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ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Corning High's Alex Davila, le, Chance Nelson, middle, and Chayce Maday celebrate aer winning the Northern Section CIF Division IV boys basketball title Saturday at Acker Gym. By Travis Souders Chico Enterprise-Record @travissouders on Twitter CHICO » Size, skill, shooters — in the end, the Corning High boys basketball team's second consecutive Northern Section title was a result of all those things, and a whole lot of experience in winning ballgames. Ch ay ce Ma da y sc or ed a game-high 21 points, Nick Hoag added 15 and the Car - dinals beat Gridley 56-49 on Saturday night at Acker Gym for the Division IV champion- ship, the second year in a row for Corning. The win earned Corn- ing a home playoff game in the state playoffs. The No. 9 seed Cardinals will host Sac- ramento's Encina Prep 7 p.m. Wednesday in the CIF Divi- sion-IV tournament's first round. The winner gets the North Bracket's top seed in Hayward's Moreau Catholic. For the senior trio of Ma - day, Hoag and Michael Shoe- maker, who scored 12 points and had seven blocks, it was the perfect Northern Section career finisher for a group that has gone 76-11 at the var - sity level. "Those guys are used to winning," Corning coach Bill Mache said. "This is still a special accomplishment." Maday's balanced scoring paced the Cardinals (24-4) throughout, while big spurts elsewhere led Corning to the title against upset-minded Gridley (16-12), which gave its opponent a battle the whole way but couldn't complete the uphill climb. "Gridley was physical," Shoemaker said. " They have really good shooters, they were well-prepared for us and they gave us a run for our money." Using the same clog-the- middle zone that worked so sublimely in the semifi - nal against Orland, the Bull- dogs made it clear they didn't come to Acker to be bullied by the defending champi- ons. But the going certainly wasn't easy. Clearly outsized, Gridley showed no trepidation in the opening stages of the game, moving ahead 9-6 until two straight Shoemaker buck - ets gave the Cardinals the lead, one that was 13-11 after the opening 8 minutes. Corn - ing moved ahead 19-13 on two Maday 3-pointers, but Grid- ley answered right back with buckets from Quinn Spring and Samuel Cota to draw to within a point before Shoe - maker dropped in another la- yup to make it a 6-point game by halftime. "We knew Gridley was a well-coached team and they play with discipline," Mache said. "We just had to do our stuff, not get outside of our - selves and do what we do." Again, Gridley kept things within reach in the third pe- riod, with two 3s from Em- ery Haddy cutting the Car- dinals' advantage to 2 points again, but another 3 from Ma- day and two short jumpers prep BOyS BaSkeTBall way to win Cardinals capture second straight section title By andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @TehamaSports on Twitter reD BlUFF » About 175 runners partic- ipated in the Color in Motion 5K run Saturday morning at Red Bluff Union High School in what was described as Tehama County's capstone event in rec - ognition of National Girls and Women in Sports Week. Runners dressed in white T-shirts who were covered in color helped raise about $5,000, a portion of which will go toward Tehama Education Foundation's scholarship fund. Kristin Behrens, manager of mar- COlOr SplaSH 5K run raises money, awareness Event draws about 175 runners, nets $5,000 By Tom McGhee tmcghee@denverpost.com @dpmcghee on Twitter Denver » A 61-year-old Englewood, Colo. man is charged with repeatedly molesting a California girl starting when she was 7-years-old and producing pornographic pictures of the sexual assaults dur - ing a seven-year period. Mervin Edy Wolf, who was arrested last week, is charged with travel with intent to engage in il- licit sexual conduct and production of child por- nography. The girl was living with California relatives of Wolf and his wife, who moved to Colorado from that state in 1999, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Denver. The case was investigated by the FBI with sup - port from the Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment. The couple visited the California relatives reg- ularly, sometimes for two-week periods, staying at the home of a woman relative who was taking care of the girl. Wolf subsequently told investigators he began producing the child porn when the girl was 9-years- old. "The first few occurrences included porno - graphic pictures of Minor #1 with no sexual con- tact, Wolf stated. Then it escalated to something else," according to the complaint. In January 2013, the girl contacted Wolf and told him she was afraid she may be pregnant, accord - ing to the complaint. Wolf told the girl he would pay for an abortion and mailed her two home preg- CrIMe Sheriff helps with FBi child porn probe Colorado man arrested, reportedly visited California regularly Community ... A-3 Health............ A-4 Lifestyles...... A-5 Opinion .......... A-6 Sports.............B-1 Comics .......... B-3 Index ............... ## InDeX Tehama County Board of Su- pervisors library site selection meeting 6 p.m Wednesday at 727 Oak St. in Red Bluff. COMMUnITy MeeTInG Library site selection meeting Wednesday Westwood beat Mercy's girls basketball team 56-50 Satur- day in Northern Section title game at Chico State. PAGE B1 SpOrTS Lady Warriors fall in D-VI championship Scientists, authorities say no reports of injury or damage aer big temblor, aershocks. PAGE A8 STaTe Northern Coast rattled by 6.8 earthquake Affordable Care Act chiefly credited with expanding cov- erage to 3 million more Ameri- cans since 2008. PAGE B8 HealTH Care Uninsured rate drops among U.S. adults ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS About 175 runners participate in the Color in Motion 5K run Saturday at Red Bluff High School. The event raised money for scholarships and raised awareness for Girls and Women in Sports Week. By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter Police are asking for the public's help finding a 13-year-old Red Bluff girl who was last seen at 4:30 Sun- day morning on Marjie Avenue in Red Bluff. Marylee Humke reportedly left a friend's home a thin, white man in his 20s or 30s who her friends said may be from Tennessee, according to a press release issued Sunday af - ternoon by Red Bluff Police Department. Humke does not have access to money and is likely without her cell phone. She was last seen wearing black skinny jeans, black T-shirt, purple hooded sweatshirt and black combat boots, car - rying a black, single strap bag with a white flap full of clothing. Humke is described as five feet, six inches tall with long brown hair and blue eyes. No further information was available. 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