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Tehama Tracker Monday’s results MLB Giants Atlanta Schierholtz 1-2, ER, RBI Bumgarner 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 K Today’s games MLB Giants Atlanta SF — Sanchez 4-7 ATL — Delgado 0-1 Baltimore Athletics BAL — Matusz 1-4 OAK — Moscoso 5-6 On the tube LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL •4 p.m., ESPN2 — World Series, semifinal, teams TBD, at Portland, Ore. • 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 — World Series, semifinal, teams TBD, at Portland, Ore. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL •4 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, Arizona at Philadelphia or San Fran- cisco at Atlanta •5 p.m., WGN — Chicago Cubs at Houston SOCCER • 11:30 a.m., CSNB — UEFA Cham- pions League, Rubin at Lyon Fish count Passed through RB Diversion Dam Aug. 12: 180 salmon, 0 steelhead Aug. 11: 52 salmon, 0 steelhead Aug. 10: 95 salmon, 0 steelhead Season: 1,720 salmon, 0 steelhead Around town Softball tryouts The North Valley Rapids ASA 18Gold softball pro- gram is holding tryouts on Sunday, Aug. 21 at Frey softball field in Red Bluff. All players including pitchers and catchers will report at 9:30 a.m. Final try- outs will be Sunday, Aug. 28 at 9:30 a.m. Both tryouts are mandatory for all players. The team’s purpose is to prepare young ladies for the next level of play, where performance and academics will play a big role for col- lege admission. North Val- ley Rapids 2011 fall ball is designed to showcase talent to college coaches. For more information contact X. Tito Cervantes at 529-7389. Golf tournament Entries are currently being accepted for the 84th Northern California Open Championship slated for Sept. 12-14 at Sevillano Links. The Northern California Open Championship is a 3- day, 54-hole stroke play tournament, which attracts seasoned PGA and non- PGA professional players and amateurs with an index of 3.4 or lower. Entry dead- line for this prestigious tour- nament is Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. The Northern California Open Championship is spon- sored by Rolling Hills Casino & Resort. To register visit rollinghillscasino.com. Ques- tions regarding tournament eli- gibility should be directed to tournament headquarters at the Nor Cal PGA Section Office at (707) 449-4742. Charity Golf Tournament The first ever Alterna- tives to Violence, fundrais- ing golf tournament is set for Oct. 15 at Sevillano Links in Corning. Proceeds will benefit survivors of domestic vio- lence and their children in Tehama County. For more information call 528-0226. In the block Mercy Lady Warriors volleyball coach Zane Zelei What do you expect out of your team this season? How does last year’s experience help? “I expect to probably win league and go to the finals or pretty dang close to them.” “We realized what we need to do to win.” 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 4 Sports Camp Shots 1B Tuesday August 16, 2011 Warriors Daily News photos by Rich Greene The Mercy Warriors work out in preparation for the upcoming season at Sacred Heart Elementary School. The Warriors open up their 8-man football season on Thursday, Sept. 1 against Champion Christian at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico.The Warriors home opener comes Sept. 10 when they host Herlong. Braves rally to beat Giants 5-4 ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie Freeman capped a three-run rally against San Francisco closer Brian Wilson in the ninth with a two-run single to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 win over the Giants on Monday night. Wilson (6-4) couldn’t hold a 4-2 lead. He gave up three hits and two walks in the ninth for his fifth blown save in 40 chances. Nate Schierholtz snapped a 2-2 tie with his homer to right in the sixth. Mike Fontenot, in the game when Pablo Sandoval left with a foot injury in the first inning, added an eighth-inning homer off Tim Hudson. The Braves rallied in the Giants’ first return to Atlanta since beating Atlanta in the 2010 NL divi- sion series. The Braves stretched their lead to five games over San Francisco in the NL wild-card race. The Giants began the night two games behind first- place Arizona in the NL West. The bearded Wilson was greeted with loud boos as he jogged to the mound. Speedy Jose Constanza led off the inning with an infield hit before Wilson walked pinch-hitter Eric Hinske, who was replaced by pinch-runner Julio Lugo. Michael Bourn’s sacrifice bunt moved the run- ners to second and third before Martin Prado deliv- ered a run-scoring single to left, moving Lugo to third. Wilson walked McCann on four pitches to load the bases before striking out Dan Uggla. Freeman lined a 3-2 pitch over the middle to drive in two runs. Braves players stormed out of their dugout to celebrate around Freeman near sec- ond base. Cristhian Martinez (1-2) pitched a perfect ninth after Tim Hudson gave up four runs, two earned, in eight innings. Uggla had one hit, a fifth-inning double, one day after the end of his 33-game hitting streak, the longest in Atlanta Braves history. Brian McCann hit a first-inning homer for Atlanta and Constanza had a run-scoring single in the second. Madison Bumgarner gave up two runs on eight hits and two walks in seven innings. See GIANTS, page 2B Ambrose wins at Watkins Glen WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — Marcos Ambrose missed his daughter’s first day of school. She probably won’t mind. The snakebitten Ambrose, deprived more than once of a NASCAR victory, beat Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch on a two-lap dash to the checkered flag Monday to win the rain- delayed Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International. It was his first victory in 105 starts in NASCAR’s top series and atoned for a slip-up a year ago on the road course at Sono- ma, when he stalled his car under caution while leading with six laps to go and finished sixth. ‘‘I’ve tried for 2 1/2 years,’’ Ambrose said. ‘‘We’re going to onward and upward from here. It’s a proud day.’’ Ambrose has won all three Nationwide races he’s entered at Watkins Glen, and in three Cup starts here, he’s notched one sec- ond and two thirds, including an impressive drive from last to third in 2008. Finally pulling into Victory Lane was a feeling like no other. ‘‘This is almost surreal,’’ the affable Australian said in his No. 9 Ford for Richard Petty Motor- sports after crossing the finish line. Ambrose signed a multiyear deal with struggling RPM a year ago to drive the No. 9 this sea- son. That capped a tumultuous summer in which he opted to leave the No. 47 at JTG Daugh- erty Racing at the end of 2010 with one year left on his contract, even though he knew he was tak- ing a big risk in difficult eco- nomic times. ‘‘There were days, weeks when I was anxious,’’ Ambrose said. ‘‘There were times I was sitting around the boardroom table and there was nobody else there. But you’ve got to roll the dice sometimes.’’ It was Ford’s first victory on a road course since Geoff Bodine won here in 1996 and the 15th different winner in Cup races this year. Busch, trying to win a second time from the pole at Watkins Glen, led the field to the green flag for the final two laps. But Keselowski, racing with a broken left ankle and trying for his sec- ond straight win and third of the season, dove from third to the lead entering the first turn with Ambrose also streaking past Busch. ‘‘Those guys didn’t care to give me any room,’’ said Busch, See GLEN, page 2B Culpepper works out as 49ers look for veteran QB SANTA CLARA (AP) — Daunte Culpepper threw passes to tight end Nate Lawrie once again, on a little bigger stage this time than during their stint together last year with the United Football League’s Sacramento Mountain Lions. Culpepper worked out for some 30 minutes Monday in front of the San Francisco 49ers brass — and Lawrie called it a crisp, impressive session. ‘‘I was catching balls for him during the workout, and he was throwing it around pretty good. He’s spinning it well,’’ said Lawrie, who signed a one-year deal with San Francisco on Sun- day. ‘‘Daunte’s got a ton of expe- rience. He’s got a lot of success in this league. And the guy can play, he can throw the ball. That’s what it all boils down to.’’ The Niners apparently believe Culpepper can still bring it despite a year in the minors. They were considering adding Culpepper to their quarterback mix after coach Jim Harbaugh said Saturday there’s a need for a veteran backup behind projected starter Alex Smith and rookie Colin Kaepernick. Harbaugh’s offense was ineffective in a 24-3 exhibition loss at New Orleans on Friday night — and he is deter- mined to be better come Satur- day’s home preseason game with the Oakland Raiders at Candle- stick Park. Tight end Delanie Walker made it sound like Culpepper had already joined the team. The 49ers had not made any kind of announcement other than Har- baugh acknowledging Sunday that Culpepper would get a try- See 49ERS, 49ERS, page 2B CSNB CSNC From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service