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ByTeresaM.Walker TheAssociatedPress LOUISVILLE, KY. TheUABBlaz- ers may not have a football pro- gram anymore. They do have the first big upset of the NCAA Tour- nament and hope they can give their university something to rally around. William Lee scored the last four points for 14th-seeded UAB, and the Blazers knocked off third-seeded Iowa State 60- 59 on Thursday in their open- ing game in the NCAA Tourna- ment. It's the third straight year a 14 seed has upset a No. 3 seed, and Georgia State followed up by joining the list within an hour with a 57-56 win over Baylor. The Blazers (20-15) came in with the youngest team in the NCAA Tournament and with no- body having played in this tour- nament before. They wound up winning the program's first NCAA game since 2005 and ran over to celebrate in front of the fans of a school that shut its foot- ball program down in December. "For us, it was just huge," UAB junior Robert Brown said. "We come here, not just to play games, but to actually make some noise and to win some games. To be able to do that and win for Bir- mingham, win for Coach (Jerod) Haase, it's a great feeling." NCAA TOURNAMENT 14th-seedUABupsets No.3seedIowaState Schoolshutdownitsfootballprogramin December, now has reason for celebration TIMOTHYD.EASLEY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS UAB's William Lee, le , looks for help from the defense of Iowa State's Georges Niang during the second half Thursday in Louisville, Ky. UAB won 60-59. TIMOTHY D. EASLEY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UAB's Nick Norton, front right, hugs Denzell Watts a er their 60-59win over Iowa State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Louisville, Ky. UAB60,IOWASTATE59 More inside: See a roundup of all of Thursday's games, page B2. THESCORE The Associated Press TORONTO The Toronto Maple Leafs were outmatched and out- classed by the San Jose Sharks. Logan Couture had a goal and an assist, helping the Sharks defeat the Maple Leafs 4-1 on Thursday night. Couture's goal early in the second period was the eventual winner for San Jose, which ended a two-game skid. "We're probably a junior team against an NHL team tonight," Maple Leafs goaltender Jona- than Bernier. "I don't know how many times we're going to talk about having a good start and we just don't do it." Tomas Hertl, Melker Karlsson and Tommy Wingels also scored for the Sharks, and Antti Niemi made 27 saves for the win. Joe Thornton added two assists for San Jose. "You've just got to take it day by day to be honest with you," said Thornton of the Sharks' push for the playoffs. "You can't look too far ahead and you're def- initely not looking behind you. You've just got to stay in the mo- NHL Couture, Sharks skate past Maple Leafs Thornton adds two assists for San Jose as team continues to push toward playoff berth NATHAN DENETTE — AP PHOTO/CANADIAN PRESS Toronto Maple Leafs forward Sam Carrick (53) hits San Jose Sharks forward Ben Smith during the first period Thursday in Toronto. SHARKS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 1 Up next: San Jose Sharks at Montreal Canadiens, 4p.m. Sat- urday, TV on CSN-CA. THESCORE The radical Islamic State group claimed responsibil- ity for the attack on a Tunis museum that le 23people dead and scores of tourists wounded, and upended the country's tourism industry. TOURIST MUSEUM IslamicStategroup claims Tunisia attack FULL STORY ON PAGE B5 Marcus Johnson Jr.'s parents figured a sunny day at the park was just what their son needed while recovering from heart surgery. Instead, the outing turned deadly when the 6-year-old was shot. TRAFFIC DISPUTE Child's shooting death shakes city's residents FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 Staff Reports REDDING Red Bluff's Nathen Fregoso finished in a tie for sixth place Monday at the 2015 Wolf Pack Invitational held at Gold Hills Country Club. Golfers from 13 schools com- peted in the event held by Shasta High School. Pleasant Valley's Noah Norton won the tournament with a 71. Dylan Grossman shot 94 for Red Bluff and Cal Grossman shot 99. Tanner Durfee shot 100, Liam Brown 105 and Ben Crain a 115 for the Spartans. Mercy was led by Shane Rhodes, who shot 102. J.R. Grace shot 123, Megan Realander shot a 127 and Mary Dimaggio shot 144. Red Bluff plays at 1 p.m. Mon- day at the Pleasant Valley Invite at Bidwell Park Golf Course in Chico. Corning is also scheduled to play in the tournament. Mercy plays a Five Star League match at 2 p.m. Tuesday hosted by Redding Christian at The Tierra Oaks Golf Club. Tennis LIVE OAK 8, MERCY 1 Connor Rooney provided Mercy's lone win on the road Wednesday. Rooney won his No. 1 singles match 6-1, 6-2 over Hugh Catba- gen. Mercy hosts University Prep at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. PREP ROUNDUP Spartans' Fregoso takes 6th at invite Rooney wins No. 1 singles for Mercy tennis team The Associated Press PHOENIX Ryan Vogelsong al- lowed two hits in 4 2/3 scoreless innings, and Joe Panik and Bran- don Belt homered to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Mil- waukee Brewers 3-2 Thursday. The first hit Vogelsong gave up was a single to Ryan Braun lead- ing off the fourth. It was Braun's first hit of the spring, ending an 0-for-13 drought extended by a fly- out in the first. "All great streaks must come to an end," Braun said with a smile. "I just wanted to make sure they save the ball for me. "I'm just preparing myself for April 6, and as long as I put my work in I'll be ready." Vogelsong entered with a 9.39 ERA this spring, but shook off a hard shot off his right shin on a ball hit by Scooter Gennett in the first inning. The ball caromed right to Belt at first base for an out. Afterward, the right-hander had an ice bag on his shin to match those on his elbow and shoulder. "I'll live," Vogelsong said. Panik hit a solo homer off Ty- ler Thornburg, a replacement for scratched starter Mike Fi- ers (shoulder). Belt hit his third homer of the spring to the oppo- site field in the seventh. Matt Long homered for Mil- waukee. Sergio Romo, rebounding from shoulder soreness, pitched out of a ninth-inning jam to get the save as the Giants won for only the third time in the past 14 Cac- tus League games. San Francisco manager Bruce SPRING TRAINING Vogelsong has strong outing, Giants beat Brewers 3-2 The Red Bluff Spartans (8-0, 2-0) put their undefeated record on the line at 7p.m. to- night at Foothill (6-2-1, 0-1). Corning (4-3) travels to Chico (4-3-1) for a doubleheader beginning at noon. BASEBALL Spartans, Cardinals on the road today The Red Bluff and Corning so ball teams compete at An- derson's tournament held at Big League Dreams in Redding today. Corning track travels to Yuba City for the John "O" Invite. TODAY'S SCHEDULE Red Bluff, Corning at Anderson tournament GIANTS PAGE 2 BLAZERS PAGE 2 SHARKS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, March 20, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1