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ALASTAIRGRANT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Top-ranked Serena Williams will face 21-year-old Garbine Muguruza in the Wimbledon final a er Williams topped Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-4on Thursday. ByStephenWilson TheAssociatedPress LONDON SerenaWilliamsisjustone win away from another Grand Slam milestone. The top-ranked Williams main- tained her 11-year dominance over Maria Sharapova, beating the Rus- sian 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to reach her eighth Wimbledon champion- ship match and 25th career Grand Slam final. In beating Sharapova for the 17th straight time, Williams won her 27th consecutive Grand Slam match and will now be playing for a fourth straight major title — a "Serena Slam" — and the third leg of a calen- dar-year Grand Slam. "At least I made it to a final of four," Williams said. "That's pretty good. That's pretty good." Williams served 13 aces, including three in the final game, had 29 win- ners and never faced a break point in overpowering the fourth-seeded Sharapova, who hit six double-faults and couldn't find a way to cope with her rival's relentless pace. "When she stepped up her game, I was able to step up mine as well," Williams said. It will be Williams' first appear- ance in the Wimbledon final since 2012, when she won her fifth title at the All England Club. "I think it definitely gets better," she said. "It's been a long time since I've been in the final here. I just feel really good just to be in another fi- nal, so it's really cool." Williams' opponent will be 21-year-old Garbine Muguruza, who beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the first semifinal. She's the first Spanish woman to advance to the Wimbledon final since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1996. Williams has won two out her three matches against Muguruza, but the Spaniard beat her 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the French Open last year. That was Williams' most lopsided loss in a Grand Slam. "It's great for her. It's great for me," WIMBLEDON Williamswinstoreachfinal Top-rankedAmerican beats Sharapova, for 17th straight time, in semis By Antonio Gonzalez The Associated Press OAKLAND Draymond Green has overcome the odds his entire life, going from a chubby kid from a small Michigan town to Big Ten Player of the Year to NBA cham- pion. The versatile forward has done it all while living by the mantra his mother, Mary Babers-Green, instilled in him at an early age: "Men that don't work don't eat." Green has put in the work — and now he can eat as well as he wants. A week after reaching a ver- bal agreement, Green signed his $82 million, five-year contract with the Golden State Warriors on Thursday to remain with the reigning champions. Green thanked his family, friends and the franchise at a news conference on the team's practice court, which was lined with about 150 young campers and front-office employees. His mother wiped away tears while sitting in the front row with NBA Warriors complete Green's 5-year deal YANKEES6,ATHLETICS2 Up next: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians, 4:10p.m. today, TV on CSNCA. THESCORE By John Hickey Bay Area News Group NEW YORK Oakland A's starter Jesse Chavez has been through midseason struggles before, but this one, punctuated by Thursday' 6-2 loss to the New York Yankees, might be the worst yet. Maybe that is because this skid, a 1-3 record in his last four starts with a 6.55 ERA, is happening in the now. Maybe it's because many of his teammates are with him, 10 games under .500 and stuck in the American League West cellar 88 games into the season. "This is that stretch where it is for me, personally, it happens ev- ery year," Chavez said. He had a four-game stretch in 2014 starting June 27 where he allowed 12 runs in four starts for a 2-2 record and BASEBALL Struggling A's, Chavez fall to host Yankees The yellow jersey seems to be an unlucky charm at this Tour de France. Tony Martin started Thursday's sixth stage in the lead and ended it in the hospital a er breaking his col- larbone in a crash. TOUR DE FRANCE LeaderMartinpullsout with injury from crash FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 Staff Reports RED BLUFF Red Bluff Little League's 11-12 baseball All-Stars will advance to the section tour- nament after defeating Cotton- wood Little League 8-6 Wednes- day. Red Bluff was down 5-1 af- ter Cottonwood's back-to-back home run hitters, Ben Brindley and Odin Hughes, cushioned the team's lead. Red Bluff an- swered back in the top of the fifth inning with hits by Gar- rett Freeman, Blake Tweedt, Bryce Tweedt, Chamberlin Turnbow, Jakob Fregoso and Kurtis Rodriguez to take a 6-5 lead. Red Bluff pitcher Blake Tweedt took the mound in the bottom of the fifth and allowed no runs. He would help himself out at the plate by singling in the top of the sixth, when Turnbow slammed a two-run home run, bringing the score to 8-5. With Cottonwood up to bat in the bottom of the sixth, Connor Edwards tripled and Wyatt Reginato singled, bringing the score to 8-6. Blake Tweedt then struck out Cottonwood's Brek Vaughn to end the game. Red Bluff will open the sec- tion tournament in Chico, at Chico Eastside Little League, at 6 p.m. Friday. They will play Peachbowl Little League. This Red Bluff group of boys has clinched the District 1 title three years in a row. This year's Red Bluff Lit- tle League All-Star team in- cludes players Blake Tweedt, Bryce Tweedt, Turnbow, Fregoso, Rodriguez, Luke Ar- vig, Christopher Huhn, Free- man, Bryan Acree, Jordan Shank, Logan Carver and Justin Hinkston. The team is managed by Vince Rodri- guez and coached by Wes Ar- vig and Rob Huhn. LITTLE LEAGUE RED BLUFF ALL-STARS TAKE DISTRICT TITLE Same group has won District 1 championship three years in a row, now head to section COURTESY PHOTO The Red Bluff Little League 11-12baseball All-Stars pose for a team photo Wednesday night a er winning the District 1championship with an 8-6victory over Cottonwood at Jackson Heights Elementary School. There was no need for a heartfelt letter this summer. LeBron James isn't going anywhere. Just shy of the one-year anniversary of his homecoming, James agreed to terms on a two-year contract. NBA FREE AGENCY Cavaliers sign James to new 2-year contract FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 The Red Bluff Bulls 15U are scheduled to play a double- header at 11a.m. and 1:30p.m. Saturday against Gridley and 7p.m. Tuesday against Paradise, with all games at Red Bluff High School. AMERICAN LEGION Red Bluff Bulls start home stand Saturday Camp will be Aug. 3-6at Sacred Heart Parish Hall. Students entering 6-7grades play 8:30-11:30a.m. and entering 8-9grades play noon to 3. For more, write to ckeller@mercy-high.org. VOLLEYBALL Sixth annual Mercy Volleyball Camp A'S PAGE 2 GREEN PAGE 2 TENNIS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, July 10, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1