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CONTRIBUTEDPHOTO Pictured, back row from le , are John Miller, coach; Andrew Miller; Kaleb Mickelson; Joe Mills; Isaac Moldenhauer; Devon Treat; Noah Fleharty; Ryan Mueller; Mary Treat, coach; Bill Treat, coach and front row, from le , Brandon Bronze; Ellie Miller; Mariah Damante; Trinity Tumidanski; Connor Sousa. Not pictured are coaches Scott Treat and Blake Villa. ByJosephMills SpecialtotheDN The Red Bluff High School varsity boys' ski team clinched the Division season champion- ship with the final race on Feb. 22. This team was led by two seniors, Joe Mills and Noah Fleharty, and two juniors, Connor Sousa and Devon Treat. This is the first boys' ski team title since 2002. This team performed consistently through- out the season, which resulted in winning five of the six races, topping Mount Shasta, Foothill, Shasta and Enterprise high schools. All Division honors are recognition of racers' consistency of the top 10 racers and their com- bined points in all six races. All Division Boys Ski went to Sousa at fourth, Brandon Bronze at sixth and Treat at 10th place. For All Division Girls Ski, Trinity Tumidan- ski took the eighth spot. In the All Division Girls Snowboard, Ellie Miller captured the second spot and for Boys Snowboard, Isaac Moldenhauer took the third position. The North Division schools host the 2016 Cal- ifornia-Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snow- board Federation Championships next week at Mount Shasta Ski Park. Ski racing will take place on Monday and Tuesday, March 7-8, fol- lowed by snowboard racing on Wednesday and Thursday. About 250 athletes are expected to be in attendance. Representing Red Bluff High School at the championships will be skiers Tumidanski, Ryan Mueller, Fleharty, Joe Mills, Sousa and Treat. Snowboard athletes will be Ellie Miller, Mold- enhauer and Andrew Miller. ALPINE TEAM RedBluffclaimsskidivision AllDivisionteamsannounced, honors for 5 skiers, boarders By Sharon Martin smartin@chicoer.com @SharonBMartin on Twitter OROVILLE For 32 minutes the Corning High boys basketball team clawed their way to try and take the lead. Tied 49-all with one second re- maining on the clock, Tyler Grine was sent to the line for two free throws. Grine nailed both, and his two points on the night ended up be- ing the decisive factor in the Car- dinals' 51-49 semifinal victory over No. 2 seed Oroville to ad- vance to the Northern Section Division IV championship game. It would be the only lead the Car- dinals had all Wednesday night at Oroville High, but the only one they needed. The third-seeded Cardinals (22-6) will take on top-seeded Gridley at 4:15 p.m. on Friday at Butte College. The Bulldogs (23-5) ousted Central Valley 45-39 in the other semifinal Wednesday night. "Once I got fouled, the only thing on my mind was making those two shots and making sure our team gets this win and we got it," Grine said. Brendan Hoag led the Cardi- NORTHERN SECTION DIVISION IV SEMIFINAL CARDS WIN TIGHT GAME IN OROVILLE Grine comes through in clutch for Corning at free-throw line in 51-49 victory in playoffs Corning High's Noah Zoppi plans his attack against Oroville's defense. PHOTOS BY EMILY BERTOLINO — ENTERPRISE-RECORD Corning High's Corey Busta, le , reaches up to clench the rebound out of Oroville's Bobby Jones' hands as the teams challenge each other for a spot in the championship game at Oroville High. CORNING51,OROVILLE49 Up next: Corning vs. Gridley, 4:15 p.m., Friday at Butte College. THESCORE Online: To see a photo gallery of the Corning game at Oroville, visit OROVILLEMR.COM. The Associated Press DORAL, FLA. Phil Mickelson's scores from Doral over the past two years clearly suggested that the redesigned Blue Monster wasn't completely to his liking. He had to re-learn a course that he played for more than 20 years, and indicated Thurs- day that he finally has the new Doral figured out. Mickelson shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday in the opening round of the Cadillac Champion- ship, the first World Golf Cham- pionships event of the year. Seeking his first win since the British Open in 2013, Mickelson made seven birdies and finished the day one shot back of leaders Scott Piercy and Marcus Fraser. "There is a bit of a learn- ing curve on some of the con- tours and where you have to go and where you want to go and the best place to be," Mickel- son said. "It's not like I came in here weeks before and mapped it out like a major. You're here only the week of. But this is our third year here now and it con- tinues to get better each year." Fraser had seven birdies be- fore his lone bogey of the day, and Piercy also got to 7 under at one point before settling for his 66. Mickelson made bogey only twice, immediately erasing each with a birdie on the following hole, and the 67 was nearly six full shots better than his aver- age round score at Doral in his previous two visits. His best round on the Blue Monster in 2014 was a 69, and his low score at Doral last year was 71. "It was a good day," said Mickelson, who feigned disbe- GOLF ROUNDUP Piercy, Fraser lead; Mickelson on their heels ENTERPRISE 57, RED BLUFF 49 Up next: Red Bluff's season ends. THESCORE CORNING 8, GRIDLEY 1 Up next: Corning at Anderson, 3 p.m. Thursday; Orland at Corning, 3p.m. Friday. THESCORE Staff Reports REDDING The Red Bluff Spar- tans boys' basketball team was knocked out of the Division 3 playoffs in the second round with a 57-49 loss to the top-seeded En- terprise Hornets on Wednesday night on the road. The Spartans fell behind early, with the Hornets ending the first period with a nine-point lead and adding to it in the second quar- ter to go into halftime up 28-16. A strong third quarter from the No. 5 seed Spartans chipped away at the deficit, but the teams played even in the final frame to give En- terprise the win. As of 3 p.m. Thursday no indi- vidual stats had been posted. The Spartans end the season at 7-19 overall and 1-11 league with a 57-48 win Saturday over Paradise to advance to Wednesday's game with the Hornets. Senior Lane Pritchard led the league in points per game with 21.3. Senior Joey Knight was third in the league with 15.1. BASKETBALL Spartans knocked out by Hornets Red Bluff falls 57-49 in Redding, ends season with overall 7-19 mark Staff Reports The Corning Cardinals boys' tennis team beat the Gridley Bulldogs convincingly Tuesday 8-1, winning five of six singles matches and all three doubles matches. "Today we played through first- match struggles and finished with strong tennis skills and court ball placement, confidence and sports- manship," said coach Mike Albee. "Proud of our team today." In singles matches, Michael Messmer won 6-2, 6-2; Fredy Tor- res won 6-2, 6-3; Izzy Romo won 6-2, 7-5; Cruz Padilla won 6-2, 6-2 and Jose Reyna won in three sets 6-4, 4-6 and 10-6 split sets. Mar- cos Valencia lost 6-1, 6-4. In doubles play, Messmer and Valencia won 8-2, Romo and Pa- dilla won 8-5 and Torres and Reyna won 8-6. It was the first match of the year for the Cardinals. TENNIS Co rn in g bo ys dominate Gr id le y 8- 1 CORNING PAGE 2 GOLF PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, March 4, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1