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Staff reports The Lady Cardinals went 3-1 and took home first place honors at the Colusa softball tournament. Corning picked up wins against Lassen, Willows and Winters. Soball Corning 5, WilloWs 4 (Friday) » The Lady Cards struck four times in the first inning, then hung on for the win. Sophia Oliverez homered for Corning. She went 2-for-3 from the plate with two RBIs. Cheyenne Boles drove in a RBI and doubled. Kaitlin Cox had a single and a double. Shawnee Winterson and Baylie Fryar each had two hits. Boles picked up the win on the mound. Colusa 6, Corning 3 (Friday) » Corning's only loss at the tourna- ment came to the hosts. Marrissa Hopkins went 2-for-2 with a couple of RBIs and a double. Oliverez drove in a run, doubled and stole two bases. Bailey Jennings had two hits. Corning 4, lassen 3 (saturday) » Corning scored three times in the first inning and held off a late charge from their league rivals. yuba City 8, red bluFF 0 (Friday) » The Lady Spartans were shut out at their opener of the Pleasant Val- ley Tournament. red bluFF 2, Foothill 1 (Friday) » A run in both the first and second innings were enough for the Lady Spartans. red bluFF 7, enterprise 1 (satur- day) » The Lady Spartans blasted Enterprise on the final day of the Pleasant Valley Tournament. trinity 10, los Molinos 0 (Fri- day) » Trinity scored six times in the second inning at the Anderson Cubs Small School Tournament. Mt. shasta 11, los Molinos 0 (sat- urday) » The Lady Bears shutout Los Molinos at the Anderson tour- nament. Chester 20, MerCy 2 (thursday) » Chester blasted the Lady War- riors at the 26th annual Liberty Christian Tournament. Weed 12, MerCy 9 (saturday) » Weed struck for five runs in the first inning at the Liberty Chris- tian Tournament. Mercy fought back to 10-6 by the fourth inning, but came up short in the fifth inning. Baseball red bluFF 14, gridley 5 (thurs- day) » Eric Schreter drove in four RBIs, going 3-for-5 from the plate and stole two bases as the Spar- tans crushed Gridley in the Oro- ville Tournament opener. Lane Pritchard went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Jared Poore also drove in a run and doubled. Sam Hendricks, Joseph Bosetti and Walker Dodero each had two hits. Nick Schluep picked up the win on the mound. red bluFF 7, oroville 2 (thurs- day) » The Spartans used a 5-run fourth inning to get past the hosts. Schreter drove in two RBIs and Sam Hendricks had one RBI. Pritchard went 2-for-2 with a double. Poore stole two bases. Kyle Martin got the win. pleasant valley 7, red bluFF 3 (saturday) » The Vikings scored four times in the seventh inning to break open a 3-3 tie and knock the Spartans out of the tournament. Dodero homered in the loss, prep sports Lady Cardinals win softball tourney ANGELS 8, GIANTS 7 Up next: Spring training game vs. Cleveland in Goodyear, Ariz. THE SCORE The Associated Press teMpe, ariz. » Josh Hamilton had an infield single in his first spring game of the year in the Los Angeles Angels' 8-7 win over the San Fran - cisco Giants on Monday. Hamilton went 1 for 3 for the split squad. The five-time All-Star and 2010 AL MVP has been ham - pered by a sprained left calf mus- cle. Hamilton started a three- run fourth inning against Giants starter Tim Lincecum with a base hit off first baseman Mark Mini - cozzi's glove. Lincecum, a two-time NL Cy Young Award winner, allowed seven hits and five runs in 5 1-3 in - nings. Angels starter Hector Santiago allowed three runs in 5 1-3 innings. San Francisco second base - man Marco Scutaro made his first spring appearance and went 1 for 2. The Giants scores four runs off Joe Smith in the ninth. giants Ha mi lt on gets back in swing A'S 6, CUbS 2 Up next: Spring training game vs. Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Ariz. THE SCORE by Jose M. romero The Associated Press phoeniX » The Oakland Athlet- ics scratched left-hander Scott Kazmir from their spring game against the Chicago Cubs on Mon- day due to left triceps stiffness. Brandon Moss and Nick Punto then had two hits apiece as Oak- land went on to a 6-2 victory over the Cubs' split-squad. Kazmir's injury isn't believed to be serious, but he did see an ortho - pedist. It was part of a difficult day for Oakland, which lost pitcher Jarrod Parker for the season. The prom - ising right-hander will have elbow ligament replacement surgery next week after an MRI in Florida de- termined the need for the opera- tion. Cubs starting pitcher James McDonald threw two pitches and had to leave with right shoulder soreness. athletiCs A's scratch Kazmir with triceps stiffness Pitching woes continue for the Athletics as right-hander Jar- rod Parker will miss the 2014 season. The A's are already missing starter A.J. Griffin to begin the season. FULL STORY ON PAGE b2 oakland a's Parker to undergo Tommy John surgery by John Marshall The Associated Press College basketball fans, start your brackets. March Madness kicks into high gear this week with the start of the NCAA tournament, the time hoop heads circle the calendar like it's Christmas. This year's run through the field of 68 should be a blast — an undefeated team in the bracket, a wide-open field and a heavy dose of great players. So stock up the fridge, work on that fake cough to call in sick and dig the remote from under the couch cushions. It's time to roll. Top teams Florida. No. 1 overall seed should get some props, especially one that plays defense as the Ga- tors do. Wichita State. Final Four last season, unbeaten so far this one. All you need to know. Arizona. The loss of Brandon Ashley hurt and so did a loss to UCLA in the Pac-12 champion - ship game. Not enough to keep the Wildcats from earning a No. 1 seed. Virginia. No. 1 in the East Re- gion after sweeping the ACC reg- ular-season and tournament ti- tles. Louisville. Defending champs are somehow a No. 4. A little se- cret: They're better than that. Michigan State. The Spartans aren't highly ranked, but never count out a Tom Izzo team, es - pecially one that won the Big Ten tournament. Top players Doug McDermott, Creighton. Pretty much everyone's player of the year will be playing in the NCAA tournament for the final time. Expect big things. Jabari Parker, Duke. He has been not only been the best of this year's heralded freshman class, he's one of the best no matter what year. Shabazz Napier, UConn. About the only thing the Huskies' do- everything guard doesn't do is drive the team bus. Wouldn't be surprised if he did at some point. Russ Smith, Louisville. He is still Russdiculous. Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati. Playing on a defense-first team hasn't kept him from scoring 20 points a game. Nick Johnson, Arizona. The junior whose coach couldn't get a callback from elite summer camps has become one of the best two- way players in the country. Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State. He may have been sus - pended for a confrontation with a fan and has been accused of flop- ping, but the dude can play. Top opening matchups Oregon vs. BYU, West Re- gional, Friday in San Diego. MarCh Madness BucKle up for A wild ride CurTiS ComPTon — The ASSoCiATed PreSS Florida guard Scottie Wilbekin grabs his championship shirt aer defeating Kentucky in an nCAA college basketball game for the Southeastern Conference tournament Sunday. Julie JACobSon — The ASSoCiATed PreSS Arizona's nick Johnson, center, puts up a reverse layup during the nCAA Pac-12 conference championship game Saturday in las Vegas. There are dozens of methods for predicting the champion of the 68-team College men's basketball tournament. use statistics or follow your gut while filling out your own. braCketology Fill out your own March Madness bracket FULL bRACkET ON PAGE b2 The baseball version of the Tehama County Shootout is set for 7 p.m. tonight when the Corning Cardinals (1-3) visit red bluff (3-2). The Spartans won both meetings last year. baseball Tehama County rivals meet on the diamond Corning's tennis team travels to oroville at 3 p.m. today, while red bluff hosts Foothill at 3:30 p.m. The los molinos soball team hosts Chester at 4 p.m. prep sChedule Tennis teams take to the courts today Corning goes 3-1 over the weekend roundup » page 2 nCaa » page 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com tuesday, March 18, 2014 » more AT FACEbOOk.COM/RbDAILYNEWS And TWITTER.COM/REDbLUFFNEWS b1 ★