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ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter CORNING The Manchester United U16 boys soccer team from Corning recently cap- tured US Youth Soccer's Re- gion IV Presidents Cup in tour- nament play June 14-19 at the Stenger Soccer Complex in Ar- vada, Colorado in northwest Denver. The championship means the team will advance to play in the National Presidents Cup tournament July 14-17 at the Mohawk Soccer Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The team didn't have an easy route to victory, dealing with flight delays and tornado warnings, according to Califor- nia Youth Soccer Association website. But once play started Corning dominated. In the opening match June 14 Manchester United beat 4-H Tapatio of Oregon 6-1 and went on to beat Bozeman Blitzz of Montana 3-1 June 15. A 3-1 win June 16 over Real 99/00 Olym- pico of Colorado put the team into the quarterfinals. Manchester United edged out WPFC 99 White of Wash- ington 1-0 on June 17 to reach the semifinals, where it easily beat Oxnard United SC 3-0 on June 18. The championship game June 19 pitted Manchester United against Agave la Raza of Arizona and the Corning team came out on top with a 1-0 win for the cup. Forward Carlos Lopez was among the top scorers in the tournament with 3 goals. This is Cal North's first-ever team to qualify for the Na- tional Presidents Cup Tourna- ment, according to the league site. The Corning Manchester United team will move on to compete against champions from Regions I, II and III in Oklahoma. The Corning Manchester United U16 team is made up of Alanso Aceves, Manuel Blanco- Arreola, Angel Davila, Arturo Cruz Esparza, Mateo Estrella- Jimenez, Javier Gamboa, Jose Garcia-Padilla, James Godinez, Jose Manuel Gonzalez, Isaac Gonzalez -Munoz, Jose Hinojosa, Luis Enrique Hinojosa, Conner Judd, Carlos Lopez, Jaime Mar- tinez, Daniel Martinez-Cedeno, Ramon Pelayo, Brandon Ram- irez, Ivan Saavedra, Salvador Santoyo-Carrion, Egenio Solo- rio and Adam Valencia. The coaching staff is made up of head coach Luis Saave- dra, assistant coaches Gabriel Gonzalez, Juan Munoz and Moises Munoz and team man- ager Clementina Saavedra. The team is accepting dona- tions to offset the cost of trav- elling to the tournament. Do- nations can be mailed to Corn- ing Youth Soccer League, PO Box 1097, Corning, 96021. The league is non-profit and can provide its tax ID number on request. A car wash is scheduled for July 9 at EE store in Hamilton City. SOCCER HOW THE WEST WAS WON Corning team takes regional cup, advances to nationals COURTESYPHOTO The Manchester United U16boys soccer team from Corning poses for a team photo a er winning the Region IV Presidents Cup in Colorado. By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews. com @editorchip on Twitter REDBLUFF The Red Bluff Bulls baseball team paid tribute to its sponsoring organization, American Legion Post 167, prior to Friday evening's match up against the Chico Suns Red team. The 16U team won the All World Father's Day Classic in Elk Grove over the weekend and Friday Nolan Stacy presented the trophy from the tour- nament to Legionnaire Joe Gomez. Gomez was joined by Legionnaires Doug Eng- land and Bill Peterson and the trio presented the col- ors prior to the national anthem being played. England threw out the ceremonial first pitch and was presented with a baseball signed by all the Bulls players by Drew Stacy. Coach JB Stacy was unable to attend Friday's game and former coach Dave Gamboa filled in. The Bulls players are Kurtis Gipson, Matteo Zepeda, Sevee Johnson, Nolan Stacy, Trenton Coates, Ian Skjegstad, Fabian Chavez, Trevor Kinsworthy, AJ Poni, Tas McClellan, Will Nelson, Daltyn Eischen, Austin Keffer, Tristen Hobart and Drew Stacy. BASEBALL Bu ll s pr es en t tr op hy t o sp on so rs By Daniel Mano Bay Area News Group If Mamadou Ndiaye ever makes it to Oracle Arena in a Warriors uniform, fans are sure to have a few Manute Bol flashbacks. The sight of a man who doesn't need to jump in order to dunk a basketball is fairly distinct. Ndiaye, a 7-foot-6 Senega- lese center for UC Irvine (for the record, the Sudanese Bol was 7-foot-7), took to Twitter after the NBA Draft on Thurs- day night to announce his fu- ture. "Thanks to everyone for wishing me luck as I pursue my NBA dream. I'm excited to say that I'll be going with the Golden State Warriors," the 22-year-old wrote. (Ndiaye is not related to the 7-footer drafted in 2000 by Dallas by the same name.) Ndiaye averaged 12.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocks with a 67.3 field goal percent- age during his junior season. The first-team All-Big West se- lection and conference defen- sive player of the year helped the Anteaters win a program- best 28 games. NBA DRAFT Could Warriors make use of 7-foot-6 Ndiaye? SARAH CRABILL — GETTY IMAGES Kasey Kahne stands on the grid prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. By Darren Sabedra Bay Area News Group SONOMA The thrill seeker in Kasey Kahne obviously isn't con- tent with sitting behind a steer- ing wheel and speeding around NASCAR tracks across the coun- try against drivers of similar for- titude. No, Kahne has taken the thrills a step further. The guy has come face-to-face with sharks. Real sharks. "I wasn't nervous at all," he said of the experience last year in the Bahamas, "because I didn't think they would put me down there if it was a bad situation. But thinking back, I would probably be more nervous now if I went again." Sunday, when the Sprint Cup Series makes its annual pilgrim- age to Sonoma Raceway, Kahne's car will be painted in a shark theme as he aims to return to vic- tory lane at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 for the first time since 2009. The new paint job is to help kick off Discovery Channel's Shark Week. The station filmed Kahne in shark-infested waters last year as the driver exhibited another form of courage. "They were big — seven, eight feet long," said Kahne, who has been a part of Shark Week the past couple of years. "There were like 15 of them. We were 40 feet underwater. It was crazy. You could touch them. But you just didn't want to move your hands too fast or they would think that your hand would be food." It's a good thing Kahne, 36, kept the movement to moderate levels, given the demands of his day job. The Sonoma race — one of two road-course stops in the series — has become so competitive that 10 drivers have taken the check- ered flag in the past 11 years. Only last year's winner, Kyle Busch, has won the race twice in that span. Denny Hamlin, this year's Day- tona 500 winner, said one reason for the competitive balance is the Chase for the Cup. Sixteen driv- ers qualify for the 10-race play- off at the end of the season to de- termine the season champion. A win at any of the "regular-sea- son" races, including Sunday's, automatically qualifies a driver for the Chase. NASCAR Kahnefindsthrillson,offracetrack American Legion Post 167member Doug England throws out the first pitch Friday at the Red Bluff Bulls game at Red Bluff High School. CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS NATHAN DENETTE — THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto Maple Leafs first overall pick Auston Matthews, fourth from le , stands with members of the Maple Leafs management team at the NHL dra in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday. By John Wawrow The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. On the heels of the NHL expanding into Las Ve- gas, the Toronto Maple Leafs are pinning their future on Ar- izona-born center Auston Mat- thews. Amid chants of "Go Leafs, Go!" the 18-year-old from Scott- sdale was selected by Toronto with the first pick in the NHL draft Friday night. Though the Maple Leafs had kept their deci- sion under wraps since winning the draft lottery in April, Mat- thews was the expected choice. NHL Central Scouting ranked the 6-foot-2, 210-pound play- maker as its top draft-eligible project, and he's also a natural center, a top-line position that's difficult to fill. Matthews al- ready has pro experience after spending last season with Zu- rich in the Swiss Elite League. Matthews, who grew up a Coyotes fan, became the sev- enth American selected at No. 1, and first since the Chicago Blackhawks chose Patrick Kane with the top pick in 2007. For Toronto, Matthews repre- sents a significant piece in gen- eral manager Lou Lamoriello's extensive rebuilding plans to restore relevance to one of the league's most high-profile fran- chises. The Maple Leafs have missed the playoffs in 10 of the past 11 years, and spent last sea- son purging high-priced con- tracts and veteran talent with a focus on rebuilding through youth. Matthews arrives at a time when the Maple Leafs usher in the 100th year of professional hockey being played in Cana- da's largest city. The Winnipeg Jets selected Finnish forward Patrik Laine with the second pick, before the draft took a slight turn. The Columbus Blue Jack- ets passed over Finnish for- ward Jesse Puljujarvi to take Quebec-born forward Pierre- Luc Dubois. Puljujarvi was re- garded the third-best prospect, just ahead of Dubois in the Cen- tral Scouting rankings. And the Blue Jackets' selec- tion came a day after general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said he was considering trad- ing the pick. Kekalainen, who is from Finland, also noted he wouldn't take a player based on his nationality. Puljujarvi was selected fourth by Edmonton, which was shopping the selection in an effort to acquire a top defen- seman for a team stocked with young forwards. NHL Leafs pick Mat th ew s No. 1 overall SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, June 25, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1