Fresh off the first boys basketball section title in school history, the Cougars nearly got their new season off to a rousing start.
But the Foothill High School boys team couldn't get one last shot to fall Thursday, allowing Pleasant Valley to escape with a 56-55 victory in the first round of the 39th annual Harlan Carter Invitational at Shasta High School. Full story »

Enterprise High School boys basketball will lean on its defense for now. And maybe, judging by Thursday's 42-40 win over Placer in the first round of the Harlan Carter Invitational at Shasta High School, that'll do.
The Hornets led most of the contest, relinquished the lead in the second half when they scored four points in the third quarter, then clawed back into it. Full story » Comments (1)

Greg Cadaret was named Thursday as the new manager of the Golden Baseball League's Chico Outlaws.
The 46-year-old Cadaret had a 10-year major league career with stints in Oakland, which drafted him, the New York Yankees, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Detroit, Anaheim and Texas.
Cadaret more recently has managed the Redding Colt .45s summer collegiate program, as well as assisted with the Simpson University team and for Foothill High School. Full story »

It's here again. The annual Harlan Carter Invitational Basketball Tournament is the official changing of the seasons - from football to basketball. The 38th edition of the boys tournament gets underway today at Shasta's Harlan Carter Gymnasium with a 4 p.m. tipoff between Eureka and Ashland. The finals are at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
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ANDERSON - The Anderson High School girls basketball team got a gritty 50-44 victory to open the season and the Kevin Crye era with Big Blue.
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The chance of a Northern Section team reaching the CIF Bowl Championship Games improved greatly over the weekend when Justin-Siena of Napa upset Ferndale, 22-15.
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The Redding Christian High School boys basketball team started its season with a 79-50 win Tuesday at Maxwell.The Lions scored 40 points by halftime and held the Panthers to four in the first quarter.
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Coach Aaron Gingery stood and watched. His Shasta High School football team formed a semi-circle behind him. They stood and watched. Full story » Comments (10)

SUTTER - Another season came to end for West Valley, one play short of a championship.The Eagles fell 12-7 to Sutter on Wednesday night in the Northern Section Division II football final at Wayne Gadberry Field.
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SUTTER – Find a way.
It’s something the West Valley coaches tell their players. Again and again.
Find a way.
Another of those brief messages found in athletic programs, especially high school football teams it seems, that translates to all areas.
Find a way to win. Find a way to succeed. Find a way to do your job.
Find a way.
On Wednesday night, after his Eagles fought, fought some more and found a way for most of the game to stifle the host Huskies in the Northern Section Division II final, then only to fall short 12-7, West Valley football coach Greg Grandell tried to find a way.
A way to talk to his players.
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The one man inexplicably absent Wednesday at Shasta’s 33-14 loss to Paradise was Jim Tomasin, now the Wolves’ No. 2 all-time rusher.
Arguably one of the section’s best running backs of all time didn’t see junior Evan Taylor take a second-quarter handoff that relegated Tomasin to second place.
He saw many of the 3,085 yards the moptop Taylor had totaled the past two seasons. But Tomasin wasn’t there to see No. 10 bust one up the gut for 14 yards to eclipse a westside mark that had stood for nearly two decades.
No, Tomasin wasn’t so distraught that he couldn’t bear to see the kid overtake the “old guy.”
In fact, in recent years, the physical trainer at Maxim has said he hoped it would be broken, if for nothing else than so he could stop answering questions about when it would be broken.
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This tale doesn’t have a happy ending.
It might, someday. But time will tell.
Stephen Somers, in the biggest football game of his life, came up flat.
Then Somers let his emotions get the best of him.
He got chippy, picked up a pair of personal foul penalties and got booted from Shasta’s 33-14 section title loss to Paradise on Wednesday.
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nother season came to end for West Valley, one play short of a championship.
The Eagles fell 12-7 to Sutter on Wednesday night in the Northern Section Division II final at Wayne Gadberry Field.
“It was a great game between two great teams,” West Valley coach Greg Grandell said. Full story » Comments (56)

The Paradise High School football team (11-1) beat Shasta 33-14 Wednesday at Om Wraith Field to secure the Northern Section Division I championship. Full story » Comments (85)

The Central Valley and West Valley high school volleyball teams both lost in three games in the first round of the NorCal playoffs. Full story »