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StaffReports REDDING The Red Bluff Spar- tans tied for second place Wednesday at a five-team swim meet hosted by Enterprise. American Christian Academy won the meet with 142 points. Red Bluff and Redding Chris- tian each had 105 points. They were followed by Enterprise and Central Valley. Julia Brandt picked up a pair of first-place finishes in the 50 freestyle (26.89 seconds) and the 500 freestyle (5:44.15). Coley Sauve was second in the 100 backstroke (1:12.16) and Jil- lian Strom was second in the 100 breaststroke (1:23.47). Jordan Munoz was third in the 200 individual medley (2:54.33) and the 100 breast- stroke (1:26.21). Enda Freitag was third in the 50 freestyle (35.06). Jacob Patterson led the Red Bluff boys with a first-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.86) and a fourth-place fin- ish in the 50 freestyle (28.28). Mitchell Sauve was third in the 200 individual medley (2:24.53) and the 500 freestyle (5:51.69). Noah Caylor was fourth in the 200 freestyle (2:19.56) and the 100 freestyle (1:00.20). Next up for the Spartans is the Nor Cal Invitational on Oct. 3 in Anderson. MERCY AND WINTERS AT SUTTER Mercy's Zinnia Balken finished in first place in the 100 butter- fly (1:07.97) at the Morehouse Aquatic Center. Balken added second-place finishes in the 500 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke. Anthony Aviles, Nathaniel Bennett, Marcus Kuchle and Theo Zang set a new Mercy High School record in the 200 freestyle relay with a swim of 1:55.49. Mikaela Weber was second in the 200 individual medley. The Mercy swimmers com- bined to set 14 personal-best times at the meet. FieldHockey BELLA VISTA 4, CORNING 3, STROKES Bella Vista edged the Lady Cardinals in the eighth round of sudden death strokes Wednesday in Corning. The game was tied 1-1 after regulation. Whitney Armstrong drove to Kobye Rezendes for Corning's score. Following a scoreless 7-on-7 period Armstrong and Ally Zup- pan scored in strokes for Corn- ing. Sarah Boone made seven saves in net for Corning and blocked five strokes. Dani Zuppan, Melissa Vasqeuz, Ashlee Mishoe and Concepcion Paz had strong games for Corning. The Lady Cardinals visit Las- sen on Monday. Cross Country RED BLUFF AT LAS PLUMAS Daisy Brose led the girls field with a time of 21:45 on the 3-mile course at North Forebay State Recreation Area in Oro- ville. Las Plumas had just one run- ner. Berenice Chavez ran 23:49 for second. Lilly Taylor was third in 23:55, Allison Winning was fourth at PREP ROUNDUP Spartansswimtotie for2ndin5-waymeet Brandttakesfirstplaceintwoevents,wins 50 freestyle and 500 freestyle for Red Bluff SUBMITTEDPHOTO Mercy's Mikaela Weber placed second in the 200individual medley Wednesday at Sutter. By Antonio Gonzalez The Associated Press OAKLAND Steve Kerr played golf with Stephen Curry, trav- eled to Australia to meet with Andrew Bogut and spoke with every other player on the Golden State Warriors in some form or fashion this summer. Now he hopes to carry those relationships onto the court. With the Warriors set to open training camp Tuesday, Kerr is counting on his work this off- season to pay off in practice. He has traveled the globe since be- ing hired to replace coach Mark Jackson in May, believing all along that building personal re- lationships with players would wash away any uneasiness some had because of his popular pre- decessor's firing. "My whole goal over the sum- mer was to get to know guys," Kerr said during an informal news conference with reporters Thursday. "I didn't want to walk into training camp and say, 'Hi, I'm Steve.'" Getting off to a quick start could be key for Kerr this year. The Warriors are coming off a 51-win season and back-to-back playoff appearances, and owner Joe Lacob's decision to dismiss Jackson puts immediate pres- sure on the new coach to keep NBA NewWarriorscoachKerreagertobegin Replaces fired Jackson a er 51-win season, back-to-back playoff appearances for team BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, pictured May 20, is counting on his work this offseason to pay off in practice. Staff Reports COTTONWOOD Gerber's Bailey Bean was the Reserve All-Around Cowgirl at the first high school ro- deo of the season Sept. 19-21. Merill, Oregon's Keeley Vaughan won the first District 1 California High School Rodeo event with 96 points. Bean finished with 78.5 points followed by Amy Brown with 62, Kaycie Tidwell with 54 and Cot- tonwood's Erin Clendenen with 51. The All-Around Cowboy was Millville's Brody Gil with 54.5 points, edging Brushton Minton with 51. Cottonwood's Cameron Jones was third with 47 points followed by Chase Alvernaz with 36.5 points and Tanner Meigs with 35. Clendenen won barrel racing with a time of 36.271 seconds. Cottonwood's Sabrina Cantu was fifth (37.225) and Scotti Mur- phy was seventh (37.971). Red Bluff's Brittany Manner was 10th at 38.252 seconds. Meigs won tie down calf rop- ing with a time of 27.10 seconds. Jones was fifth at 42.02 sec- onds. Corning's Wyatt Spencer placed ninth at 20.21 seconds on one head. Tidwell won breakaway roping at 5.92 seconds. Cottonwood's Kristin Loverin was second (6.52), Red Bluff's Cara Hencratt was fourth (17.09), Clendenen finished seventh (2.87 on one) and Red Bluff's Macken- zie Moore was 10th (3.76 on one). Jones had the lone score in steer wrestling at 23.04. Kyle Eaton had the lone scor- ing ride in bull riding with a 54. Corning's Gianna Esteve won pole bending with a time of 45.285 seconds. Bean placed third at 46.188 sec- onds. Cottonwood's Nicole Toma- HIGH SCHOOL RODEO Bean 2nd overall at first rodeo of year Corning's Esteve claims first place in pole bending By Mark Schmetzer The Associated Press CINCINNATI The Milwaukee Brewers went into their game against Cincinnati on Thurs- day with their postseason hopes hanging by a thread. They cut it themselves, com- mitting three errors and wasting a golden scoring chance on the way to a 5-3 loss to the Reds that manager Ron Roenicke described as "sloppy." Brandon Phillips hit his first home run in almost three months and rookie David Holmberg pitched six solid innings as Cin- cinnati officially ended the Brew- ers' postseason hopes. Milwaukee's loss meant the San Francisco Giants clinched a play- off spot. "You still want to finish well," Roenicke said. "This game was a killer. It's hard to watch, knowing you could've won the game and you give it away." The Brewers committed three errors, including two in the fifth when the Reds tied the score and took a 3-2 lead with unearned runs. Second baseman Rickie Weeks committed two of the er- rors after giving Milwaukee a 1-0 lead with his eighth homer of the BASEBALL Giants clinch playoff berth, with Brewers eliminated Larry Donnell caught three of Eli Manning's four touch- down passes, and the New York Giants moved to .500 with a 45-14road victory over the Washington Redskins on Thursday night. NFL Donnell catches on as Giants rout Redskins FULLSTORYONPAGEB5 Red Bluff High School is looking for a freshman girls basketball coach. If you are interested in the position contact Karen Borror at 529- 8703. COACH NEEDED Red Bluff Lady Spartans seek coach Red Bluff (1-3) opens up Eastern Athletic League play tonight against visiting Foot- hill (0-3). Corning (2-1) travels to Oroville (1-2). Both games are scheduled to start around 7:30p.m. WEEK 4 FOOTBALL Red Bluff hosts Foothill, Corning at Oroville U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the extremist Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, killing at least 19 people as more families of militants le their stronghold. WAR ON TERRORISM US-led strikes hit IS oil installations in Syria FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 RODEO PAGE 5 ROUNDUP PAGE 5 BASEBALL PAGE 5 WARRIORS PAGE 5 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, September 26, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B4