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CHICO The Red Bluff Spartans baseball team took a 10-3 road loss to the Pleasant Valley Vi- kings Friday night and wasn't the only local team to lose big, with the Mercy Warriors falling 13-4 to the Maxwell Panthers and the Los Molinos Bulldogs going down 16-1 against the power- house Chester Volcanoes. The Spartans got on the board in the first with a run, but a 7-run third inning from the Vikings left Red Bluff climbing out of a hole. Ryan Gamboa went 1-1 with a double and a pair of walks with a run scored; Payton Edwards was 1-3 with a run and a double; Owen Swarthout was 1-2 and was hit by a pitch and Bryce Sinclair was 1-3. Wes Clawson and Eric Spencer each earned a walk and Spencer scored. Sinclair took the loss for the Spartans, giving up 3 earned runs on 6 hits with 2 walks and a strikeout over 3 innings. Swarthout took over in relief and gave up 3 earned runs on 8 hits with 2 strikeouts over 3 innings. Red Bluff split with the Vi- kings this week, beating them 5-4 at home Tuesday, and re- mains in second place ahead of the Vikings. The Spartans (18-7 overall, 7-3 league) will host the league lead- ing Chico Panthers (16-2 overall, 9-1 league) at 6 p.m. Tuesday. WARRIORS 4, MAXWELL 13 The Mercy Warriors took a 13-4 home loss Friday night to the Maxwell Panthers, who put up 3 runs in the third and 6 more in the fourth. All of the Warriors' runs came in the fifth, but they wouldn't be enough. Travis Gorden was named player of the game for the War- riors, going 2-4 with a home run and 2 RBI. Kavin McClellan was 2-4 with a run and a base on balls; Richie Borges was 1-3 with a run and a walk; Dartagnan Kingwell was 1-4 with an RBI and Al House was 0-2 with an RBI and was hit twice. Nick Ornelas earned 2 walks and scored once. Borges took the loss for the Warriors, giving up 4 earned on 4 hits with 7 walks and 4 strike- outs over 3.2 innings. Gorden took over on the mound and gave up 2 earned on 4 hits with a walk and 3 strikeouts over 3.1 innings. The Warriors (5-9 overall, 4-2 league) are scheduled to host the Los Molinos Bulldogs (8-6 over- all, 4-3 league) at 6:30 p.m. Tues- day at Diamond Park. BULLDOGS 1, CHESTER 16 The Los Molinos Bulldogs fell 16-1 at home Friday afternoon to the league leading Chester Volca- noes. The Bulldogs' only run came in the bottom of the first and the Volcanoes put up 4 in the first and 9 in the second to build a huge lead, The Bulldogs (8-6 overall, 4-3 league) are scheduled to face the Mercy Warriors (5-9 overall, 4-2 league) at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Diamond Park. BASEBALL LocalteamsstruggleFriday Spartans, Warriors, Bulldogs all take big losses Online:Bethefirsttoget results from local athletes and teams at REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS. COM/SPORTS. By Joseph Shufelberger jshufelberger@chicoer.com @JShufelberger on Twitter BUTTE VALLEY Michael Shoe- maker had grown accustomed to making big plays inside Cowan Gym. He might have saved his best one for last. The Butte College sophomore signed a letter of intent to play basketball for UC San Diego on a full-ride scholarship during a brief ceremony Friday held on the court he starred on the past two seasons. "I've been waiting for this moment since I can remember," Shoemaker said. "I felt like I was blessed to come to Butte when I was a senior in high school and now to keep going on is just a blessing." A Corning High graduate, Shoemaker weighed options from a handful of California Col- legiate Athletic Association pro- grams — Chico State's confer- ence — including Cal State East Bay and Cal State Dominguez Hills, where his former team- mate at Butte, Arthur Caldwell, played at last season. Shoemaker narrowed his de- cision down to Stanislaus State and the Tritons before ulti- mately deciding on them. "The biggest accomplishment is that I don't have to put any money from my parents' pocket into the school," Shoemaker said. He liked the amount of the offer of course, but also the op- portunity, as UC San Diego will turn over some of its roster. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Butte's Shoemaker signs with UC San Diego SUSANVILLE The Corning Lady Cardinals softball team scored a shutout victory Friday night against the Oroville Tigers, 8-0, after losses to Colusa RedHawks 3-2 and Wheatland Pirates 10-2 earlier in the day at the Lassen Tournament at Lassen College. The Cardinals put up 2 in the second, 3 in the third and an- other 3 in the fifth for the easy win. The Pirates jumped out to an early lead with 5 runs in the bot- tom of the first and the Cardinals just couldn't get the offense go- ing, getting just 2 runs, both in the third, on 5 hits. The RedHawks got out to an early lead, scoring a run in each of the first three innings. The Cardinals came back with a run each in the fifth and sixth but fell short for the loss. On Saturday morning the Car- dinals began play with a 7-6 loss to the Pacheco Panthers. The Panthers scored consis- tently in the middle innings to go up 6-2 heading into the final frame, but the Cardinals came back to tie it going into the bot- tom of the seventh, when the Panthers would plate a run for the win. In the Cardinals' last match- up of the tournament, they went back and forth with league ri- val Central Valley Falcons, tied at 3 after the third. The Falcons put up 3 in the fourth and Corn- ing responded with a run in the fifth. Another Falcon run in the sixth was answered with 4 in the bottom half of the inning from the Cardinals to go up by 1. But 2 runs in the top of the seventh went unanswered and the Fal- cons came away with the win. The Cardinals (6-16 overall, 3-5 league) are scheduled to return to Susanville for a double header today against the Lassen Griz- zlies (22-6-1 overall, 7-2 league) starting at 3 p.m. WARRIORS 4, MAXWELL 16 The Mercy Lady Warriors fell hard at home Friday afternoon to the visiting Maxwell Panthers 16-4. Annie Feser was named player of the game, going 3-3 with a double and 2 RBI. Selena Dob- son went 3-3 with a double; Maggie Sheppard was 2-3 with a run; Emilia Gray was 3-2; Gil- lie Coelho and Aubrey Bell were both 1-3 with a run and an RBI and Tasha Pimentel was 1-1 with a run scored. Bell took the loss for the War- riors, giving up 14 earned on 16 hits with 2 walks and 5 strike- outs over 5 innings. The Warriors (3-8 overall, 0-3 league) are scheduled to host the Los Molinos Bulldogs (5-9 over- all, 1-4 league) at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Diamond Park. BULLDOGS 4, CHESTER 14 The Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs lost Friday afternoon to the Chester Volcanoes 14-4. No stats were posted for the game as of Monday. The Bulldogs (5-9 overall, 1-4 league) are scheduled to face the Mercy Warriors (3-8 overall, 0-3 league) at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Dia- mond Park in Red Bluff. SOFTBALL Lady Cards beat Oroville, lose out at Lassen Warriors and Bulldogs take big losses Corning High grad, Roadrunner gets full-ride scholarship SHOEMAKER PAGE 2 By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter RED BLUFF After shooting a dominant 66 on Sunday, profes- sional Ben Geyer held on Mon- day with a 74 to win the Red Bluff Pro-Am golf tournament at Wil- cox Oaks Golf Club. The combined score of 140 bested Tom Johnson and Greg Senestraro by one stroke. John- son and Senestraro turned in rounds of 71 and 70 to tie at 141. In the Senior Pro group, Dane Judson took first with rounds of 75 and 70 for 145, edging out Dale Shelton with rounds of 74 and 72 for 146. Among the amateurs, Bob LeDoux shot 73 and 72 for a first place 145, followed by Dwain Barfuss at 72 and 73 for 145 and Brian Jones with 76 and 71 for 147. JOnes had the low amateur round for the tournament at 71 on Monday. Chad Sorensen took the clos- est to the pin challenge, leaving his tee shot a foot from the hole on No. 18 and another 1' 11" from the hole on No. 4 on Sunday. Oth- ers in the money on Sunday were Matt Mauer on No. 8 and Arvo Voip on No. 15. On Monday, Mike Paul was 2' 4.5" from the hole on No. 4, Kris Isackson was 2' 5.5" on No. 18 and 3' 10.5" on No. 8 and Charlie Gib- son was 26' 8.5" on No. 15. JJ Abraham took the longest drive Sunday and Rocky Warner got the accurate drive. On Mon- day, Dave Carr took longest and Brandon Baker got most accu- rate. For the amateurs, Bobby Mar- tiniz left a ball a foot from the hole on No. 18 Sunday, Chris Chapin was 3' 3.5" on No. 8, Larry Otis was 10' on No. 4 and Ken Morgan was 17' 6" on No. 15. Sarah Nygard was 3' 9" from the hold on No. 15 on Sunday, Thomas Steinhoff was 6' 2" on No. 18, Duane Miller was 6' 7.25" on No. 8 and Barfuss was 11' 7" on No. 4. Nygard got the longest drive Sunday and Monday. Dan David- son was the most accurate Sun- day and Rick Dollarhide on Mon- day. GOLF GEYER HANGS ON TO WIN AT WILCOX CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS Vernon Fite chips onto the 18th green Monday a ernoon during the Red Bluff Pro-Am golf tournament at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club. Online: Be the first to get results from local athletes and teams at REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS. COM/SPORTS. SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, May 3, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1