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Tracker Wednesday's results Tehama BASEBALL Red Bluff Enterprise Poore: 4 IP, W...1-1, 2B Figgs: 1-2, 2B Sinclair: 1-2, 3B Ramirez: 1-2, 2 RBI Boone: 1-3 PLAYOFFS Orlando NBA Indiana Indiana wins series 4-1 Boston Atlanta Boston leads series 3-2 Philadelphia Chicago 105 87 87 86 77 69 Philadelphia leads series 3-2 Denver L.A. Lakers San Antonio leads series 3-0 Today's games PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS Red Bluff Yreka 3 p.m. SOFTBALL Red Bluff Shasta 4 p.m. MLB Toronto Athletics TOR — Morrow, 3-1 OAK — T.Ross ,1-2 Giants L.A. Dodgers SF — Lincecum, 2-2 LAD — Billingsley, 2-2 PLAYOFFS NBA New York Miami Miami leads series 3-1 L.A. Clippers Memphis 4 p.m. TNT 6:30 p.m. TNT L.A. Clippers lead series 3-1 On the tube MLB •4 p.m., ESPN — Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees •7 p.m., MYTV—San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers NBA •4 p.m., TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 5, New York at Miami • 6:30 p.m., TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 5, L.A. Clippers at Mem- phis NHL • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, con- ference semifinals, game 6, N.Y. Rangers at Washington Rec League Beer Nuts Magnums Red Bluff softball May 7 – Central Gold Exchange Tehama Co. Bulls 14 10 19 4 McGlynn Law 19 Tetrad Sharks May 7 – Coed 4 Cookie Monster American Embroidery 1 Misfits 17 Cornerstone Cooperheads 8 Misfits The Warriors 6 10 2 15 7:10 p.m. MYTV 12:35 p.m. 8 1 Sports By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor The Spartans are having a sea- son to remember and it keeps get- ting more memorable day after day. On Monday the EAL-South tournament finals saw a Spartan versus a Spartan in the individual championship as well as Spartans versus Spartans in the doubles final. LATE knocked off Shasta 5-4 in the first round of the playoffs.Shasta had- n't lost a match in years until Red Bluff beat them twice this season. Their super feat has them headed to Yreka today for a team semifinal match at 3 p.m. Red Bluff is 11-1 on the sea- On Tuesday, Red Bluff son. At Monday's EAL-South indi- vidual tournament Igor Minarik won the league championship by beating Thunder Shaffer 7-5, 6-1. The six games Shaffer won were the most Minarik has lost in a match this season. Afterward Minarik and Shaf- fer teamed up to win the doubles championship by beating Paul Hendricks and C.J. Varner in the final. A day later it was Hendricks with the key win as he beat Jake 1B Wednesday May 9, 2012 Spartans win league, head to semis TENNIS Daily News photo by Rich Greene Paul Hendricks returns a shot during his playoff match,Tuesday, against Shasta. Zlotowski 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the pivotal swing match o give Red Bluff the win over visiting Shas- ta. McColpin, Lady Spartans shut down Foothill SOFTBALL Red Bluff Foothill 0 5 not have the strikeout totals of a Cheridan Hawkins, Kayla Spini or Lindsay Davis, but one thing she does have is wins. picked up a victory against a Northern Section ace, Tues- day, as the Lady Spartans shut down Lindsay Davis and Foothill 5-0. It's just the latest victory for one of the Northern Sec- tion's most underrated ath- letes. McColpin once again Megan any day of the week," coach J Howell said following McColpin's two- hit shutout. "She is a com- petitor. She is a true pitcher and what she's done for the last four years for this pro- gram goes without saying." It was McColpin who "I tell you what I'd take By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor Megan McColpin may would give the Lady Spar- tans the only run they need- ed when she fouled off pitch after pitch and worked a walk in the first inning. She moved to second on a passed ball and then advanced to third on a Bryce Etzler sacrifice bunt. McColpin would eventu- ally score on a second passed ball and the Spartans led 1-0. It seemed as if it would be the only run they would get as Davis lived up to her reputation and didn't surren- der a hit to Red Bluff until the fifth inning when Krista Rodriguez singled following a quality at bat. was also hanging 0's on the board. Meanwhile, McColpin Outside of an infield sin- gle in the first inning and a bang-bang play at first in the third, she had kept the Lady Cougars off the base paths as well. McColpin had plenty of strong glove work behind her from Etzler, Tayler Zazueta and Haley Harris in the infield and Brooke Clat- ty out in right field. See RB, page 2B Daily News photo by Rich Greene Haley Harris slide into home plate for an insurance run,Tuesday. DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Los Molinos Bulldogs Baseball Confidence is contagious; so is lack of Reggie Points Follow us on Twitter: @TehamaSports A senior, Points has been one of the Bulldogs key contributors the past couple of seasons. This year he had a 16-strikeout performance. confidence. — Vince Lombardi The hurdler and jumper has continued to impress coaches and teammates this year with her strong work ethic and commit- ment. Katelin Collins Sports Medicine Team congratulates the Athletes of the Week! St. Elizabeth redbluff.mercy.org/sports 800.990.9971 Red Bluff Lady Spartans Track & Field