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StaffReports FOLSOM Jaxon Balken and Jayne Brandt finished seventh in their age groups March 22 at the 2015 14-and-Under Sierra Nevada Junior Olympic Short Course Championships. Balken and Brandt, both 12-year-olds, swam for Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing, which placed eighth out of 22 teams compet- ing from Northern California and Nevada. Around 660 swimmers com- peted in the event that featured trials and finals over three days. Balken and Brandt combined to break seven Sun Oak Aquat- ics Racing records. Balken crushed records in the 50-yard backstroke, 100 back- stroke, 200 backstroke, 100 in- dividual medley and 200 individ- ual medley. All of his swims were AAA times. Brandt broke team records in the 50 breaststroke, 100 breast- stroke, 200 breaststroke and 100 individual medley. All but Brandt's 100 IM were AAA times. Brandt's 8-year-old little sister Jordan came 0.11 seconds away from breaking the 25 butterfly team record, swimming a swift 16.95 seconds, which is a AAAA time. Balken brought home a gold medal in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:14.52, and sil- ver medals in the 50 backstroke (28.76) and 100 backstroke (1:02.93). SWIMMING Balken,Brandtbreak SunOaksteammarks 12-year-olds competed at Sierra Nevada Junior Olympic Championships with 660 swimmers COURTESYPHOTOS Jayne Brandt swims to a second-place finish in the 50-yard breaststroke in 33.29seconds, setting a new Sun Oaks Aquatic Racing team record. Jayne Brandt (le to right), Jordan Brandt and Jaxon Balken collected 16medals altogether at the Junior Olympics. By Kristie Rieken The Associated Press HOUSTON Growing up in Po- land, Przemek Karnowski had to stay up until 2 or 3 a.m. to watch the NCAA Tournament. Gonzaga's big man got to star in the show in prime time on Fri- day night, scoring 18 points with nine rebounds to lead the sec- ond-seeded Bulldogs to a 74-62 win over No. 11 seed UCLA in the Houston Regional semifinals. The victory puts Gonzaga (35- 2) in the Elite Eight for the sec- ond time, its first regional final since 1999. The Bulldogs will play Duke on Sunday. UCLA (22-14) opened the sec- ond half with a 6-0 run to get within 35-34. Gonzaga got go- ing after that, scoring the next 12 points, thanks to the power- ful inside game of the 7-foot-1, 288-pound Karnowski to make it 47-34. "For me it was always a dream to be here and to play deep into the NCAA Tournament," Kar- nowski said. "And right now I'm NCAA TOURNAMENT GonzagaintoEliteEight,1stsince1999 Karnowski scores 18 points, pulls down nine rebounds as No. 2 seed Bulldogs oust UCLA CHARLIE RIEDEL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gonzaga's Przemek Karnowski (24) and UCLA's Thomas Welsh (40) go a er a loose ball during the second half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Houston. GONZAGA74,UCLA62 Up next: Regional Final, Sunday, TBA. More inside: For other NCAA games see page B2. THESCORE By Clay Bailey The Associated Press MEMPHIS, TENN. Stephen Curry had 38 points and 10 assists, leading the Golden State War- riors to their 60th win — tying a franchise record — 107-84 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Klay Thompson finished with 28 points and Draymond Green added 10 as the Warriors (60-13) won their eighth straight, solidi- fying their hold on the top spot in the Western Conference. Curry and Thompson were a combined 22 of 39 from the field and converted 14 of 21 from out- side the arc. Golden State made 16 of 31 from 3-point range. Mike Conley and Jeff Green led Memphis with 16 points each, while Marc Gasol scored 13 points. Zach Randolph finished with 10 points. The lopsided loss was the sec- NBA Curry li s Warriors in rout of Grizzlies Golden State ties franchise record with 60th victory BRANDON DILL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State's Stephen Curry (30) drives on Memphis' Zach Randolph (50) in the first half Friday. Staff Reports SHASTA LAKE CITY Corning swept the doubles matches, but Central Valley won five out of six singles matches to beat the vis- iting Cardinals 5-4 Thursday in boys tennis. Adding to Corning's woes were losing four tiebreakers during the singles matches. Ethan Munoz and Marcos Va- lencia beat Jake Skoidas and Matt Shukis 8-3 in No. 1 doubles. Wyatt Haywood and Mike Messmer beat Alan Chavez and Christian Jimenez 9-7. Freddy Torres and Jose Reyna beat Brendon Attkinson and Issac Engalls 8-3. Izzy Romo picked up Corning's only singles win, 6-3, 6-1 over En- galls. Corning (2-4, 2-2) is at Ander- son at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. WILLOWS 9, MERCY 0 Willows swept visiting Mercy on Thursday. The Warriors are on Spring Break until April 14 when they host Live Oak. Baseball AMERICAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 19, MERCY 2 Mercy lost to the tournament hosts in five innings Thursday on Day 1 of their tour- nament in Redding at Big League Dreams. Richie Borges drove in two runs and hit a double for Mercy. William Gentry stole two bases. EASTLINNCHRISTIANACADEMY12, MERCY 1 East Linn from Leba- non, Oregon beat Mercy in five in- nings Thursday. Borges struck out 10 batters in five innings. PREP ROUNDUP Corning falls to CV tennis team in close 5-4 match Germanwings co-pilot An- dreas Lubitz appeared happy and healthy to acquaintances, but a picture emerged Friday of a man who hid evidence of an illness from his employers — including a doctor's note. FRANCE PLANE CRASH Co-pilot seemed OK but may have hidden illness FULL STORY ON PAGE B7 Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, the wily Nevadan who dominated the Senate for a decade from the minority to the majority and back again, announced Friday he will retire a er five terms. SENATE Democratic leader Reid won't seek re-election FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 The Red Bluff Lady Spartans continue their Oregon trip Sat- urday when they play Grants Pass in a doubleheader. The Los Molinos so ball tourna- ment, including Mercy, wraps up Saturday. SOFTBALL Lady Spartans play doubleheader Saturday The Red Bluff Spartans begin play at the Fresno Easter Classic at 1p.m. Monday when they play Madera South. Mercy plays Saturday at American Christian Academy's tournament in Redding. BASEBALL Spartans head to Fresno Easter Classic SWIMMERS PAGE 2 GONZAGA PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, March 28, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1