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Tehama Tracker Thursday���s results Sports 1B Friday March 1, 2013 BOYS TENNIS Mercy 2 Sutter 7 Mercy Dennis Doan (L) 4-6, 6-4, 1-6 Shane Dron (L) 2-6, 0-6 Adil Syed (L) 6-7, 0-6 Mark Zunter (L) 3-6, 2-6 Thonh Vu (L) 0-6, 0-6 Gabe Sartori (L) 2-6 1-6 Doubles Zunter/Syed (L)1-8 Dave Zi/Vu (W) 8-2 Doan/Dron (W) 8-1 HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER 5 Spartans make All-League SPRING TRAINING Athletics 3 Chicago 5 OAK ��� Norris 1-2, 2 RBI CHI ��� Sappelt 1-3, 1 RBI Seattle 4 Giants 3 SEA ��� Gutierrez 1-3, 1 RBI SF ��� Belt 2-3, 1 RBI NHL The Red Bluff girls soccer team, which won a Sac River League title this year, has been honored with four players on the All SRL team (the most of any school).The Lady Spartans finished with a league record of 9-1-2 and was eliminated in the semifinal round of the Northern Section Division I playoffs. The list includes Lady Spartan seniors Riley Graham (striker), Rachel Ward (center back), Jackie Hollmer (center middle) and Tabitha Gibson (goal keeper). Senior midfielder Laurel Shoop made the honorable mention list. Graham led the league in goals scored with 20. Gibson led the league with 95 saves.Shoop had seven assists in league on the season, topping schools who entered assist stats on maxpreps.com. On the boys side, Red Bluff junior forward Michael Stone was the only Spartan to make All-League. Senior forward Cesar Maldonado made the honorable mention list. The Spartan boys team finished with a league record of 2-10. GIRLS ALL SAC RIVER LEAGUE TEAM Riley Graham, Red Bluff, 12 Rachel Ward, Red Bluff, 12 Jackie Hollmer, Red Bluff, 12 Tabitha Gibson, Red Bluff, 12 Baylee Wiechecki, Enterprise, 12 Ellessia Tijerina, Enterprise Jordan Asnicar, Enterprise, 12 Brook Graddy, Foothill, 12 Beth Wellington Foothill, 10 Jamie Pope, Foothill, 10 Aimee Miramontes, West Valley, 12 HONORABLE MENTION Laurel Shoop, Red Bluff, 12 Divya Patel, Shasta, 12 Joanna Painter, Shasta, 11 Syndey Pulice, Shasta, 12 Allison Hernandez, West Valley, 12 Kaylynn Stirton, West Valley, 10 Allysa Leffler, Foothill, 12 Heather Adams, Foothill, 10 Nicole Stone, Enterprise, 12 BOYS ALL SAC RIVER LEAGUE TEAM Michael Stone, Red Bluff, 11 Odi Rizos, Shasta, 12 Carlos Chimenti, Shasta, 12 Caden Reid, Shasta, 11 Jordan Daniels, Shasta, 10 Oscar Carlos, Shasta, 11 Zack Engles, Foothill, 12 Taylor Bisordi, Foothill, 11 Branden Hester, Foothill, 12 Dillon Willis, Enterprise, 12 Juan Ramirez, Enterprise, 12 Cody Waterman, West Valley, 11 HONORABLE MENTION Cesar Maldonado, Red Bluff, 12 Nathan Bachand, Enterprise, 12 Matt Newton, Enterprise, 11 Kevin Brookes, Foothill, 12 Jordan Baker, Shasta, 12 J.J. Waterman, West Valley, 11 Detroit LATE Sharks IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Wednesday���s result BOYS HOOPS Division 3 ��� Semifinal Red Bluff 51 Enterprise 76 Today���s games BASEBALL At Chico Tournament Red Bluff 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. Williams Los Molinos 3:30 p.m. SOFTBALL At Sutter Tournament Corning SPRING TRAINING Giants Athletics 12:05 p.m. NBA Daily News photo by Andre Byik Warriors Boston CSNB 4:30 p.m. On the tube AUTO RACING 9 a.m. SPEED ��� NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Dollar General 200, at Avondale, Ariz. 11 a.m. SPEED ��� NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Subway Fresh Fit 500, at Avondale, Ariz. 12:30 p.m. SPEED ��� NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Dollar General 200, at Avondale, Ariz. 3 p.m. SPEED ��� NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Subway Fresh Fit 500, at Avondale, Ariz. BASEBALL 8:30 p.m. MLB ��� World Baseball Classic, first round, Australia vs. Chinese Taipei, at at Taichung, Taiwan BOXING 6 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Champion Billy Dib (35-1-0) vs. Evgeny Gradovich (15-00), for IBF featherweight title, at Mashantucket, Conn. GOLF 9:30 a.m. TGC ��� LPGA, HSBC Women���s Champions, second round, at Singapore (same-day tape) Noon TGC ��� PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, second round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. MEN���S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Loyola (Md.) at Iona MEN���S COLLEGE HOCKEY 4:30 p.m. NBCSN ��� Wisconsin at Nebraska-Omaha NBA 5 p.m. ESPN ��� Memphis at Miami 7:30 p.m. ESPN ��� Oklahoma City at Denver Around town Baseline Basketball Tryouts for 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th graders will be held at 8 a.m. March 9 at the Tehama County Family Fitness Center. The season will last until May 27 For more information call Keith Carlson at 3664538. NOR CAL HOT SHOTS AAU girls' basketball program will be holding tryouts Sunday at the Red Bluff High School Field House. Fifth and 6th graders are from 2-3 p.m., 7th and 8th graders are from 3-4 p.m. and 9th, 10th and 11th graders are from 4-5 p.m. Corning High���s Cody Long, center, guards Gridley High���s Emery Haddy on Wednesday at Corning High School. Corning outlasts Gridley in D-IV semifinal By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor CORNING ��� With about four minutes left to play, a sense of urgency kicked in for the top-seeded Corning Cardinals boys basketball team. Up 38-36, the fourthseeded Gridley Bulldogs were closing in after hitting a 3-pointer. The Cards' star junior forward Michael Shoemaker then bulldozed his way in the lane on the subsequent play for a point-blank layup to put his team up four. It was indicative of Corning's determination Wednesday against a pesky Gridley team in a Division IV semifinal at Corning High School, where the Cards outlasted the Bulldogs 50-43 to reach the section championship game. They'll now face rival Orland (24-4), the No. 2 seed, at Chico State on Saturday. Corning (26-2) distinctly remembers where it finished last year ��� in the semis against Central Valley. The Cards had no plans to revisit a premature end to their season. ���We got this far last year and then we lost. We're using that as fuel for this year,��� Shoemaker said, adding that in the second half, as Gridley was making its run, his thinking was: ���We're not going down again.��� In no way was it easy for the Cards despite a lively opening sparked by pent up anticipation and a vocal following that had Corning up 7-0 about five minutes into the game. The Cards' defensefirst mindset disrupted the Bulldogs and forced them to take contested shots late in the shot clock. The difference after those five minutes? Those shots started falling for the Bulldogs. Gridley's Shobi Khan, Mat Scott and Tyler Abrego had field goals in those final three minutes of the first period to trail Corning 8-6 going to the second. The Cards' slow, plodding and patient pace would continue, and Gridley would be there, hanging around, finding short bursts of energy as it did when the Bulldogs' Samuel Cota drained a 3 to give his team a 9-8 lead early in the second period. Corning senior guard Chayce Maday would regain an 11-9 lead after knocking down two free throws and Shoemaker, who had been quiet thus far scoring wise, would convert a traditional 3point play after getting fouled on a layup attempt to again put the Cards up at 14-11. Corning was in familiar territory at the break, leading the Bulldogs 1915 and on pace for a low-scoring affair. The Cards downed West Val- Daily News photo by Andre Byik Corning High���s Trevor Skousen, right, rises for a jumper against Gridley on Wednesday at Corning High School. ley 38-27 on Friday. But Shoemaker's 6 points and 9 rebounds at the half was just a taste of what turned into a shootout in the second half. The Cards' Trevor Skousen, who mirrored Shoemaker's scoring output in the first half with 6, would continue to be a threat from outside. He drilled three timely 3s in the game, paced the third quarter with another 6 points and finished with 15 on the night. Shoemaker added 5 in the third and the Cards, which started the third period on a 7-0 run, would go to the fourth up 34-26. Gridley, on the back of Scott and in line with its ability to hang around, would make a final push toward a semifinal upset. Scott scored 10 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter in a hurry. With time ticking away, Scott made back-to-back 3s late in the period to trail 48-43. When Gridley found him again on their next possession, he wouldn't convert on a third, and Corning would put the final touches on its semifinal win. ���We were giving them open 3s and they were hitting them,��� said Shoemaker, who finished with 21 points and 14 boards and added, ���(Scott) kept them in the game. He's a really good player.��� Junior forward Nick Hoag added: ���We had to stick with our defense. We know we can play defense and our offense will be there at the end.��� Now the Cards will take on the Trojans at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Chico State. The last time Corning reached the section championship game was in 2009. The last time it won was in 2006. ���We owe it to the seniors this year,��� Hoag said. ���And we got it for them.��� ��������� Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 5272151, ext. 111 or at spor ts@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports