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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Tuesday's results Wednesday March 6, 2013 TENNIS Shasta 7 Red Bluff 2 BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER Corning's Figueroa named league MVP Red Bluff Thunder Shaffer (L) 2-6, 7-5, 3-6 C.J. Varner (W) 7-5, 6-0 Curtis Twitchell (L) 3-6, 4-6 Cory Twitchell (L) 1-6, 0-6 Garrett Ward (L) 0-6, 1-6 Arif Selvitopu (L) 0-6, 1-6 Doubles Shaffer/Varner (W) 8-0 Twitchell/Twitchell (L) 6-10 Ward/Selvitopu (L) 1-8 By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor BASEBALL 1 Mercy 28 University Prep Mercy Brenten James 1-2, 1 RBI Tommy Garcia 1-2 William Gentry 1-2 Bryce Baer 1-2 SOFTBALL 2 Mercy 14 University Prep Mercy Mahalee Gaumer 1 Run Cheyanne Johnson 1 Run Mariah Kingwell 1 RBI SPRING TRAINING Cleveland 4 Giants 3 CLE — 1-1, 1 RBI, 1 HR SF — Crawford, 1-2, 2 RBI Daily News file photo by Andre Byik Corning High's Diego Figueroa, left, led the Northern Section with 21 goals on the season. Italy 4 Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 5272151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.c om. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports 3 Athletics (ss) The Corning Cardinals boys soccer team's 9-0-1 run through the Northern Athletic League this season was recognized with five All-Northern Athletic League selections, two honorable mentions and a league MVP. The Cards, which earned a No. 5 seed in Northern Section Division I playoffs, finished with an overall record of 17-4-2 and reached the section title game before falling to third-seeded Chico 2-1 in extra time on Feb. 23. Corning High senior and captain Diego Figueroa was honored with a league MVP award after leading the section with 21 goals scored. Figuerora was sidelined early in the section championship game after suffering a leg injury. Corning's Mario Campos, who also was a captain on the squad, was the Cards' only junior to receive All-League honors. Campos scored the Cards' lone goal in the section championship off a free-kick and had 10 on the season. Seniors Hector Loera (nine goals), Samuel Valdez and Juan Serrano (10 goals and six assists) rounded out Corning's selections. Junior Jayve Uriostegui, who scored 20 goals on the season, and sophomore Cristian Loera, who had seven assists, received AllLeague honorable mentions. ——— Colon has rough outing against unbeaten Royals ITA — Colabello 1 HR OAK — Anderson 3 IP, 0 ER Athletics (ss) 2 Kansas City 8 OAK — Jaso1-2, 1 RBI KC — Hosmer 1-3, 1 RBI Today's games BOYS HOOPS First Round State Playoffs No. 9 Arcata No. 8 Corning 7 p.m. SOFTBALL Corning Orland NBA Kings CSNB Warriors 7:30 p.m. NHL Sharks Calgary ATHLETICS | SPRING TRAINING CSNC 6:30 p.m. On the tube CYCLING 1:30 p.m. NBCSN — Paris-Nice, stage 3, Chatel-Guyon to Brioude, France (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4 p.m. ESPN — North Carolina at Maryland ESPN2 — Georgetown at Villanova 6 p.m. ESPN2 — West Virginia at Oklahoma 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Stanford at California NBA BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN — Chicago at San Antonio NHL HOCKEY 5 p.m. NBCSN — Colorado at Chicago SOCCER 11:30 a.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Juventus vs. Celtic, at Turin, Italy 5 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Valencia at Paris Saint-Germain (same-day tape) ATTN: Coaches Send your scores and stats to Sports Editor Andre Byik at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Bruce Chen and Luke Hochevar are competing for the final spot in the Royals' rotation. The loser might not be with the organization for too long. A multitude of scouts watched the pair each throw three sharp innings in an 8-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday remain undefeated. The Royals are listening to trade offers for both. Chen allowed one run on two hits and walked none. Hochevar pitched three scoreless innings, but yielded three hits and walked one. He finished strong, striking out the final three batters. Chen, a 35-year-old left-hander, has led the club in victories the past three seasons. While manager Ned Yost has said whoever does not win the fifth rotation spot will go to the bullpen, a trade looms as a strong possibility if all the starters remain healthy in March with the projected payroll at a franchise-record $79 million. Catcher Brett Hayes homered to leadoff the second and Brandon Wood hit a two-run shot in the eighth as the 10-01 Royals remain the only undefeated club. Bartolo Colon did not fare so well for Oakland, allowing five runs on seven hits and throwing 48 pitches in two innings. The 39-year-old right-hander has yielded 12 hits and eight runs, six earned, in four innings in losing his first two starts. ''He's getting his work in, but he obviously would like to do better than that,'' said bench coach and acting manager Chip Hale. ''There was some pretty hard contact. He probably missed a little bit too much over the plate. He felt good after he was done. His velocity was good. He used all of his pitches.'' Grant Green, a career .302 hitter in four minor league seasons, stroked two doubles for his third consecutive two-hit game. ''He's swinging the bat great,'' Hale said. ''It's the same stuff we see every day in batting practice. He just hasn't had a whole lot of opportunity to play. Since he's got the opportunity, he's shown us why he had the big year last year in Triple-A offensively and the move to second base is looking good right now.'' Hiroyuki Nakajima doubled in the second inning for his first extra-base hit and scored on a John Jaso single. Nakajima, a nine-time All-Star in Japan who signed with the A's in December, also struck out in the sixth, his nine strikeout in 17 at-bats. DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Corning Cardinals Corning Cardinals Basketball Basketball Giants drop 2nd straight SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Nick Swisher hit one of three Cleveland home runs, Daisuke Matuzaka pitched three scoreless innings and the Cleveland Indians beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 Tuesday. Brandon Crawford hit a two-run homer for the Giants, who lost their second straight. Brandon Belt also hit a homered. AP photo Oakland shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima throws to first for the double play hit into by Kansas City's Eric Hosmer after forcing Alcides Escobar out at second. Chayce Maday Corning High junior guard Chayce Maday hit a section-winning shot with 22 seconds left on Saturday at Chico State's Acker Gym to beat the Orland Trojans, 45-43. A champion is someone who gets up when he can't. — Jack Dempsey Corning High senior guard Cody Long took advantage of the spotlight and led all Corning scorers with 13 points Saturday in the Cards' Division IV Northern Section win on Saturday. Cody Long