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ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter REDBLUFF TheRedBluffPro- Am Golf Tournament kicks off today at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club with practice rounds for pro- fessionals and amateurs alike and the Amateur Horse Race set for 3 p.m. Play begins at 7:40 a.m. Sun- day and the Pro-Am Horse Race will follow at 4:30 p.m. The final round starts at 7:40 a.m. Monday with the awards ceremony following the con- clusion of play. Teams of four amateurs and a professional will take to the course over the two days of competition, which is spon- sored by Les Schwab Tires and Haleakala Ranch. "This year's field is pretty deep with talent and I could pick the majority of play- ers that could be in the win- ner's circle on Monday," said club professional Jeff Phelps. "Should be an exciting event and I'm looking forward to it." Phelps will team with am- ateurs Bruce Sale, Al Leng- tat, Dave Barnett and Justin Galantine. Among the top pros Phelps singled out was past UC Davis golf coach and the 2015 winner Tom Johnson, who will team with Dan Davidson, Robert Funk, Scott Dudley and Mi- chael Stone. The team is sched- uled to tee off at 9:30 a.m. Sun- day from No. 10. The winning team from 2015 was led by pro Brandon Baker, who will return to team with Mark Wilburn, Jon Kow- alski, Bob LeDoux and Mike Weaver. They tee off a 9:20 a.m. Sunday from No. 1. Dane Judson is the head golf pro at Brentwood Golf Club and always plays well at Wil- cox, Phelps said. Judson was the senior division winner in 2015 and will team with Steve Judson, Jack Hansen, Dan King and Mark Gilles, teeing off at 8 a.m. Sunday from No. 1. Ben Geyer won in 2014 and will return to team with Ja- son Sweet, Cody McCullough, Bobby Martinez and Thomas Steinhoff, teeing off at 7:40 a.m. on No. 10. Dave Carr has won at Wilcox in the past and Phelps says if Carr is playing well he will be GOLF Pro-Amtourneyset forSunday,Monday Fieldofprofessionalscompetingfortopprizelooksdeepagainthisyear CHIPTHOMPSON—DAILYNEWS Amateur Dwaine Barfuss watches his putt on No. 2Thursday a ernoon during a warm-up round for the Red Bluff Pro-Am Golf Tournament at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club. Staff Report CHICO The Red Bluff Spartans golf team took sixth place Thurs- day at the Butte Creek tourna- ment, with a team score of 488. Top round for the Spartans was turned in by Derek Runnels with an 88, followed by Nathen Pregoso with an 89, Dawson Hop- per at 100, Ben Crain at 102, Liam Brown at 109 and Cameron Per- due at 114. Top round for the tournament came from Pleasant Valley's Noah Norton with a 72, followed by PV's Ronak Singh at 75, Shasta's Zack Caples at 77 and Chico's Garrett Grassmyer at 79. Pleasant Valley won the team competition with a team score of 396, followed by Chico with 417, Shasta with 438, Foothill at 470, Enterprise with 482, Red Bluff at 488 and Paradise at 585. The Spartans are fifth over- all in league standings with 14 points, ahead of Enterprise with 13 and trailing Foothill with 21. GOLF Spartans take sixth place at Butte Creek tournament Staff Reports CHESTER The Mercy Lady War- riors softball team led most of the way Wednesday afternoon against the Chester Volcanoes, but let the home team take the lead late. Despite the Warriors scoring a run to tie the game in the seventh inning, Chester was able to plate the winning run in the bottom of the inning to take a 12-11 win. Cheyanne Johnson was named player of the game for the War- riors, going 3 for 4 with a home run, three runs and three RBIs. Maggie Sheppard was 2 for 4 with a double, a run and two RBIs; freshman Aubrey Bell went 2 for 3 with a run and two RBIs; Minji Parks had a run and an RBI; Tasha Pimentel and Selena Dobson were 2 for 5; sophomore Emilia Gray was 1 for 4 with two runs; and Allie Adams was 1 for 3. Gillie Coelho had two runs and walked three times and sopho- more Crystal Pimentel had a run and walked two times. Bell took the loss, giving up four earned runs on 11 hits, walk- ing four and striking out eight over the complete game. The Warriors (3-7 overall, 0-3 league) were scheduled to host the Maxwell Panthers (18-3 over- all, 7-0 league) on Friday and will host the Los Molinos Bulldogs (5-8 overall, 1-3 league) at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Diamond Park. SHASTA11,LADYSPARTANS6 The Red Bluff Lady Spartans went to Redding on Wednesday after- noon to face the Shasta Wolves and came home with an 11-6 loss. As of Friday no individual stats had been posted. The Spartans (8-12-1 overall, 1-6 league) are scheduled to face the Enterprise Hornets (7-16 overall, 0-9 league) at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Redding. WEST VALLEY 5, LADY CARDINALS 3 The Corning Lady Cardinals lost on the road Thursday after- noon to the West Valley Eagles 5-3. As of Friday no individual stats had been posted. The Cardinals (5-12 overall, 3-5 league) were scheduled to play the Colusa RedHawks (10-6 overall, 6-0 league) on Friday at the Lassen Tournament, which continues today. They will re- turn to Susanville on Tuesday for a doubleheader against the Las- sen Grizzlies ( 18-6-1 overall, 7-2 league) starting at 3 p.m. REDDING CHRISTIAN 8, LADY BULL- DOGS 6 The Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs took a loss at home SOFTBALL Warriors lose tight game at Chester Spartans, Cardinals, Bulldogs take losses By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter CORNING The Corning Cardi- nals baseball team came from behind to claim a 4-3 win in extra innings Friday over the West Valley Eagles after sec- ond baseman Brady Meeds got a base hit into left to score Chad McFall from third in the eighth. The Eagles got on the board first with a one-out double from Jerred Bloom in the first. Bloom would move to third on a passed ball can come home on a Jesse Traetz sacrifice. The Cardinals would bounce back with a one-out walk for Wyatt Haydon in the second. Haydon moved to second on a passed ball before Drew Fissori hit a towering home run to left to put the Cardinals up 2-1. Cardinals' pitcher Austin Fox set down the Eagles in order in the second an third. With two outs in the fourth, the Eagles rallied after a base on balls and a throwing er- ror put runners at second and third. An Anthony Anderson base hit down the first base- line scored two, putting the Ea- gles back on top 3-2. The Cardinals went down BASEBALL Cardinals edge West Valley in 8 innings Meeds' drive to le field gives Corning walk-off win at home park CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS The Cardinals' Chad McFall gets caught in a rundown Friday a ernoon against West Valley. McFall later scored the winning run for Corning. CORNING4,WESTVALLEY3 Up next: Corning at Anderson, 5p.m. Tuesday. THESCORE By Janie McCauley The Associated Press OAKLAND Stephen Curry is re- habbing his injured right knee about three times a day, spend- ing four to five hours at the War- riors' practice facility to try to get back on the court for the defending champions as soon as possible. And, if there's any chance he can pull it off, that will be ahead of the initial two-week timeline Golden State general manager Bob Myers guessed. It's the play- offs, and the reigning MVP re- alizes he probably won't be fully 100 percent when he returns. "I always have an optimis- tic view, no matter what it is," Curry said Friday. "I hope to get back sooner. Having talked to the doctors and athletic training staff, all the experts, that two-week timeline, as Bob said, was an educated guess on cases, other situations on guys that hurt the same thing I did and the kind of recovery time they had. Everybody heals dif- ferently, whether it's before two weeks, after two weeks, right at two weeks, the plan is to stay the same. Every day I'm getting treatment, every day I'm try- ing to do what I need to do to get back on the floor. When the body says it's time, then we'll push that button." He's not ready yet to test the knee by shooting but expected to take that step in the coming days as long as he continues to improve. Curry began riding the stationary bike Thursday. Curry considers himself very NBA PLAYOFFS Warriors' Curry rehabbing knee to get back SOFTBALL PAGE 2 GOLF PAGE 2 CURRY PAGE 2 CORNING PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, April 30, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1