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Tracker Wednesday's results Tehama AMERICAN LEGION Bulls N. Humboldt MLB Giants Atlanta Texas Athletics TEX — Cruz 2-3, 1 RBI OAK — Hicks 1-1, 1 RBI Today's games Giants Atlanta SF — Bumgarner, 11-5 ATL — Hudson, 7-4 New York Athletics NYY — Garcia, 4-2 OAK — Griffin, 1-0 On the tube BASKETBALL • 11 a.m. ESPN2 — Men's national teams, exhibition, United States vs. Great Britain, at Manchester, England CYCLING • 4:30 a.m.NBCSN — Tour de France, stage 17, Bagneres-de-Luchon to Peyragudes, France GOLF • 1:30 a.m.ESPN — The British Open Championship, first round, at Lytham St. Annes, England • Noon TGC — PGA Tour, True South Classic, first round, at Madison, Miss. MLB • 4 p.m. MLB — Chicago White Sox at Boston Rodeo Finals By DN Staff National High School Chelsey Busnell and Casey Meroshnekoff are making noise at the National High School Rodeo Finals in Rock Springs, Wyo. After the first round, Meroshnekoff is leading bareback riding after a 78-point performance. Red Bluff 's Top 4 in breakaway roping and Top 5 in pole bending with respective times of 5.65 and 22.179. The rodeo competi- tion runs through Sat- urday. Bushnell made the Repeat hopes at Tour over for Evans BAGNERES-DE- LUCHON, France (AP) — Cadel Evans' vision of repeating as Tour de France cham- pion vanished under the sun-baked punish- ment of the Pyrenees mountains on Wednes- day, as Bradley Wig- gins took another step toward taking the yel- low jersey home. French fan favorite Thomas Voeckler took a starring role into big climbs along the Spanish border, win- ning Stage 16 in a breakaway as Wiggins kept his big rivals a bay — or dusted them. ''It's pretty much the Tour de France over for me,'' Evans said. The 35-year-old Australian fell from fourth to seventh over- all, and trails Wiggins by 8 minutes, 6 sec- onds, after struggling on the last two of four climbs in the stage. He cited stomach prob- lems. Follow us on Twitter for live game cover- age, exclu- sive online articles and more. @TehamaSports 7:05 p.m. CSNC 9:10 a.m. CSNB LATE 4 3 10 0 Sports SIERRA NEVADA JUNIOR OLYMPICS | SWIMMING Red Bluff adds to pool talent By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor Let the games begin. The Sierra Nevada Junior Olympics Long- course Championship starts at 9 a.m., today, and runs through Sun- day and Red Bluff will be well represented. The championship, which will be held at the Roseville Aquatics Cen- ter, usually sees about 600 swimmers compete from Lodai to Reno. The Sun Oaks Aquat- ics Racing team, which will bring seven swim- mers from Red Bluff, earned third place at the championship in Red- ding last year, and while expectations are high, the close proximity to Sacramento this year could mean stiffer com- petition, coach Randy Teeters, said. "I would be really pleased with a Top 5 fin- ish," Teeters said. Teeters knows swim- ming. He started swimming at the age of nine and has competed for suc- cessful university pro- grams at the University of Michigan and Oak- land University (Mich.) before he started a com- petitive swim team six years ago. nut," he said. "I'm just crazy addicted to swim- ming." "I'm just a swimming While Teeters has Courtesy photo Members of the Sun Oak Aquatics Racing team, from top photo down, Hol- iday Rider, Julia Brandt, Ellie Fletcher and Jayne Brandt. seen success in the pool, when he started coach- ing he said "It almost seemed like I had a bet- ter knack for teaching it." coaching method, which emphasizes correct tech- His A's 4, RANGERS 3 Hicks hits walkoff homer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dressed in a full-length bright yel- low A's bathrobe, Josh Reddick snuck up on Brandon Hicks and planted a whipped cream pie in his team- mate's face right there at his locker. ''How dare you avoid me!'' Reddick screamed. ''I sure wasn't Hicks connected off Michael Kirkman (0-1) for Oakland's majors- leading ninth walkoff win. He became the fourth player in fran- chise history to hit a game-ending homer for his first career longball and the second this year — joining Derek Nor- ris, who did it June 24 against San Francisco. ''It's exciting to get that big hit in that situa- tion,'' Hicks said. ''That's awesome. I've expecting that one,'' Hicks said, grinning. He should have been after he led off the bot- tom of the ninth with a towering home run to center for his first major league clout, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. been waiting a little while.'' two-run double with two outs in the seventh to help the A's salvage a two-game split with the AL West-leading Rangers. Evan Scribner and Sean Doolittle each pitched a perfect inning, and All-Star Ryan Cook (3-2) worked the ninth for the win. Cook hasn't allowed a run in his last nine outings. Reddick hit a tying Then Hicks drove a 1-1 pitch high over the center-field wall and rounded the bases to a home-plate celebration that's becoming com- monplace at the Colise- um. ''What a homer!'' pitcher Jarrod Parker hollered through the clubhouse. Michael Young hit a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth but the Rangers couldn't hold it. Craig Gentry hit an RBI double and Nelson Cruz added a run-scor- ing single for Texas, which now heads into a key weekend road series against the second- place Angels. The A's, meanwhile, methodical nique and case-by-case teaching over swimming in as many competitions as possible, is bringing results. 11-year-old Holiday Rider. He said he sees potential out of Red Bluff swimmers such as Jaxon Balken, 10, and "Not only are they going to the competi- tion, they should be among the best in North- ern California," Teeters said. Rider has competed at the junior olympic com- petition at least four times and he's qualified for five week. events this Balken has been at the junior olympics three times, and he's qualified for nine events. He'll have to bring that number down to seven because of an event limit. It's also no secret why these swimmers are going to the Junior Olympics. Balken, who has been swimming for five years, said he rou- tinely swims two to three miles per training day. he said. "You just don't stop," When Rider is com- peting, he said, with a hint of sarcasm, he nor- mally just tries to "keep up." 1B Thursday July 19, 2012 Rider, who is par- tial to the breaststroke, said when he's in the pool he doesn't think about anything and lets his training take over. "My coaches are awe- some," he said. "They make it fun." Teeters said the 11-12 girls age group is also full of potential. He added 12-year-olds Julia Brandt and Ellie Fletch- er, both multi-sport ath- letes, are amazing swim- mers and basketball players. he said. "I call Julia a gamer," See POOL, page 2B AMERICAN LEGION Bulls beat N. Humboldt 10-0 By DN Staff After clinching its sec- ond straight district title on Saturday, the Red Bluff Bulls beat the North Hum- boldt Giants 10-0 in its first game of Area 1 play Wednesday. The game was called in the seventh inning because of the mercy rule. The Bulls face the Red- ding Rattlers at 4 p.m., today at James Field in Auburn. MCT photo Johnny Gomes dunks water on Brandon Hicks. host the New York Yan- kees in a four-game series having won 10 of 12 — with a remarkable four walkoff wins in their last seven home games after getting three total all of last year. ''The way we're playing, if we'd lost both of these games it would have been demoralizing,'' manag- er Bob Melvin said. Josh Hamilton went 1 for 4 and kept his aver- age right at .300 for the second straight day. He hasn't fallen below that mark this year. lasted five innings in his comeback from the dis- Starter Colby Lewis See ATHLETICS, page 2B Red Bluff's Stephen Jensen pitched five innings, gave up one hit and earned eight strike- outs in a winning perfor- mance. Trey Samons continued his postseason hot streak after going 3-5 and scor- ing two runs. Cole MacLachlan went 3-4 with an RBI. Gerald Baker went 2-4 with two RBIs. Austin Brownfield went 2-5 with a double and two RBIs. Chuy Ramirez went 2-4 with an RBI. Robby Lasby went 1-4 with two RBIs. Journeyman Antawn Jamison to sign with Lakers for veteran minimum NBA LOS ANGELES (AP) — Antawn Jamison is joining up with Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to chase a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. Jamison will sign a one-year deal with the Lakers, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Lakers hadn't announced the move. The 36-year-old forward will sign for the veteran's minimum salary, bolstering the Lakers' bench with scoring and veteran leadership while pursuing the first champi- onship ring in a career largely spent as the best player on bad teams. He won't have that problem with the Lakers, who will have Bryant and newcomer Nash in their back- court flanked by two elite 7-footers — although their identities will depend on whether their apparent efforts to land Dwight Howard are successful. Jamison also will be reunited with coach Mike Brown, who was in charge of the Cavaliers when Jamison was traded to Cleve- land during the 2009-10 season. Jamison had several suitors for his services, including his home- town Charlotte Bobcats, the Brook- lyn Nets and the Golden State War- riors, his employer for his first five NBA seasons. For a player who has never advanced past the conference finals in 14 NBA seasons, the Lak- ers' chance to contend apparently was too enticing to Jamison. The Lakers are the fifth NBA team for Jamison, who averaged 17.2 points for an awful Cavs team last season despite shooting a career-low 40.3 percent. He is aver- See LAKERS, page 2B