Sports

Feather River College’s Brandon Mackenzie keeps his horse steady as Grant Denny leaps off to tackle a steer during the West Coast Region’s last rodeo of the season. FRC took the region championship and will continue on to the national championship this June. Photo by Jack Upton

James Wilson

  The Feather River College rodeo team won the West Coast Region on April 27 at the final rodeo of its regular season in Las Vegas.

  The team’s hard work paid off this season with eight members set to go to the national competition June 9 in Casper, Wyo.

  The men’s team finished first with an accumulated total of 7,084.5 points for the season. The University of Nevada at Las Vegas came in second. more than 500 points behind FRC. Feather River’s women’s team finishing fourth in the region.

Jacob Burnsworth breathes a deep breath after finishing one of his races for the day at Quincy’s annual meet on the FRC field May 1. Photos by James Wilson

  The track and field at Feather River College was put to good use May 1 at Quincy High’s annual meet. Both Quincy’s and Portola’s teams have had to travel quite the distances to compete thus far this season. The meet in Quincy provided a much needed break from traveling for the teams.

  “Our home meet reminded me of a fun block party, but with stop watches instead of beer,” commented Quincy’s coach Dan Hanna light-heartedly.

  In addition to Quincy and Portola, Colusa, University Prep, Williams and Loyalton all showed up for the meet. The competition was fierce, but all athletes remained in good spirits.

Turtle size limit

    Question: Is there a size limit on the sale of turtles that are sold as pets?

—Robert Bruce

Antioch

    Answer: Yes, federal and state laws require that turtles must have a carapace length of at least 4 inches to be imported, sold or distributed (California Code of Regulations Title 17, section 2612.1). This restriction was brought into effect under the Public Health Services Act by the Food and Drug Administration in 1975 to address the problem of Salmonella infections in children. I have heard this size was determined to help prevent children from putting these small reptiles into their mouths. Prior to the ban there were an estimated 250,000 cases of turtle Salmonellosis in children and infants that were associated with pet turtles in the United States. For more information, go tohttp://bit.ly/cvRdAw.

Quincy High track team member Shelby Kingston (left) approaches a hurdle while Miranda Kelly (right) takes flight at the Burney Invitational on April 19. Kingston placed first in the 300-meter hurdles and Kelly took second at the Burney meet, as well as at a league meet on University Prep’s campus in Redding on April 24. Photo by Craig Harrington

James Wilson

  The Quincy High girls’ track team took first place at the Burney Spring Classic on April 19. The team went on to place third in a league meet at University Prep in Redding on April 24.

  Teammates Rachel Hanna, Miranda Kelly and Shelby Kingston led far above the other nine teams competing to take the gold at Burney. Combined, the girls accounted for a total of 75 points.

  Hanna placed first in the 200-meter competition with a time of 30.18 seconds. In the 100-meter hurdles, Kelly took the gold in 19.25 while Kingston placed third in 20.98.