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Wednesday Baseball — Corning at Red Bluff, 3 p.m. Softball — Hamilton City at Corning, 3:30 p.m. Tennis — Corning at Sutter, 3:30 p.m. NBA— Warriors at Nets, 4 p.m., CSNB NBA— Magic at Kings, 7 p.m., CSNC NCAA—Pacific-10 Tournament, 6:30 p.m., CSNB Sports 1B Erickson shuts down Spartans Olympic Wrestling Club The Red Bluff Olympic wrestling club is starting sign-ups and practice Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the High School wrestling room. For more information contact David Rottenberg at 200-5713. Warriors shoot past Cavs Warriors 95 Cleveland 85 BASEBALL Foothill 6 11 2 Red Bluff 0 3 1 By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor The Spartans suffered their first set- back of the season, Thursday, as Bran- don Erickson kept the Red Bluff bats off balance all game and the visiting Cougars snatched a 6-0 victory. Red Bluff (4-1) had trouble even hitting balls out of the infield against Erickson, who threw six scoreless innings, struck out 10 Spartans and walked no one. Of Red Bluff’s three base hits — two were infield singles. Meanwhile, Foothill got all the offense it would need in the first inning. Three batters into the game Erick- son hit an RBI triple to the center field fence to drive home Brian Kyncy. A batter later Luke Roi worked an 0-2 count back to 3-2 then ripped an RBI single to score Erickson and give the Cougars a 2-0 lead. Red Bluff threatened to score in the third inning after Taylor Figgs and See RB, page 2B CLEVELAND (AP) — Monta Ellis made a career-high six 3-pointers — all in the second half — and scored 24 points, and Stephen Curry added 23 points, sending the Golden State Warriors to a 95-85 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night. Ellis made all 5 of his 3-point attempts and scored 17 in the third quarter as the Warriors won for the second time in eight games. David Lee added 14 points and 14 rebounds for Golden State. Baron Davis scored 19 in his second home game for the Cavs, who were powerless to stop Ellis once he warmed up from outside. Cleveland’s J.J. Hickson dislocated his left little finger in the fourth while trying to catch a pass. Hickson grabbed and clutched his hand in pain, and after play was stopped, he sprinted past Cleveland’s trainer and ran directly to the Cavs’ locker room. He returned a few minutes later with his fingers taped together but did not return to the game. By then, Ellis and Curry had shot the Warriors to a double-digit lead. Golden State’s backcourt was too much for Cleveland’s guards to handle. When the Cavs did prevent Ellis from get- ting off a shot, the Warriors simply swung the ball to Curry, who has scored more than 20 points in five of his past six games. The duo combined for 25 of Golden State’s 29 points in the third quarter. Overall, they teamed up for 47 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists. Held to 4 points in the first half, Ellis found his range in the third. He made his five 3s from a variety of spots — his other bucket in the period was a layup — as the Warriors, who trailed by 12 in the first quarter, opened a 76-65 lead enter- ing the fourth. It didn’t matter if the Cavs were up in his face, Ellis was in one of those shooter’s zones when the basket seemed a mile wide. Ellis dropped four 3s in the final 4:45 and scored Golden State’s last 14 points of the third. He got some help from his running mate Curry, who scored eight in the period. Curry started slowly. He missed his only shot in the first quarter, but banged down a pair of 3s and scored 10 in the second, when the Warriors outscored the Cavs 29-16 to take a 47-46 halftime lead. Cleveland’s fans have quickly adopted Davis as a favorite. Daily News photos by Rich Greene (Top) Red Bluff catcher Modesto Ramirez watches a ball sail over his head, Tuesday, as Foothill’s Brian Kyncy scores. (Below) Spartans pitcher Taylor Figgs fields a bunt. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. — Babe Ruth Gerald Baker — Red Bluff Baker batted .364 in the opening week of the sea- son, including the game winning hit against West Valley in the Spartans’ opener. The senior also came to the mound in relief and shut the Eagles down to pick up the win. V alor V ictory V St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Sports Medicine Program A member of CHW alues Michael Wang — Mercy With no girls sports last week, we have the opportuni- ty to honor one last winter athlete form the boys side. Wang’s great defense and rebounding work helped Mercy to a second consecutive section title. The senior had seven points, 16 rebounds, four blocks, three assists and a steal during the championship game. St. Elizabeth Sports Medicine Team congratulates the Athletes of the Week! Sports Medicine Medical Director CONGRATULATIONS DR. RIICO DOTSON, PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR 800.990.9971 redbluff.mercy.org/sports The bearded guard got a rousing ovation when he checked in with 5:32 left in the first quarter and made a quick impact. He scored four points and added two assists, the sec- ond coming on a lob pass across the lane to Hickson, whose dunk gave the Cavaliers a 30-18 lead. Wednesday March 9, 2011