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StaffReport A Red Bluff Spartan Football Junior Spartan Football Camp for ages 8-14 is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. June 14-16 at Red Bluff High School. Players will receive instruc- tion in all aspects of football, including passing, rushing, re- ceiving, line play, blocking and pass and run defense. Funda- mentals and techniques of each position will be taught and prac- ticed daily. This camp will be competitive, but is a non-contact camp. Upon check-in, athletes will be sepa- rated into similar age groups for the duration of the camp. Registration can be done be- fore the camp by mailing your player form and payment on or before June 3. Visit the Red Bluff High Athletics page for player form under General Informa- tion and Forms. On-site reg- istration on June 14 will take place 4-5 p.m. at Spartan Sta- dium. The camp will be coached by Red Bluff High School football players and coaching staff. Payment includes three days of camp and a camp T-shirt. Pre- registered campers are $45, be- fore June 3. Campers registering on the day of the event are $50. Cash or check will be accepted. Please make checks payable to Red Bluff Football. Athletes need to wear T-shirts and shorts for all practices. No football pads are required as this camp is non-contact. Cleats are recommended. Bring sports drinks and bot- tled water. Highschoolfootball Varsity, junior varsity and frosh summer football conditioning be- gins at 7 p.m. June 13 in the Red Bluff High stadium. The program will run 7-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday with fall practice beginning on Aug. 1. SPARTANS JuniorfootballcampJune14-16 CampcoachedbyRedBluffHighfootballplayersandcoachingstafffor players ages 8-14, instruction in all aspects of game, offense and defense By Carl Steward Bay Area News Group OKLAHOMA CITY The Golden State Warriors played big in more ways than one in Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference finals, and they know they'll have to do it again in Game 6 if they expect to live to see an- other competitive day after Sat- urday night. Golden State delivered the all-around effort needed to beat the explosive Oklahoma City Thunder, but in what proved to be Steve Kerr's most critical ad- justment following two disas- trous performances in Games 3 and 4, the Warriors also deliv- ered size and beef in the paint it has been desperately lacking. In short, they ditched small. They went tall. The lesson learned in those back-to-back beatings is that the Warriors' smaller "Death Lineup" could be the kiss of death against this particular opponent. The Thunder are simply too physically impos- ing, and as a result were a his- torically great rebounding team that dominated the league with its board work. Moreover, the Thunder's own small lineup proved to be effective against the Warriors' smalls, because OKC can still play reasonably long — and quick — with power forward 6-foot-10 Serge Ibaka moving to center and 6-9 Kevin Durant playing the big forward spot. Hence, the Death Lineup got less time in Game 5 than virtu- ally any game this year — just 2 minutes, 32 seconds — and 2:28 of that came at the end of the game with the Warriors up by six and Kerr recognizing that free-throw efficiency on the floor was a high priority. Obviously, Andrew Bogut's 30 minutes of work in which he de- livered 15 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks were critical. But even when Bogut was out, Kerr kept a center on the floor for virtually the entire game. Anderson Varejao covered the last 3:29 of the first quarter, Marreese Speights the first 4:17 of the second, Festus Ezeli for 3:42 at the end of the third (all but 3.7 seconds) and Speights again for the first 4:14 of the fi- nal period. While not coming out and saying it, the strategy looked very well planned by Kerr and the coaching staff, just looking at the time dispersals. "Obviously, rebounding has been an issue," Kerr said af- ter the Warriors' 120-111 vic- tory. "It's an issue for everybody against Oklahoma City." The Warriors were out-re- bounding the Thunder for much of the game and finished with a 45-45 standoff. They'll take that every time, partic- ularly if they come close to matching them with offensive rebounds, and while OKC had a 13-11 advantage there, the War- riors held the edge in second- chance points, 13-9. The question now is whether the Warriors' bigs can take that same approach into Game 6, and whether Bogut can deliver such a yeoman effort in back-to- back games on one day's rest. His track record doing that this season has not been great. "I believe in Boges," Kerr said. "I think he can play that way in Game 6. I think he re- ally found his stride, and I think that momentum will carry over." For his part, Bogut knows the job is not done. "We've got a chance," he said. "OKC is a tough place to play, but we feel like can play there like we did (in Game 5). We've got things to work on, but I think it was a good sign." As much as Bogut provided on the boards and defensively, Speights gave the team offen- sive production from the post, and that's been sorely needed, too, as the Thunder have made slowing down the Warriors' 3-point shooting a defensive focus. NBA PLAYOFFS WARRIORS GO BIG, HOLD THEIR OWN Golden State's small lineup scrapped in wake of losses, uses all-around effort to stay alive JEFFCHIU—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) shoots against Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut (12) during the first half of Game 5of the Western Conference finals Thursday in Oakland. By Dan Gelston The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Jody Karam returned from a bicycle ride and saw his son on the phone with race team owner Chip Ga- nassi. At the Karam home just 15 miles from Pocono Raceway, Sage Karam heard the news that would send the blonde bundle of energy into a depression. IndyCar driver Justin Wilson was dead from injuries suffered in a wreck triggered by Karam. "Sage just fell apart," Jody Karam recalled. Like a good dad would, Jody immediately tried to console his son. He asked the promising In- dyCar driver, who finished ninth in the 2014 Indianapolis 500, three questions: The first two were easy. Sage responded that, of course, there was no malice in the accident last August and that he would change the out- come if he could. But the last one Jody hoped would stick: What would Jus- tin Wilson want you to do right now? "He said, 'Go back to racing,'" Jody Karam said. For the first time since that tragic July race in Pocono, Karam is behind the wheel for an IndyCar race. He's back rac- ing and says he has learned to forgive himself for a tragedy he could not control. Someone else will be racing for Justin Wilson in Sunday's Indianapolis 500: Two rows be- hind the 21-year-old Karam will be Wilson's brother, 26-year- old Stefan Wilson, an Indy 500 rookie. What should be a joyous weekend for two drivers who struggled to land regular rides in the open-wheel series instead comes with the sorrowful re- minder that Justin Wilson, In- dyCar's gentle giant, is dead. "It sort of really stands out that he's gone," Stefan Wilson said. "There are certain times, certain days where you sort of feel Justin's presence and you feel good about it. But there are times you're at the track that makes it very real that he's not here." INDY 500 Karam, Wilson try to put fatal wreck in past By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press PARIS For a decade, Rafael Nadal ruled Roland Garros the way no other man has dominated any Grand Slam site. On Friday, his powerful left wrist wrapped in a blue brace, Nadal delivered the surprising news he was with- drawing before his third-round match at the French Open because of an in- jury that would prevent him from delivering the whiplike, spin- heavy forehand that carried him to a record nine championships and a 72-2 record on the tourna- ment's red clay. "To win the tournament, I need five more matches," Nadal said, his face expressionless, his arms crossed in front of him, "and the doctor says that's 100 percent im- possible." His announcement, at what he called "one of the toughest press conferences in my career," over- shadowed everything else going on around the grounds on Day 6 of the French Open, from the straight-set victories by defend- ing champion Stan Wawrinka and No. 2-seeded Andy Murray, to the out-of-nowhere 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-0 upset of two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova by 108th- ranked Shelby Rogers, a 23-year- old American. No. 15 John Isner, the last U.S. man in the field, found out about Nadal's abrupt departure about 15 minutes after winning a five- setter to set up a showdown with Murray for a berth in the quar- terfinals. "It was a shock," Isner said. "I had no idea." It robbed the event of more star power, coming a week after 17-time major champion Roger Fe- derer pulled because of lingering back problems. It cleared one potential ob- stacle from the path of No. 1 No- vak Djokovic, who is attempting to win a fourth consecutive ma- jor title and his first in Paris — and could have faced Nadal in the semifinals. And it raised more questions about how long Nadal, who turns 30 in a week, can continue to ply his intensely physical brand of tennis and remain among the sport's best. In the past, he has dealt with problems to both knees and to his right wrist; this is the first time his left wrist has been an issue. "I mean, it's a bummer for the tournament," Isner said. "I think a lot of people had him playing Novak in the semis on that side of the draw. It's a shame." He knows he'll have his own work cut out for him against Mur- ray, a two-time major champion who has won all five of their pre- vious matchups. Other fourth- rounders established Friday in- cluded No. 3 Wawrinka against No. 22 Viktor Troicki, No. 5 Kei Nishikori against No. 9 Richard Gasquet, and No. 8 Milos Raonic against unseeded Albert Ramos- Vinolas. FRENCH OPEN 9-time champion Nadal out for injury Wawrinka, Murray get straight-set victories Nadal SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, May 28, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1