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Staffreports CASPER, WYOMING The follow- ing are current leaders from the College National Finals Rodeo af- ter the first performance, June 16, courtesyoftheNationalIntercolle- giate Rodeo Association. Bareback Riding: (third round) 1, Wyatt Denny, Feather River Col- lege, 82 points. 2, Chad Ruther- ford, McNeese State University, 76. 3, Cole Picton, Missouri Val- ley College, 73. 4, (tie) Zach Hibler, Western Texas College, and Nate McFadden, Chadron State Col- lege, 72.5. 6, Logan Patterson, Pan- handle State University, 72. 7, (tie) Alex Edmonds, McNeese State University, and Lorenzo Lankow, Treasure Valley Community Col- lege, 71.5. (total on three) 1, Wyatt Denny, Feather River College, 236. 2, (tie) Dylan Wahlert, Casper Col- lege; Logan Patterson, Panhandle State University; Cole Picton, Mis- souri Valley College; and Nate Mc- Fadden,ChadronStateCollege,212 each.6,ZachHibler,WesternTexas College, 211.5. 7, (tie) Chad Ruther- ford,McNeeseStateUniversity,and TristanHansen,UniversityofMon- tana = Western, 209. 9, Zach Lo- max,TarletonStateUniversity,205. 10, Cache Hill, University of Great Falls, 203.5. Tie-Down Roping: (third round) 1, Taylor Santos, Sam Houston State University, 7.5 seconds. 2, (tie) Marcus Theriot, East Missis- sippiCommunityCollege,andLane Santos-Karney, Feather River Col- lege, 8.2 each. 4, Ben Walker, Uni- versity of Tennessee — Martin, 8.3. 5, Jarrett Oestmann, Iowa Central CommunityCollege,9.4.6,Preston Novak, Chadron State College, 9.9. 7, Taylor Skinner, Idaho State Uni- versity, 10.1. 8, Clayton Van Aken, Chadron State College, 10.6. (total on three) 1, Lane Santos Karney, Feather River College, 27.2. 2, Mar- cus Theriot, East Mississippi Col- lege, 28.3. 3, Taylor Santos, Sam Houston State University, 29.2. 4, Ben Walker, University of Ten- nessee — Martin, 31.3. 5, Trenton Turner, Northeastren Junior Col- lege,35.9.6,CalebBullock,Panhan- dle State University, 36.3. 7, Pres- ton Novak, Chadron State College, 46.2. 8, Jordan Tye, Blue Mountain Community College, 46.3. 9, Bryce Bott, Casper College, 51.7. (on two) 10,JarrettOestmann,IowaCentral Community College, 19.0. Steer wrestling: (third round) 1, J.D.Struxness,NorthwesternOkla- homa State University, 4.0 sec- onds. 2, Jared Parke, Blue Moun- tainCommunityCollege,4.3.3,(tie) Jacob Edler, Northwestern Okla- homa State University, Cody De- ver, Garden City Community Col- lege, and Dane Browning, Feather River College, 4.8. 6, Tom Littell, Hastings College, 5.0. 7, (tie) Cade Staton, Sam Houston State Uni- versity, and Wyatt Lindsay, New Mexico State University, 5.2. (total on three) 1, J.D. Struxness, North- western Oklahoma State Univer- sity, 13.9. 2, Jacob Edler, North- western Oklahoma State Univer- sity, 14.6. 3, Wyatt Lindsay, New Mexico State University, 15.5. 4, Kodie Jang, Western Texas Col- lege, 16.6. 5, Reed Kraeger, Univer- sity of Nebraska, 18.2. 6, Tom Lit- tell, Hastings College, 20.3. 7, Tyler Muth, University of Arizona, 23.4. 8,ColbyAnders,ChadronStateCol- lege, 23.6. 9, Dillon Hushour, Cali- fornia State University — Fresno, 24.0. 10, Jared Parke, Blue Moun- tain Community College, 25.0. BreakawayRoping:(thirdround) 1, Chrissy Morris, University of WestAlabama,2.2seconds.2,Kim- berlyn Fitch, Idaho State Univer- sity, 2.3. 3, Mikayla Phillips, South- easternOklahomaStateUniversity, 2.4. 4, Kirbie Crouse, Missouri Val- leyCollege,2.5.5,(tie)TamaraTun- ink, Texas Tech University — Lub- bock, and Brandy Schaack, North- eastern Junior College, 2.6 each. 7, Mia Manzanares, McNeese State University, 2.7. 8, (tie) Lexi Cam- eron, Central Washington Uni- versity; Anna Barker, New Mexico StateUniversity;SarahWalker,Col- oradoMesaCollege;andSamantha Jorgenson, Black Hills State Uni- versity, 3.0 each. (total on three) 1, Kirbie Crouse, Missouri Valley, 8.0. 2, (tie) Samantha Jorgenson, Black Hills State University, and Chey- enne Britain, Ranger College, 8.7. COLLEGE RODEO Athletes'buckingitout'atNationalFinals By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter REDBLUFF Sixteen recent grad- uateswentthroughthefinalfoot- ball practice of their high school careers Friday morning at Sa- cred Heart School in prepara- tion for today's, June 18, Lions All Star Football Nor-Cal eight- man matchup at Shasta College in Redding. While the game represents the end of an era for some play- ers from the South squad oth- ers hope it will signal the start of a college career, including Los Molinos' Tyler Winter, who hopes to play at Butte College or else- where in the fall. "It's definitely a bit nerve-rack- ing playing with guys I've only playedagainst,"Wintersaid."But it's great being out here with a whole lot of talent. I'm looking forward to the game." Winter was No. 2 in the Cali- fornia South League in passing yards (680), tied for No. 2 in to- tal tackles (103) and tied for No. 3 in sacs (7). Mercy running back, quarter- back and linebacker Al House, who led the league in rushing yards (1,751), total points (194) and total touchdowns (31) on the waytoaperfect7-0leaguerecord for the Warriors, said he hopes the game will generate interest from college scouts. "It'sexcitingtobeplayingfoot- ball," House said. "I've got no ex- pectations. I know we're going to be good." Coach Brian Medeiros, from Mercy, said he had the largest pool of nominations for the team in the game's history — leaving himandhiscoachingstafftonar- row a field of 30 down to 16. Mercy players include House, running back and safety Teddy Ranberg, offensive and defensive linemen Travis Gorden, Richie Borges and Bryce Baer and cor- nerback Nico Leal. Ranberg was third in the league in total points (126) and tied for second in total touch- downs (21). Los Molinos is represented by Winter, a quarterback and line- backer,andrunningbackandde- fensive back Jarred Costa, who led the league in sacks with 12, edging out Borges with 11.5. In its fifth year, Medeiros said annual game is tied at 2 each, but the south team won last year by a healthy margin. "Someofthekidssurprisedthe heck out of us," Medeiros said. "I wouldn't want to play us." Medeiros said he expects sev- eral college scouts to attend the game. Following last year's all FOOTBALL LIONSALLSTAR GAMES SET TODAY 8- ma n k ic ko ff a t 5 p .m ., 1 1- ma n a t 7 :3 0 p .m . MercyTeddyRanberg(2)breaksupapasstoTravisGorden(23)Friday morning in preparation for Saturday's Lions All Star Football game. PHOTOS BY CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS Mercy's Al House (5) runs the ball Friday morning in preparation for the Lions All Star Football game Saturday. By Tim Reynolds The Associated Press CLEVELAND Steve Kerr and Ste- phen Curry let their frustrations with Game 6 of the NBA Finals be known, and it came at a price. Each was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Friday for separate inci- dents. Kerr, the league's coach of the year, was fined for publicly criticizing officiating after the game, which Cleveland won 115- 101 to force a deciding Game 7 in the title series. Curry was fined for throwing hismouthpieceintothestandsaf- ter fouling out of the game with 4:22 left. Kerr took issue with three of the six fouls that were calledonCurryinthegame,even calling referee Jason Phillips out by name for the one that ended the night for the two-time reign- ing NBA MVP. "Three of the six fouls were in- credibly inappropriate calls for anybody, much less the MVP of the league," Kerr said in his post- game news conference, surely knowingthattheleaguewouldbe sending a bill for those remarks. Curry didn't like many of the calls either, and let some words — and his mouthpiece — fly after fouling out. Phillips also tacked on a technical and ejected Curry, who apologized almost immedi- ately to the fan he hit inadver- tently with the mouthpiece. "He should be upset ... If they'regoingtoletClevelandgrab andholdtheseguysconstantlyon theircutsandthenyou'regoingto call these ticky-tack fouls on the MVPoftheleaguetofoulhimout, I don't agree with that," Kerr said postgame. Neither decision by the NBA was a surprise; the league prec- edent for throwing a mouthpiece is a fine in most cases. NBA FINALS Kerr, Curry each fined $25,000 for Game 6 incidents By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press OAKMONT, PA. One year after Dustin Johnson let the U.S. Open slip away from him at Chambers Bay, he drove his way to the top of the leaderboard Friday at Oak- mont. Immaculate from tee-to-green, Johnson endured a marathon day of36holeswithagamethatmakes him look tough to beat. He didn't makeabogeyinhisopeninground of 3-under 67, and he dropped only one shot in his 69 that ended just as the siren sounded to stop play because of darkness. Johnsonwasat4-under136,two shots ahead of anyone else who completed the second round in the rain-delayed U.S. Open. More than just his long ball, one of Johnson's greatest assets is a short memory. He already has squandered chances in four ma- jors, none more crushing than last year when he was a 12-foot eagle puttawayfromwinningandthree- putted to finish one behind Jordan Spieth. Asked if he was motivated by Chambers Bay, Johnson dead- panned, "What happened last year?" Andrew Landry had a much shorter day. The 28-year-old qualifier only had to hit one shot Friday when he returned in the morning to make a 10-foot birdie putt for a 66 and the lead. It was the best opening round in 10 majors at Oakmont, beating a record shared by Ben Hogan and Tom Watson. Landry also became the first player in 30 years to have the sole lead after his first U.S. Open round. Three storm delays Thursday left a disjointed schedule and no clear picture of who's in control. The nine players who completed the opening round Thursday, in- cluding 19-year-old Scottie Schef- fler and his 69, had the entire day off Friday. Those who had to return to fin- ish the first round initially were given tee times deep into the eve- ning until the USGA decided it best that everyone from that half of the field — including Spieth at 2 over — start Saturday morning. Johnson went 27 holes without a bogey in a U.S. Open held on its toughest course. The streak finally ended when he found a deep bunker left of the first fairway, advanced only 40 yards and narrowly missed a 20- foot par putt. He missed plenty of other birdie chances along the way, not alarming because Oak- mont's greens are difficult to putt. Far more impressive was his accuracy. Johnson missed only three fairways in the second round, and he has missed only five greens through two rounds. If the lead stands after the second round is over, it would match the low- est 36-hole score in a U.S. Open at Oakmont. And he still hasn't made a birdie on a par 5 in two rounds. "It was a long day today, but I felt like I played really solid all day for all 36 holes," he said. "I drove it really well." GOLF He's back: Johnson tied for lead at US Open RODEO PAGE 2 LIONS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, June 18, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1