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Tehama Tracker Today's games VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS Division-VI semifinal Mercy W Westwood NHL Detroit Sharks 7:30 p.m. CSNC On the tube COLLEGE FOOTBALL •5 p.m., ESPN — North Carolina at Virginia Tech •5 p.m., CSNB — Marshall at Mem- phis GOLF • 10:30 a.m., TGC — LPGA, Title- holders, first round, at Orlando, Fla. • 4:30 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Presi- dents Cup, second round, at Mel- bourne, Australia MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •2 p.m., ESPN2 — Puerto Rico Tip- Off, first round, Maryland vs. Alaba- ma, at San Juan, Puerto Rico •4 p.m., ESPN2 — 2K Sports Clas- sic, first round, Texas A&M vs. Missis- sippi St., at New York •6 p.m., ESPN2 — 2K Sports Clas- sic, first round, Arizona at St. John's NFL FOOTBALL •5 p.m., NFL — N.Y. Jets at Denver NHL HOCKEY • 4:30 p.m., NHL — Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay Gibson, Maddon win Awards NEW YORK (AP) — Kirk Gibson took a tough- guy approach. So much so, he brought three Navy SEALs to spring training. The SEALs wrote D, W and I on a board. The letters stood for a sense of purpose, not a traffic offense: ''Deal With It.'' ''They bought into it,'' said Gibson, voted the NL Manager of the Year on Wednesday after the guid- ing the Arizona Diamond- backs to a worst-to-first finish. Joe Maddon took a dif- ferent tact. After Tampa Bay lost its first six games, he proclaimed with a great flourish that this team was the best 0-6 club in base- ball history. ''I think a lot of people are into the Rays' style,'' he said after being chosen the AL Manager of the Year. Gibson was a clear choice for guiding the Dia- mondbacks to a runaway NL West title. A former MVP as a rough-and-tum- ble outfielder, he was hon- ored in his first full season as a big league manager. ''I certainly had a vision,'' Gibson said dur- ing a conference call while on vacation in northern Michigan, adding, ''It's certainly not all because of me.'' Maddon won the AL award for the second time. Around town North Valley Rapids tryouts The North Valley Rapids ASA girls' softball club will be holding tryouts for their 2012 Summer 12 U, 14 U, and 16 U travel teams at Big League Dreams on Sunday, Dec. 4. The 14 U tryout is 10 a.m.; 16 U tryout is moon; and 12 U tryout is 12:30 p.m.. Visit their website at www.northvalleyrapids.com. For additional information contact Jason Newham (14U): 722-5817 or jnewham@cokecce.com; Anthony Bertain (16U): 921- 3117 or abertain@frontier- net.net; Richard Walker (12U): 945-7379 or richsgirls4@yahoo.com. Shasta GoldDiggers Tryouts The Shasta GoldDiggers U-14 team will be holding their tryouts for the summer season, set to start right after the high school softball. The summer season runs through the end of August. Tryouts will be Saturday, Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Redding Softball Park. Players need to be 14 years or younger as of Jan. 1, 2012. Any questions please con- tact head coach Lonnie Boles at 209-3595 or 824-2777. If you can not make the tryout date, give Lonnie a call. Courtesy photo The Red Bluff Jr Spartan Peewees are #4 Conner McKenzie; #5 Trenton Coates; #7 Tanner Tweedt; # 8 Drew Stacy; #9 Dylan Moore; #12 Marshal Brose; #14 Joey Estrada; #17 Leslie Shank; #20 Tyler Parks; #21 Donaven Maxwell; #22 Dylan Holley; #26 Ian Hagen; #27 Cole Koeberer; #28 AJ Poni; #29 James Harris; #42 Kaden Cantrell; #44 Tanner Gantenbein; #45 Quentin Oliv- er; #48 Hunter Hartman; #50 Brinden Hethcaot; #51 Tristen Hobart; #53 Allen Garman; #54 Dylan Robinson; #56 Mario Martinez; #57 Derek Dodson; # 60 Jayce Danis; #61 Khodi Gibson; #63 Sean Morton; #64 Keaton Coley; #65 Devan Maumasi; #66 Hunter Benson; #67 Eric Davis; #69 Gabriel Hale; #73 Kolton King; #75 Jamie Chavez; #78 Fabian Chavez and #84 Cody Gillespie They are coached by head coach Boomer Hethcoat, assistant coaches Ernie Martinez, Marvin Benefield, J.B. Stacy, Mario Martinez, Tony Chavez and Eric Coates. Special to the DN The Red Bluff Jr. Spartans Peewee and Corning Lions Midget football teams are playing in the inaugural Northern California Federation of Youth Football SuperBowls, Saturday, in Oroville. The teams would like to invite the entire community come support the players. The Lions (11-14 year-olds) and Jr. Spar- tans (9-11 year-olds) won their respective Division-2 championships last weekend. The Jr. Spartans remained undefeated with a hard fought game against the Wheatland Pirates. Tied 6-6 going into the final minutes, quar- terback Tanner Tweedt got a much needed first down on a scramble up the middle. With 90 seconds remaining Tweedt con- nected with Trenton Coates, who received a key block from Mario Martinez to get in for the winning touchdown. Wheatland's final drive was stopped by a Tyler Parks interception as time expired. The Jr. Spartans meet the Sutter Huskies at Noon at Harrison Stadium in Oroville, 1052 Mitchell Ave. Following their game will be the Jr. Midget SuperBowl followed by the Corning Lions facing the Chico Jaguars. Lady Bulldogs upset bid falls just short VOLLEYBALL Los Molinos 2 Pierce 3 The Lady Bulldogs just could- n't get the third game, Tuesday, falling to Pierce in the Division- V quarterfinals 20-25, 23-25, 25- 18, 26-24, 15-10. Los Molinos won the first two games and came close in the fourth, but couldn't pull off the upset in Arbuckle. Kaitlyn Seaman made 31 assists as a host of Bulldogs got involved. Clarivel Castillo had 10 kills and 10 digs. Emily Bailey had 10 kills and 14 digs. Tasha Madison added nine kills and 17 digs. Dannie Wabs had nine kills with 15 digs. Claudia Pena had 14 digs and Audrey Gillett 11 digs. Los Molinos finished 24-16-5. 7 p.m. Sports 1B Thursday November 17, 2011 SuperBowls set for Saturday Courtesy photo by Larry Long Los Molinos' Kailtyn Seaman battles Pierce's Sara Nunez at the net,Tuesday night. FOOTBALL Friday 7 p.m. Cardinals Corning Sutter Huskies #3 Corning: 8-3; beat Wheatland 53-14 in first round #2 Sutter: 9-1; 3-1, second in Butte View; first round bye Previous Meeting They haven't met since 2005. That year Corning beat Sutter 18-17 in the regular season, but the Huskies won 26-12 in the semifinals. Darren Nye hooked up with Scott Barron on a touchdown pass and Derek Noon- er had the Cardinals' other score, but Corning was held to just 132 yards. Scouting Report Two programs with plenty of Northern Section history hook up in this semifinal. Sutter is coming off its first loss of the season, losing to Orland in Week 10 for the Butte View League title. Corning's offense has been running all over opponents as of late. J.D. Whited refuses to be tackled, Ryan Holland's speed is posing problems and whoever else gets carries whether it be John Lowe, Ezekiel Rodriguez or Thomas Lowe seems to get the job done as well behind Corning's line. The Cardinals put up eight sacks against Wheatland. They won't get near that many opportunities against a Huskies team that doesn't pass that much. Sutter's ground game is led by Elijah Smith. Logan Zigenmeyer and quarterback Trent Little also get plenty of carries. When Little passes, he's effective, with nine touchdowns on the year. His top target is Mat Sanders, who also factors into the run game. Ryan Staas and Philip Robledo lead the Huskies defense. Garrett Wal- lace and Luke Leonard have the ability to make tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Calpreps has Corning a touchdown underdog in this game. If the Cardinals pull the upset, it will be because their line of Roy Madrigal, Erik Miranda, Cody Long, Austin Mallon and Dennis Wom- ack and others continued to play well. W VOLLEYBALL Thursday 7 p.m. Warriors Mercy Westwood Lumberjacks #3 Mercy: 25-14-1; beat Redding Adventist 3-0 in quarterfinals #2 Westwood: 21-3; beat Liberty Christian 3-2 in quarterfinals Previous Meeting The schools haven't met since the 2006 Hamilton City tournament when Westwood beat Mercy 25-16, 26-24. This year they've played six similar opponents (Chester, Fall River, Liberty Christian, Los Molinos, Portola and Redding Adventist). Westwood is 7-1 in those matches, while Mercy is 8-2-1, but have a win against each of those opponents. Scouting Report Mercy takes a long road trip into the mountains to face yet another team named the Lumberjacks. This one, however, should pose a larger threat than Redding Adventist. Westwood is led by Mikalia Bustamante, who ranks third in the sec- tion in hitting percentage. She averages 3.1 kills per game and is a threat at the net. She's also a great server, as is setter Bree Massey. Fortunately one of Mercy's strengths this year has been their defense. Led by Morgan Hampton-Glines and Jennifer Gentry the Lady Warriors know how to dig out balls. Kayce Kemp was tremendous setting up Mercy's offense in the quar- terfinals and she'll need that type of performance again as well as using her own height to neutralize Bustamante. Both teams have multiple attacking options. Morgan Tilford, Katia Lowry and Erin House all average more than a kill per game for West- wood. Ella Fleet and Maggie Keller lead the Mercy offensive. The winner heads to Saturday's 11 a.m. section championship game at Red Bluff Union High School. Westwood last reached the final in 2009 and last won in it 2007. Mercy's last appearance came during their stretch of section titles form 2000-2002. Division-VI — Semifinal Division-II — Semifinal