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earnedthehighpointtro- phy in the boys 15-16 age group. Reese Plemons (7) had an outstanding meet and captured the third-place trophy for the girls 7-8 age group. Mackenzie Harris (6) placed second in the 25 back and sister Madison Harris (5) finished fifth in the 25 free. Stevie McKenzie (13) en- joyed a third-place finish in the 100 fly and sister Riley McKenzie (7) secured two seventh-place finishes in the 50 free and the 25 back. Madison Struthers (10) swam to a fourth place fin- ish in the 50 back and Ad- dison Mahoney (6) earned a sixth place in the 25 back. Haylee Hafey was sixth in the 100 back and sister Tayrn Hafey (11) placed seventh in the 50 back. Swimmers FROMPAGE1 noting that "he's not on the start line with us." However, Armstrong's presence is a reminder that any Tour leader can expect to come under at least some suspicion. To deal with that, Froome is willing to take testing even further. "I'm open-minded to po- tentially doing some phys- iological testing at some point after the Tour, or at whatever point suits," the Briton said. "Obviously, there would be some inter- esting things that come out of it, and maybe as a team we might even learn some- thing from it." Speaking to French TV, Froome said he does "sym- pathize" with people who have their doubts about him, adding: "It's a normal question to ask" given the sport's history. But he em- phasized his hard work — sometimes from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. — and decried a "lack of respect" shown by some. Arriving in France on Wednesday, Armstrong acknowledged to British broadcaster Sky News that he bore some responsibility for the spotlight now being trained on the Briton. "I know what it's like for a guy like Chris to be in the middle of a Tour to deal with the constant ques- tions, which of course he is. And to be fair and to be honest to him, a lot of that is my fault," Armstrong said. However, Froome and his team are ready to take on the skeptics. "Best moment of my day was stopping to have a chat to a guy calling me a doper on the way way back to the bus," tweeted Sky's Richie Porte, a key mountain guide for Froome in the race, af- ter Wednesday's stage. The Australian went on to use an expletive suggesting that he had scared off the critic. Cycling FROM PAGE 1 majors. No wonder they've reached the NL Champion- ship Series in each of the last four years. Pitching often trans- lates into pennants — no-hit man Max Scherzer and the Nationals hope so, as do Zack Greinke (with his shutout string intact at 35 2/3 innings) and the Dodgers. In a neat start to the second half, LA visits Washing- ton in a matchup of NL division leaders. The Yankees have moved on quite nicely mi- nus Derek Jeter to top the AL East, and now need their starting pitching to hold up. AWildTime Houston at Minne- sota, Cubs at Pittsburgh. Would've been hard to imagine a year ago, but that's how the wild-card playoff games would stack up today. A long way to go, of course. Jose Altuve, Car- los Correa and the Astros have been a feel-good story, and what rookie manager Paul Molitor has done with his hometown Twins has been downright incredi- ble. Meanwhile, you can't ever count out Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants, winners of three of the last five ti- tles. That said, all eyes will be on Wrigley Field if Chi- cago stays close. Rookie Kris Bryant has deliv- ered and pricey free agent Jon Lester could domi- nate soon. At least there's hope Maddon could some- day soon manage the Cubs to their first World Series crown since 1908. Deal 'Em Up! Aroldis Chapman threw 103 mph heat in the All- Star Game — would pay for Washington, Toronto and other contenders to blaze their way into trade talks for the Cincinnati closer. Reds teammate Johnny Cueto could be available, too, and perhaps Houston will try to acquire the ace. The Phillies could deal Cole Hamels, and reliever Jon- athan Papelbon certainly wants out of a crumbling situation. Also swaying in the tradewinds: Milwaukee third baseman Aramis Ramirez and closer Fran- cisco Rodriguez, A's all- purpose player Ben Zobrist and reliever Tyler Clippard and San Diego slugger Jus- tin Upton. Healing Or Hurt? Boosted by deGrom, Matt Harvey and their young pitching, the Mets are in the race. They des- perately need a bat, and had hoped captain Da- vid Wright could provide it. Out since mid-April, no telling if his back problem will permit him to play again this season. The Tigers will be without Cabrera for a while, Stanton will re- turn to the Marlins sooner than that. Baseball FROM PAGE 1 Washington 84/71 New York 80/67 Miami 90/77 Atlant a 91/74 Detroit 76/65 Houston 94/79 Chicago 76/71 Minneapolis 71/63 Kansas City 92/74 El Paso 93/74 Denver 89/60 Billings 86/59 Los Angeles 80/61 San Francisco 76/60 Seattle 75/56 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 100° 69° SATURDAY 94° 67° Plenty of sun Sunn y SUNDAY 93° 69° Plenty of sun MONDAY 95° 70° Plenty of sunshine TODAY 105° 72° Hot with sunshine. Clear tonight. High ....................................................................... 99° Low ........................................................................ 65° Normal high ......................................................... 98° Normal low ........................................................... 66° Record high ........................................... 119° in 1972 Record low .............................................. 55° in 1946 Humidity noon today ........................................ 20% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.03" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.05" Season to date .................................................. 0.03" Normal season to date .................................... 0.05" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ..................................................... Moderate Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ............. Moderate Mold .........................Low Trees ....................... Low Weeds ........... Moderate 8 Highest at 1 p.m. Today 5:53 a.m. 8:37 p.m. 6:41 a.m. 8:53 p.m. Friday 5:54 a.m. 8:36 p.m. 7:39 a.m. 9:30 p.m. 14 hr., 44 min. Jul23 First Jul31 Full Last Aug6 New Aug14 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.40 ....... -0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.00 ......+0.10 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.50 ......+0.05 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.50 ....... -0.10 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.20 ....... -0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.00 ....... -0.04 BlackButte ....................455.86..............70,308 .....48.9% LakeOroville..................703.96.........1,285,106 .....34.4% LakeShasta ...................962.74.........2,094,917 .....46.0% LakeTrinity..................2241.72............885,649 .....33.4% Whiskeytown...............1209.34............238,983 .....99.1% Weather Trivia ™ What is St. Elmo's fire? Electrical discharges at the ends of ship masts, air craft wings, etc. Today Friday Anaheim 83/62/pc 85/63/pc Bakersfield 99/73/s 101/71/s Chula Vista 76/64/pc 78/65/pc Crescent City 66/54/s 66/55/pc Death Valley 111/74/s 112/78/s Eureka 69/55/pc 69/54/pc Fremont 85/62/pc 84/61/pc Fresno 100/70/s 101/70/s Glendale 85/60/pc 86/62/pc Huntington Beach 75/64/pc 77/64/pc Irvine 78/63/pc 80/62/pc Lake Tahoe 81/50/s 79/49/s Long Beach 80/65/pc 82/66/pc Los Angeles 80/61/pc 81/61/pc Mammoth Mountain 80/46/s 80/42/s Modesto 99/69/s 100/67/s Monterey 73/59/pc 74/59/pc Moreno Valley 93/60/pc 94/63/s Napa 83/58/pc 81/58/pc Needles 109/86/s 108/81/pc Oakland 78/61/pc 77/61/pc Oxnard 72/60/pc 72/60/pc Redding 107/73/s 102/71/s Riverside 93/59/pc 95/63/s Sacramento 99/65/s 96/62/s San Bernardino 93/58/pc 96/61/s San Diego 75/66/pc 77/68/pc San Francisco 76/60/pc 77/61/pc San Jose 85/61/pc 83/60/pc San Luis Obispo 79/58/pc 78/55/pc Santa Ana 77/64/pc 78/65/pc Santa Barbara 74/59/pc 73/58/pc Santa Clarita 90/60/s 91/61/s Stockton 100/65/s 98/63/s Ventura 74/59/pc 74/59/pc Yosemite Valley 89/59/s 89/59/s Today Friday Albuquerque 88/65/pc 88/65/pc Atlanta 91/74/pc 93/75/t Baltimore 81/65/s 83/70/pc Boston 71/61/s 78/65/s Buffalo 77/61/s 81/72/c Chicago 76/71/t 89/73/t Cincinnati 82/69/s 91/73/c Dallas 97/78/s 97/79/s Denver 89/60/t 91/60/pc Detroit 76/65/s 87/71/t El Paso 93/74/c 95/74/pc Fargo 81/61/t 87/65/t Honolulu 90/77/pc 90/77/pc Houston 94/79/s 95/79/s Indianapolis 82/70/pc 90/72/c Kansas City 92/74/pc 91/75/pc Las Vegas 104/79/s 104/80/s Louisville 88/74/s 95/77/pc Miami 90/77/t 91/77/t Minneapolis 71/63/pc 88/71/s New Orleans 94/78/s 94/79/t New York City 80/67/s 82/71/s Oklahoma City 94/74/s 95/75/s A push of slightly cooler and less humid air will expand from the Ohio Valley to New England, the mid-Atlantic and the southern Appalachians today. The dry air will prevent thunderstorms and is forecast to allow plenty of sunshine. Showers and thunderstorms are projected to linger into Florida and its vicinity, which will stay south of the dry push of air. A complex of showers and locally severe thunderstorms will evolve over the north- ern Plains and is forecast to move into parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Blazing sunshine and heat will hold in the South Central states. High ........................... 107° in Needles, CA Low ............... 36° in Bodie State Park, CA High ........................... 125° in Basrah, Iraq Low ...... 0° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 66/49/pc 66/46/t Buenos Aires 57/45/pc 61/52/s Caracas 85/73/t 84/75/t Ensenada 84/62/pc 88/66/pc Mexico City 75/54/t 73/56/t Montreal 73/55/s 79/67/pc Rio de Janeiro 81/69/pc 81/68/pc Tijuana 77/62/pc 79/67/pc Toronto 73/60/s 78/69/t Vancouver 70/54/pc 74/57/s Orlando 89/75/t 89/74/t Philadelphia 82/66/s 84/72/pc Phoenix 106/86/pc 101/81/pc Pittsburgh 79/63/s 86/73/pc Portland, ME 75/55/s 75/62/s Portland, OR 76/57/pc 84/61/pc St. Louis 93/79/t 96/78/pc Salt Lake City 91/69/s 92/65/s Seattle 75/56/pc 82/59/pc Tucson 98/77/t 95/74/t Washington, DC 84/71/s 87/76/pc Cairo 96/75/s 97/75/s Casablanca 94/75/pc 91/70/s Johannesburg 69/45/s 55/37/pc Kinshasa 87/67/pc 88/67/s Lagos 85/76/t 84/75/t Nairobi 76/52/pc 77/53/c Tripoli 96/75/s 97/74/s Baghdad 121/87/s 119/90/s Beijing 84/70/c 86/70/t Hong Kong 93/83/t 92/81/t Jerusalem 88/66/s 88/68/s Kabul 98/70/s 96/71/s Manila 86/78/t 87/78/t Melbourne 53/42/c 50/41/sh New Delhi 97/78/c 91/77/t Seoul 85/65/pc 85/68/pc Singapore 89/80/t 88/79/t Sydney 57/46/r 58/46/r Tehran 102/80/s 100/79/s Tokyo 82/78/r 84/77/r Amsterdam 76/63/pc 75/58/s Athens 92/75/s 90/74/s Belgrade 91/66/pc 94/68/pc Berlin 77/61/pc 90/66/t Budapest 87/63/s 90/66/s Dublin 63/55/t 63/49/sh London 78/61/pc 74/55/pc Madrid 100/72/pc 99/70/pc Moscow 70/52/sh 69/52/pc Paris 95/68/pc 86/62/s Rome 90/72/s 92/73/s Stockholm 67/52/sh 68/55/pc Vienna 87/66/s 92/68/pc Zurich 90/62/s 94/65/t 89/52 94/58 93/63 93/59 95/61 99/65 100/66 83/58 99/62 99/72 103/72 85/49 88/49 91/53 107/73 105/72 93/65 76/61 76/59 69/55 91/54 87/54 88/54 66/54 86/54 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Folks know their history at St. Andrews. Ben Hogan in 1953 is the only other player to capture the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. Only three players since then — Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Woods — have ever come to Scotland with hopes of a Grand Slam. Spieth knows history, too, as much as he'd rather not think about it until he has no choice. "I like to study the history of golf, and it's extremely special what this year has brought to our team," he said. "And to have a chance to do what only one other person in the history of golf has done ... I'm sure embrac- ing that opportunity. "But by the time I start on Thursday, it won't be in my head. It'll be about how can I bring this Open Championship down to just another event, get out there and try and get myself into contention." He set out for his final practice round on a cool morning with an overcast sky, occasional rain, and not much wind. There is plenty of talk about how ready Spi- eth will be for his shot at history. He played two full rounds and 10 holes leading up to the start Thursday. He played the Old Course four years ago on his way to the Walker Cup. Then again, St. Andrews has rarely been this green, this slow, because of recent rain. That takes some of the roll out of the fairway, and with it the unpredictable nature of links golf. Spieth is the betting fa- vorite, and it didn't hurt that he won the John Deere Classic on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour title of the year. Whatever he lost in study by not coming over early, he might have gained in confidence that not much has changed since the U.S. Open. "Coming over earlier cer- tainly could have helped," he said. Golf FROM PAGE 1 Locallyowned business offering high value, low cost energy for decades. Call Liam at 526-1551 or visit www.sacriversolar.com Lic# 996900 Smog Check (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. starting at $ 29 95 + $ 8 25 certificate All makes and models. 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