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StaffReports REDDING After a spirited win Tuesday for the annual Pink Out event, the Lady Spartans were roughed up by the Enterprise Hornets on Thursday night 64- 45 on the road. "We played with a lot of heart and never gave up," coach Kathy Brandt said. "We just didn't shoot the ball that well." The Hornets jumped out to a big lead early, going up 25-9 in the first quarter. The Spartans kept pace in the second quarter, but Enterprise added to its lead in the third. A strong final frame wouldn't be enough for the Spar- tans. Allyson Drury led the Spar- tans with 12 points, nine re- bounds and a steal; Jesse Miller had 10 points, three rebounds, an assist and two steals; Kylee Kitchell had eight points, six re- bounds and an assist and Au- rora Carnes had four points, a rebound and two assists. Mag- gie Winning had three rebounds and three assists. The Spartans (9-14 overall, 3-8 league) are scheduled to close out the season in Chico against the Panthers (15-9 overall, 4-6 league) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. WARRIORS48,WESTWOOD40 The Lady Warriors of Mercy jumped ahead early and never looked back Thursday night against the Westwood Lumberjacks, taking a nonconference home win 48- 40. "Tonight the girls made me so proud," said coach Katie Sulli- van. "They shared the ball, they worked so hard, and they played as a family. To me that is what basketball is all about." The Warriors put up 14 points in the opening quarter while holding the Lumberjacks to just five. Westwood started making shots in the second quarter, but Mercy kept its foot on the throt- tle and went into the half up 27- 16. The Warriors would add two more to their lead in the third be- fore a rally in the final frame by the Warriors cut it down to just eight by the final buzzer. Maddie Flynn led the Warriors with 12 points, three rebounds and a steal; Cheyanne Johnson had 11 points, four assists and two steals; Tasha Pimentel had seven points, four rebounds, an assist and three steals and Annie Feser had six points, seven rebounds, two assists and four steals. Laura Keane, Mary DiMaggio and Selena Dobson each scored four and Cavalli Jiang, Maggie Shepard and Minju Ahn played well both on the defensive end and the offensive end to contrib- ute to the win. The Warriors sit in second place in the Five Star League standings behind the Chester Volcanoes, who were scheduled to face the Los Molinos Bulldogs on Friday night. The Warriors (13-11 overall, 4-2 league) are scheduled to host the Bulldogs (12-8 overall, 3-3 league) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday before facing the Redding Christian Lions (10- 10 overall, 3-2 league) at 6 p.m. Friday in Palo Cedro to close out the season. GIRLS BASKETBALL SpartansfalltoEnterprise Druryscores12pointstoleadRedBluff;Mercy takes home win over Westwood, stays in hunt By Diamond Leung Bay Area News Group TORONTO Stephen Curry chuckled at the sight of the suburban Toronto middle school team photo, as it in- stantly brought back the memory of that mustard. "The nasty yellow jerseys," the Golden State Warriors guard said, smiling. Curry has fond, yet fuzzy recol- lections of playing his eighth-grade season at Queensway Christian Col- lege, a school that no longer exists. Those were simpler times for the reigning MVP, who will be the center of attention at Air Canada Centre when he defends his Three- Point Contest crown Saturday be- fore making a third consecutive All- Star Game start. To his former coach and team- mates, the way Curry single-hand- edly transformed a small, private school team into a juggernaut dur- ing the one year he lived in Toronto is unforgettable. The 2001-02 Queensway Chris- tian Saints went undefeated after Curry — the son of Toronto Rap- tor Dell Curry — saved the season with one legendary performance in a tournament final. "For him, it was just another game," said history teacher James Lackey, who coached the Saints. "For us, it was a once-in-a-lifetime moment." Various recollections had Queen- sway trailing Hillcrest Junior Pub- lic School by six to eight points with less than two minutes remaining. Curry knew the other top player in the city played for the opposing team, which featured multiple play- ers over six feet tall. And he didn't like losing. "Stephen just gets this look on his NBA CURRY RETURNS TO START OF LEGEND Golden State's MVP led his eighth-grade team to undefeated season in Toronto, where dad played MATTYORK—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) drives past the Phoenix Suns' Orlando Johnson during the first half Wednesday in Phoenix. DEVEN MACK – CONTRIBUTED A 13-year-old Stephen Curry and his brother Seth (holding basketballs in the front row) pose for Toronto's 2001-02Queensway Christian Saints basketball team's photo. By Michael Wagaman The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO If the San Francisco Giants had any linger- ing concerns about Matt Cain's health, the veteran pitcher helped ease their minds with one impressive swing — on the golf course. Playing at Pebble Beach two days before the start of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am along with teammates including Buster Posey and George Kon- tos, Cain hit a 340-yard drive shot on No. 18 that helped the Giants beat the San Francisco 49ers as part of the Chevron Charity Shootout. It was a shot that left many spectators buzzing and had some fans questioning whether it really happened. For Cain, it was simply an- other signal that after two years of pain and problems in his pitching elbow, he is finally healthy and ready to once again be a permanent fixture in the Gi- ants' rotation. "I think I'm where I need to be right now," Cain said Fri- day on the eve of the Giants' FanFest at AT&T Park. "Every- thing's feeling good. It's still just fine-tuning and tweaking my rhythm and my motion and what I need to get done and not getting too frustrated with be- ginning. It's still early." That hasn't always been Cain's approach. He admittedly tried to hurry back following season-ending surgery to re- move bone chips and spurs in his elbow just as the 2014 pen- nant race was heating up. Though Cain was back in time for the start of spring train- ing last year, he opened on the BASEBALL Cain healthy, ready to rejoin Giants rotation Staff Reports RED BLUFF The Mercy Warriors made quick work of the visit- ing Westwood Lumberjacks on Thursday, with a 43-24 win that was never in doubt. The Warriors jumped out to a huge lead early, going up 21-5 in the first quarter, before easing up and turning to the bench. By half- time it was Mercy by 20 and not much would change in the sec- ond half. Nate Bennett was named player of the game, with six points and 10 rebounds; Junior Grace led the Warriors with 10 points, includ- ing two 3-pointers, three assists and six steals; Dart Kingwell had eight points, eight rebounds and a steal; Richie Borges had eight points and 12 rebounds; Teddy Ranberg had seven points, six re- bounds, two assists and a steal; Jarrett Stickney had two points, five rebounds, an assist and a steal. T.J. Frase had two points, two rebounds, an assist and a steal. Nick Ornelas had two as- sists. The Warriors (15-9 overall, 1-5 league) are scheduled to host the Los Molinos Bulldogs (7-16 over- all, 0-6 league) at 5:30 p.m. Tues- day for the final home game of the season. BOYS BASKETBALL Warriors win big at home over Westwood Spartans drop road game against Foothill By John Hickey Bay Area News Group OAKLAND The middle of the Oakland A's lineup got an infu- sion of right-handed power Fri- day with the acquisition of Khris Davis, who is expected to be Oak- land's regular left fielder entering the 2016 season. The A's traded two minor leagu- ers to Milwaukee for Davis, who had 27 homers last season, 21 of them in the second half when he was healthy following knee sur- gery. He averaged one homer ev- ery 14.5 at-bats in 2015, the third- best mark in the National League. Oakland general manager Da- vis Forst said the team was look- ing to add right-handed power as it is every offseason, and that the club had been targeting Davis for a long while. "Certainly the attraction of Khris is the significant power," Forst said. "This is a guy we've seen a lot of in spring training. We expect Khris to be in left field." Davis, 28, had 27 homers and 66 RBIs with a slash line of .247/.323/.505 in 121 games for BASEBALL A' s ac qu ir e Davis in deal for prospects BOYS PAGE 2 CURRY PAGE 2 CAIN PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, February 13, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1