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MATTSLOCUM—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE The NFL suspended New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games on Monday for his role in a scheme to deflate footballs used in the AFC title game. ByBarryWilnerand Jimmy Golen TheAssociatedPress NEW YORK The NFL suspended Su- per Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games of the season, fined the New England Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks Monday as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game. The league also indefinitely sus- pended the two equipment staffers be- lieved to have carried out the plan, in- cluding one who called himself "The Deflator." Brady would miss the season's showcase kickoff game on Sept. 10 against Pittsburgh, then Week 2 at Buffalo, a home game against Jack- sonville and a game at Dallas. He will return the week of a Patriots-Colts AFC championship rematch in Indi- anapolis. Brady has three days to appeal the suspension to Commissioner Roger Goodell or his designee. Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, wrote letters to the team and Brady saying a league-sponsored investiga- tive report established "substantial and credible evidence" that the quar- terback knew the employees were de- flating footballs and failed to cooper- ate with investigators. "Each player, no matter how ac- complished and otherwise respected, has an obligation to comply with the rules and must be held accountable for his actions when those rules are violated and the public's confidence in the game is called into question," Vincent wrote to Brady. The investigation by attorney Ted Wells found that Brady "was at least generally aware" of plans by two Pa- triots employees to prepare the balls to his liking, below the league-man- dated minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch. The Patriots defeated the Indianap- olis Colts 45-7 and went on to beat the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. The Patriots lose next year's first- round pick and a fourth-round choice in 2017. The fine matches the largest the NFL LeaguesuspendsBrady4games Patriotsfuturedra pickstakenaway,fined$1million Staff reports RED BLUFF Nor Cal Hot Shots youth basketball teams captured three out of five tournament championships at the Chico Tar- heel AAU Tournament held May 2-3. The ninth-, eighth- and sev- enth-grade teams all earned championship wins. The sixth- grade team placed third, and the fourth-and-fifth-grade team placed second. The Nor Cal Hot Shots fol- lowed up traveling to compete in the Kyle Singlar Tournament in Medford, Oregon last weekend. The ninth-grade team includes Hayden Ellenberger, Alexis Sher- rell, Kylee Kitchell, Aurora Carnes, Gloria Abbate, Karli Ro- driguez, Jesse Miller, Tyler Ellen- berger, Maggie Winning, Skylar Glines, Carly Storms and Savanna Fowler. The eighth-grade team in- cludes Hanne Mae Dittner, Ca- rissa Twitchell, Jesse Miller, Christina Traylor, Camryn Tal- ley, Karli Rodriguez, Taylor McK- erras, Jayne Brandt, Emily Wat- YOUTH SPORTS Ho t Sh ot s basketball captures wins 9th-, 8th- and 7th-grade teams claim top spots By Janie Mccauley The Associated Press SANFRANCISCO Justin Maxwell's 5-year-old daughter, Liana, waits anxiously outside the San Fran- cisco Giants' clubhouse for her father, long after the little girl's bedtime. There is no such thing as a reg- ular schedule for the right field- er's three children these days, and that's just how he and wife Loren want it. They decided to stick together as a family for the entire baseball season, and that means their kids are operating on a baseball schedule: They watch night games at AT&T Park, often get to bed sometime just before midnight, then sleep in until late morning. It works for them, and Maxwell has provided plenty of memorable moments on the field so far filling in for the injured Hunter Pence. GIANTS Maxwell keeps family together, adds big bat As the Baltimore Orioles prepared to play before their home fans for the first time in two weeks, the sights and sounds around Camden Yards on a lovely Monday a ernoon were all about baseball. AMERICAN LEAGUE Orioles'returnlaunches big week in Baltimore FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 Special to the Daily News RED BLUFF Paige Pearce of Red Bluff, a 20-year-old world champion archer, has made her fifth youth world championship team. Pearce is set to compete with the U.S. team in the 2015 World Archery Youth Championships starting June 7 in Yankton, South Dakota. Paige began shooting up in division and made her first Ca- det World Championship team in 2008 at age 13. She traveled to Antalya, Turkey, where her team captured the gold medal against Russia and broke a world record. In 2009, Pearce won an in- dividual gold medal in Ogden, Utah, and her team won a gold medal against Mexico, break- ing its world record set the pre- vious year. In 2011, a 16-year-old Pearce traveled to Legnica, Poland, where her team again won a gold medal, edging Mexico once again. Pearce made the junior world championship team at age 18 and traveled to Wuxi, China, where she placed fourth. Her team, however, went on to beat Colombia in the finals, win- ning a team gold medal for the fourth time. Now at age 20, Pearce has once again made the team and will compete in Yankton, South Dakota from June 7-14. It will be her fifth and final youth world championship ap- pearance, as she will not be el- igible for another because of her age. Pearce is currently ranked third for the senior world championship team, which will be determined in San Di- ego in June. That team is scheduled to travel to Denmark in July. In late April, Pearce won the Western Classic $50,000 Trail Shoot and NFAA Marked 3D Nationals held in Redding. During the three-day event, archers walk through the woods, shooting life-size ani- mal targets. Archers shoot 70 targets during the tournament, and can finish with a possible total score of 1,540 points. Pearce won the tournament with a score of 1525. World champion archer Jamie Van Natta finished with a score of 1516, and professional archer Emily Veyna finished with a score of 1511. Pearce also won the tourna- ment in 2014. TEHAMA COUNTY PEARCE TO COMPETE IN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS Local archer makes 5th youth world championship team COURTESY PHOTO Local archer Paige Pearce of Red Bluff poses a er she won the Western Classic $50,000Trail Shoot and NFAAA Marked 3D Nationals held in Redding in late April. The top-seeded Red Bluff High School varsity baseball team is scheduled to host No. 8Paradise at 4p.m. today in the first round of the North- ern Section CIF Division II playoffs. BASEBALL No. 1 Red Bluff starts playoffs at home today The eighth-seeded Corning High School varsity so ball team will kick off the Northern Section CIF Division III play- offs on the road against No. 1 Sutter at 4p.m. today. SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS No. 8 Corning travels to No. 1 Sutter today Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, Sudoku and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the latest advice doled out by Amy Dickinson. YOUR DAILY BREAK Fun and games inside today PAGE B3 BRADY PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 BASKETBALL PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, May 12, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1