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Staff Reports Redding » The Corning Cardinals had a strong performance over the weekend at the Northern Section Masters Wrestling Championships. Corning placed fifth in the team standings, as seven Cardinals took podium finishes, including fresh - man heavyweight Gavin Nye who is moving on to the State Cham- pionships after taking third place. Sutter won the team competi- tion with 257.5 points. Chico fin- ished in second with 220 points, fol- lowed by Orland (131.5), Paradise (124.5) and Corning (108). Red Bluff finished 22nd with 19 points, led by Christian Shaffer's fourth place finish at 195 pounds. Los Molinos was 31st. The Bull - dogs lone wrestler, Gage Wabs fin- ished with a 1-2 record at 126 pounds. The Masters tournament caps the Northern Section's wrestling season with 16 wrestlers qualifying in each of 14 different weight classes. Medals are awarded to the top six finishers in each weight class. The top three qualify for the State Championships in Bakersfield. That's where Nye is headed after finishing the 2-day Masters tour - nament with a 5-2 record. Nye lost to eventual section cham- pion Matt Hopkins, from Chico, in the semifinals. He had to win two loser's bracket matches to make it to Bakersfield, finishing with a 12-5 win over Sutter's Tyler Luna. Nye has a first round bye at the State Championships. He'll face the winner of Edison's Kevin Vance against Overfelt's Tommy Saetern. A huge roadblock could be wait - ing in the next match as Roos- evelt's Nour Abdullatif, ranked 2nd in the state by The California Wrestler likely awaits. Josh Shults and Tony Carrillo were each a match away from join - ing Nye. Shults lost the 138-pound third place match 8-2 to Sutter's Mat- thew Minton. Chico's David Leyva beat Car- rillo 7-5 at 145 pounds. Red Bluff's Shaffer lost his third place match to Sutter's Michael Thompson 3-0. Four more Cardinals placed at the Masters. Alex DeJesus was fifth at 113 pounds, Anthony Peter was fifth at 220 pounds and Devon Hiller (12) and Aiden Nye (160) each finished in sixth place. WRestling Corning places 5th at Masters Freshman Gavin Nye moves on to state final Online: View the full NSCIF Masters brackets, HTTP://TINYURL.COM/MY7N7MA. Staff Reports Mercy's Marissa Starman sank a free throw with 3.8 seconds left in overtime Friday night to send the Lady Warriors into the Northern Section's Division 6 girls basket - ball semifinals. Redding Christian gave host Mercy everything it had in a quar- terfinal that pitted two Five Star League rivals. The sixth-seeded Lady Lions trailed by seven points entering the fourth quarter, but outscored Mercy 22-15 in the final frame to force overtime. Mercy, the No. 3 seed, survived for a trip Tuesday to play second- seeded Paradise Adventist Acad - emy. The game will be at 6:30 p.m. at Paradise High School. "Sometimes you have to have some luck on your side," Mercy coach Steve Shellabarger said. "Tonight was one of those nights." Jessica Curl had a usual double- double, racking up 22 points and 20 rebounds. Starman added a similar per - formance with 17 points and 14 re- bounds. But it was Maddie Flynn's 14-point performance, which Shel- labarger said was the bacon saver. Cheyanne Johnson added seven points and Michelle Jaramillo had six for the Lady Warriors. Division III Boys shasta 61, Red Bluff 47 » The Spartans' season came to an end Friday night in Redding. The fifth-seeded Spartans got off to a 14-11 first quarter lead, but couldn't hold on against No. 4 Shasta in the first round of the NSCIF playoffs. Red Bluff finished its season 13-13. Shasta will face top-seeded Foothill in the semifinals Wednes - day. Enterprise travels to Oroville on the other side of the bracket. Division VI Boys ChesteR 80, MeRCy 62 » The War- riors just couldn't handle Chester big-man Wyatt Durkin on Friday night as the top-seeded Volcanoes cruised to a 80-62 win in the D-VI quarterfinals. Durkin had 26 of his game-high 30 points in the first half. Tommy Garcia wrapped up his varsity career with an 11-point, 11-rebound performance. Reid Gardner had 12 points and Teddy Ranbery had 15 to lead Mercy. Adil Syed added eight points, Brandon Gorden six, Alex Espin - sosa three and Elijah Gash two points. BasketBall Wide receiver Anquan Boldin signs a two-year deal to avoid free agency. Colin Kaeper- nick's top option led the team in receptions last season. nfl Boldin signs two-year contract with 49ers FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 D3: Red Bluff at Shasta D4: Central Valley at Corning D6: Mercy at Paradise AA BasketBall playoffs Girls semifinals 7 p.m. today Corning opens up the spring season with baseball and soball teams traveling to Hamilton at 3:30 p.m. spRing spoRts Baseball and soball seasons get under way By andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @TehamaSports on Twitter CoRning » The Corning High girls basketball team, with the help of a third-quarter surge, rolled past the visiting Winters Warriors, 49-40, in a Northern Section CIF Division IV quarterfinal game Friday night. The No. 2 Cardinals (20-7), buoyed by a strong performance from Rachel Silva, who scored 10 points on the night, effectively held the No. 7 Warriors (15-11) at bay with a 12-0 run to start the third period. Going into halftime, the squads were a point apart, with the Cards leading 24-23. But a second-half commitment to the defensive end, coupled with a strong night of shooting from Silva, Kaylee Shoe - maker and Gates Fears, proved too much to handle for the Warriors. After jumping to a 15-9 lead in the first quarter, the Warriors battled back as Jaqueline Plasen - cia scored seven of her 14 points in the second quarter to bring Win- ters within one point of Corning at the half. The Cards, however, held the Warriors to two points in the third period, and outscored Winters 25- 17 in the second half to advance to the semifinal round. "We wanted to pick up the in - tensity level on defense and take charge from the third quarter on," Corning coach Curt Eller said. "That big run got us that separa - tion and we kind of coasted from there." Shoemaker finished the night with eight points, Fears tallied nine points, Bailey Jennings scored five points, Emerie Eller dropped five points, Whitney Armstrong scored five points, Baylie Fryar notched three points, Grace Mora had two points and Avree Mulliner scored two points. The Cards, who run on offense BasketBall CARDINALS FLYING HIGH INTO SEMIS Boys and girls win quarterfinal games Corning High's Rachel Silva drives to the basket against Winters during a Northern Section CIF quarterfinal basketball game Friday night at Corning High School. PHotoS By ANdRe ByIK — dAIly NeWS Corning High's Michael Shoemaker attempts a shot against visiting lassen in a Northern Section CIF quarterfinal game Friday night. CARDINALS 49, WARRIORS 40 Up next: the Corning High girls will host No. 11 Central Valley at 7 p.m. tuesday. CARDINALS 58, GRIZZLIES 35 Up next: the defending division IV section champion Cardinals are scheduled to host No. 5 West Valley at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the semifinals. THE SCORE "that big run got us that separation and we kind of coasted from there." – Curt Eller, Corning coach tim lincecum dusts off his fastball in 2014 debut. the Cy young Award winner gave up a hit, walked one and struck out one in two innings. spRing tRaining Giants fall to Padres in Scottsdale Arizona 7-2 FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 Lady Warriors advance to semis MERCY 66, REDDING CHRISTIAN 65, 0T THE SCORE CaRdinals » page 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com tuesday, March 4, 2014 » MoRe At FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS ANd TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1