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Teddy Ranburg puts up a shot during the 44th Annual Block Los Molinos Shootout. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN GRACE ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter LOS MOLINOS TheMercyWarriors boys' basketball team beat the Ham- ilton Braves in a high scoring affair Thursday, 69-66, during the 44th Annual Block Los Molinos Shootout. No stats were posted for the game as of 4 p.m. Monday. The Warriors, now 2-0 on the sea- son, are scheduled to play an away conference game at 7 tonight against the Burney Raiders, who are 0-4. RedBluff50,Lindhurst71 The Spartans dropped a pair of games in tournament action this weekend losing to Marysville Friday 64-59 and Lindhurst Saturday 71-50. No stats were posted for the games as of 4 p.m. Monday. The Spartans, now 0-4, are sched- uled to travel to Fortuna Thursday for a 9 p.m. game against the 0-1 Huskies at the Arcata Invitational Tournament, which runs through Saturday. Corning 38, Orland 36 The Corning Cardinals edged out the Orland Trojans 38-36 Friday eve- ning and lost to Oroville 61-33 Sat- urday afternoon in tournament play. No stats were posted for the games as of 4 p.m. Monday. BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP MercytakeswinagainstHamilton Cardinals split in tournament play By Carl Steward Bay Area News Group SANTACLARA Blaine Gabbert's chance at becoming the 49ers' permanent starting quarterback — a prospect that once seemed a preposterous fantasy — took an- other big step Sunday, and coach Jim Tomsula sees a man making the most of his second chance. So does a player who knows all about getting repeat chances, tailback Shaun Draughn. After four fairly impressive starts in a row by Gabbert, Draughn be- lieves their present quarterback could be their future one, too. "He's a take-charge guy, man," Draughn said Monday. "He's def- initely a leader, he's definitely what you want to see in a quar- terback. He's poised, he's calm. Every time we're in the huddle, even if we've sputtered a couple times, he's kept the same confi- dence and the same level head. "It showed throughout" Sun- day's 26-20 overtime win against the Bears in Chicago. Gabbert tied the game with a 44-yard touchdown run and then won it in overtime with a 71-yard strike to wide receiver Torrey Smith. It made him 2-2 as the starter since taking over for Colin Kaepernick, and his num- bers are solid if not spectacular: a 63 percent completion per- centage (80 for 127), 963 yards, five touchdown passes and three interceptions, but just one pick in the last three games. He also 49ERS TomsulaenjoyingGabbert'ssecondchance BOYS PAGE 2 ANDERSON The Lady Spartans got off to a strong start Friday in the Tip Off Classic Basketball Tournament with a 70-46 win over the Hayfork Timberjacks, but fell to the Central Valley Fal- cons 72-49 Saturday. Sophomore Kylie Kitchell led the way for Red Bluff against Hay- fork with 18 points, 5 rebounds and an assist. Other standouts included Allyson Drury with 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal, Aurora Carnes with 13 points, 6 rebounds and a steal, Maggie Winning with 10 points, a rebound and an assist and Jessie Miller with 9 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal. In the loss to the Falcons, Kitchell was named player of the game with 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Winning put up 14 points and had 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals; Julia Brandt had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists; Miller had 4 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal; Drury had 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals and Carnes had 5 points and 2 re- bounds. The Lady Spartans, 1-2, are scheduled to play in the Oroville Tournament Thursday through Saturday. Corning 39, Pleasant Valley 56 The Corning Cardinals dropped two games in weekend tournament action, losing 52-40 to the Eureka Loggers on Friday and 56-39 to the Pleasant Valley Vikings Saturday. Kaylee Shoemaker was the top scorer Friday for the Cardinals with 11 points and 6 rebounds. Other standouts included Whit- ney Armstrong with 8 points, 5 re- bounds and 3 steals; Baylie Fryar with 7 points and 6 rebounds; Mariah Castle with 5 points and 5 rebounds and Brenna Johnson with 7 rebounds. In Saturday's action, Shoe- maker was named player of the game with 13 points and 6 re- bounds. Armstrong put up 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals; Fryar had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals; Castle had 4 rebounds, 4 rebounds and 3 steals and John- son had 4 points, pulled down 8 rebounds and had a steal. The Cardinals, 1-3, are sched- uled to host the 4-0 University GIRLS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP LADY SPARTANS WIN BIG OVER HAYFORK PHOTO COURTESY OF LARRY LONG Kylee Kitchell (22) puts up a shot against Hayfork Friday. Warriors split a er win over Williams By Jon Wilner Bay Area News Group PALO ALTO Stanford tailback Christian McCaffrey's dash through the record book will end in New York City. The sophomore was named a fi- nalist for the Heisman Trophy on Monday after a season in which he broke Barry Sanders' 27-year- old NCAA record for all-purpose yards. The other players invited to New York for the award cere- mony (Saturday at 5 p.m., Pacific) are Alabama running back Der- rick Henry and Clemson quarter- back Deshaun Watson. McCaffrey is attempting to do what runners-up John El- way (1982), Toby Gerhart (2009) and Andrew Luck (2010-11) could not: Become Stanford's first Heis- man winner since Jim Plunkett in 1970. Working against him: Stanford played seven games that started at 10 p.m. or later in the Eastern Time Zone. "Does he deserve to be con- sidered? Yes, yes, he does," USC coach Clay Helton said after Mc- Caffrey blistered the Trojans for 461 all-purpose yards in the Pac- 12 championship game Saturday. McCaffrey's season total of 3,496 rushing, receiving and re- turn yards is 1,000 more than his closest competitor, San Jose State's Tyler Ervin. McCaffrey is also fifth in the nation in rushing (142.1 yards per game) and leads Stanford in re- ceptions (41). Cardinal coach David Shaw called McCaffrey "the best player in the nation... There is nobody doing what he's doing. It's not even a debate." All this comes after McCaffrey spent the 2014 season as a role player — a rookie trying to grasp pass protection schemes and con- tribute the handful of times he touched the ball each game. In the dark horse nature of his Heisman campaign, McCaffrey is not alone. None of the finalists were frontrunners when the sea- son began. Henry, considered the favor- ite for the trophy, shared the Ala- bama workload last year. But like McCaffrey, he broke a hallowed record this fall: The SEC single- season rushing record held by Herschel Walker. Clemson's Watson missed half of last season with injuries but has emerged as the best player STANFORD FOOTBALL McCaffrey one of three finalists for Heisman MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey stiff-arms USC's Iman Marshall on a kickoff-return during the first half of a Pac-12 Conference championship on Saturday in Santa Clara. HEISMAN PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 GIRLS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, December 8, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1