful and value-added," A's owner Lew Wolff said in an email. "The best trades are when all parties have po- tential benefits, and what Billy ac- complished is an example of such a win-win. The calls I have received from other owners were very com- plimentary." A few hours later, the Red Sox traded their No. 2 starter, right- hander John Lackey, to the St. Louis Cardinals for right-hander Joe Kelly and outfielder Allen Craig, a person with knowledge of the deal said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because neither club announced that trade. Lester is having an outstanding season with a 10-7 record and ca- reer-best 2.52 ERA in 21 starts. He has allowed seven earned runs in his last eight games with 54 strike- outs and nine walks. But the Red Sox put him on the trading block because he can become a free agent after the season. He was sought by many teams, including Pittsburgh and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 30-year-old, three-time All-Star originally was scheduled to start Wednesday night for the slumping Red Sox, who in- stead scratched Lester ahead of the trade deadline. BASEBALL A'S DEAL CESPEDES FOR SOX'S LESTER Oakland also receives outfielder Gomes and cash in deal at trade deadline, Boston gets dra pick CHRIS O'MEARA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester delivers to the Tampa Bay Rays last Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Lester was traded to the Oakland A's on Thursday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE In this July 23file photo, the Oakland Athletics' Yoenis Cespedes hits a three-run home run against the Houston Astros. The A's traded Cespedes to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday for le -hander Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes. Amid mortar fire, an interna- tional team of investigators finally reached the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17wreckage site Thursday and got their first look at a scene experts fear has been badly compromised. MALAYSIAN PLANE Investigators reach Ukraine wreckage site FULL STORY ON PAGE B5 CORNING PAGE 2 By David Ginsburg The Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, MD. Ray Rice stepped to the microphone, took a deep breath and spoke for 17 minutes about what he called "the biggest mistake of his life." His arrest for domestic violence against his then-fiancee last Feb- ruary is something Rice figures will haunt him long af- ter his NFL career has ended. The Baltimore Ravens running back was arrested on assault charges following a Feb. 15 altercation in New Jersey in which he alleg- edly struck Janay Palmer. Rice has been accepted into a diver- sion program, which upon com- pletion could lead to the charges being dropped. "My actions that night were to- tally inexcusable," said Rice, who during Ravens training camp NFL Ravens' Rice: Actions 'totally inexcusable' Rice RICE PAGE 2 TRADE PAGE 2 GOLF PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, August 1, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1