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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Monday���s results Tuesday February 26, 2013 SPRING TRAINING Chi. White Sox 9 Giants 9 Gillespie: 2-3, 2 2Bs, 2 RBI Scutaro: 2-3, RBI Cleveland 14 Athletics 10 Peterson: 3-3, HR, 2B, 2 RBI Choice: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI Today���s games GIRLS HOOPS Division 4 ��� Semifinal Corning Anderson 7 p.m. NBA Warriors CSNB Indiana 4 p.m. Kings CSNC Miami Gulliford wins Masters title Tucker Gulliford has been surprising the Northern Section all year ��� first in football, now in wrestling. The Red Bluff Spartan captured the 170-pound section title Saturday at the Masters Tournament in Redding. Gulliford came into the championships unseeded, but swept his way through his weight bracket featuring the Top 16 wrestlers in the Northern Section. Gulliford pinned Sutter���s Riley Vickner in 2:49 and beat Wheatland���s Kalan Hastey 13-4 to get off to a perfect 2-0 start on Friday. On Saturday Gulliford knocked off top seed Keefer Fulton from Paradise with a first round pin fall to earn a trip to the championship. There he scored a 10-4 decision over Orland���s Mitchell McClough. Next for Gulliford is a trip to the CIF State Championships in Bak- Tucker Gulliford California Wrestler. The winner of that match will face either Tanner Blank (Liberty), Mitchell January (Cathedral Catholic) or Alec Gamoba (Madera). Gulliford received somewhat of a favorable draw with the Top 4 ranked wrestlers in the state on the other side of the bracket. Gulliford provided Red Bluff with 22 of its 44 points at the Masters. Kyle Case finished 2-2 at the tournament and got on the podium at 152 pounds in 5th place. Kyle Crisel also went 2-2, but missed out on the podium at 160 pounds. Miguel Blanchard (113), Dalton Gutierrez (120), Cody Clinger (182) and Ben Ziegler (220) each won one match. Only two Corning wrestlers won matches. Josh Shults led the way with a 4- 2 record to finish 5th at 126 pounds. Devon Hiller finished 1-2 at 106 points as the Cardinals finished with 11 points. Chico was the team champion, finishing with 219.5 points. Sutter was second with 182.5 points followed by Orland with 163.5. Rounding out the Top 10 were Paradise (122.5), Durham (99), Foothill (93.5), Pleasant Valley (88), Chester (71.5), Shasta (69.5) and West Valley (69). The other section champions were Morgan Sauseda, Chico (106); Matt Smull, Shasta (113); Jaxon Fitzgerald, Foothill (120); Wyatt Wyckoff, Paradise (126); Michael Ripley, Oroville (132); Markham Odell, Paradise (138); Matt Boles, Durham (145); John Leal, Chester (152); Cordero Rios, Chico (160); Sam Miller, Chico (182); Hayden Kaae, Etna (195); Victor Raigoza, Orland (220) and Jacob Candelaria, Willows (185). 4:30 p.m. NHL Colorado Sharks CSNC ersfield Friday and Saturday. Gulliford drew a first round bye, but faces Chino Hills��� Garrick Gurney in the second round. Gurney is ranked 16th in the state at 170 by the Another heartbreaker 7:30 p.m. SPRING TRAINING Giants L.A. Dodgers 12:05 p.m. Athletics Arizona (ss) 12:10 p.m. On the tube MEN���S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ��� 4 p.m., CSNC ��� Towson at George Mason ��� 4 p.m., ESPN ��� Indiana at Minnesota ��� 4 p.m., ESPN2 ��� Memphis at Xavier ��� 6 p.m., ESPN ��� Florida at Tennessee MLB ��� 10 a.m., MLB ��� Spring Training, N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia ��� 1 p.m., MLB ��� Spring Training, Arizona at L.A. Angels NBA ��� 4 p.m., CSNB ��� Golden State at Indiana ��� 4:30 p.m., CSNC ��� Sacramento at Miami ��� 5 p.m., NBATV ��� Cleveland at Chicago NHL ��� 4:30 p.m., NBCSN ��� Boston at N.Y. Islanders ��� 7:30 p.m., CSNC ��� Colorado at San Jose SOCCER ��� 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER ��� FA Cup 5th Round Replay, Oldham at Everton ��� 3 p.m., FOX SOCCER ��� CONCACAF Men���s U-20 Championship, Quarterfinal, TBA ��� 6 p.m., FOX SOCCER ��� CONCACAF Men���s U-20 Championship, Quarterfinal, Cuba vs. Costa Rica Clowe suspended 2 games NEW YORK (AP) ��� San Jose Sharks forward Ryan Clowe has been suspended two games without pay by the NHL for instigating a fight late in Friday night���s 2-1 loss to Chicago. The suspension was announced Monday by the league���s Department of Player Safety. Clowe was assessed a minor penalty for roughing and a game misconduct for leaving the bench on an illegal line change to start a fight with Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw with 8.4 seconds left in regulation ��� an infraction that calls for a 10game suspension. But upon further review the line change was deemed legal. Clowe then skated directly at Shaw, who was not engaged with any other player, grabbed him and wrestled him to the ice. Clowe, who will forfeit $39,189, missed San Jose���s 3-1 loss to Dallas on Saturday and will also sit out Tuesday���s game against Colorado. He is eligible to return Thursday against Detroit. Daily News photo by Andre Byik Corning sophomore Christian Loera strikes a ball during Saturday���s championship game in Chico. For 2nd straight year Corning falls in championship By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor CHICO ��� The fifth-seeded Corning Cardinals boys soccer team was mere minutes away from capturing a Northern Section Division I title Saturday. Up 1-0 on the third-seeded Chico Panthers in a gusty game, the Cardinals were mostly in control despite losing senior captain Diego Figueroa after he hurt his knee in the 13th minute. Figueroa led the section with 21 goals on the season, but wouldn't add to that total in the championship. Two minutes into stoppage time, a patient, almost to a fault, Chico squad got the equalizer it desperately needed off a header from junior midfielder Kee Lor that forced two periods of extra time. The Panthers' Ibrahim Ibrahim would ultimately seal Chico's 2-1 title win with a goal of his own three minutes into the first period of overtime. It was Chico (16-4) that stormed the pitch in jubilation, and Corning (19-4-2) that had sunken heads after the game. In that frantic stoppage time, bad fortune struck the Cards' other captain. Junior Mario Campos, whose free-kick goal from the top of Chico's box in the 35th minute sailed past the Panthers' wall and keeper into the top left corner of the net, went down with a rightankle injury. It hurt so bad, Corning coach Ascension Llamas said, medical personnel were called and ultimately loaded him into an ambulance as play continued just yards away. It was Corning's fifth section title appearance in as many years, but the first with such teams as Foothill, Pleasant Valley, Shasta, Chico and Enterprise in the playoff mix, which may have played into the Cards' seeding despite their 9-0-1 Northern Athletic League-winning record. Corning's playoff run had it traveling to Chico, where it beat No. 4 Pleasant Valley 2-0 in the quarterfinals, to Redding, where it beat No. 1 Shasta 3-0 in the semis and back to Chico. Getting back to the title game again means a lot, Llamas said. It means there's a good program that doesn't start with me, it starts with a lot of parents that coach their kids since they were like 4 or 5 (to) 15. Chico coach Ryan Flenner admitted he didn't want to draw Corning in the first round. When I first saw those rankings coming out, I knew Corning was a good team, Flenner said, adding, So where they got ranked was really not how I was going to rank them. I actually didn't want to pull them in the first round and I was happy that we got a ranking over PV and, you know, it showed. And so I knew that if we got to the finals it was going to be Corning and they were going to be a tough battle. And they were a tough battle. It was a great game. The Cards didn't view themselves as the playoff underdogs their seeding would suggest, said Umana, Corning's keeper, after the game. As for Chico, he said, Their will overpowered our will. --------Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports. Bumgarner, Scutaro solid as Giants tie ChiSox 9-9 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Madison Bumgarner is no fan of the twist, a minor flaw in his windup that eventually got worse before it started getting better. Bumgarner threw two scoreless innings in his first outing since the second game of the World Series, postseason hero Marco Scutaro had two hits and drove in a run and the San Francisco Giants played the Chicago White Sox to a 9-9 tie Monday. Paul Konerko had two hits for the White Sox, who played to a tie for the second straight day. Hector Santiago allowed three runs on five hits in his two innings. Bumgarner walked one, struck out one and allowed two hits in an outing he deemed the first step to continued adjustments. ������I didn���t plan it,������ Bumgarner said of his motion. ������I just started twisting around until I looked like Hideo Nomo.������ Giants catcher Buster Posey said it was never that bad, and it could lead to other positive adjustments. ������It looked like he was not twisting as much,������ said the reigning NL MVP. ������The goal with that is for consistency to both sides of the plate. I thought he looked good today. I���ve caught him when he���s had a good move to first. Maybe with less of a twist he might get that old move back. He���s pretty deceptive to runners when he���s right.������ Bumgarner noticed he was turning too much toward the end of last season and began to work on it then. By the time he made his World Series start, a twohitter over seven innings in a 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers, he was on the way to recovery. ������It helped being able to contribute,������ Bumgarner said. ������I knew I still had a lot of work to do. I just gradually got off. There were a few other small things I worked on and it will take a while before it feels just right.������ He didn���t know what to expect until he was back on the mound facing big league hitters in a real game situation. ������I need to control the running game a little more,������ Bumgarner said. ������Last year I was so slow to the plate Buster didn���t have much of a chance to throw anybody out.������ Joaquin Arias, Brett Pill and Cole Gillespie each drove in two runs as the Giants took a 9-0 lead after three innings. The White Sox got two back in the sixth and tied the game with a seven-run eighth, highlighted by Seth Loman���s three-run homer. NOTES: The Giants send RHP Tim Lincecum, with his new haircut, to the mound at the Los Angeles Dodgers. ... Giants RHP Brett Bochy, the son of manager Bruce Bochy, got a blown save. Hoops teams 1 step away from Chico St. Northern Section semifinals tip off today and Wednesday with trips to the championships at Chico State on the line. Division 4, Girls No. 3 Corning at No. 2 Anderson, tonight, 7 p.m. A pair of young teams and Northern Athletic League rivals meet up in one of the semifinals. Anderson swept both of the earlier meetings this season ��� 78-74 at home and 67-55 in Corning. The Lady Cardinals (1510) blew past No. 6 Willows in the quarterfinals. Corning utilizes its whole bench to push an up-tempo game in hopes of wearing their opponents down. Underclassmen Rachel Silva, Bailey Jennings and Gates Fears lead the way, while receiving senior leadership from Shyanne Petty and Marissa Vinson. Anderson (17-10) beat No. 7 Lassen in the quarters. Katie Nunnelley averages 20.3 ppg and 14.6 rpg. If that���s not enough the Lady Cubs have three more talented players in Fallon Greenhaw, Natalie Campos and Jessica Lange. Anderson lost in the championship last season. The Lady Cardinals last championship appearance came when they won the section title in 2009. Division 4, Boys No. 4 Gridley at No. 1 Corning, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Corning���s twin towers of Michael Shoemaker (17.7 ppg, 11.3 rpg) and Nick Hoag (11.5 ppg, 9.7 rpg) will square off with Gridley���s Tyler Abrego (18.6 ppg, 12.9 rpg). The top-seeded Cardinals prefer a slowed down defensive game and are at their best when Chayce Maday has his shot going. Corning beat Gridley 5637 on Dec. 15 at the Colusa Tournament. The Cardinals are trying to reach the title game for the first time since 2009. Gridley lost in last year���s championship and get solid production from Leo Espinoza and Mat Scott. Division 3, Boys No. 4 Red Bluff at No. 1 Enterprise, Wednesday, 8 p.m. Red Bluff finally got a playoff win, but faces a steep challenge in Enterprise, who has won five of the past six D-3 section titles. The Hornets have beat the Spartans three times this year by an average margin of 28.7 points per game. Enterprise is led by Kaelan Crisosto, Jordan Spaschak, Andrew Fitzhugh and Brandon Evers. The Spartans will try to slow down the pace, get stops and make big shots.