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StaffReport CHICO The Chico Breakfast Li- ons Club each year hopes the coaches of its high school all- star baseball and softball games will select players from as many schools as possible. Intended or not, North baseball coach Ryland Sanders of Red Bluff High School did just that with 18 players picked from 12 schools lo- cated from Red Bluff to the Or- egon border to form the North team. The annual Lions supremacy squabble pitting North vs. South will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Chi- co's Doryland Field in the Hooker OakRecreationArea ineast Chico. The North boasts a 7-5 advantage in games played since 2003. Sanders tabbed three mem- bers of his Northern Section Di- vision II runner-up Spartans, in- cluding Lane Pritchard, Ryan Gamboa and Bryce Sinclair. Mer- cy's Richie Borges also made the squad. Their teammates are Tommy Sharpe of Lassen; Nick Rodriguez and Ryan Thomasy, Shasta; Kellen Gerig, Big Valley; Sawyer Seth and Dean Yingst, American Christian Academy in Anderson; Jesse Tratz and Jerrod Bloom, West Valley; Spencer Lee, Chester; Jordan Taylor and Tyler Cochran, Foothill; Conor Fitzger- ald, University Prep; Alex Valen- cia, Modoc and Drew Battles, An- derson. Stewart Peterson, head man of the five-time North Section Divi- sion 3 championship team at Sut- ter High School, will summon talent from schools south of Red Bluff to the Yuba City-Marysville area to form the South unit. Corning's Wyatt Haydon was named to the South squad. The Chico High baseball team won a Northern Section Division II title and three Panthers — Lu- kas Bolen, Michael Farley and Creed Smith — will be part of the South team. Three Pleasant Valley players join them in Cooper Davis, Noah Davis and Jaret Flint. Oroville's Aaron Ruedi, Las Plu- mas' Austin Ford, Gridley's Quinn Spring and Ernie Caudillo, Dur- ham's Walt Askea and Biggs' Bren- dan Smith are also on the South. The rest of the team includes Sut- ter's Daniel Hale, Brendan Nelson and Logan Wurm, Colusa's Carter Cunningham and Jared Huff and Maxwell's Devin Lee. Players must be graduating se- niors and be nominated by their prep coaches and then be selected by the all-star coach. A softball all-star game is scheduled for noon on an adjacent field. No Tehama County players were named to the teams. Net proceeds will be used by the Chico Breakfast Lions Club to purchase eye exams and eye- glasses for needy persons in the Chico area. Admission is $6 and includes both games. BASEBALL R.B.players,coachnamedall-stars Spartans coach Sanders to lead North team, joined by players Pritchard, Gamboa, Sinclair By Curtis Pashelka Bay Area News Group PITTSBURGH The San Jose Sharks survived to play another day in the Stanley Cup Final. Facing a seemingly relentless offensive attack from the Pitts- burgh Penguins, who were seek- ing the fourth Cup title in their history, the Sharks held on for a 4-2 win in Game 5 on Thursday night at Consol Energy Center. Logan Couture had a goal and two assists and goalie Martin Jones finished with 44 saves in his most clutch performance of the playoffs as the Sharks, who will host Game 6 on Sunday at SAP Center, cut the series deficit to three-games-to-two. "This team hasn't quit all year," said Jones. "We're not going to start now." Melker Karlsson, Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski also scored for the Sharks, with Pavelski's empty- net goal, his first of the series, giv- ing his team a 4-2 lead with 1:20 left in the third period. The Sharks, the NHL's best road team during the regular sea- son, used three first-period goals STANLEY CUP FINAL SHARKSGETSERIES HOME TO SAN JOSE Couture notches 1 goal, 2 assists to back up Jones' clutch performance with 44 saves KEITHSRAKOCIC—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones (31) turns a shot away as the Pittsburgh Penguins' Patric Hornqvist (72) and the Sharks' Brent Burns (88) scramble in front of the net during the third period Thursday in Game 5. GENE J. PUSKAR — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture (39) celebrates his goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins with teammates during the first period Thursday in Game 5of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh. SHARKS4,PENGUINS2 Series: Pittsburgh leads 3-2. Game 6: Pittsburgh Penguins at San Jose Sharks, 5p.m. Sunday, TV on NBC. THESCORE Online: For more stories on the San Jose Sharks, visit REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/SPORTS. Staff Report The Northern Section California Interscho- lastic Federation Foot- ball Advisory Commit- tee will host Rocky Seto, assistant head coach for defense of the Seattle Se- ahawks, as he shares his knowledge and experi- ences in the game of foot- ball in its current state. Rules related to con- tact and tackling have changed the game in re- cent years. The philoso- phies and ideas Coach Seto will share in his tackling seminar have proven successful at the professional level and are applicable to the high school and youth foot- ball experiences north state players, families, programs and commu- nities face. Coach Seto's presen- tation will show specif- ically how these tech- niques have improved player safety while vastly improving the Seattle Se- ahawks' tackling perfor- mance. The free seminar is tailored to youth, high school and collegiate coaches, players, par- ents, school personnel and community mem- bers. It is scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 2,2 at the Red Bluff Union High School Per- forming Arts Center. FOOTBALL NFL coach set to offer free tackling seminar NBA FINALS Series: Golden State leads 2-1. Game 4: Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers, 6p.m. Friday, TV on ABC. TUNEIN By Cam Inman Bay Area News Group SANTA CLARA Colin Kaeper- nick's perfect attendance through the San Francisco 49ers offsea- son program, and his improved health, has him encouraged about reclaiming his starting job come training camp. After concluding minicamp Thursday, Kaepernick held his first media session since last sea- son ended, and he pledged his allegiance to a franchise he re- quested a trade from in February. "I don't think it's been an odd or awkward situation," Kaeper- nick said. "That was a business as- pect of football. At this point I'm here. I'm excited to be here with Chip (Kelly) and these coaches. "The offense has been amazing. My teammates have been great with their support. I'm excited to be back on the field with them. It was a great feeling out there this week (at minicamp). The fan support I've gotten through ev- erything, especially seeing peo- ple out, it's amazing and really made me excited to be out here and play." Kaepernick made 47 consec- utive starts, beginning with the 2012 team's NFC title run, before getting benched in favor of Blaine Gabbert at midseason last year. Kaepernick, 28, required sea- son-ending surgery on his left shoulder in November, and then had procedures in January on his left knee and right thumb, all of which delayed his medical clear- 49ERS Kap feels ready to reclaim QB job The Associated Press CLEVELAND Turns out, Stephen Curry has not entered some level of basketball infallibility. His unanimous MVP selec- tion, the record 3-point total, the league scoring title, all those ac- colades while he was leading the Golden State Warriors to an NBA- record 73 regular-season wins may have made it seem like he was in some sort of permanent video-game mode. And then came the NBA Finals. The MVP is struggling, and what once looked like a Golden State stranglehold on a repeat ti- tle no longer does. Curry has been held to 16 points per game in the first three matchups in this series against Cleveland, which resumes when the Cavaliers play host to Game 4 on Friday night. NBA FINALS Curry says he needs to play better Seto 49ERS PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 SHARKS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, June 10, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1