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Wednesday Baseball — Corning at West Valley, 4 p.m. Softball — Shasta at Red Bluff, 4 p.m. Track — Corning at West Valley Track — Red Bluff at Oroville, 3 p.m. Track — Mid-Valley/Mt. Valley League at Orland, 2:30 p.m. Golf — Mercy at Oak Creek, 1 p.m. Sports 1B Spartans grab draw HS FOOTBALL By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor The Northern Section is changing its football playoffs. Beginning in the 2012 season, schools will be placed into a division based only on its own enrollment. Previously, the 10 schools with the largest enrollment numbers were placed in Division I. The next 10 enroll- ments were Division II and so on. The Northern Section’s football playoff committee passed the proposal at its March 23 meeting. The NSCIF published the meeting’s minutes, Tuesday, on its website. The new system puts any school with at least 1,000 stu- dents into Division I. There is no limit or minimum to the schools in a division. According to current projections nine schools would qualify for Division I — Chico, Enterprise, Foothill, Las See FOOTBALL, page 2B Tehama Tracker GOLF 2011 Pleasant Valley Invitational Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff central defender Rachel Ward races down the ball,Tuesday, in the first half. SOCCER University Prep 1 Red Bluff 1 By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor Mickenzie Perdue’s intelligent and beautifully placed strike late in the second half, Tuesday, lifted the Lady Spartans to a 1-1 draw with vis- iting University Prep. The Red Bluff striker won a 50-50 ball in the 72nd minute, noticed Uni- versity Prep’s goalie was off her line and lobbed a shot from 30 yards out over her head and into the goal. After a sluggish first half, in which Red Bluff surrendered the opening goal and couldn’t maintain possession, the Lady Spartans began gaining confidence over the final 40 minutes. “I just think we were more moti- vated to score, because we had that drive,” Perdue said. Red Bluff coach Geoff Barrow said at halftime he told his team to focus on playing “simple and smart.” Red Bluff hadn’t tested University Prep’s goalie much in the first half. Alex Levindofske had the Spar- tans’ best scoring opportunity, when she fired a high shot from about 20 yards out following a corner kick. However the Spartans couldn’t string together enough passes to pose a threat. Meanwhile their defense, led by Rachel Ward, kept the game within a goal’s reach. Late in the second half the Spar- tans began finding success. In the 70th minute Jill Bilodeaux earned a Red Bluff free kick from the left of goal. Lexi Nanfito delivered a perfectly placed cross, but no Spartan could put a head on it. But the Spartans kept the pressure in U-Prep’s third and minutes later Perdue struck the back of the net. Red Bluff goalie Kaity Knox made a few saves down the stretch to maintain the draw. “We have a ways to go just to fur- ther gel this group as a possession unit — just moving better and sup- porting each other,” Barrow said. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win. — Carl Lewis Tyler Reed — Red Bluff Playing on the big stage at Raley Field in Sacra- mento, Reed shined going 3-for-3 with a triple and a pair of RBIs. The junior is off to a hot start for the Spartans, leading the team with a .444 batting aver- age. He’s also knocked in nine runs. Traditions (530) 527-0247 Trophy Make it Matter… (T.T.) V alor V ictory V alues Megan McColpin — Red Bluff McColpin is starting off this season where she left off in 2010. In the Lady Spartans home opener against Oroville, McColpin went the distance, shut- ting out the Tigers and striking out nine batters. No Lady Tiger managed to get past first base on the Red Bluff junior. Congratulations Athletes of the Week! Listen Friday Nights at 6:00pm on KBLF AM 1490 “Northstate Sports Weekly” All episodes can also be heard by logging onto www.trophytraditions.com Red Bluff’s Daniel Frantz tied for second at the 2011 Pleasant Valley Invitational held at Bidwell Park. The Spar- tans finished eighth out of 19 teams. Corning was 15th. McKinleyville won the tournament led by Cody Bates, who had the low individual score of 70. Frantz shot a 74 for Red Bluff. Red Bluff’s Peter Mitzel shot an 86. SOFTBALL Red Bluff 6 Pleasant Valley 12 Pleasant Valley had an answer every time Red Bluff put runs on the board, Tuesday, and ran off with a 12-6 win. Red Bluff grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third inning, but he Lady Vikings struck back for six runs in their half. Red Bluff was led by Emily McEnaney, who tripled and drove in two runs. Brittney Fletcher went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Bryce Etzler drove in two runs and Megan McColpin scored twice. BASEBALL Hayfork 14 Mercy 2 Chris Bartlett went 2-for-2 and drove in both of Mercy’s runs in a 14-2 loss to Hayfork, Tuesday. Wednesday March 30, 2011 Football playoffs receive makeover