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ByJanieMcCauley TheAssociatedPress OAKLAND After the heartbreak of a Game 7 defeat and a cham- pionship that somehow got away, Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers went home late Sunday and had a rare glass of whiskey with his wife and ate a grilled cheese sandwich. He knew there wouldn't be any more quiet moments in the near future after the grind of another extended NBA season. The War- riors lost in the deciding game of the NBA Finals to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, be- coming the first team to squander a 3-1 finals lead. But Myers has to get right back to work. The draft is Thursday night and then the start of free agency July 1. "One marathon ended, got a drink of water and now we're mov- ing on," Myers said Tuesday, later noting, "Even if we were sitting here right now with a parade, it doesn't change who we draft and it actually shouldn't change a ton of other things either, but it's hard not to get swept up in that cur- rent. Because in this society, you win or you're everybody else, and right now we're everybody else. So you have to be strong enough and disciplined enough to not overre- act to making decisions." Myers made one thing clear Tuesday: Amid all the speculation about their futures, free agents- to-be Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli will be evaluated by more than just their poor performances in the postseason and finals. "At this point it's about what do you do to make sure that it doesn't happen again?" forward Draymond Green said of the fi- nals collapse. "I'm not the GM of this team, so I don't make any de- cisions or make any changes to our roster. That's not up to me. I do what I do, that's play the game. Everything else will take care of itself, whether that's the same 15 guys, whether that's 10 of the 15 guys, whether that's 12 of the 15 guys." With eight free agents in all, Myers insists he is in no position NBA FINALS MYERS HAS LITTLE TIME TO PONDER FINALS LOSS MARCIOJOSESANCHEZ—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) gestures a er scoring against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the second half of Game 7of basketball's NBA Finals in Oakland Sunday. ANDERSON The Red Bluff Tritons opened the summer swim season at West Valley High School this past week- end in the Anderson Invita- tional Swim Meet. Twenty-two swimmers ages 5-17 competed in indi- vidual and relay events in the heavy rain on Friday evening through the rising temperatures of Sunday af- ternoon. Male top performers in- cluded Nico Munoz — first place overall, boys age 11- 12; Macaiah Niles — third place overall, boys age 7-8; Macalan Niles — first place overall, boys age 6 and un- der. Female top performers were Bella Munoz — sec- ond place overall, girls age 9-10; Jordan Munoz — first SWIMMING Tritons compete in Anderson Invitational CASPER,WYOMING Wyatt Denny, of Feather River College, won the 2016 College National Finals Ro- deo with a total score of 311.5 points and the Men's Team from Feather River was No. 1 with 1,000 points. Other champions were Tie- Down Roping — Marcus Theriot, East Mississippi Community Col- lege 38.1 seconds; Breakaway Rop- ing — Kirbie Crouse, Missouri Valley College, 10.9 seconds; Sad- dle Bronc Riding — Wyatt Casper, Clarendon College, 290 points; Steer Wrestling — J.D. Strux- ness, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 18.1 seconds; Goat Tying — Shelby Winchell, Chadron State College, 25.0 sec- onds; Team Roping — (header) Cole Wheeler, Weatherford Col- lege & Wesley Thorp, Ranger Col- lege, 24.4 seconds; Barrel Rac- ing — Kristi Steffes, Black Hills State University, 56.09; Bull Rid- ing —Cody Hudson, Walla Walla Community College, 159.5 points; Men's All-Around — Marcus The- riot, East Mississippi Community College, 510 points; Women's All- Around — Danyelle Williams, Blue Mountain Community Col- lege, 340 points. The Women's Team from Blue Mountain Community College won with 595 points. The Men's Rookie was Marcus Theriot, East Mississippi Community Col- lege, 510 points and the Women's Rookie was Brittany Dias, Cali- fornia State University — Fresno, 185 points. The following are final results from the College National Finals Rodeo after the final performance June 18, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Associa- tion. Bareback Riding: (final round winners) 1, (tie) Wyatt Bloom, Montana State University and Clayton Biglow, Feather River College, 80 points each. 3, Chad Rutherford, McNeese State Uni- versity, 77.5. 4, Kody Lamb, Tar- leton State University, 77. (total on four) 1, Wyatt Dennym Feather River College, 311.5 points. 2, Clay- ton Biglow, Feather River College, 308.5. 3, Kody Lamb, Tarleton State University, 294.5. 4, Wyatt Bloom, Montana State University, 290.5. 5, (tie) Chad Rutherford, McNeese State University and Cole Picton, Missouri Valley Col- lege, 286.5. 7, Zach Hibler, West- ern Texas College, 285. 8, Tristan Hansen, University of Montana — Western, 282. Tie-Down Roping: (final round winners) 1, Caleb Bullock, Pan- handle State University, 9.3 sec- onds. 2, Matt Peters, Black Hills State University, 9.5. 3, (tie) Tren- ton Turner, Northeastern Junior College and Marcus Theriot, East Mississippi Community College, 9.8 each. (total on four) 1, Marcus Theriot, East Mississippi Commu- nity College, 38.1. 2, Cooper Mar- tin, Hill College, 39.0. 3, Matt Pe- ters, Black Hills State University, 41.5. 4, Bryson Sechrist, North- western Oklahoma State Univer- sity, 41.6. 5, Caleb Bullock, Pan- handle State University, 45.6. 6, Trenton Turner, Northeast- COLLEGE RODEO De nn y, Feather Ri ve r ta ke top honors RODEO PAGE 2 A partial team portrait of the Red Bluff Tritons swim team. COURTESY PHOTO SWIMMING PAGE 2 Pictured, from le , are Chad Vaillette, Kaylee Bossetti, Grace Mitchell, Abbey Lair, Kayley Vaillette, Paige Gorden, Travis Gorden, Emily Wagner, McKenzie Bradley, Lily DeSmet, Jamie Benson, Elyse Benson, Kadence Mora, down in front Alley Strole and Victoria Clark. COURTESY PHOTO Contributed report The Red Bluff Giants girls soft- ball team played Cottonwood in the first game of the Tournament of Champions recently and won 20-3. Michigan played foothill and won 13-3 to set up the champion- ship game that everyone antici- pated with Red Bluff. After the first inning the score was tied 1-1. In the third Michigan added two more runs to go up 3-1, then in the top of the fourth Mich- igan added another run to go up 4-1. In the bottom of the fourth in- ning Giants answered with two runs from a single by Paige Gorden followed by a walk to put Grace Mitchell on and then Allie Strole hit a line drive up the middle to score the pinch runner Emily Wag- ner. Mitchell scored on a fielder's choice hit by Kayley Bossetti. In the fifth inning Corning an- swered right back with two more runs led by double from the lead off hitter to make the score 6-3. The Giants answered in the bot- tom of the fifth with one run start- ing off from a single from Kayley Vailette, followed by an RBI single from Abbey Lair. In the top of the sixth inning pitcher Paige Gorden got Michigan out in order with two strikeouts. The Giants were still down by two runs going into the bottom of the six with the score 6-4 and had never been losing this late in the game all year. Strole led the end- ing off with a base hit to third and legged out the late throw. After LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL GiantstakeTournamentofChampions SOFTBALL PAGE 2 KRISTOPHER SKINNER — OAKLAND TRIBUNE VIA AP Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton, right, and General Manager Bob Myers, le , pose with head coach Steve Kerr as he holds his Coach of the Year trophy a er Kerr was named the NBA coach of the year. WARRIORS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, June 22, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1