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StaffReports REDBLUFF The Red Bluff Spar- tans baseball team held on for a 5-4 victory Tuesday night over the Pleasant Valley Vikings, despite a seventh-inning rally by the visi- tors. The Vikings plated a run in the first and the Spartans answered with a pair and then followed up with runs in the second, third and fourth and at the end of four led 5-2. A pair of Pleasant Valley runs in the top of the seventh got the game within a run, but the Spar- tans shut down the rally and took the win against the league rival. Kolby Button led the Spartans, going 1 for 3 with a double and two RBIs; Austin Youngblood was 1 for 3 with a run and an RBI; Travis Fite went 1 for 3 with a run and an RBI and Wes Claw- son went 1 for 2 with a run. Lane Pritchard and Eric Spencer each scored. Clawson stole a pair of bases and Pritchard and Spencer each swiped a bag. Clawson got the win, go- ing four innings and giving up four hits, one earned run, walk- ing two and striking out one. Pritchard took over in relief and gave up two runs, neither earned, on three hits, walked one and fanned four. The Spartans (17-6 overall, 6-2 league) played a makeup game Wednesday night against the En- terprise Hornets and will travel to Chico on Friday for a 4 p.m. re- match against the Vikings (15-6 overall, 7-4 league). WESTVALLEY5,CARDINALS3 The Corning Cardinals took a 5-3 loss Tuesday afternoon to the West Valley Eagles in Cottonwood. The Cardinals got on the board first with a run in the second, but West Valley responded with two and tacked on another three in the sixth. A two-run rally in the seventh fell short. Trent Conoly led the Cardinals, going 3 for 4 with a run and a stolen base; Isaiah Jones was 2 for 4 with two runs, a steal and an RBI; Drew Fissori was 1 for 3 with a double and an RBI; Brady Meeds was 1 for 2 with a double and Joey Caputo and Chad McFall each scored. Wyatt Haydon took the loss on the mound, giving up four earned on seven hits and walking three and striking out three over 5 1/3 innings. Austin Fox shut out the Eagles for the final two outs of the sixth. The Cardinals (5-9 overall, 3-4 league) are scheduled to host the Eagles (18-10 overall, 7-0 league) in a rematch at 4 p.m. Friday. BULLDOGS 29, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 2 The Los Molinos Bulldogs beat the winless Liberty Christian Pa- triots 29-2 Tuesday afternoon in Redding. As of 6:30 p.m. Wednesday no individual stats had been posted. The Bulldogs (8-5 overall, 4-2 league) are scheduled to host the Chester Volcanoes (9-6 overall, 3-0 league) at 4 p.m. Friday. CHESTER 13, WARRIORS 0 The Mercy Warriors lost on the road to the Chester Volcanoes 13-0 Wednesday afternoon. The Warriors (5-8 overall, 4-2 league) are scheduled to host the Maxwell Panthers (14-3 overall, 6-0 league) at 6:30 p.m. Friday. BASEBALL SpartansholdonagainstPV ButtonleadsRedBluffwitha double and two RBIs to back Clawson's win; Cardinals fall on the road to West Valley WESTVALLEY5,CORNING0 Up next:CorningatWestValley, 4p.m. Thursday. THESCORE Staff Report CORNING The Corning Lady Car- dinals softball team managed just three hits Tuesday afternoon when they hosted the league-lead- ing West Valley Eagles, taking a 5-0 loss. The Cardinals kept West Val- ley off the board through four in- nings, but a three-run fifth was all the Eagles would need. Insur- ance runs in the sixth and seventh were just icing on the cake. Baylie Fryar, Maggie Aula- baugh and sophomore Isabella Blanchard each hit for the Cardi- nals and sophomore Amaya Cor- tes stole twice. Blanchard took the loss for the Cardinals, giving up a walk and striking out four over the com- plete game. The Cardinals (5-11 overall, 3-4 league) are scheduled to face the Eagles (11-7 overall, 6-2 league) in a rematch at 4 p.m. today in Cot- tonwood. SOFTBALL La dy C ar ds take loss in shutout by West Valley GIANTS 13, PADRES 9 Up next: San Francisco Giants at New York Mets, 4:10p.m. Friday, TV on CSNBA. THESCORE By Daniel Brown Bay Area News Group SAN FRANCISCO They came in the form of sinking line drives and blasts toward the alleys. There were balls hammered down the foul lines, over outfielder's heads and off pitcher's legs. The San Francisco Giants' 16 hits came every which way dur- ing a 13-9 victory over the San Di- ego Padres on Wednesday. Brandon Belt went 3 for 4 with five RBIs, Matt Duffy went 3 for 4, Hunter Pence was on base five times and ... well, you get the idea. And now? Those hot bats are off to face the league's best heat. The Giants open a three-game se- ries Friday against the New York Mets, where they'll face Steven Matz (94.8 mph fastball), Jacob DeGrom (93.0) and Noah Synder- gaard (98.7). "It's a great staff," manager Bruce Bochy said. "You have your work cut out for you. "Once we get there, we'd bet- ter play well and we'd better pitch well. We'd better play good de- fense. And we'd better execute." Belt said: "I think as good as the staff is that we're facing, BASEBALL Giants pound Padres, finish series sweep By Jay Cohen The Associated Press CHICAGO Jared Goff lobbed a few balls to a couple of lucky kids and practiced his coverage skills. Carson Wentz grinned as he sent a line of boys and girls through a footwork drill. It was all smiles for the quar- terbacks on the eve of the NFL draft. They might not know ex- actly where they are going, but they know they won't have to wait very long to find out. "Excited for whatever hap- pens," Goff said Wednesday. "It's going to be a fun time. It's go- ing to be a dream come true re- gardless." Easy for him to say. After a pair of blockbuster trades at the top of the draft, Goff and Wentz are expected to be the first two names off the board when the first round starts at a downtown Chicago theater Thursday night. The only question is which one of them becomes the centerpiece for the NFL's return to Los An- geles with the Rams, and which one heads to Philadelphia at No. 2 for a rebuilding project with the Eagles. "Someone talked about it last night, there's already a card with your name on it," Wentz said af- ter joining several top prospects for a football clinic at a down- town park on Wednesday, "and I'm just excited to finally find out where that is." The 6-foot-4 Goff started ev- ery game during his three sea- sons at California and set school records with 977 completions, 12,220 yards passing and 96 touchdown passes. The son of former major league catcher Jerry Goff passed for 4,719 yards and 43 touchdowns during his final season with the Bears. The 6-5 Wentz led North Da- kota State to its fifth consecutive FCS title last season. He passed for 1,651 yards and 17 touch- downs during his senior year that was shortened by a wrist injury. "It'll be exciting to see where we both fall, and hopefully we play each other for a long time," Wentz said. Goff and Wentz share the same agency, Rep 1 Sports, and got to know each other when they trained together while pre- paring for the draft. "I think our careers will kind of be linked together for forever," Goff said. "But yeah, we're friendly and competitive, just like any other quarterbacks that train together, and had a good time getting to know him." For a long time, it looked as if quarterback was the least likely possibility for the No. 1 pick. Tennessee, which drafted Mar- cus Mariota in the first round a year ago, was connected to Mis- sissippi offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil for the top spot. Everything changed two weeks ago when the Titans traded the top selection and two other picks to Los Angeles for a package that included the Rams' first-round picks in each of the next two drafts. Then Cleveland traded the No. 2 pick to Phila- delphia, and the top of the first round had a whole new look. "It was exciting," Wentz said. "Obviously you're aware of what the teams kind of need a little bit, and my agents kind of filled me in a little bit. But it was excit- ing. Anytime there's movement in the draft, it's always fun." The 6-5, 310-pound Tunsil, who helped clear the way for the Rebels' prolific rushing attack, brushed off the personal fallout from the trades like he discards would-be tacklers. "Things happen for a reason, and whatever team I get to go to, I'll be happy with," he said. After Goff and Wentz go in the top two spots, the real drama begins at No. 3 with the San Diego Chargers. Tunsil, Florida State defen- sive back Jalen Ramsey, and Ohio State stars Joey Bosa NFL DRAFT GOFF, WENTZ BOTH AT EASE THUS FAR Two quarterbacks are projected to go in top picks, either to Rams or at No. 2 to Eagles Mississippi's Robert Nkemdiche, le , and Alabama's Reggie Ragland give high-fives during an NFL Play 60event at Grant Park on Wednesday in Chicago before Thursday's first round of the NFL dra . PHOTOS BY KIICHIRO SATO — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS North Dakota State's Carson Wentz huddles with children during an NFL Play 60event at Grant Park on Wednesday in Chicago before Thursday's first round of the NFL dra . NFL DRAFT Thursday: First round, 5p.m., TV on ESPN, NFLN. TUNEIN DRAFT PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, April 28, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1