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Wednesday Baseball — Corning at Anderson, 6 p.m. NCAA —Texas-San Antonio v Alabama St., 3:30 p.m., TRUTV NCAA— USC v Virginia Commonwealth, 6 p.m., TRUTV NBA— Cavaliers at Kings, 7 p.m., CSNC NBA— Mavericks at Warriors, 7:30 p.m., CSNB Winter X Games — Ski superpipe men’s final, 10 a.m., ESPN2 Sports 1B Courtesy photo Red Bluff Little League celebrated its annual opening ceremony with a tribute to former president John Fox. Pictured is radio personality Cal Hunter with the Fox Family, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Red Bluff Little League is holding a fundraiser drawing with prizes including a TaylorMade R -11 TP driver. Tickets are available for $5 and can be purchased at the Little League Snack Shack or by contacting Chester at chesterrbll@att.net. Tournament tips off with First Four games Fla. 12 UAB 52 12 Clemson 70 DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Jerai Grant scored a career-best 22 points and fast-starting Clemson built a double-figure lead and never backed off in beating Alabama-Birmingham 70-52 on Tuesday night in an NCAA First Four game at the University of Dayton Arena. In a matchup of No. 12 seeds, the Tigers (22-11) went on a 21- 2 run in the first half and never let the big lead slip away, as they had in several recent games. Clemson hurried out after the game to catch a flight to a sec- ond-round game against fifth- seeded West Virginia (20-11) on Thursday afternoon in Tampa, Milton Jennings added 11 points and Tanner Smith and Devin Booker each had 10 for Clemson, picked to finish sev- enth in the Atlantic Coast Con- ference. Jamarr Sanders had 19 and Dexter Fields 12 for UAB, regu- lar-season champions of Confer- ence USA. 16 UNC-Asheville 81 16 Ark-Little Rock 77 OT DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Matt Dickey led a late run that brought overtime, and J.P. Primm hit five free throws and had a decisive steal in the closing seconds Tues- day night, sending North Caroli- na-Asheville to an 81-77 victory over Arkansas-Little Rock in a dramatic opening game for the NCAA tournament. The Bulldogs (20-13) will play Pittsburgh, the top seed in the Southeast, on Thursday in Washington, D.C. UNC Asheville opened the ‘‘First Four’’ with a late come- back led by its best player. The Bulldogs led for only 51 seconds in regulation, before Dickey asserted himself. He scored 14 of the Bulldogs’ last 18 points in regulation, including a 3 with 10.5 seconds to go that tied it. Primm and Dickey had 22 points apiece. Alex Garcia-Mendoza matched his career high with 21 points for Arkansas-Little Rock (19-17). D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time. — Lou Brock Emily McEnaney — Red Bluff In five games at the Pleasant Valley tourna- ment, McEnaney belted four home runs and drove in eight runs as the Lady Spartans went 4- 1. The senior batted .400 across the two-day tournament. V alor What’s going on around here? Tehama Beat is a full-featured online calendar that includes local and regional events, accessed through redbluffdailynews.com, which receives more than 350,000 page views monthly. V ictory V alues Storm Lewis — Red Bluff Lewis pitched five innings of no-hit, no-walk baseball against Enterprise, striking out eight batters. The senior also went 2-for-3 at the plate during the game driving in a run. The following day against Rio Linda, Lewis went 3-for-4 with an RBI. 3 Ways To Get On: Online events.redbluffdailynews.com/search E-mail nsouza@redbluffdailynews.com Mail PO Box 220, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Wednesday March 16, 2011 Little League’s first pitch Tehama Alumni The Daily News is attempting to collect a list of Red Bluff, Corning, Los Molinos and Mercy High School alum- ni who are continuing to play sports after college. If you would like to add a name to this list or make a correction please e-mail sports@redbluffdailynews.com. •Joseph Arthur (Corning) — Shasta College football • Scott Avery (Red Bluff ‘10) — Butte College baseball • Bryce Blanchard (Red Bluff ‘10) — Shasta College wrestling • Grant Blaser (Red Bluff ‘10) — Shasta College basketball • Chante Dale (Corning ‘10) — Shasta College basketball •Justin Dietz (Red Bluff) — College of the Siskiyous football •Greg Dohmen (Red Bluff ‘10) — Boise State University football • Baillie Eller (Corning ‘09) — Shasta College basketball • Adam Fissori (Corning ‘06) — Butte College football • Cody Gappa (Red Bluff ‘10) — Feather River College baseball • Trevor Gipson (Red Bluff ‘10) — Feather River College baseball • Blaine Glover (Corning ‘09) — Butte College track and field • Gabe Guerro (Mercy ‘10) — Shasta College soccer • Stephen Hampton (Red Bluff ‘08) — California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo wrestling •Taylor Hickson (Red Bluff ‘10) — Pacific University (Forest Grove, Ore.) track and field •Tristen Huntley (Corning ‘10) — Trine University (Angola, Ind.) field hockey •Tanner Johnson (Corning ‘10) — Shasta College wrestling •Wade Kittle (Red Bluff ‘09) — Southern Oregon University foot- ball • Mattie Maloney (Corning ‘10) — University of California, Davis field hockey • Andres Marques (Corning ‘10) — Shasta College football • Clint Martin (Red Bluff ‘09) — Butte College football • Zach Mayfield (Red Bluff) — Shasta College football • Kayla McConnell (Red Bluff ‘09) — Shasta College softball •Tanner McIntyre (Corning ‘09) — Butte College baseball • Cole McKenzie (Red Bluff ‘09) — Butte College football •Jared Minoletti (Corning) — Shasta College wrestling • Christian Mondragon (Mercy ‘10) — Shasta College soccer • Misael Morales (Corning) — Shasta College wrestling • Christina Ordorica (Mercy ‘09) — Butte College volleyball •Javier Piseno (Corning ‘09) — Butte College track and field • Luis Piseno (Corning ‘09) — Butte College track and field • Collin Ramirez (Red Bluff ‘09) — Butte College football • Ben Redfield (Red Bluff ‘09) — Embry-Riddle University (Day- tona Beach, Fla.) basketball • Hillary Rice (Corning) — Feather River soccer • Dakota Russ (Corning ‘10) — Shasta College football •Marcus Sannadan (Red Bluff) — Shasta College football • Zack Schwabauer (Red Bluff ‘10) — Southern Oregon University football • Ronny Soulliere (Red Bluff ‘09) — Shasta College football • E.J. Stanton (Red Bluff ‘10) — Shasta College baseball • Mallory Vader (Corning ‘09) — Butte College track and field • Henry Wan (Mercy ‘10) — Shasta College soccer • Jaklyn Wheeler (Red Bluff ‘10) — University of Oregon volleyball • Allison Wong (Mercy ‘09) — Redlands University basketball