400 relay: El Diamante 50.3 Liberty 50.7 Lemoore 51.3 Tulare Union 51.5 Stockdale 52.2 Frontier 52.4 Golden West 52.4 Redwood 52.7 1,600 relay: El Diamante 4:09.0 Tulare Union 4:11.7 Liberty 4:13.0 Frontier 4:16.1 Exeter 4:20.4 Golden West 4:23.3 Redwood 4:28.4 Stockdale 4:37.8

BASEBALL
Matt Millar hit a home run and finished with three RBIs as Buchanan gave Clovis West star J.D. Salles his second consecutive loss in the Bears’ 8-4 victory against the Golden Eagles.

400: Isiah Purvis, Ridgeview, 49.8; Marty Affentranger, Liberty, 50.2; Stephon Johnson, Buchanan, 50.76; Johnny Walker, El Diamante, 50.89; Donnell Love, Edison, 51.3. 800: Jonathan Sanchez, Buchanan, 1:56.52; Ben Fox, Sanger, 1:56.69; Steven Burke, Stockdale, 1:59.1; Chris Schwartz, Foothill, 2:00.16; Cole Younger, Mt. Whitney, 2:00.23.

It didn’t have to be this way. Maybe a Dutch white knight could have rescued County Bank.More information about County Bank’s demise continues to be revealed, including that the community banking arm of Dutch giant Rabobank was one of at least two other institutions interested in taking it over.Instead, Westamerica was the winner, taking over County Bank in early February.

A solo motorcyclist was killed in a crash west of Coarsegold one day before his 20th birthday, the California Highway Patrol reported.The Madera County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Ben McQueen of Mariposa.The CHP said McQueen was riding west on Road 415 about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, just east of Bean Gulch Ranch Road.

The Fresno Bee’s November 2008 issue of Imagine Fresno magazine featured an article on Ken Curtis, the actor who played Festus on “Gunsmoke” for 10 1/2 years and who eventually retired to Clovis.