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Thursday Los Molinos Softball Tournament Baseball — Chico at Corning, 1 p.m. Baseball — Los Molinos at Biggs Tournament Baseball — Mercy at Liberty Christian Tournament Softball — Mercy at Liberty Christian Tournament Softball — Red Bluff at Lassen, 3:30 p.m. Golf — Central Valley, Orland vs Corning at Sevillano Links, 1 p.m. Tennis —Central Valley at Corning, 3:30 p.m. Sports 1B Thursday March 18, 2010 Two-out rally in fifth keys Red Bluff past rival Corning Jr. Spartan sign-ups The Red Bluff Jr. Spartans will be holding sign-ups for all eligible returning football players — players that have current veteran status — and all cheerleaders on Sunday at 9 a.m. at the Elks’ Lodge. Open sign-ups for all new football players will be on Sunday, March 28 at 9 a.m. at the Elks’ Lodge. Open sign-ups this year will be a lottery, so there is no need to wait in line overnight. Football registration fees will be $150 for the first child and $130 for each additional child. Cheer registration fees will be $100 for the first child and $80 for each additional child. Each family will be required to pay a $50 worker bond for each child. The worker bond is refundable after the parent has volunteered their required time. All families will have to pay half of the registration fees and the entire worker bond at sing-ups withe the remainder of the registration fees due by June 1. There will be a $75 equipment deposit for all football players. The equipment deposit will be due when helmets are issued in July. For any questions regarding football or cheerleading please contact Red Bluff Youth Football President Eric Coates at 208-0232 or by e-mail at rbyfpresident@yahoo.com.. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff’s Scott Avery beats Corning catcher’s Tyler McIntyre’s flip to Marc Mason for a run. By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor It took a handful of innings, but eventually the team wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day got its fair share of breaks. Red Bluff used a trio of infield sin- gles in a six-run two-out rally in the fifth inning, Wednesday, to hand Corn- ing their first loss of the season, 10-2. Trailing 2-0 entering the fifth, the Spartans caught a bit of luck when a Scott Avery grounder took a huge hop in front of the plate allowing the Red Bluff speedster enough time to beat Tyler Price’s throw from third to first. Two batters later, Avery used his speed again to steal second and he was then bunted over to third base by Stephen Jensen. With two outs, one of the state’s hottest batters over the first few weeks of the season, Derek Jones came to the plate. Corning threw Jones a steady diet of breaking balls all game and sure enough, one bounced in front of the Cardinal’s catcher Tyler McIntyre and got away. Avery immediately took off and beat the shovel pass from McIntyre to his battery mate Marc Mason who was covering home for Red Bluff’s first run. Mason then walked Jones and hit E.J. Stanton in the leg with a pitch and was pulled for Quintin Flores. Cody Gappa greeted Flores with an infield single and Dante Garaventa drew a walk with the bases loaded to tie the game. The Spartans got their third infield single on the inning and the go-ahead run off the bat of Jordan Fox. Gerald Baker then gave the Spar- tans some insurance runs by blasting a 2-run double and Avery capped the scoring by coming up to bat a second- time in the inning and smacking an RBI single. The 6-2 lead was more than enough for Jensen, who had come in to relieve Maison Etzler in the top half of the fifth. Corning had gotten to Etzler in the first inning when Cody Fox scored on a McIntyre single. Etzler was pulled in the fifth with a runner on third and two outs and McIn- tyre coming back to the plate. McIntyre ripped another RBI single off of Etzler, but it would be the end of Corning’s scoring. McIntyre finished his day 3-for-3 at the plate. Red Bluff followed up a fifth inning in which they had sent 11 batters to the plate to gain the lead, by ripping off four more runs in the sixth inning. Gappa drove in a run and then he and Stanton scored on wild pitches and the inning was once again capped by a RBI single from Avery, who finished 3-for-4. Avery said he was in a bit of slump coming into the game, but that changed when he beat out the high-bounding ball in the fifth that jump-started the Spartan offense. Jones, who made a couple of nice plays with the glove to go along with reaching base three times said the Spar- tans didn’t lose any confidence despite trailing early. “Right before that inning, Iwas thinking we had nine outs to work with,” he said. Turned out they only needed two of them. Giants score 3 runs in 7th to beat A’s PHOENIX (AP) — Oakland Athletics left- handed starting pitchers past and present engaged in a duel on Wednesday. It was pretty much a draw between Barry Zito and Brett Anderson. Zito won the American League Cy Young Award with Oakland in 2002 but hasn’t found the same magic in San Francisco. He gave up one run on four hits, walked three and struck out two in 3 1-3 innings before the Giants rallied for a 6-1 victory at Phoenix Munici- pal Stadium. Anderson, who was 11- 11 in 2009 and led AL rook- ie pitchers in strikeouts with 150, pitched four scoreless innings, giving up just two hits and striking out one. An RBI double by new third baseman Kevin Kouz- manoff gave the Athletics a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Oakland had a chance to score more in the third, but Zito managed to escape a bases-loaded jam. Anderson looked sharp by mixing his pitches. He left with a 1-0 lead, but Brad Kilby then entered the game and gave up a game-tying home run to Juan Uribe. Zito left the ballpark before reporters were allowed in the clubhouse. But in previous starts this spring, he said he was look- ing to make progress with each start in terms of longevity and results, and he appeared to do that on this occasion. He gave up two hits in four innings against minor leaguers in his previ- ous start on March 12. By mixing up his pitch- es, particularly his change- up, Anderson said that allows him to pitch longer into the game. He gave up three runs on four hits in 2 2-3 innings in his previous start against Arizona on Fri- day. ‘‘It was a lot better out there today, probably my best game so far,’’ said Anderson, who was a sec- ond-round pick by Arizona NFL owners will vote next week whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in the playoffs if the team winning the OT coin toss kicks a field goal on the first series. Previously, the game would end whenever either side scores, as happened in the NFC championship game in January, with New Orleans beating Minnesota on Garrett Hartley’s kick. But NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay says a trend has developed showing too strong an advantage for teams winning the coin toss to start overtime. If the team that falls behind by three points on the first series also kicks a field goal, then the game would continue under cur- rent sudden death rules. in 2006 and came to the Athletics in 2007 as part of the trade for right-hander Dan Haren. ‘‘If I pitch to contact, I keep the innings short,’’ Anderson said. ‘‘My first two starts, I didn’t do that as well.’’ The Giants broke the tie by scoring three runs with two outs in the seventh inning. Nate Schierholtz’s ground-rule double brought home the first of those runs. Francisco Peguero, pinch- running for Bengie Molina (single), scored after steal- ing second. Schierholtz’s hit bounced over the fence at the 410-foot sign in straight- away center field. Darren Ford and Ryan Rohlinger followed with RBI singles to give left- handed middle reliever Jere- my Affeldt his second victo- ry in five spring outings. Uribe, who likely will begin the season as the start- ing second baseman while The proposal is only for the postseason. ‘‘Statistically, it is pret- ty clear there has been a change,’’ McKay said. ‘‘When sudden death was put in for 1974, it clearly worked very well and was a good system. It brought excitement and effectively broke ties. From ’74-’93 you had a 50-50 (break- down) in who would win between those who won Freddy Sanchez recovers from shoulder surgery, made the defensive play of the game in the fifth. He roamed far to his right, into shallow center field, turned and threw Kouzmanoff out by a step. NOTES: Oakland OF Rajai Davis was scratched from the leadoff spot just before the first pitch due to tenderness in his left quadri- ceps. He is listed as day-to- day. ... Former Oakland OF Rickey Henderson, the career leader in stolen bases, is working with the young players on running the bases. ... The Giants will get Thursday off before return- ing to action on Friday against Cleveland in Scotts- dale, Ariz. ... Closer Andrew Bailey, the AL rookie of the year in 2009, and middle reliever Craig Breslow have been slowed by elbow tenderness, but it is not serious and both should be ready to go on Opening Day, according to manager Bob Geren. NFLto examine 2 possessions in playoff OT NEW YORK (AP) — toss and who lost the toss. ‘‘Changes occurred over time, and the numbers have changed to 59.8 per- cent winning the coin toss and winning the game. The team that loses the coin toss wins 38.5 per- cent. ‘‘We are trying to put in a system that emphasizes more skill and strategy as opposed to the random- ness of the coin flip.’’ Cardinals track and field In a dual scrimmage meet with Orland, Tuesday, Jose Tor- res won the 800 and 1600 meters and Luis Piseno took first in both the shot put and the discus. Herminio Miranda and Daniel Crooks finished 1-2 in the 400 meters and Blaine Glover won the high jump with a mark of 5’8”. On the Lady Cardinals side, Yasmen Lomeli won the 800 meters, Karen Torres won the 1600 meters and Tristen Huntley had the best discus throw. Scoreboard MLB Spring Training Wednesday’s results San Francisco 6, Oakland 1 Arizona 7, L.A. Angels 6 Atlanta 4, Florida 2 Chicago White Sox 5, L.A. Dodgers 1 Colorado 6, Cleveland 3 Detroit 6, Pittsburgh 3 Houston 11, Washington 2 Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Boston 2 Philadelphia 6, N.Y.Yankees 2 San Diego 16, Kansas City 14 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 2 Toronto 4, Baltimore 1 Cleveland vs Cincinnati, late Texas vs Seattle, late Today’s Grapefruit League games Atlanta vs St. Louis, 10:05 a.m. Baltimore vs Toronto, 10:05 a.m. Houston vs Detroit, 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs Minnesota, 10:05 a.m. N.Y.Mets vs Florida, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs N.Y.Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Today’s Cactus League games Arizona vs Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Colorado vs Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs Texas, 6:05 p.m. NBA Wednesday’s results New Orleans at Golden State, late Boston 109, New York 97 Charlotte 100, Oklahoma City 92 Cleveland 99, Indiana 94 Dallas 113, Chicago 106 Houston 107, Memphis 94 Orlando 110, San Antonio 84 Philadelphia 108, New Jersey 97 Toronto 106, Atlanta 105 Utah 122, Minnesota 100 Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, late Today’s games Orlando at Miami, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Denver, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday’s late results L.A. Lakers 106, Sacramento 99 Phoenix 152, Minnesota 114 NCAA EAST REGIONAL First Round — Thursday At New Orleans Arena, New Orleans 1)Kentucky vs. 16)ETSU, 4:15 p.m. 8)Texas vs.9)Wake Forest, following At HP Pavilion, San Jose 6)Marquette vs.11)Washington, 4:20 p.m. 3)New Mexico vs. 14)Montana, following SOUTH REGIONAL First Round — Thursday At Dunkin’Donuts Center, Providence, R.I. 2)Villanova vs. 15)Robert Morris, 9:30 a.m. 7)Richmond vs 10)Saint Mary’s, following At New Orleans Arena, New Orleans 6)Notre Dame vs 11)Old Dominion, 9:25 a.m. 3)Baylor vs 14)Sam Houston State, following MIDWEST REGIONAL Tehama Tracker Warriors softball Hayfork defeated Mercy in a pair of games Tuesday. The visiting Timberjacks won the first 11-0 then topped the War- riors 7-4 in the second game. Archery tournament Sunday Ishi Archers are having a 28 target 3-D archery tour- nament Sunday at their range on Highway 36 East. Reg- istration opens at 7:30 a.m. with the shoot set to begin at 9 a.m. First Round — Thursday At Dunkin’Donuts Center, Providence, R.I. 3)Georgetown vs 14)Ohio, 4:25 p.m. 6)Tennessee vs 11)San Diego State, following At The Ford Center, Oklahoma City 8)UNLV vs 9)Northern Iowa, 4:10 p.m. 1)Kansas vs 16)Lehigh, following WEST REGIONAL First Round — Thursday At The Ford Center, Oklahoma City 7)BYU vs 10)Florida, 9:20 a.m. 2)Kansas State vs 15)North Texas, following At HP Pavilion, San Jose 4)Vanderbilt vs 13)Murray State, 11:30 a.m. 5)Butler vs 12)UTEP, following NIT First Round Tuesday’s late result Jacksonville 67, Arizona State 66 Wednesday’s results Cincinnati 76, Weber State 62 Dayton 63, Illinois State 42 Illinois 76, Stony Brook 66 Kent State 75, Tulsa 74 Memphis 73, St. John’s 71 Mississippi 84, Troy 65 Nevada 74, Wichita State 70 Rhode Island 76, Northwestern 64 Virginia Tech 81, Quinnipiac 61 CBI First Round Wednesday’s results College of Charleston 82, Eastern Kentucky 79 IUPUI 74, Hofstra 60 Morehead State 74, Colorado State 60 Princeton 65, Duquesne 51 Wisconsin-Green Bay 70, Akron 66 Boston U.at Oregon State, late CIT First Round Wednesday’s results Appalachian State 93, Harvard 71 Missouri State 87, Middle Tennessee State 79 Northern Colorado 81, Portland 73 Pacific at Loyola Marymount, late Today’s game Southern Mississippi at Louisiana Tech, 5 p.m. NHL Wednesday’s results Calgary 3, Colorado 2 New Jersey 5, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago at Anaheim, late Today’s games San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Boston, 4 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Nashville, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday’s late result N.Y. Islanders 5, Vancouver 2