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SHASTALAKE Comingoffadis- appointing Fresno Easter Classic tournament, where they dropped 3 of 4 games, the Red Bluff Spar- tans baseball team looks to get back on track Wednesday at the Central Valley Tournament. The Spartans (3-4 overall, 1-1 league) will host the Paradise Bobcats (5-5 overall) at 7 p.m. Thursday and the resume the CV tourney Friday in Shasta Lake. The Fresno losses came against everyone but the host, with the Spartans shutting out the Fresno Warriors 8-0 March 21. Junior Kolby Button allowed just 2 hits and 2 bases on balls over 7 innings for the complete game shutout. Austin Youngblood led the Spartans at the plate with 2 hits, 3 RBI and a run. Button helped his cause on the mound going 2 for 3 at the plate with a double, a base on balls and an RBI; Lane Pritchard went 2 for 3 with a base on balls, a run and 2 RBI; Payton Edwards went 1 for 4 scored 2 RBI and Wes Clawson scored twice after reaching on an error and a field- er's choice. In losses to Reedley 4-3 ear- lier in the day on March 21, Te- hachapi 13-0 March 22 and Shel- don 8-3 March 23, there were some standout performances. Button went 3-4 for 2 runs and an RBI and Bryce Sinclair threw 6 Ks and gave up just 1 run over 5 innings against Reedley. Edwards hit a double, the team's sole run, against Te- hachapi, but also took the loss, giving up 3 runs and a base on balls with just 1 strikeout over 3 innings on the mound. Clawson went 2 for 2 with a double, a sacrifice fly and 3 RBI against Sheldon, but gave up 3 runs, 2 earned, in just 2 innings on the mound, with 3 Ks. CARDINALS DROP DH The Corn- ing Cardinals lost a doubleheader to the Shasta Wolves Thursday 5-1 and 3-2 in Redding. In the early game Chad Mc- Fall went 2 for 3 and scored the Cardinals' only run, while Isaiah Jones gave up 5 runs on 9 hits, a walk and 2 Ks over 6 innings. The second game came down to the wire with the teams knot- ted at 2 going into the final in- ning after a Noah Miller hit in the sixth scored Jones and Wy- att Haydon. Haydon was an out away from extra innings when Shasta scored the game winning run. He pitched 6.2 innings and gave up 9 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks and had 3 Ks. The Cardinals (2-5 overall) will host the Yreka Miners (5- 4-1 overall) at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. BULLDOGS 5, WILLIAMS 8 The Los Molinos Bulldogs dropped a home game to the Williams Yel- lowjackets 8-5 March 23. The Bulldogs (4-2 overall) will next take the diamond against the Redding Christian Lions (4-3 overall, 0-1 league) at 4 p.m. Tues- day, April 5 in Palo Cedro. Warriors 3, Anderson 16 >> The Mercy Warriors fell to the Anderson Cubs Saturday 16-3 af- ter a 10-run third from the Cubs. The Warriors will look for their first win of the season at the Chester Tournament, where they will face the Modoc Braves (2-1 overall) at 4 p.m. Friday. The tournament continues Saturday with games scheduled against Big Valley and Chester. BASEBALL Spartansaimtobounceback CentralValleytournamentisnextstopforRedBluff By Stephen Hawkins TheAssociatedPress DALLAS Sydney Wiese scored 18 points, including three free throws in the final 33 seconds and Oregon State advanced to the women's Final Four for the first time after a 60-57 victory over Baylor on Monday night. The Lady Bears (36-2) finished their season with a regional final lost for the third consecutive sea- son. Oregon State (32-4) is going to Indianapolis to face three-time defending national champion UConn after eliminating the six- time defending Big 12 champions. Jamie Weisner, the Pac-12 Player of the Year who was the re- gional Most Outstanding Player, had 16 points while Ruth Hamb- lin had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Beavers — playing in their first regional final. Alexis Jones had 19 points for top-seeded Baylor, while Ka- lani Brown had 12 and Nina Da- vis 11. Nina Johnson, the senior point guard, had only one assist with seven rebounds in her final chance to get to a Final Four. With a roster filled with seniors and juniors recruited by coach Scott Rueck, the Beavers were in a regional final nearly six years after he had to conduct open try- outs to fill his first roster. Oregon State has won 22 of its past 23 games and has already set a school record for victories this season. They won the Pac-12 Tour- nament and shared the regular- season title, after last season win- NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT OREGONSTBEATS BAYLOR, ADVANCES The Lady Beavers will face UConn in Final Four OregonStaterushthecourtincelebrationofa60-57 win over Baylor in a regional final of the women's NCAA tournament on Monday in Dallas. PHOTOS BY BRANDON WADE — THE ASSOCAITED PRESS Oregon State celebrates winning 60-57over Baylor a er a regional final of the women's NCAA tournament on Monday in Dallas. Online: Be the first to get results from local athletes and teams at REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/SPORTS. By Andrew Baggarly Bay Area News Group SCOTTSDALE,ARIZ. This is how you know you have a talented middle-infield combination: Ask Brandon Crawford and Joe Panik about the most cre- ative double play they've turned, and they don't mention one from during an actual game. They don't even pick their all-timer from Game 7 of the 2014 World Series, its graceful exchange and high degree of difficulty matched only by the moment's vast importance. "With you?" Panik said. With some prodding from Crawford, Panik nodded in agreement: It was a practice double play before a game in Colorado. On the last ground ball from bench coach Ron Wo- tus, Crawford stuck out his foot and "basically redirected (the ball). Like in hockey," Panik said. "Like a chip shot," Crawford added. "It went right to him. It was actually a good feed. I'm not kidding. And we'll probably never, ever do that in a game." It resulted in the trifecta: Wotus throwing his hat to the ground, putting hands on his hips and then pinching his nose in disapproval. Crawford and Panik revel in those mo- ments when they get all three reactions. "Sometimes he'll throw his fungo bat, too," Crawford said. Crawford and Panik both stress that they are serious about their work, only turning those last practice grounders or two into pieces of flair. They have a bit of fun at the end be- cause they're still kids playing a game, and kids like to test the limits of authority. GIANTS SPRING TRAINING Crawford-Panik combo among game's best CHICO The Pleasant Valley In- vitational golf tournament was played Thursday at Bidwell Park Golf Course and Red Bluff's Derek Runnels finished 12th overall with an 83. The top individual was Trey Davis of River Valley, who shot a 66, followed by Pleasant Valley's Noah Norton with a 68 and Shas- ta's Zack Caples at 73. As a team, the Spartans' Run- nels, Nathan Pregoso (94), Ben Crain (114), Cameron Perdue (137), Dawson Hopper (112) and Kaden Cantrell (121) finished 11th out of 17 schools that played. The team score — for the top 5 rounds — was 524. Pleasant Valley won the day as a team with a score of 393, just edging out River Valley at 397. Chico took third at 417 and Shasta was fourth at 424. Earlier in the week, the sea- son opener Wolfpack Invitational hosted by Shasta High School at Gold Hills in Redding was called after about 9 holes due to stand- ing water on the greens, said Red Bluff coach Ron Kuwata. "Playing condition with the wind and rain made it very un- playable," Kuwata said. The Spartans' next scheduled action will be a league tourna- ment hosted by the Shasta Wolves at Gold Hills, teeing off at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 7. Red Bluff will host a tourna- ment at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 28. GOLF Sp ar ta ns tee off at PV Invitational By John Hickey Bay Area News Group MESA, ARIZ. It's not an easy ad- mission to make, but A's catcher Stephen Vogt said he's got to be mentally tougher to play at the level he expects from himself. "The team's struggles got to me mentally," Vogt said of last year's club, which finished with the worst record in the American League at 68-94. Vogt's career peaked last July 14 when he took his place in Cin- cinnati among the best in the ma- jor leagues at the All-Star game. Two weeks later he was in the middle of what would become a season-worst 0-for-28 skid. Baseball goes like that. He had gone from the summit to the val- ley in less time than it takes a gal- lon of milk to spoil. "I have addressed the mental toughness issues," Vogt said. "The hard part for me was that was the first time I'd played for a losing team in a really long time. We just had so many struggles as a team. "Being a catcher with the way our pitching staff struggled last year, I spent a lot of time wonder- A'S SPRING TRAINING Vogt says he must improve his mental toughness A'S PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 NCAA PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, March 29, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1