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ByJeffLarson andStaffReports OROVILLE The Corning Lady Cardinals jumped on the up- per-division Red Bluff Spartans and seemingly never let up, even when they had a 19-point lead in the fourth, as the Cardinals advanced Thursday night to the Oroville tournament semifinals with a 44-25 win over an under- manned Spartans team. Kaylee Shoemaker had 11 to pace the Cardinals (2-4), while senior point guard Whitney Armstrong scored nine and hit an in rhythm 3-pointer in the second half to keep Corning with most of the momentum. Allyson Drury scored 12 for Red Bluff (1-3), which was play- ing without Katie Gallagher and 6-foot-3 center Peyten McKer- ras. Still, Red Bluff battled and got within seven at one point when Drury found Kylee Kitch- ell inside, capping a 5-0 run and trimming the lead to 16-9. Corning answered right away as junior Morgan Mason cor- ralled a skip pass and dropped a 3 from the wing to push it back to 10 at 22-12. Shoemaker, playing backup point guard for Armstrong, helped expand on the lead with a pretty dish to Baylie Fryar, who converted for a 35-19 lead later in the third. LOS MOLINOS 58, WILLIAMS 25 The Los Molinos Lady Bull- dogs had no trouble with the Williams Yellowjackets Thurs- day to remain undefeated with 58-25 win in the Pierce Varsity Tournament. Rachel Rogers led the Bull- dogs with 28 points, four re- bounds, an assist, a block and seven steals. Other standouts included Vanesa Cota with 10 points, 2 rebounds an assist and 3 steals and Michell Woolbert with 7 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals. The Bulldogs (3-0) were scheduled to play again Friday, but no further information was posted. Boysbasketball The Red Bluff Spartans (1- 4) beat the Fortuna Huskies (0- 2) on Thursday night 69-56 at the Arcata Invitational Tourna- ment. No stats were posted as of Friday. The Los Molinos Bulldogs (3- 3) lost to the Williams Yellow- jackets on Wednesday afternoon 74-24 at the Maxwell Tourna- ment. No stats were posted as of Friday. The Corning Cardinals are playing in the Live Oak Pritchard Tournament but no scores had been posted as of Friday. BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Corningclaimsupset victoryoverRedBluff LadyBulldogsbreezepastWilliams58-25as Rogers leads way with 28 points in victory LARRYLONG—CONTRIBUTED Red Bluff's Aurora Carnes (23) drives the baseline Thursday night against Corning. By Daniel Brown Bay Area News Group SAN FRANCISCO Jeff Sa- mardzija knows his resume' pales in comparison to Madi- son Bumgarner, but the right- hander already feels a kinship with his new San Francisco Gi- ants teammate. "He's like a lefty version of me. … Grumpy all the time on the mound. Swinging out of his shorts," Samardzija said. "I love his personality. I love the per- sonality of this team." Samardzija gushed through- out his introductory news con- ference Friday, clearly happy to be holding court at pitcher- friendly AT&T Park. The hard- throwing right-hander endured a rotten season for the Chicago White Sox in 2015, leading the American League in home runs allowed (29) and earned runs al- lowed (118). Overall, Samardzija went 11- 13 with a 4.96 ERA. Asked about those struggles Friday, the pitcher said a fix at the tail end of last season gives him hope for better days ahead. The White Sox figured out late last season that he was tipping his pitches, meaning that bat- ters knew what was coming. And it showed. His strikeouts- per-nine innings rate was his lowest since 2010. Samardzija indicated Friday that the problem stemmed from how long he was holding the ball while in the stretch. He'd hold it a certain amount of time for a splitter and a different amount of time for a slider, for example. Until that point, he and White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper were focused on his mechanics. "Which was the wrong place to be putting your resources," BASEBALL SamardzijaseeksbetterdayswithGiants Right-hander joins San Francisco's 2016 rotation as starter ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija, center, adjusts his cap as team president and CEO Larry Baer, le , and general manager Bobby Evans, right, look on during a news conference Friday in San Francisco. By Jimmy Golen The Associated Press BOSTON The Golden State War- riors needed two overtimes to re- main perfect on a very imperfect night from the NBA's reigning Most Valuable Player. Stephen Curry scored 38 points with 11 rebounds and eight as- sists and the Warriors improved to 24-0 this season by outlasting the Boston Celtics 124-119 Friday night. Counting the wins in their fi- nal four games last season, the defending NBA champions have taken 28 in a row. They broke a tie with the 2012-13 Miami Heat for the second-longest winning streak in league history, and now trail only the 33 straight by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1971-72. And the Warriors did it despite Curry's worst-shooting night of the year. Curry made only 9 of 27 shots from the field. But he was 6 for 13 from 3-point range and a per- fect 14 of 14 from the free-throw NBA Warriors survive in 2 OTs over Celtics Golden State now 24-0 despite Curry's off night CHARLES KRUPA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry waits for play to resume Friday in Boston. WARRIORS124,CELTICS119(2OT) Up next: Golden State Warriors at Milwaukee Bucks, 5:30p.m. Saturday, TV on CSNBA. THESCORE By Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press NEWYORK Even before the Heis- man Trophy is handed out Satur- day night, it is tempting to look ahead to 2016 and what could be a doozy of a race for college foot- ball's most famous bronze statue. While Alabama's Derrick Henry is likely to both win the Heisman and head to the NFL after the Crimson Tide's playoff run, the other two finalists, Clem- son quarterback Deshaun Watson and Stanford scat back Christian McCaffrey, are sophomores who will return. Add Oklahoma's Baker May- field, Florida State's Dalvin Cook and LSU's Leonard Fournette and there is a strong chance five of the top eight Heisman vote-get- ters from this year will be back in 2016. "It's a monster class," said Chris Huston, a Heisman historian and editor-in-chief of Heisman.com. Henry, Watson and McCaffrey arrived Friday in New York from Atlanta, where they attended the ESPN awards show at the College Football Hall of Fame. They were greeted in the Big Apple by a traf- fic jam that turned a 7-mile trip COLLEGE FOOTBALL JULIE JACOBSON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clemson's Deshaun Watson answers questions for members of the media Friday in New York. 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