Photos by Richard Allan

The Etna Lions boys team and the Tulelake Honkers girls team won the NSCIF D-IV track and field championship held at West Valley High School on Friday. The Tulelake and Fall River boys tied for 2nd, and the Weed girls were 2nd.

Boys individual event results (top three)

100 Meters

1. John Westlund: 11.84a, Fall River
2. Josh Rodgers: 11.86a, Weed
3. John Levesque: 12.06a, Butte Valley

200 Meters

1. Michael Peters: 23.17a, Fall River
2. Dylan Miller: 23.81a, Tulelake
3. Jonathon Pierson: 24.01a, Paradise Adventist Academy

400 Meters

1. Michael Peters: 52.84a, Fall River
2. Dylan Miller: 53.34a, Tulelake
3. Cody Beaumont: 53.91a, Redding Christian (more…)

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This is just part 1 of the photos. Part 2 will be posted soon, and we also have some great shots by Janine Turner coming.

The Yreka Miners boys and girls varsity track and field teams each finished 2nd at the 49th annual Yreka Lions Track Meet, held on Friday at Miner Stadium. Enterprise won the boys competition, and Red Bluff took the girls competition. Weed’s Mallory Pappas set the Weed High School record in the Triple Jump at 32-06.00. Janelle Jaegel set the Mt. Shasta High School Pole Vault record at 9-06.00. Yreka’s Jena Turner won the 300m Hurdles in a North Section best time of 46.40

Boys top five finishers

100 Meters – Finals
1. 12 Jeremiah Emershy 11.11a, Anderson
2. 12 Edward Lampkin 11.16a, Sacred Heart Cathedral
3. 11 Ryan Abele 11.17a, Colusa
4. 11 Eli Chapman 11.35a, Mt Shasta
5. 12 Riley Granberry 11.49a, Enterprise

200 Meters – Finals
1. 12 Edward Lampkin 22.41a, Sacred Heart Cathedral
2. 12 Jeremiah Emershy 22.48a, Anderson
3. 12 Stephen Hackstaff 22.74a, Red Bluff
4. 12 Connor McCone 23.08a, Anderson
5. 12 Drew Scrima 23.15a, Shasta

400 Meters – Finals
1. 11 Anthony Rodriguez 50.66a, Enterprise
2. 11 Austin Clark 51.09a, West Valley
3. 12 Kahlil James 52.30a, Sacred Heart Cathedral
4. 11 Tracy Salgado 52.61a, St Mary’s
5. 10 KJ Hinkston 53.36a, Red Bluff (more…)

Northern Athletic League

Boys

Most Valuable Player: Michael Shoemaker, Corning
Nick Hoag, Corning
Chayce Maday, Corning
Aaron Miller, Anderson
Jason Cruickshank, Anderson
Kody Connor, Central Valley
Tony Penta, Central Valley
Raycial Lovett, Central Valley
Ty Currie, Yreka (more…)

The Butte Valley Lady Bulldogs varsity basketball team has made a habit of showing up at the NSCIF Division-VI championship game. They have been there four of the past five seasons, winning the title twice (2010, 2011). On Friday at Chico State, the Lady Bulldogs faced the Hayfork Timberjacks for the third time in those four title tilts. In 2009, the Jacks claimed the crown. In 2010, it was the Dawgs. The third match up went the Jacks way, 36-19.

The game started well for Butte Valley, as the Dawgs held Hayfork scoreless in the first quarter. Kara Porterfield, Kenzie Hayden-Criss and Haley Reynolds scored for the Lady Bulldogs, to give them a 6-0 lead going into the second quarter.

Paige Porterfield made it 8-0 to start the second stanza, but Hayfork scored the next 12 points to grab a 12-8 lead. Kara Porterfield put back a rebound to break the Hayfork run, making it 12-10 with 3:13 left in the half. Butte Valley trailed 16-11 at the intermission. (more…)

The North Section CIF held it’s 2013 basketball championships at Chico State’s Acker Gym on Friday and Saturday.

Division-II

Girls: Chico 46 – Pleasant Valley 41

Boys: Chico 63 – Pleasant Valley 53

Division-III

Girls: Enterprise 69 – Paradise 43

Boys: Enterprise 61 - Shasta 42

Division-IV

Girls: Anderson 52 – West Valley 48

Boys: Corning 45 -Orland 43 (more…)

With two nights of regular season basketball remaining, here are the league championship scenarios.

Northern Athletic League

Boys

Corning (7-1, 23-2) has won the crown, but not before a surging Central Valley (5-2, 14-11) team put a blemish on the Cardinals NAL record. Yreka (1-6) is tied for last with Lassen.

Girls

Anderson has locked up an outright championship at 7-0. The Lady Cubs (15-10) play at last place Yreka (1-6, 12-12) on Friday.

Shasta Cascade League

Boys

With Modoc’s win over Weed last night, the Braves have won the SCL at 11-1. Mt. Shasta is in 2nd at 9-2, and Weed is 3rd at 8-3. The Bears and Cougars face off on Friday night in Mt. Shasta to determine second place and likely who has the higher seed in the NSCIF D-V playoffs.

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The North Section released updated basketball playoff points rankings on Monday. Keep in mind that some coaches are lax when it comes to reporting results, and the NSCIF may not have had accurate info for these rankings.

Boys

Division-IV (Top 12 go to playoffs)

Yreka (8-14) is ranked 11th, ahead of Colusa (11-12) and behind Lassen (10-15). Orland (20-4) and Corning (22-2) are tied for the top spot.

Division-V (Top 16 go to playoffs)

The Shasta Cascade League has three of the top four spots, with Mt. Shasta (18-5) and Weed (20-4) tied for 1st. Modoc (18-4) is 4th. Liberty Christian holds the 3rd spot at 17-7. The bad news for Mt. Shasta and Weed is that they are both behind Modoc in the SCL standings. If it stays that way, the Braves will jump the Bears and Cougars in the playoff seedings. Tulelake (14-7) is ranked 8th. Trinity (10-14) is 11th.

Division-VI (Top 12 go to playoffs)

Butte Valley (9-7) is tied with Burney (7-10) for 8th. Dunsmuir at 9-6 is 10th. Redding Christian at 20-4 is ranked number-1.

Girls

Division-IV (Top 12 go to playoffs)

Yreka (12-11) is 9th, behind Wheatland (11-12) and ahead of Gridley (8-16). Sutter at 17-6 is number-1. (more…)

Photos by Jimmy Palmer

The Butte Valley Bulldogs junior varsity boys team nipped the Dunsmuir Tiger JVs 61-59, on Friday night in Dunsmuir. (more…)

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The Butte Valley Lady Bulldogs came into Tuesday night’s game against Tulelake tied with the Lady Honkers and the Big Valley Cardinals for first place in the Evergreen League. By the end of the night, the Lady Bulldogs found themselves in sole possession of the top spot. Butte Valley posted an impressive 51-20 win over Tulelake, and Big Valley fell to Dunsmuir 48-41.

Butte Valley took the initial lead, 2-0, on a put back by Lydia Hill. Tulelake’s Rosario Jaime tied it with a bucket, and a few seconds later gave the Lady Honkers their only lead of the game, 3-2, with a free throw. After that it was all Lady Dawgs. Paige Porterfield nailed a 3-ball to regain the lead for Butte Valley, 5-3. A freebie by Hill and then a basket from Haley Reynolds made it 8-3. Butte Valley held an 18-7 lead by the end of the quarter.

Tulelake scored just once in the second stanza, a 3-pointer by Kendra Rupert, while Butte Valley put up another 12 points to lead 30-10 at the intermission.

The third quarter was somewhat more competitive, with Butte Valley outscoring the Lady Honkers 9-5 for a 39-15 lead going into the final frame. The Lady Bulldogs again held Tulelake to five points in the fourth quarter, and went on to win 51-20. (more…)

Butte Valley Middle School student Maria Cofer did a bit of cart racing last weekend in Red Bluff.

The 8th grader had the fastest solo qualifying time, was second in her heat, and finished 4th in both the Trophy Dash and the Main Event.

Cofer is one of four girls out of about 25 racers that regularly compete in Red Bluff. (more…)

Video by MaKayla Madden

The Butte Valley Lady Bulldogs defeated the Tulelake Lady Honkers 39-30 at the 1st annual Roberta Criss Memorial Classic held in Dorris last weekend.

It was Tulelake that held the lead at the end of the first quarter, 13-9. Sabrina Gribble accounted for seven of the Lady Honker points in the opening frame.

However, Tulelake only managed two points in the second quarter, and the Lady Bulldogs closed the gap to a single point by halftime, 15-14. (more…)

The NSCIF has released the 2012 8-Man football playoff bracket. First round games take place on Friday, November 2 or Saturday, November 3. Higher seed hosts.

Redding Christian (1N) v Mercy (4S) – won’t be close

Loyalton (1S) v Tulelake (4N) – this may not be a cake-walk for Loyalton

Dunsmuir (2N) v Greenville (3S) – won’t be close

Princeton (2S) v Butte Valley (3N) – Butte Valley beat Princeton during the regular season, 22-14, at Princeton (more…)

The Dunsmuir Tigers regained the top spot in the rankings by virtue of thumping South League leader Loyalton. While Redding Christian also won, it was against a weak team. So, Dunsmuir’s strength of schedule went up and Redding Christian’s went down. That’s the difference. Now, here’s the bottom line: the Tigers and the Lions tangle this Friday in Palo Cedro for what amounts to the championship game for the North League, as well as the number-one overall seed in the playoffs.

Other movers were Butte Valley going back up to number-three, and Loyalton slipping to 4th. Remember in the notes about the rankings a couple of weeks ago, where I said watch out for the Princeton Eagles? Well, they’ve won their last three games, two against teams that are at least .500, and have moved up to number-five.

1. Dunsmuir (9-0) 13.44

2. Redding Christian (9-0) 12.89

3. Butte Valley (7-2) 9.33

4. Loyalton (6-2) 9.25

5. Princeton (5-3) 8.25 (more…)