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ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff Lady Spartans wrapped up the regular season Thursday night against the league-leading Pleasant Valley Vikings and fell 69-36 in a physical game. The Vikings dominated the first period, taking a 14-3 lead by the buzzer, but Kylee Kitch- ell and Maggie Winning found the net in the second to keep the deficit at 11 by the half, 25- 14. The Spartans pulled within 10 in the third but that's as close as they would get, with the Vikings leading 44-26 af- ter three and going on a late 11-0 run for the win. The Spartans were playing BASKETBALL LadySpartansfinish regularseasoninloss LadyCardinalstakehomevictoryoverOroville,Castlescores20points PHOTOSBYCHIPTHOMPSON—DAILYNEWS Red Bluff's Carissa Twitchell puts up a shot Thursday night against Pleasant Valley. Red Bluff's Maggie Winning puts up a shot Thursday night against Pleasant Valley. Red Bluff's Carissa Twitchell puts up a shot Thursday night against Pleasant Valley. Online: For more on local prep basketball games in Tehama County, visit REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM. Staff Report CORNING The No. 2 seed Corning Lady Cardinals soccer team shut out the Anderson Cubs 6-0 Thurs- day at home in the first round of the Northern Section CIF Division 2 playoffs and advance to host the No. 3 Orland Trojans on Tuesday. Corning's goals came, three in each half, from Megan Ross, who also had an assist, Stephanie Za- gal, freshman Naleli Lara, Tiffany Gaytan and Nicole Curiel. The Cubs only had one shot on goal and Cardinals goalkeeper Anna Reynolds gets the shutout win with one save. The Cardinals (8-6-3 overall, 4-1-2 league) will host the Or- land Trojans (10-4-2 overall, 5-1-2 league) at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will play for the champi- onship at noon Saturday, Feb. 25. The No. 3 seed Corning Car- dinals boys team is scheduled to host the No. 6 Sutter Huskies at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday to open the playoffs. WestValley1, Lady Spartans 0 REDDING The No. 5 seed Red Bluff Lady Spartans were edged out in the first round of the play- offs by the No. 4 seed West Val- SOCCER Corninggirls advance while Red Bluff boys, girls teams fall By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter CORNING In a game that was postponed due to Sunday's evacu- ation of Oroville, the Corning Car- dinals hosted the Oroville Tigers on Thursday night and handed them a 61-45 loss to remain un- defeated at 25-0. The Cardinals went up early, finishing the first quarter up 18-9. The second and third were closer but the Cards stretched the lead in the final period for the com- fortable win. Noah Zoppi had a big night, with 29 points, two rebounds and three assists; Corey Busta had eight points, six rebounds and three assists; Austin Mishoe had six points, five rebounds and two assists; Tucker Berens had six points and four rebounds; Daniel Vazquez had four points and five rebounds and Marc Lengtat and Brendan Hoag had three points each. The Cardinals were scheduled to close out the season at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Paradise. Coverage of that game is posted at redbluff- dailynews.com. Pleasant Valley 71, Spartans 56 CHICO The Spartans boys lost Thursday night to the Pleasant Valley Vikings 71-56 to finish the regular season. The Spartans jumped out to an early lead, 21-14 by the end of the first period, but were held to just five points in the second quarter while the Vikings racked up 15 to go into the half up 29-26. A big third period for the Vikings put them up 52-39 and a late rally from the Spartans wasn't enough. Payton Edwards led the Spar- tans with 18 points, all from be- yond the arc, Derek Gordon had 17, including five 3-pointers, Brayden Hutchins had eight, Eric Spencer had seven, Tye Clement had four and D.J. Robinson had two. The Spartans finish at the bot- tom of the Eastern Athletic-Sac- ramento River League standings at 1-9 in league play. The Vikings finish at 10-0 in league play. BASKETBALL Cardinals now 25-0, defeating Oroville Spartans close season with road loss to PV By Cam Inman Bay Area News Group SANTA CLARA Kyle Shanah- an's coaching staff is nearly complete, and soon his full attention can turn to identi- fying the players those assis- tants will instruct, most nota- bly at quarterback. Shanahan revealed Friday he is not looking for a stop- gap QB. "When you make a decision on a quarterback, you don't want that to just be a short- term fix," Shanahan said on KNBR 680-AM. "You want to make a commitment to some- body. "In order to do that, you bet- ter make sure you're on the same page with everyone else, and you put the time in (and) you talk to people who've been with these guys." Shanahan said he's been staying late at work to watch film not just by himself but with general manager John Lynch and fellow personnel staff Adam Peters and Martin Mayhew. "In order to feel good about a quarterback, I need to spend a lot of time on them," Shana- han said. "It's not always the first time you watch them. You might come back the next day, see the same stuff and feel a lit- tle different. … It's too impor- tant a decision to just make an impulsive move." Shanahan, introduced last NFL 49ers' Shanahan seeking long-term QB With new defensive coordinator, they look for 'violent' defenders KARL MONDON — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP FILE San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan says he's not looking for a short-term fix at quarterback, and has texted Colin Kaepernick. By Jose M. Romero The Associated Press MESA, ARIZ. The day in early October when Chip Hale lost his job as manager of the Ari- zona Diamondbacks, he called his good friend Bob Melvin. Just to talk. The two go back many years in baseball — Hale was Mel- vin's third base coach in Arizona from 2007-09 and bench coach in Oakland from 2012-14 — and Hale considers Melvin his base- ball coaching mentor. Not long after that conversa- tion, a spot on the Oakland Ath- letics' coaching staff opened up with the departure of Ron Wash- ington to Atlanta. Hale had other offers but accepted Mel- vin's to become the A's third base coach. He's now hard at work in spring training work- ing with infielders. "Decided this was the best spot for me this year. The his- tory I had here, and the history with Bob ... I felt really com- fortable here," Hale said. "He's the one that brought me to the big leagues with the Diamond- backs. There's no doubt that the relationship is important. When you go through something like I went through at the end of the year, you know this is important to have a lot of stability when you go somewhere else." Hale wasn't totally shocked at his firing. After going 79-83 in his first season, expectations were higher in Arizona, espe- cially when the Diamondbacks signed ace Zack Greinke as a free agent and acquired Shelby BASEBALL Ex-D'backs manager Hale at home with A's SOCCER PAGE 2 GIRLS PAGE 2 HALE PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, February 18, 2017 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1