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ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter OROVILLE The Corning Cardi- nals boys basketball team contin- ued its winning ways with a 64- 50 win over the Oroville Tigers on the road Tuesday night. The teams played even in the first half, the Tigers taking a one-point lead into halftime at 32-31. Second-half adjustments paid off and the Cardinals put up 19 points in the third quar- ter, while holding the Tigers to just eight, and then held on for the win. Corey Busta led the Cardinals with 14 points and nine rebounds, Brendan Hoag had 13 points and six rebounds and Noah Zoppi had a double-double with 12 points and 16 boards. Marco Tapia had nine points and six rebounds, Austin Mishoe had eight points and Tyler Grine had six points and three re- bounds. The Cardinals stayed per- fect with the win at 17-0 over- all and 2-0 in league play as they prepare to host the Par- adise Bobcats (7-9 overall, 1-1 league) at 8 p.m. Friday for homecoming. LadyCardinals48, Oroville 29 CORNING The Corning Lady Car- dinals opened up strong against the Oroville Tigers on Tuesday and took a 24-16 lead into half. Holding their lead in the third, Corning had a big final period en route to a lopsided win, 48-29, at home. Kirstie Barr was named player of the game with nine points, all from 3-point range, and five re- bounds. Mariah Castle led the Cardinals with 15 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double, Morgan Ma- son had 10 points and three re- bounds, freshman Jackie Caputo and sophomore Kara Beckwith each had five points, Beckwith and Makay Haynes each had six rebounds and Elter Bright had four points. The Lady Cardinals go to 9-9 on the season, 1-1 in league play, and will host the Paradise Bob- cats (2-13 overall, 0-1 league) at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Enterprise 40, Spartans 39 REDDING Despite a strong start, the Red Bluff Spartans were edged out on the road Tuesday by the Enterprise Hornets 40- 39. The Spartans jumped to an early lead and finished the opening period up 18-8. The Hornets chipped away at the margin and went into the half down 28-22 before shutting down the Spartans offense in the third period, holding them to just two points, to pull within one. After a relatively even final period the Hornets came away with the win. Eric Spencer led the Spartans with 12 points, all from beyond the arc, Payton Edwards had nine points, Brayden Hutchins had six, Derek Gorden had five, Evan Tanner had two and Jarron Barrow and Dawson Voth each had two. The Spartans (8-8 overall, 1-1 league) will travel to Palo Cedro on Thursday for a 7:30 tipoff at the Foothill Cougars (11-5 overall, 2-0 league). BASKETBALL Cardsboys,girlsbeatOroville Spartansedgedby Enterprise, while Lady Spartans fall at home By Andrew Baggarly Bay Area News Group Neither Tim Raines nor Jeff Bag- well was the most transcendent player of his era. Raines, widely viewed as the sec- ond greatest leadoff hitter in mod- ern history, was obscured by both time — his career mostly overlapped with the brilliant Rickey Henderson — and place, as he starred on Mon- treal's remote artificial turf. Bagwell, a crouching menace in the batter's box with the Houston Astros, posted on-base and slugging percentages that rank among base- ball's elite, though he feasted in a beefed-up era when rampant ste- roid use took a funhouse mirror to the statistics. But after enough time and con- sideration, Raines and Bagwell floated to the top of a Hall of Fame ballot that remained packed with more accomplished names. They re- ceived the requisite 75 percent from voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, in results announced on Wednesday. So did Ivan Rodriguez, a 13- time Gold Glove winner and base- ball's all-time leader in games caught, who joined Johnny Bench as the only catchers in history to be elected on the first ballot. Raines, Bagwell and Rodriguez will be inducted in a July ceremony July 30 in Cooperstown, N.Y., along- side two selections from the Today's Game Committee: former Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and longtime executive John Schuerholz, the architect of World Series teams in Kansas City and At- lanta. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, the game's only seven-time Most Valuable Player and seven-time Cy Young Award winner, received ma- jor gains after years of languishing BASEBALL HALL OF FAME RAINES,BAGWELL, 'PUDGE' ELECTED IN Bonds, Clemens continue to gain support from baseball writers, both above 50 percent in voting DARRENHAUCK—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE The Houston Astros' Jeff Bagwell hits a home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in an April 20, 2003game in Milwaukee. Bagwell was voted into baseball's Hall of Fame. ERIC GAY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Lontime Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez, le , outfielder Tim Raines, right, were joined by Jeff Bagwell as voted into baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Staff Report RED BLUFF The American Le- gion Post 167 Bulls will be hold- ing sign-ups for the summer 2017 baseball season from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday. Any baseball player from throughout Tehama County be- tween the ages of 13-17 is invited to participate. The sign-ups will be at the Red Bluff Veterans Hall on Oak Street. The Bulls are planning to field at least two teams. Bulls teams play a variety of games and tour- naments throughout the north state from late May through July against the finest Ameri- can Legion and traveling base- ball teams. A $25 deposit is required to sign up and try out. The fee is refundable if a player does not qualify for one of the teams. Tryouts are set for noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the Red Bluff High School baseball field. For more information, call MarkChrastaat524-2058orwrite to rbbullspost167@gmail.com. AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Red Bluff Bulls sign-ups set for this Sunday By John Nicholson The Associated Press LA QUINTA Phil Mickelson is set to play in the CareerBuilder Chal- lenge, returning from two sports hernia surgeries a week earlier than he originally expected. "I feel good and I want to play," Mickelson said Wednesday in a statement. "I don't know where my game is, but I figure the only way to find out is to play." He'll face an unusual wet and chilly start in the desert, with rain expected overnight and Thursday morning and then again Friday. The forecast high for Thursday was 62 degrees, dipping to 59 on Friday. The 46-year-old Mickelson had surgery Oct. 19 — three days af- ter tying for eighth in the sea- son-opening Safeway Open — and again Dec. 12. He has been hitting balls for a week and played a prac- tice round Wednesday. In his first year as the tour- nament ambassador, Mickel- son stuck to his normal routine of playing and practicing at The Madison Club instead of one of the three tournament courses. He wasn't available for comment be- yond his short statement. The Hall of Famer was sched- uled to open Thursday morning at La Quinta Country Club, then head to PGA West to play the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course on Friday, the Stadium Course on Saturday and, if he makes the cut, the final round Sunday. Mickelson won the 2002 and 2004 events and tied for third last year. Winless since the 2013 Brit- ish Open, the 42-time PGA Tour winner plans to play the Farm- ers Insurance Open next week in his hometown of San Diego and the Waste Management Phoenix Open the following week. Jason Dufner won last year, beating David Lingmerth with a par on the second hole of a playoff. "Possibly going to have some weather issues this week, which will make it a little bit more chal- lenging," Dufner said. "But just excited to be back, excited to be back playing again. Took some time off at the end of the year, so played a couple weeks in Hawaii." Patrick Reed is the top-ranked player in the field at No. 9. He won the 2014 tournament. "I never played here when it rained before; it's always sunny and beautiful and perfect," Reed said. "The golf courses aren't that long, by the numbers, but if it starts getting cold, now the ball's not traveling. If it gets wet, ball's not going to travel, either. Then also, if it's raining while you're playing, not having that friction on the golf club, the ball's not go- ing to go as far as well. So, it's just going to make it a lot longer." In 2014, he shot 63-63-63-71 to break the PGA Tour record for re- lation to par for the first 54 holes at 27 under and become the first player in tour history to open with three rounds of 63 or bet- ter. Two other PGA West courses were used that year in the pro- am event. 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