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1B Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014 Sports Tehama Tracker Today's schedule BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Division 2 Semifinals No. 4 Gridley at No. 1 Corning, 3 p.m. Division 3 Semifinals No. 4 Los Molinos at No. 1 Willows, 3 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Division VI First Round No. 9 American Christian at No. 8 Mercy, 7 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Division V First Round No. 9 Los Molinos at No. 8 Tulelake, 6:30 p.m. NBA Houston at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Sports on TV MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL • 4 p.m., ESPN — Florida at Vanderbilt • 4 p.m., ESPN2 — Kansas St. at Texas Tech • 4 p.m., ESPNU — Virginia Tech at Duke • 4 p.m., FS1 — Xavier at St. John's • 6 p.m., ESPN — Indiana at Wisconsin • 6 p.m., ESPN2 — Wichita St. at Bradley • 6 p.m., ESPNU — Missouri at Georgia • 6 p.m., FS1 — Seton Hall at DePaul NBA • 4:30 p.m., WGN — Chicago at Atlanta • 7 p.m., CSNC — Houston at Sacra- mento SOCCER • 9 a.m.,FS1 — UEFA Champions League, Borussia Dortmund at Zenit St. Petersburg • 11:30 a.m., FS1 — UEFA Champions League, Manchester United at Olympiakos Corning boys earn top hoops seed By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Corning Cardinals boys basket- ball team has once again earned the top-seed for the Division-IV playoffs as it looks to repeat as Northern Section champions. The Northern Section released it's full tournament brackets Saturday. Corning, which finished the season 21-4 and a perfect 8-0 in Northern Ath- letic League play, receives a bye into the tournament's quarterfinals. The Cardinals will open up play Fri- day against either No. 9 Colusa (18-8) or No. 8 Lassen (15-11). Those teams open up the first round of the playoffs Wednesday in Susanville. The Cardinals swept Lassen in league play this season. Corning did not play Colusa, but did win the school's tournament in December. A year ago Corning won the section championship as the top-seed, earning a berth into the state playoffs. The Car- dinals knocked off Arcata in the first round of the state playoffs, before falling to Cardinal Newman. The other first round matchups include No. 12 Yreka at No. 5 West Valley, No. 11 Central Valley at No. 6 Wheatland and No. 10. Willows at No. 7 Anderson. Gridley is the second seed, last year's runner-up Orland is the third seed and Sutter is the fourth seed. All three schools received first round byes along with Corning. The section championship is sched- uled for 4:15 p.m. March 8 at Chico State. Division-IV Girls The Lady Cardinals (19-7, 6-2 NAL) also received a first round bye in its bracket, receiving the second seed. The Lady Cardinals are scheduled to host the winner of No. 10 Sutter (8- 13) at No. 7 Winters (14-10) on Thurs- day. A year ago Corning lost to eventual section champion Anderson in the semifinals. Anderson, which has reached three consecutive title games, received the top overall seed this year. No. 3 Wil- lows and No. 4 Wheatland also received byes. The D-IV girls first round is sched- uled to start today. The other games include last year's runner-up fifth-seed- ed West Valley hosting No. 12 Colusa, No. 11 Central Valley at No. 6 Univer- sity Prep and No. 9 Gridley at No. 8 Lassen. The section championship is sched- uled for 2:15 p.m. March 8 at Chico State. Division-III Girls In Division-III the Red Bluff Lady Spartans (17-9, 3-5 Sacramento River League) will host No. 6 Foothill (8-14) at 7 p.m. Red Bluff beat the Lady Cougars 41-33 in Palo Cedro and 52-33 at home during league play. If Red Bluff gets past Foothill they'll face the winner of No. 7 Oroville at No. 2 Shasta. A year ago Shasta knocked Red Bluff out of the playoffs. The other side of the bracket fea- tures top-seeded and defending section champions Enterprise. MaxPreps has the Lady Hornets ranked as the 24th best team in the state and 74th in the country. Enterprise has a first round bye and will meet the winner of No. 5 Las Plumas at No. 4 Paradise. The Lady Bobcats have reached five straight section title games since being moved into D-III. The section championship is sched- uled for 6 p.m. March 7 at Shasta Col- lege. Division-III Boys The Red Bluff boys (13-12, 1-7 SRL) earned the fifth-seed and travel to No. 4 Shasta (15-10) 7 p.m. Friday. Spartans Athletic Director Brad Wagner said in an email Sunday that the game may be moved to Wednes- day. The Spartans and Wolves met to close the regular season on Friday when Shasta won 56-51 in Red Bluff. Shasta won the previous meeting in Redding 67-47. The winner gets top-seed Foothill, who has a bye. On the other half of the bracket this season's surprise Oroville has the No. 2 seed and hosts No. 7 Paradise while No. 6 Las Plumas visits No. 3 Enter- prise. The section championship is sched- uled for 7:45 p.m. March 7 at Shasta College. Division-VI Girls The Mercy Lady Warriors finished the season 9-3 in the Five Star League and 21-5 overall to earn the No. 3 seed and a first round bye in the Division-VI bracket. Mercy is scheduled to begin tourna- ment play 7 p.m. Friday. The Lady Warriors will host the winner of No. 11 Burney (4-20) at No. 6 Redding Christian (15-7). Mercy has not played Burney this season. The Lady Warriors split their league games with Redding Christian, falling 40-38 in Palo Cedro and ending the regular season Friday with a 50-33 win. Westwood, which knocked Mercy out of the playoffs a year ago, has the top-seed. Paradise Adventist Academy is the No. 2 seed and has a bye as well as No. 4 Loyalton. The D-VI girls first round is sched- uled to start Wednesday. Defending champion Hayfork has the 10-seed and travels to No. 8 Big Valley. The other games are No. 12 Chester at No. 5 Maxwell and No. 9 American Christian Academy at No. 8 Princeton. Division-VI Boys The Mercy boys are back in the Division-VI playoffs for the first time since capturing back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2011. Mercy finished the season 8-18 and was 2-10 in the SRL. The Warriors have the No. 8 seed and host No. 9 American Christian Academy 7 p.m. today in Red Bluff. Mercy beat the Eagles 66-41 on Jan. 4 at the ACA Christian Classic. The winner heads to No. 1 Chester on Thursday. Chester has the top-seed for the sec- ond year overall. A year ago they lost to Redding Christian in the champi- onship. No. 2 Paradise Adventist Academy, No. 3 Maxwell and No. 4 Big Valley have first round byes. The other first round games Tues- day are No. 12 Butte Valley at No. 5 Redding Christian, No. 11 Hayfork at No. 6 Greenville and No. 10 Princeton at No. 7 Loyalton. Division-V Boys Both the Los Molinos boys and girls earned a No. 9 seed and both will travel to Tulelake for the first round either for separate first round games today and Wednesday or a combined doubleheader beginning 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Los Molinos boys finished their season 13-12 overall and 5-7 in the FSL a year after losing to Pierce in the playoffs. Tulelake tied for the Evergreen League championship with a 9-1 record and was 17-8 overall. The winner will meet top-seed Lib- erty Christian, who has reached four straight D-V title games, winning the last two. The Patriots are the only team with a bye in the 15-school bracket. The other first round games include last year's runner-up and sixth-seeded Modoc hosting No. 11 Portola, No. 15 East Nicolaus at No. 2 Mt. Shasta, No. 14 Williams at No. 3. Weed, No. 13 Biggs at No. 4 Durham, No. 12 Fall River at No. 5 Quincy and No. 10 Trin- ity at No. 7 Hamilton. The section championship is sched- uled for 4:15 p.m. March 7 at Shasta College. Division-V Girls The Lady Bulldogs finished the sea- son 11-10 overall and 5-7 in the FSL a year after losing to eventual runner-up Weed in the playoffs. Tulelake was undefeated in the Evergreen League and 14-8 overall. The winner gets top-seed and defending champion Durham. No. 2 Weed also has a bye. The other first round games are No. 14 Williams at No. 3 Mt. Shasta, No. 13 Quincy at No. 4 Hamilton, No. 12 Fall River at No. 5 Biggs, No. 11 Etna at No. 6 Portola and No. 10 Modoc at No. 7 Pierce. Daily News archive photo Michael Shoemaker and the Corning Cardinals have the top-seed in the Northern Section's D-IV tournament. 13 Cardinal wrestlers qualify for Masters; RB's Shaffer champion By RICH GREENE Staff Writer The Corning Cardinals will be represented in all, but one weight class at the 2014 NSCIf Wrestling Masters Champi- onships Friday and Saturday at the Redding Convention Center. Thirteen Cardinal wrestlers qualified out of this past weekends Division 2 Championship held at Anderson High School. Sutter won the D-2 title, followed by Orland and Corning. Meanwhile at the Division 1 Championship Red Bluff's Christian Shaffer won the 197-pound title. That was the bright spot for the Spartans, who finished last, in 10th place with 45 points. Chico won the D-1 title with 272 points. Corning didn't have a division champion, but four Cardi- nals — Devon Hiller, Alonzo Munoz, Josh Shults and Gavin Nye — were runner-ups at the division level. Corning will have a wrestler at every weight class except for 108 pounds at Masters. The pairings for the section championships were announced Sunday. Sixteen wrestlers were invited at each of the 14 weight classes, with the Top 8 wrestlers seeded. Shults has Corning's highest seed at the Masters with the fourth spot. He will face Pleasant Valley's Carl Robinson Friday. Munoz is the No. 5 seed at 134 pounds and is paired against Durham's Jack Murphy. Red Bluff's Carlos Rivera faces No. 7 Robert Wilson, from Wheatland in the same bracket. At heavyweight Gavin Nye is the No. 5 seed and will wrestle Paradise's Ricky Kirk. Hiller earned the No. 6 seed at 122 pounds and will face Foothill's Garrett McClean. Shaffer has the No. 5 seed at 197 pounds and will face Anderson's Alex White. Corning's Calvin Abel is the sixth- seed and faces Paradise's Jordan Steele in the same bracket. Gage Wabs, of Los Molinos, qualified at 128 pounds at the Division 3-4 championships at Modoc High School. He finished fourth in his weight class. Los Molinos placed 14th out of 17 schools with 21.5 points. Modoc won the D-3 championship with 186.5 points and Chester won Division 4 with 112 points. Wabs will face Division 3 champion and No. 6 seed Alex Valencia in the first round of the Masters. In the same bracket Corning's Emilio Delgardo will face No. 4 Ryan Franken from Wheatland. At 222 pounds it will be Red Bluff versus Corning with Colby Zubbia representing the Spartans and Anthony Peter holding the No. 6 seed for Corning. Aiden Nye received a No. 6 seed for Corning at 162 pounds. His first round opponent is Pleasant Valley's Tony Roussell. At 115 pounds Corning's Alex DeJesus is the No. 7 seed and is paired against Durham's Bradley Cullen. Corning's Tony Carrillo is the No. 8 seed at 147 pounds and is paired against University Prep's Bradley Cervania. At 154 pounds Corning's Coy Parker is paired against Paradise's Trevor Gomes, the No. 8 seed. In the 172-pound bracket Corning's Evan McFadden is paired against No. 7 seed Hunter Jackson from West Valley. The 184-pound weight class features two Tehama Coun- ty wrestlers. Corning's Cole Parker is paired against D-3 champion and No. 3 seed Juan Valencia from Trinity. Red Bluff's Cody Clinger is set to meet Chico's Santino Giambalvo, the No. 6 seed. Raiders sign Taiwan Jones to 3-year extension ALAMEDA (AP) — The Oakland Raiders signed spe- cial teams standout Taiwan Jones to a three-year extension on Monday that keeps him under contract through 2017. Jones still had one year remaining on his rookie deal but was allowed to negotiate an extension for the first time this offseason. General manager Reggie McKenzie kept a speedster originally picked by late owner Al Davis who emerged as a top special teams player after struggling to make it as a run- ning back. Jones is a Bay Area native who is active in the communi- ty and very popular with Raiders fans. ''I was excited when they came to me about the exten- sion,'' Jones said. ''It is definitely a blessing for a local kid to be part of the Raiders turnaround. I've been an underdog all my life, so I think it's very fitting for me to remain here. I'm definitely excited about it.'' Jones was originally selected by Oakland as a running back in the fourth round in 2011 out of Eastern Washington after running a 4.33-second 40-yard dash before the draft. That speed and 2,955 yards rushing and 36 touchdowns in two seasons as a running back in college led Davis to select him.