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StaffReports RED BLUFF Tehama Family Fitness Center hosted the sixth annual Dave Mobilio Memorial Raw Bench Press Champion- ships on March 20. The event featured 14 compet- itive men and women competing in honor of Mobilio, a friend of Tehama Family Fitness Center, who died while serving as a Red Bluff Police officer. "This is definitely one of our members' as well as the com- munity's favorite events. The weight room fills up with spec- tators with tremendous camara- derie and energy," Fitness Cen- ter General Manager Troy Lala- guna said. The Men's Lightweight class of 189 pounds-and-under was won by Tehama Family Fitness Center personal trainer John Giorvas. The 51-year-old also won the Master Division of 40-and-older with a lift of 340 pounds. C.J. Dempsey defended his ti- tle at the Middleweight division, of those under 231 pounds, with a press of 460 pounds, the heavi- est press of the night. Dempsey was also best for reps of body weight , benching his body weight of 220 pounds for 30 times. The men's Heavyweight divi- sion was won by Redding Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol officer Jason Morton with a lift of 435 pounds. The ladies Lightweight was won by Krista Reno with a lift 105 pounds. Ladies Middleweight was won by Kellie Rush with a lift of 110 pounds. The Ladies Heavyweight was won by Katie Morton with a lift of 150 pounds. Husband and wife Katie and Jason Morton won the co-ed team division with a combined total of 585 pounds. TFFC would like to thank all competitors volunteers, DJ Jambo Slice, and BeastUp en- ergy for making this event pos- sible. WEIGHTLIFTING Dempseydefendstitle atMobiliocompetition Eventfeatures14competitorsinbenchpress in honor of late Red Bluff Police officer COURTESYPHOTO C.J. Dempsey won his weight class for the second straight year at the sixth annual Dave Mobilio Memorial Raw Bench Press Championships on March 20. By Beth Harris The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Wisconsin looked like a beaten team for much of the game. Frank Kaminsky got off to a slow start, his team couldn't make a shot in the first half and then fell behind by seven midway through the second half. It looked like a repeat of the Big Ten Conference title game, when the Badgers were left for road kill against Mich- igan State before coming back to win in overtime. The top-seeded Badgers again proved their grit, rally- ing in the final 10 minutes to hold off North Carolina 79-72 Thursday night and advance to the final eight of the NCAA Tournament. Sam Dekker had a career- high 23 points and 10 re- bounds, Kaminsky added 19 and Nigel Hayes 12 to send Wisconsin (34-3) into the West Regional final Saturday against either No. 2 seed Ar- izona or sixth-seeded Xavier. "The toughness that they showed today was really some- thing," Carolina coach Roy Williams said. "It's strange, the difference between win- ning and losing is so small." Marcus Paige hit consec- utive 3-pointers that drew Carolina within one with 54 seconds to go, but Wiscon- sin made all eight of its free throws — four by Kaminsky — over the closing seconds. "Everyone knows that once we get to free throw time at the end of the game, we've got NCAA TOURNAMENT TopseedWisconsinbeatsNorthCarolina Badgers fall behind by 7 points midway through second half before rallying for win MARK J. TERRILL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes (10) shoots against North Carolina forward Brice Johnson (11) during the first half of a regional semifinal in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Los Angeles. WISCONSIN79,UNC72 Up next: Regional Champion- ship, Saturday, TBA. More inside: Roundup of Thursday's games, page B2. THESCORE Staff Reports CORNING The Corning Cardinals won a hard-fought match 6-3 over visiting West Valley on Tuesday. Three singles matches went to a tiebreaker. West Valley swept the top half of the ladder, but Corning's bot- tom half came through. Wyatt Haywood beat Vosh Meade 6-4, 5-7 (10-8). Izzy Romo beat Thomas Mur- phy 6-3, 4-6 (10-6). Freddy Torres beat Ruben Me- jia-Mejiz 6-0, 6-0. The Cardinals went on to sweep the doubles matches all by 8-3 scores. Ethan Munoz and Marcos Va- lencia beat Gavin Semingson and Ryan Murphy. Michael Messmer and Hay- wood beat Eric James and Meade. Torres and Cruz Padilla beat Murphy and Mejia-Mejiz. Corning was scheduled to travel to Central Valley on Thurs- day and Anderson on March 31. UNIVERSITY PREP 9, MERCY 0 University Prep swept host Mercy on Tuesday. Mercy was traveling to Willows on Thursday. TENNIS Bottom of ladder helps li Corning Haywood, Romo, Torres win singles for Cardinals The Associated Press DETROIT The San Jose Sharks are trying to play their way into a playoff berth. Meanwhile, De- troit seems on the verge of fall- ing out of one. Patrick Marleau scored twice and Antti Niemi made 30 saves to help the Sharks top the Red Wings 6-4 on Thursday night. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Matt Ni- eto, Chris Tierney and Logan Cou- ture also had goals for San Jose, which ended a two-game skid. "I told the players this morning we can't expect to win 7-6 or 6-5," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "That shows how wrong I can be." Detroit got goals from Tomas Jurco, Tomas Tatar, Stephen Weiss and Justin Abdelkader as it dropped its second straight at home. Jimmy Howard made seven saves, but allowed three goals in the first before being pulled for backup Petr Mrazek. The Red Wings have allowed five or more goals in each of their last two games. "We'll give Pete Mrazek an op- portunity here. He'll get the start next game," coach Mike Babcock said after his team maintained a five-point lead on Ottawa for third place in the Atlantic Divi- sion "We've given up a lot of goals at home and that's not how we want to play. That's not Red Wing-like." Mrazek made 17 saves in relief of Howard. The Sharks got the game's first goal 19 seconds in after Melker Karlsson stole the puck deep in the Detroit zone and got it to Vlasic, who beat Howard with a one-timer from just inside the blue line. NHL Marleau's two goals carry Sharks past Red Wings 6-4 SHARKS 6, RED WINGS 4 Up next: San Jose Sharks at Philadelphia Flyers, 10a.m. Satur- day, TV on CSN-CA. THESCORE The co-pilot of the German- wings jet barricaded himself in the cockpit and intentionally rammed the plane full speed into the French Alps, ignoring the captain's frantic pounding on the door and the screams. FRANCE Co-pilot'intentionally' crashed plane into Alps FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl says he was tortured repeatedly in the five years he was held captive by the Taliban: beaten with a copper cable, chained, held in a cage and threatened with execution. DESERTION CASE Bergdahl faces charges despite being tortured FULL STORY ON PAGE B3 Red Bluff so ball is at South Medford, Oregon for a double- header today. Mercy is at the Los Molinos so ball tourna- ment. Red Bluff track is at the Eagle Classic Relays hosted by West Valley. TODAY'S SCHEDULE Lady Spartans in Oregon for weekend The Red Bluff Spartans (12-0, 4-0) put their undefeated record on the line at 3p.m. today at Paradise (5-5, 1-2). The Mercy Warriors are at the American Christian Academy tournament in Redding. BASEBALL Spartans at Paradise; Mercy in Redding BADGERS PAGE 2 SHARKS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, March 27, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1