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StaffReports MAMMOTH LAKES The Red Bluff Spartans team may have only placed 19th out of 34 teams at the California-Nevada Inter- scholastic Ski and Snowboard Championships held at Mam- moth Mountain on March 2-5, but their spirit itself was award worthy. Red Bluff was selected as the winner of the Sportsmanship and Spirit Award. "It is a credit to our commu- nity that we have a fine group of athletes and parents that stepped up when they were needed to help pull off these events," coaches Bill and Mary Treat said. "(We are) extremely proud of these student athletes, parents, and coaches." The majority of the top ath- letes are from schools and acad- emies that are very near ski ar- eas. Meanwhile it's difficult for "valley" schools to get the on-hill time necessary to compete with some of the very top racers in the West. Still the Spartans did well. In the Women's Ski Giant Sla- lom Jenny McCluskey was 25th with a time of 86.96 seconds and Mariah Damante was 59th at 104.52. McCluskey was 42nd in Sla- lom with a time of 124.91 sec- onds. As a team the Lady Spartans placed 18th. In Men's Ski Giant Slalom Connor Sousa was 25th at 79.03 seconds, Joe Mills was 54th in 91.79 and Devon Treat finished in 102.87 for 60th place. In Slalom Devon Treat was 49th with a time of 120.46 sec- onds and Ryan Mueller was 62nd at 137.22. The Spartans placed 15th in men's skiing. In the Giant Slalom Girls Snowboarding Abby Micke placed 31st with a total time after two runs of 121.28 sec- onds. Ellie Miller placed 40th with a total time of 142.17 in the Giant Slalom and was 31st in Slalom. As a team they placed 16th out of 30 schools. In Men's Snowboarding Sla- lom Isaac Moldenhauer placed 65th with a time of 103.16 sec- onds. ALPINE Spartanshonoredfor sportsmanship,spirit RedBluffHigh'sskiandsnowboardteams recognized with state championships award COURTESYPHOTO The Red Bluff Spartans alpine team was (from top le ): Snowboard Coach Mat Puryear, Abby Micke, Ski Coach Blake Villa, Jenny McCluskey, Connor Sousa, Issac Moldenhauer, Joe Mills, Devon Treat, Ryan Mueller, Ski Coach Scott Treat, Snowboard Coach John Miller, Head Snowboard Coach Mary Treat, Ellie Miller, Mariah Damante, Edna Freitag and Head Coach Bill Treat. By Eddie Pells The Associated Press SEATTLE It was a game of inches. Not surprisingly, Rick Pi- tino and a couple of his scrappy guards got it done for Louisville. Freshman Quentin Snider made the winning free throws Friday and Terry Rozier closed it out with a steal, helping the fourth-seeded Cardinals to a 57- 55 victory over 13th-seeded UC Irvine and the tallest player in the tournament, 7-foot-6 Mama- dou Ndiaye. "He looked eight feet to me," said Pitino, whose team moves on to play Northern Iowa on Sun- day for a trip to the Sweet 16. With the game tied, Snider snagged a rebound in the cor- ner off a long miss by Luke Nel- son and drew a foul when Will Davis II crashed into him. Snider made the free throws with 8.9 seconds left, and the Anteaters (21-13) never got a fi- nal shot, thanks to Rozier's pick of Alex Young. "These two guys had to make big, tremendous plays," Pitino said. Putting Snider on the hot seat wasn't really the coach's plan when the freshman replaced Chris Jones in the starting lineup last month after the Car- dinals (25-8) dismissed the se- nior guard. Pitino told his team there was no way Snider could replace Jones all by himself, and asked the rest of the guys to pick things up. But in this game, Snider ele- vated his game. He finished with a career-high 16 points, 13 higher than his average — and scored NCAA TOURNAMENT Snider'sfreethrowsgiveLouisvillewin UC Irvine's 7-foot-6 Ndiaye unable to provide enough plays for Anteaters to beat Cardinals TED S. WARREN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Louisville's Wayne Blackshear puts up a shot over UC Irvine's Mamadou Ndiaye to tie the game 55-55late in the second half of an NCAA Tournament game Friday in Seattle. LOUISVILLE57,UCIRVINE55 More inside: For a roundup of Friday's NCAA Tournament games see page B2. THESCORE Staff Reports CHESTER Chester beat visiting Mercy 10-0 Thursday in a mercy- shortened six innings. It was the Five Star League opener for the Warriors. Travis Gorden had two of Mer- cy's four hits. William Gentry stole two bases for the Warriors. Richie Borges struck out seven batters. Mercy (0-4, 0-1) plays March 26-28 at Big League Dreams in Redding in the American Chris- tian Academy 2015 Spring Tour- nament. So ball CHESTER 15, MERCY 2 Chester used a nine-run second inning to roll to a 15-2 win in five innings over visiting Mercy on Thursday. Rebecca Branch drove in four runs for Chester. It was the Five Star League opener for both teams. Mercy (0-4, 0-1) plays March 26-28 at the Los Molinos Tour- nament. Tennis YREKA 6, CORNING 3 The Cardi- nals battled on the road Thurs- day, but couldn't get the needed wins to take the match. Wyatt Haywood won at No. 4 singles for Corning 6-1, 6-4 over Chris Crowe. Cruz Padilla won by forfeit at No. 6 singles. Padilla and Freddy Torres also got a forfeit win at No. 3 doubles. Michael Messmer and Hay- wood lost in a tiebreaker to Tadd Weed and Crowe. PREP SPORTS Chester sweeps in baseball, so ball Mercy baseball falls 10-0, so ball team beaten too By John Hickey Bay Area News Group MESA,ARIZ. For a moment, it was a classic baseball horror flick. Ball hit up the middle. Pitcher hit in the face. Pitcher hits the ground. Collective breath held. The victim, the Dodgers' Clay- ton Kershaw, lost part of a tooth to an Andy Parrino liner, but he felt good enough to remain in the game, a 3-2 Oakland win over Los Angeles. The A's scored twice in the ninth to pull it out. "That just goes to show what kind of competitor he is," A's starter Sonny Gray said. "It was scary. It's the kind of thing that happens way too often. I was happy to see him be able to stay in the game." Kershaw, the National League Cy Young Award winner three of the last four years, would have been blamed by no one if he'd left the game after being hit in the third inning, but that appar- ently was never a consideration. "If it was serious, I wouldn't have (stayed in)," Kershaw said. "It kind of hit me in the jaw. But this is the time of year where I only have a couple of more starts before the season. I need to build up my pitch count." Kershaw pitched five innings, then ran to the bullpen to get in extra pitches to get in all the throws he'd been assigned. "I didn't hit it that good," Par- rino said. "I broke my bat. I think it just missed his glove." Parrino said it was a lit- SPRING TRAINING A's nip Dodgers a er Kershaw gets hit in face by line drive The chairman of a House committee investigating the deadly 2012attacks in Benghazi formally requested Friday that Hillary Clinton turn over her email server for an independent review. HOUSE COMMITTEE Gowdy asks Clinton to turn over email server FULL STORY ON PAGE B7 Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, 7Little Words and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the latest advice doled out by Amy Dickinson. YOUR DAILY BREAK Fun and games inside today PAGE B3 The Red Bluff Lady Spartans and Corning Lady Cardinals continue play Saturday at Anderson's so ball tourna- ment being held at Big League Dreams in Redding. SOFTBALL Red Bluff, Corning continue tournament Red Bluff and Corning's golf teams play at 1p.m. Monday at the Pleasant Valley Invite being held at Bidwell Park Golf Course in Chico. Red Bluff tennis hosts Las Plumas at 3:30p.m. MONDAY'S SCHEDULE Red Bluff, Corning at PV golf tournament LOUISVILLE PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, March 21, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1