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Staff report Redding » It was an all Tehama County final for Saturday's cham- pionship at Shasta High School's Wolfpack Invitational as Red Bluff held off Corning 12-8. The teams put on an offensive explosion, combining for 20 runs and 24 hits in the championship tilt. Bailey Akins drove in five RBIs on 3-for-5 hitting for Red Bluff (16- 6). She finished a triple short of the cycle with a single, double and a home run. Allyson Drury also homered for Red Bluff. She drove in three runs. Tayler Zazueta drove in a pair of runs and had a double. Cheyanne Grannes doubled twice and had a RBI. Alyssa Hethcoat went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Sa m J on es w en t 2 -f or -3 . Corning (13-6) got home runs from Sophia Oliverez and Baylie Fryar. Both girls also singled in the loss. Marrissa Hopkins went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Candace Muller and Madeline Caputo each drove in a run. Madison Phillips doubled. Kaitlin Cox went 2-for-3. Hailee Nicholls ended up as the winning pitcher, she struck out seven batters. Soball Red Bluff 6, foothill 1 (SatuR- day) » Nicholls bat helped Red Bluff to a win in the semifinals. She had a triple, double and drove in four runs as the Lady Spartans rallied from an early deficit. Stefanie Brunello drove in the other two runs on a single and a double. Jones went 2-for-4. Zazueta had a double. Nichols struck out five and went the distance for the win. CoRning 6, enteRpRiSe 4 (SatuR- day) » The Lady Cardinals rallied back from a 4-3 deficit with three runs in the fifth inning to win their semifinal game. Cheyenne Boles drove in two RBIs and a double. Cox, Oliverez and Fryar also drove in runs for Corning. Cox tripled and Oliverez and Fryar doubled. Oliverez also had a single. Boles picked up the win on the mound. Red Bluff 12, ShaSta 2 (SatuR- day) » The Lady Spartans cruised during a victory over the tourna- ment hosts. Hethcoat drove in four runs and had a pair of doubles. Akins homered, singled and drove in two runs. Drury and Brunello each drove in runs. Nicholls singled, doubled and had a RBI. Zazueta tripled. Nichols struck out four for the win. CoRning 10, andeRSon 0 (SatuR- day) » The Lady Cardinals shut out Anderson on Day 2 of the tourna- ment. Muller, Fryar and Kimberly White each drove in two runs. Hopkins also drove in a run. Oliverez went 3-for-3. Fryar and White both had multi- hit games. Caputo had a double. Boles went the distance and struck out four. Red Bluff 8, paRadiSe 1 (fRiday) » The Lady Spartans capped the first day of the tournament with a win over Paradise. Drury homered and singled for Red Bluff. pRep Roundup Lady Spartans beat Corning in tourney final Red Bluff soball goes undefeated at Wolfpack Invitational Staff report ShaSta lake » The Lady Spartans finished second out of 24 schools at the John Frank Invite held Satur- day by Central Valley High School. Grants Pass (Ore.) led the field with 147 points. Red Bluff had 46 and Anderson was third with 28 points. Corning finished in a tie for 21st place with four points. Red Bluff's Adrienne Hinkston won the 400 meters with a time of 58.95 seconds. The Lady Spartans 4x400 team of Daisy Brose, Kaylynn Gib - son, Jordan Vazquez and Adri- enne Hinkston won with a time of 4:07.98. The 4x100 relay team of Brose, Allison Wining, Hinkston and Gib - son placed second (51.37). Kayla Thayer won the discus for Red Bluff with a mark of 121 feet, 6 inches. Fellow Spartan Mika LeV - itt was seventh at 91 feet, 7 inches. In the shot put Thayer finished tRaCk & field La dy Spartans 2nd at John Frank Invite Both Red Bluff boys, girls 4x400 relay teams winners A year aer bombs shattered the marathon and paralyzed the area for days, federal prosecutors say they have evi- dence ready to use against the surviving suspect, but many questions remain. teRRoRiSm Questions linger year aer marathon bombs FULL STORY ON PAGE b4 Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, 7 Little Words and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the latest advice dolled out by Carolyn Hax. youR daily BReak Fun and games inside today PAGE b3 Aer their runner-up finish at the Wolfpack Invitational the Lady Cards (13-6) host Orland (6-9) at 4 p.m. today. The Corning baseball team (5-8) is at Chico (10-5) at 3 p.m. CoRning athletiCS Lady Cards host Orland, baseball at Chico Megan Huntsman was clear about what she did with six of her newborn babies. CRime Utah mom admitted to killing her 6 babies FULL STORY ON PAGE b4 By Josh dubow The Associated Press San JoSe » The rivalry between the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks has grown so in- tense in recent years that even newcomers take little time to ac- climate themselves to the ani- mosity. Rookie Tomas Hertl has spent less than a year in California but managed to sum up most of his San Jose teammates' feelings to - ward the Kings when he recently proclaimed that he doesn't "much like L.A." The sentiment from the Kings toward the Sharks is quite sim - ilar, stemming from 34 hard- fought meetings over the past four seasons, including a pair of grueling playoff series that the teams have split. The teams will meet again in a best-of-seven first-round series beginning Thursday night in San Jose with many of the scars from those previous meetings still fresh, including Kings captain Dustin Brown's illegal knee-on- knee hit that sidelined Hertl for more than three months this sea - son and last year's seven-game series won by Los Angeles in the second round. "In order to get revenge, you've got to win this series," Sharks de - fenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic said Monday. "That's the way you get revenge for what hap- pened to Hertl. Hopefully, he can help us win. We've played each other enough in the last couple of years — twice in playoffs in the last (three) years. It will be a very, very good series." The home team has won 16 of the past 17 games in this series, including all seven in last year's playoffs won by Los Angeles. This time it's the Sharks who have the home-ice advantage although the Kings did win 1-0 in San Jose on Jan. 27. "It's a tough building," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "That's a big part of their identity is their home ice, their crowd and their building, so obviously it's a big challenge." The previous two series have not been without heated mo - ments. In 2011, Kings center Jarret Stoll was suspended one game for hitting Sharks defense- man Ian White into the boards in Game 1 in a ruling disputed by Los Angeles. The Sharks were the ones an - gered by a suspension last year when Raffi Torres was banned for the final six games for a hit to the head against Stoll in Game 1. The absence of Torres and injured forward Marty Havlat sapped San Jose's depth, forced Joe Pavelski to move from third- line center to a top six wing and contributed to Los Angeles' se - ries win even though Stoll missed the remainder of the series as well. The Kings likely feel the result may have been different in the 2011 series that San Jose won in six games if star center Anze Ko - pitar hadn't broken his ankle late in the regular season. "Rivalries are created in the playoffs more than in the reg - nhl SHARKS AND KINGS CONTINUE RIVALRY The top-tier matchup resumes in the first round of playoffs at the Shark Tank MArCIO JOsE sANCHEz — THE AssOCIATEd PrEss san Jose sharks' Tomas Hertl, right, of the Czech republic, is defended by Colorado Avalanche's Marc-Andre Cliche (24) as goalie Jean- sebastien Giguere, le, watches during the first period of Friday's game in san Jose. playoffS » page 2 ShARkS vS kiNGS (PLAYOFFS) Game 1 at san Jose, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Game 2 at san Jose, sunday, 7 p.m. Game 3 at Los Angeles, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Game 4 at Los Angeles, April 24, 7 p.m. Game 5* at san Jose, April 26, TBA Game 6* at Los Angeles, April 28, TBA Game 7* at san Jose, April 30, TBA * - If necessary SCheduLe The Associated Press loS angeleS » The San Francisco 49ers today issued a brief state- ment on the arrest of linebacker Aldon Smith, who was taken into custody at Los Angeles Inter- national Airport after allegedly making a comment about having a bomb as he was undergoing se- curity screening. Smith, 24, was arrested about 2 p.m. Sunday in Terminal 1, and was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Station on suspicion of making a false report of a bomb threat, said Los Ange - les Airport police Sgt. Karen Ortiz. Smith was released Sunday night on $20,000 bail, according to the sheriff's department. No court date was set. In a statement this morning, 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke said: "We are disappointed to learn of the incident involving Aldon Smith. As this is a pending legal matter and we are still gath - ering the pertinent facts, we will have no further comment." nfl 49 er s ar e 'disappointed' by S mi th r ep or t aldon » page 2 loCal » page 2 SpaRtanS » page 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com tuesday, april 15, 2014 » MOrE AT FACEbOOk.COM/RbDAiLYNEWS ANd TWiTTER.COM/REDbLUFFNEWS B1