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ANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS Eric Schreter, a pitcher for Red Bluff High School's varsity baseball team, front center, has chosen to study and play baseball at Simpson University. Pictured, from back le , are Brad Wagner, the high school's athletic director, Ryland Sanders, varsity baseball coach, Lucas Sandow, Douglas Schreter and Cheryl Schreter. ByAndreByik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF Eric Schreter, a stand- out left-handed pitcher on Red Bluff High School's varsity baseball team, has chosen to study and play baseball at Simpson University in Redding. The 18-year-old senior has a 6-1 re- cord in 10 appearances this season and a 0.91 earned-run average. In his most recent effort against Pleasant Valley on Tuesday, Schreter pitched eight innings, striking out eight bat- ters and allowing no earned runs. The Spartans (23-4, 8-1 Eastern Athletic League) outlasted the Vi- kings 5-4. While Schreter had a few colleges to choose from, he chose to attend Simpson University because it's a four-year institution with a small- school atmosphere. Further, the school's head baseball coach, Greg Cadaret, knows a thing or two about pitching. "He's a great left-handed pitcher," Schreter said. "He played professional baseball. I'm a left-handed pitcher, so I was a like, all right, there's going to be a good connection there." Schreter joined the varsity squad his junior year, about the time the university began showing interest in him, and has been attracted to pitch- ing because of the mark the position can leave on a game. "You have every single pitch at your beck and call. It's a huge mind game," he said, adding, "It's all about confidence in this game." While Schreter has excelled on the field, he's also focused on academics. He says he's earned a 3.5 GPA, and was offered an academic scholarship. To those looking to make the leap from high school athlete to college student-athlete, Schreter offered this advice. "Physically and mentally, your skills as a player might be there," he said, "but you also have to work your butt off in the classroom, or you're not going to go anywhere." The Spartans, who have won their last four games and sit atop their league, continue their march toward the playoffs today, when the team will host Pleasant Valley (15-10- 2, 6-5 EAL) at 7 p.m. Red Bluff finishes its season next with games against Chico (11-9-1, 4-5 EAL) on Monday and Thursday. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SchreterchoosesSimpson RedBluffSpartansvarsitypitchersports6-1record, 0.91 ERA this season for team atop EAL standings ANGELS6,ATHLETICS5 Up next: Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers, 5:05p.m. Friday, TV on CSN-CA. THESCORE By Curtis Pashelka Bay Area News Group OAKLAND After another late rally fell short and another series loss, the Oakland A's were more than ready to turn the page on the month of April. The A's almost ended the month and their six-game home- stand on a positive note Thurs- day, but left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning in a 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles An- gels before an announced crowd of 19,534 at O.co Coliseum. Ike Davis lined out to center field as Angels outfielder Mike Trout made a leaping catch for the final out. But Mark Canha felt it was his mental mistake two bat- ters earlier with the bases loaded that cost his team a chance to tie BASEBALL A'ssuffer6-5 heartbreaking loss to Angels Dressed in a Navy blue tuxedo with shiny black lapels, An- drew Wiggins certainly looked the part while collecting his NBA rookie of the year award Thursday. He looked even bet- ter on the court. NBA Timberwolves'Wiggins voted rookie of the year FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 By Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff Pro- Am golf tournament festivities begin Saturday at the Wilcox Oaks Golf Club with a three-per- son amateur horse race. The tournament itself, which begins at 7:40 a.m. Sunday and continues through Monday, comprises 30 teams, each com- posed of four amateurs and one professional. The professional division purse totals $17,350, of which the top golfer will receive $5,000. The amateur division purse totals $13,800, and the professional senior division has $2,000 up for grabs. While last year's professional champion, Ben Geyer, won't be returning to defend his title, the tournament features some fa- miliar faces. Greg Senestraro, 2013's pro- fessional winner, is set to re- turn, and so are past champi- ons Jason Schmul, Dave Carr, Jarrod Warner, J.J. Abraham and Dan Scott. During a media luncheon on Thursday, professional golfer Mack Tucker out of Roseville, who's competed at the Red Bluff Pro-Am once before, said he's been looking forward to hitting the course. "The last time I was up here the golf course was just perfect," Tucker said. "The greens were just absolutely phenomenal, and I can't wait ... to get on them." The tournament, he said, is well run, and he'd been hard at work on his game over the win- ter, making swing changes with his coach. Professionals and amateurs alike will easily attest to what it takes to be in a good position to finish strong at Wilcox Oaks Golf Course. "Shoot a low number on the front nine, and just manage yourself and be very patient on the back nine," Tucker said. "Take what it gives you, and if you make a bogey you make a bogey on the back nine. You go make a birdie somewhere else to pick it up." Steve Deveraux of Red Bluff, a professional who plays out of Sevillano Links near Corning, has been competing at the Pro- Am since about 2000. He placed third last year, notching a two- day total of 144, and will return for another go-round this week- end. Russ Nygard of Redding, a professional who plays out of Gold Hills Golf Club, also re- turns. "I love to play in this tourna- ment every year," Nygard said. "The course is great. It's always in great condition. As far as tournaments go, it's about the best run tournament around ev- ery year." GOLF RED BLUFF PRO-AM STARTS SATURDAY Tournament continues through Monday at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club with top professionals ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Steve Deveraux of Red Bluff, a golf professional who plays out of Sevillano Links, tees off Thursday during the Red Bluff Pro-Am media day at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club. The tournament gets underway Saturday and continues through Monday. Police completed their in- vestigation into the death of Freddie Gray a day earlier than planned Thursday and deliv- ered it to the chief prosecutor in Baltimore, who pleaded for patience and peace. FREDDIE GRAY Police give report on death to prosecutor FULL STORY ON PAGE B5 Red Bluff High School's varsity baseball team is set to host Pleasant Valley at 7p.m. today. The Corning Cardinals are scheduled to host West Valley at 3p.m. BASEBALL Red Bluff, Corning host league games today Red Bluff High School's var- sity so ball team is scheduled to host Orland at 4p.m. today while the Mercy Warriors are scheduled to visit University Prep at 4p.m. today. SOFTBALL Lady Spartans, Warriors back in action today By Barry Wilner The Associated Press CHICAGO Even with significant off-field baggage, Jameis Winston was the first pick in the NFL draft Thursday night. With no such issues, Marcus Mariota went second. You don't pass up a potential franchise quarterback in today's pass-happy NFL. So Florida State's Winston is headed to Tampa Bay and Ore- gon's Mariota goes to Tennessee at No. 2. They'll take their Heis- man Trophies (Winston in 2013, Mariota last year) and try to turn two downtrodden franchises into contenders, maybe even champi- ons. "The challenge is just being an NFL player, period. I'm not wor- ried about any off-the-field situ- ations or even on-the-field situ- ations," Winston said. "I'm just worried about living this new life- style and just developing into a NFL DRAFT Winston goes No. 1 overall to Tampa Bay A'S PAGE 2 DRAFT PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, May 1, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1