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By Joseph Shufelberger jshufelberger@chicoer.com @JShufelberger on Twitter ChiCo » The final score hardly mat- tered. The bottom line was all about having fun with current friends and former foes. In that way, everyone succeeded Sunday at the 19th annual North - ern Section All-Star basketball games, but perhaps no one had as much fun as Liberty Christian High senior Joseph Lynch and Oro - ville's Derrek Gordon. Both surpassed the individual scoring record of 33 points with Lynch's 38 points, propelling the North to a second-half rally for a 115-111 victory Sunday night at Pleasant Valley High. Lynch had 28 points after half - time, fueling the North comeback and earning him the Mitchell Pad- ula Most Valuable Player award. Gordon, who won the halftime dunk contest by jumping over his 5-foot-5 girlfriend Taneya Jenkins, finished with 34 points, also sur- passing the 33 points that Wheat- land's David Wilson had in the 2009 game. The North also won the girls game 90-77 as the North's size up front was simply too much for the South. Lassen's Mikailia McClure- Bustamante had a game-high 15 points to take the Padula MVP award. Enterprise's Jordan Kim - brough had 14 points, and Mercy's Jessica Curl had 13. Pleasa nt Va lley 's McKena Barker and Willows' Ally Brun - ner each had 13 points to pace the South girls. The games, in their 19th year, pit the section's best seniors against one another in a contest using col - lege rules. And the games' goal is fun. That showed with Gordon dueling with Lynch and Foothill's Grant Smith in a tit-for-tat 3-point shooting con - test. Smith finished with eight 3s 19th annual northern SeCtion all-StarS LYNCH, GORDON HAVE MOST FUN, POINTS North boys rally for 115-111 win while North girls prevail 90-77 Nick Hoag of Corning goes up for a shot Sunday. FraNk rebelo — CHiCo eNterpriSe-reCord Michael Shoemaker of Corning plays for the North all-Stars as he goes up for a shot in the 19th annual Northern Section all-Star basketball Game at pleasant Valley High School on Sunday in Chico. Staff Report Cottonwood » Both Red Bluff's boys and girls track and field teams finished fourth Friday at the Eagle Classic Relays. The hosts West Valley won the girls event with 80.95 points. Chico was second at 55.96 edg - ing out Enterprise with 55.94 points. Red Bluff finished with 53.97 points. Nine teams competed. Kayla Thayer won the shot put with a mark of 35 feet, 0.5 inches and the discus with a mark of 103 feet, 6 inches. The Lady Spartans team of Daisy Brose, Kaylynn Gibson, Allison Winning and Adrienne Hinkston won the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:54.79. They also won the 100-100-200- 400 relay at 1:56.11. The same foursome was second in the 4x100 at 53.27 seconds. Mika LeVitt finished third in the discus with a mark of 91 feet, 3 inches. Boys Track eagle ClaSSiC relayS » Enter- prise won the boys competition with 85.94 points. The hosts West Valley were sec- ond with 74.95 points, followed by Shasta with 58.94 points. Red Bluff finished with 39.94 points. Ten schools competed. Jordan Johnson, Michael Stone, KJ Hinkston and Austin Torres were second in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:43.04. Hinkston, Daniel Koenig, Stone and Torres placed second in the 100-100-200-400 relay at 1:41.02. Koenig, Wyatt Garner, Hinkston and Torres were third in the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:36.86. Burt Williams Classic » Los Mo - linos placed 11th out of 13 schools Saturday at the Burt Williams Classic held by Central Valley in Shasta Lake. The hosts won the event with 117 points. University Prep was second with 105 points followed by Etna with 55 points. The Bulldogs earned five points. Jesus Olivera placed fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 22,1 seconds. Baseball Corning 5, orland 2 (Friday, game 1) » Joseph Aguirre drove in three RBIs and Corning won the first game of a doubleheader. Chance Nelson went 3-for-4 from the plate and Isaiah Jones doubled for Corning. Nelson picked up the win, going six innings and striking out four batters. Wyatt Haydon got the save. orland 3, Corning 2 (Friday, game 2) » Orland struck for two runs in the top of the sixth inning to win the nightcap. Evan McFadden drove in a run for Corning (2-6). red BluFF 3, weSt Valley (thurS- day) » The Spartans got in one game during the rain-soaked week beating West Valley 3-2 to open up Sac River League play. Eric Schreter and Kyle Martin each drove in runs for Red Bluff (6-2). Ryan Gamboa, Sam Hendricks and Walker Dodero each had two hits. Dodero picked up the win, pitch - ing four innings. Martin struck out four batters in three innings of work for the save. PreP rounduP Red Bluff track teams place 4th Kayla Thayer sweeps discus, shot put at West Valley in Eagle Classic Relays Friday kings 102, pelicans 97 Up next: the kings take on the lakers at home in Sacramento on april 2 at 7 p.m. THE SCORE By Brett martel The Associated Press new orleanS » DeMarcus Cousins had 35 points and 14 rebounds, and the Sacramento Kings snapped a three-game skid with a 102-97 vic - tory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. Ray McCallum, starting because of Isaiah Thomas' right thigh in - jury, scored 22 points. Rudy Gay also scored 22, including a momen- tum-swinging 3-pointer after the Pelicans had pulled within a point in the fourth quarter. Reggie Evans grabbed 12 re - bounds before his ejection for an elbow to Anthony Davis' face on a collision that occurred as Evans went up for a close-range shot. Davis, returning from left an - kle injury that forced him to miss a start on Saturday, had 22 points. Anthony Morrow scored 23 points and Tyreke Evans 15 for the Pelicans, who have dropped two straight on the heels of their season-high, five-game winning streak. Sacramento used a 14-6 third- quarter run to lead by as many as 12 points. The surge started with Cousins saving the ball along the baseline and slinging a pass to McCallum, who in turn found Ben McLemore sneaking in behind the defense for an alley-oop dunk. There were two more dunks during the spurt, one by Cous - ins right after Alexis Ajinca had missed a tomahawk jam attempt on the other end. New Orleans maintained a sin - gle-digit lead for the rest of the quarter, going into halftime ahead 55-53. nBa Cousins, Kings flap past Pelicans With so many players out for games at a time due to a mul- titude of injuries, the Golden State Warriors' playoff berth may be threatened. nBa The Warriors trudge on despite team injuries FUll sTORY On page B2 Mercy hosts los Molinos at 1 p.m. today in the soball version of the little tehama Shootout. red bluff travels to enterprise for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. SoFtBall Los Molinos soball travels to Mercy red bluff is scheduled to host the Hornets for a 4 and 7 p.m. baseball doubleheader today. at 3:30 p.m. the Spartans tennis team is at enterprise and Corning's tennis travels to Central Valley. PreP SChedule Spartans baseball hosts Enterprise in DH aer being freed from the los angeles angels, blan- ton makes his way back to oakland with a new contract, though he'll start in Sacra- mento in the minor leagues. BaSeBall A's pick up pitcher Blanton for Rivercats FUll sTORY On page B2 all-Star » Page 2 Gerald Herbert — tHe aSSoCiated preSS Sacramento kings center deMarcus Cousins drives to the basket against New orleans pelicans forward tyreke evans on Monday in New orleans. SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com tuesday, april 1, 2014 » More at FaceBOOk.cOM/RBDailYneWs aNd TWiTTeR.cOM/ReDBlUFFneWs B1