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Sports 1B Weekend Jan. 9-10, 2010 Saturday Boys BBall — Corning Shootout Championship, 5:30 p.m. Boys BBall — Quincy at Mercy Girls BBall — Quincy at Mercy Girls BBall — Red Bluff vs Lassen at West Valley, 5 p.m. Wrestling — Nor-Cal Championships in Anderson Cardinals claw back Tehama Tracker Lady Spartan basketball That beating in Chico? Forget about it. The Lady Spartans earned a berth in tonight's West Valley Tournament final with a 53-50 win over Anderson on Thursday and a 64-54 victory over Central Valley on Friday. After already suffering two losses this season to the Lady Falcons, the Spartans were staring at a third Friday as they went to the locker room at halftime down 30-19. However Red Bluff came out and switched to a zone press, and completed a 21-point swing to earn a double-digit victory. Freshman Lily Brose scored 21 of her 26 points in the second half and Roxy Luppino reached double-digits for the second straight night. Lottie Jones scored 15 for the second straight night. On Thursday, the Spartans received solid post play in their defeat against Anderson and were sparked by the intensity of lone senior Reba Barnwell. Alana Hinkston joined Brose, Jones and Luppino in reaching double digits against the Cubs. Spartan wrestling Red Bluff lost only two matches, Wednesday, turning a usually close annual dual with Shasta into a 60-12 thrashing. Kurt Buxton started things off right for the Spartans with a 9-1 win over Matt Smull at 103 pounds. Red Bluff then picked up forfeit wins at 112 and 119 pounds At 125 pounds Tyler Demerath won a tough 4-2 decision against Prestor Wallers. Sultan Beardsley then came away with a 16-0 technical fall win at 130 pounds in 1:45 into the first period against Mitch McDaniels. Byrce Blanchard defeated Brendon Wallers 6-1 at 135 pounds before the Wolves finally earned their win at 140 pounds. Shasta's Terry Mathews pinned Erik Andersen late in the second period to get the Wolves on the board. Coach David Rottenberg said freshman Kyle Case wres- tled his most complete match of the year to earn a 12-4 major decision win against Mike Bland. The Reid brothers, JT and Dillon, both secured second period falls and then Taylor Hickson added another one to give the Spartans three more wins in a row. Loganpaul Eickoff got a first period fall over Garrett Sanders for Shasta's only other win of the night. Taylor Wilson defeated Lye Saephanh 15-0 for a techni- cal fall for the Spartans and then heavyweight Jeff Skaggs ended the night with a first period fall against Josh O'Dell. Red Bluff travels to the Nor-Cal Championships hosted by Anderson High School on Saturday. Lady Cardinal basketball Corning improved to 8-7 on the season, Tuesday, with a 47- 39 win at Orland. Regan Albee led the Lady Cardinals in scoring with 17 points and had seven steals. Brittney Garrett recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds and Chante' Dale had 15 points for Corning. Cardinal wrestling Corning fell three points short of beating Lassen, Wednesday, as the Grizzlies defeated the Cardinals 36-33. Matt Peterson won by fall over Pat Hartrum at 130 pounds for the Cardinals and Billy Crawford defeated Ahren Ramirez by fall at 160 pounds. Corning also received wins at 135 pounds when Cole Holland defeated Nick Hibbits 10-6, at 140 pounds at Nick Johnson defeated Zach Davis 7-4 and at 152 pounds where Calvin Meister defeated Ben Thomas 6-2 Martin Solano at 112 and Sean Lowe at 119 gave Corn- ing wins by Lassen forfeit. Lady Cardinal soccer Corning opened league play with a 2-1 win over Ander- son and improved to 4-2 overall on the season. Karen Torres and Maggie Ramirez each scored for Corn- ing. Tristen Huntley made 11 saves in net. Bulldog basketball Los Molinos evened its record at 6-6, Wednesday, with a 53-49 win over Pierce. Kevin Garnica led the Bull- dogs with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Dominique Ceja chipped in with 12 points. Jc Conrad had six assists for the Bulldogs. OAKLAND (AP) — Monta Ellis had 39 points and six assists, Anthony Morrow made a critical 3- pointer in the final minute, and the Golden State War- riors came back from an 18- point deficit in the second half to beat the Sacramento Kings 108-101 on Friday night. Corey Maggette added 24 points and eight rebounds, including two free throws with 18.1 seconds left, as the Warriors won their second straight after going just 3-12 in Decem- ber. Tyreke Evans had 25 points and six assists before fouling out late in the fourth quarter for Sacramento, which led nearly the entire game before collapsing down the stretch. The Kings led 99-94 with 4:38 remain- ing but managed only one basket the rest of the way, that coming on Sergio Rodriguez's uncontested layup with six seconds left. Ellis dominated his matchup against Evans most of the night but really took it to the front-runner for the NBA's Rookie of the Year award in the fourth quarter. Ellis scored the first seven points of the period then added four more down the stretch, including a driving layup that gave the Warriors a 100-99 lead with 2:51 remaining. After Jason Thompson was called for a charging foul with 1:05 left, Morrow made a 3-pointer to extend Golden State's lead. The Kings then committed two turnovers in the final 40 sec- onds, and Maggette made two free throws to seal it for the Warriors. Golden State suffered a significant blow at the end of the first quarter when starting forward Anthony Randolph went down with an injury to his left ankle. Randolph collapsed to the floor after Evans missed a driving layup at the buzzer and lay prone for several moments before teammates helped him off the court. Randolph, who averaged 13 points and 7.2 rebounds in his previous five games, was taken to the Warriors' locker room for further examination. He didn't return, finishing with six Warriors rally from 18 down to beat Kings Daily News photo by Rich Greene Corning's Cameron Nye drives to the basket, Friday, in front of Central Valley's Kody Corbell. By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor CORNING — Central Valley's Carlos Mancasola controlled the sec- ond semifinal of the Corning Shootout, Friday, making seven 3-pointers on his way to 33 points, but ultimately it was Corning's Tyler McIntyre's lone two points that made the difference. McIntyre stroked a pair of free throws with 59 seconds remaining to break a tie game and complete a Cardi- nal comeback as Corning advanced to tonight's 5:30 championship game with a 56-51 win over the Falcons. The Cardinals had trailed by as many as eight points as Marcasola sunk three after three and the rebound- ing of Dakota Bearquiver gave the Fal- cons an early lead. Trailing by six at the third quarter buzzer, Corning's Milo Martinovich tipped back a ball in a swat that resem- bled more of a volleyball move than a basketball shot. Martinovich then opened the fourth quarter with a more conventional put- back, part of his 13-point performance, as new life was breathed into the Car- dinals. Throughout the game every time Corning would cut the deficit to two points, Marcasola had an answer, but that changed in the final period. With Central Valley's Bearquiver dealing with foul trouble, the post cleared for Luis Piseno, who scored eight points down the stretch on h is way to 15 for the game. Corning's last rally was ignited by Cameron Nye, who grabbed a defen- sive rebound then sprinted down the court to convert a fast break basket. Nye was fouled on the play as well and his free throw cut the lead to two points. After Marcasola made a sophomore mistake with a traveling call, Piseno came back to tie the game. A minute later, McIntyre found himself under the basket and Corning's brickhouse guard, powered up to earn a trip to the free throw line. Ryan Holland almost sealed the game twice for the Cardinals during the final minute, tipping away passes, but was unable to grab the ball before it went out of bounds. The Falcons couldn't get the ball to Marcasola to take their final shot and instead Christian Spaschak missed a 3- pointer. Martinovich and Piseno iced the game with three free throws. With 18 points, 11 coming in the first half, Nye led the Cardinals offen- sively and kept them close enough for the comeback. Corning will play Trinity, who defeated Orland 63-55, tonight in the championship game. Top Fuelers medal Courtesy photo At the Novice Paradise Tournament, Top Fueler wrestlers Blake Tweedt, Hunter, Hartman, D-Bo Kent, Cody Clinger and Tanner Tweedt placed. The Fuelers host a tournament today at RBHS. MCT photo Golden State's C.J. Watson tries to steal the ball from Omri Casspi. See RALLY, page 2B