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SpecialtotheDN MT.SHASTA Despitepoorvisi- bility and wet, heavy snow, the six schools of CNISSF North 1 forged on to complete the sea- son's last slalom races for the year Monday at Mt. Shasta Ski Park. Slalom is typically a high ca- sualty event with racers hooking gates, loosing skis and missing gates. Monday was the exception as there were no disqualifica- tions, likely due to the necessity for racers to complete their di- vision slalom season with their best efforts and no room for a disqualification. Last week's winner for the boys skiing, Red Bluff's Connor Sousa, repeated Monday with a 10-second margin over the field of racers. Shasta's Paul Press- man snatched a second place ahead of Mt. Shasta's Mitch- ell Savarese. Red Bluff's Devon Treat took fourth and Ross Win- ters from Mt. Shasta was fifth. The girls skiers started the day with the Mt. Shasta Lady Bears capturing a 5-place sweep and 6 of the top 10 finishers. Carter Chase was once again the fastest lady on the mountain, but Zoe Malee was in swift pur- suit in second, Sydney Hillary had her best finish of the year in third and Bella and Wrenna Williams rounded out the fourth and fifth places. As the day shifted to Dual Sla- lom Snowboard, the girls faced off against each other, the clock and a pause in the storm. Shas- ta's Sage Will came down in dominant form easily beating the other racers by an 8-second margin. Tate Harkness from Mt. Shasta followed in second, just ahead of Jacquelyn Hardy from Enterprise. Emilia Crock- ett from Mt. Shasta and Maken- ALPINE SOUSATAKESFIRST, TREAT NABS FOURTH Miller is sixth in girls snowboarding RedBluff'sEllieMiller,le ,competesagainstEmeliaCrockettof Mount Shasta on Monday at Mt. Shasta Ski Park. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY BRUCE LUTZ Red Bluff's Devon Treat competes Monday at Mt. Shasta Ski Park. By Dan Gelston The Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. Jimmie Johnson might have had an easier time had his 6-year-old daughter asked for help with a school art project. Genevieve Johnson instead left dad briefly bewildered with a messier ques- tion: What does famous mean? "At school, the kids are asking her, saying, 'Your dad's famous,"' Johnson said. "How do you an- swer that question?" Let's try. Does your dad dress in a Lowe's fire suit, slide into the No. 48 Chevrolet and race on na- tional television every weekend? Does your dad have more than 2.3 million Twitter followers, is he besieged by autograph seek- ers and asked to voice cartoons on the Disney Channel? Yes, Genevieve, your father is famous. But the more contempla- tive question is this: Is John- son the greatest to ever drive a stock car? That answer is up for debate, though arguments for other contenders thin as Johnson continues to add to his championship collection. Seven of 'em, if you've lost count. AneighthwouldpushJohnson pastDaleEarnhardtandRichard Petty for most ever, leaving him alone as NASCAR's greatest. Outside his motorhome, John- son scratched his beard, tinged with a touch of grey, as he con- sidered what an eighth title would mean. Johnson had re- treated to Aspen, Colorado, over the winter, where the snow and ski-filled days made him want to grow his beard to roughly ZZ Top length. The King has his feathered cowboy hat. Maybe a wavy beard could become John- son's distinguishable feature. NASCAR An eighth title could stamp Johnson as greatest Staff report CORNING The Corning Cardinals boys soccer team shutout the Sut- ter Huskies Tuesday afternoon 3-0 to advance to the semi-final game Thursday. The No. 3 Cardinals will host the No. 8 Lassen Grizzlies, who upset the No. 2 Gridley Bulldogs in Gridley Tuesday afternoon 3-2 in overtime. The semi-final game with Las- sen is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Thursday in Corning. If the Car- dinals win, they would advance to Saturday's championship game. As of 5:30 p.m. Tuesday no in- dividual stats were posted for the game. LadyCardinals1,Orland2 After trouncing the Anderson Cubs 6-0 Thursday, the Corning Lady Cardinals ended their play- off run in the semi-final game Tuesday afternoon, taking a 2-1 loss to the Orland Trojans. The Cardinals end the season 8-7-3 overall. Red Bluff The Spartans and Lady Spar- tans both lost in the opening round Thursday, the Spartans at home to West Valley, 5-0, and the Lady Spartans on the road against the West Valley Eagles, 1-0. SOCCER Co rn in g bo ys advance to semifinals on Thursday Girls fall in second round By Andrew Baggarly Bay Area News Group SCOTTSDALE,ARIZ. HunterPence was nursing a sore muscle in his side and hadn't taken batting practice on the field this spring until Tuesday, when he stepped in to face Madison Bumgarner. Pence being Pence, he wasn't shy about swinging the bat. He considered it a victory to foul off a couple pitches. As Pence told Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens, "The in- tent of my bat path felt danger- ous." Bumgarner looked and felt like Bumgarner. He grunted with ef- fort upon letting go of pitches, and after Denard Span whistled a single against him, the big left- hander came back with a slider. Span swung through it, and Bumgarner seized the opportu- nity to tease him: "Man, I told you what was coming." Bumgarner said he expected to start Friday's Cactus League opener but Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he and pitching coach Dave Righetti were still plotting out everyone's innings. GIANTS TRAINING CAMP Bumgarner, Melancon face hitters in preparation CONTRIBUTED Pictured, back row from le , are Sarah Reineman, Kayla Wolfe, Logan Wheeler, Carissa Twitchell, Sophie Wood, Aurora Carnes and coach Kim Wheeler; front, from le , are Kate Walton, Teagan Freeman, Kylee Kitchell and Charlie Carman. Staff report The Shasta Creations Vol- leyball Team was in Livermore over the Presidents Day week- end, where it won the NCVA Presidents Day Tournament. The team went in at the 9th seed and was undefeated in matches all three days, only losing one game, in the finals, the entire time. On Saturday the team beat No. 25 Lady Sharx 25-7, 25-10; No. 23 Dig It VBC 25-21, 25- 15 and No. 7 Aspire Black 25- 15, 25-10 to take over 7th seed. On Sunday the team beat No. 13 PRVA Tsunami 25-13, 25-15; No. 11 AAVC 25-16, 25- 18 and No. 1 Main Beach 25- 16, 25-17 to take over the No. 1 seed. In Monday's action, the Shasta Creations beat No. 24 Navy 25-20, 25,11 in the cross- over match. In the quarterfi- nals they beat No. 8 Diamonds 25-15, 25-14. In the semi-finals, they beat No. 4 Chico Matrix 25-19, 25- 12 and in the finals beat No. 3 Rogue Valley 25-18-7, 25-27, 15-8. All teams were from Bay Area except Chico and Rogue Valley, out of Medford, Oregon. The kids played great and really stepped it up when needed," said coach Kim Wheeler. "We are very proud of our team and what they ac- complished this weekend." Shasta Creations players include Sarah Reineman, Lo- gan Wheeler, Carissa Twitch- ell, Aurora Carnes and Kylee Kitchell from Red Bluff; Mariah Castle of Corning; So- phie Wood, Kate Walton and Teagan Freeman from Shasta; Kayla Wolfe from Foothill and Charlie Carman of West Val- ley. Wheeler is the coach and Mike Haworth is the club di- rector and coach. VOLLEYBALL ShastaCreationsdominates Team takes NCVA Presidents Day Tournament in Livermore ALPINE PAGE 2 NASCAR PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS ยป redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, February 22, 2017 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1