FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 ENTERPRISE-RECORD+MERCURY-REGISTER | SPORTS B | 13 SPORTS After the fire, they’ve continued to shine Paradise athletes have excelled in a variety of arenas since Camp Fire’s devastation NHAT V. MEYER — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP FILE The Paradise High School football team lines up with the San Francisco 49ers for the national anthem before the 49ers’ game against the New York Giants at Levi’s Stadium in MATT BATES — ENTERPRISE-RECORD FILE Santa Clara on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Paradise cheerleaders say a prayer before performing a routine during the team’s season opener against Williams on Aug. 23 in Paradise. KARL MONDON — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP FILE Nicholas Baker high-fives his teammates on the Paradise High School baseball team on March 16 at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The players were invited by the San Francisco Giants to play at their park. MATT BATES — ENTERPRISE-RECORD FILE Paradise’s Braden Castellucci wrestles in the Northern Section Masters Tournament in Redding on Feb. 15. Join us this Sunday... The followingchurches wouldliketoinviteyou to their services to encourage thesense of community, EDDIE SALTZMAN — CONTRIBUTED FILE hopeandfaithmarkingthe Sarah Goymer, a senior on the Paradise Adventist volleyball team, climbs high for a block as St. Bernard’s Sarah Regli (12) and Amanda Pretzel (4) look on during the first round of anniversaryofNovember the CIF NorCal Division VI volleyball playoffs Nov. 7, 2018, in Paradise. 8th, 2018 tragic events. Paradise Alliance Church One Church,TwoCampuses Ridge PresbyterianChurch MeetingSundays, 10:30am at TerryAsheRecreationCenter Chico Paradise (6626 Skyway) 166Eaton Rd. 6491 ClarkRd. At Ridgewecomefromlotsof Sundays9:30am Sundays 10:45am differentplaces -lost, found, hurting, broken, cynical,or somecombination of all of these. Butwhatunitesusand keeps us comingbackweekafter Youare loved. week isone thing-Jesus Christ and EDDIE SALTZMAN — CONTRIBUTED FILE Hisgospelofunlimitedgrace.More Paradise’s Joe Lawrie goes up with the ball while earning a foul against Chico. The info at www.ridgepresbyterian.org. www.paradisecma.org Bobcats won their season opener, 80-62, against the Panthers at Chico State’s Acker Gym on Nov. 26, 2018. From left to right, Paradise’s winning 1,600-meter relay team of Jacob Weldon, Patrick Roehling, Jared Mackay and Gabe Price pose with the results board during the Northern Section Track and Field Championships on May 17 in Cottonwood. The Bobcats broke the Vicar Andy Hanawalt section record with a time of 3 minutes, 19.86 seconds. WILL DENNER — ENTERPRISE- RECORD 14 | B SPORTS | ENTERPRISE-RECORD+MERCURY-REGISTER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 NHL LOCAL ROUNDUP Sharks avoid meltdown, hold on to defeat Wild Chico boys win cross-country title Staff reports individually, including first- lynne Turner’s 21:59 time Chico State goalkeeper The Sharks scored four place finisher Rize Oliveira, leading the field. Jose Paredes recorded one By Curtis Pashelka Bay Area News Group times on 12 shots in the The Chico High boys who ran a time of 19:33.51. save on five shots face in the first period added two cross-country team took Una Griffith led the Pan- College Basketball shutout. SAN JOSE » Logan Cou- more goals in the second first place as a team Thurs- thers to a fifth-place fin- CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE ture’s fourth point of period before hey put it day at the Eastern Athletic- ish in 20:28.01, with Sophie 58, BUTTE 55 » Butte lost Women’s Soccer Thursday night came with on cruise control. The Sac. River League Champi- Sims (sixth), Nahkia Cle- its home opener to Contra CAL STATE EAST BAY 3, CHICO 45 seconds left in the sec- Wild got goals from Brad onships at Foothill High in ments (seventh) and Della Costa College, despite open- STATE 2 » Camille Lidster ond period, as his pass to Hunt, Ryan Donato and Ja- Palo Cedro. Molina (ninth) all finishing ing the game on an 11-0 run opened the scoring for the front of the net set up son Zucker in the third pe- The Panthers had five in the top 10. PV’s Asha Lal and leading 26-19 at half- Chico (8-8-1, 3-7 CCAA) on a tap-in goal for Evander riod to cut the Sharks lead runners place in the top 10, led her team with a time of time. her fourth goal of the sea- Kane and gave the San to 6-5. led by Mario Giannini’s sec- 22:08.76. The Roadrunners were son on an assist from Jor- Jose Sharks a seemingly Sharks goalie Martin ond-place effort in a close Both teams will compete led by Noah Zoppi’s 16 dan Doukakis. After East comfortable four-goal lead. Jones made several saves battle with Enterprise’s in the Northern Section Fi- points, while Eric Marbley Bay’s Riley Spitzer evened Then the third period in the final few minutes to Nick Torres. Torres clocked nals on Nov. 14 at West Val- helped out with nine. Fresh- the game at 1-1 in the 27th began, and it turned out preserve the win. a time of 15 minutes, 55.22 ley High in Cottonwood. man Shakwon Lewis had minute, Doukakis scored a the Sharks needed every Couture’s goal just 52 seconds, just ahead of Gi- eight points. goal of her own, a shot from bit of Couture’s produc- seconds into the game annini’s 15:55.78. Hunter BUTTE VIEW LEAGUE CHAM- 22 yards away two minutes tion. snapped his personal 13- Dougherty took third, Alan PIONSHIPS » Orland’s Yuri College Men’s Soccer into the second half to give The Minnesota Wild game goal-less drought Nava seventh, Andre Mota Camarena claimed second CHICO STATE 4, CAL STATE Chico a 2-1 lead. In the 84th scored three unanswered and set the stage for a eighth and Liam Sehorn on the 3.1-mile course in EAST BAY 0 » Chico State minute, Spitzer scored her goals in the third period to rare Sharks’ laugher on ninth. Wheatland to lead the Tro- senior Mikey Hirsch scored second of the game on a free throw a serious scare into home ice this season. Pleasant Valley’s Renton jans girls team, clocking a goals two, three and four of kick to even the game at 2-2 the Sharks, who scrambled Timo Meier, Marcus So- McGregor took 10th place time of 22:15. the season en route to the to send the game to over- in the waning moments to rensen and Radim Simek to lead the Vikings. On the boys side, Or- home win for the Wildcats. time. hold on to a 6-5 win at SAP also scored in the first pe- The Foothill girls team land’s Angel Garcia took Hirsch scored two in the Forty-two seconds into Center. riod for the Sharks. took first with 20 points, fourth in 17:55 and Elias first half, before adding a overtime, East Bay’s An- ahead of second-place Chi- Rodriguez’s time of 18:19 third in the 62nd minute. nika Blom took a shot off co’s 41 points. With the Foot- placed fifth. Damien Men- Jacob Chong added the of a corner kick that Chico Local calendar hill win, Chico ties Foothill doza led Gridley with a third goal for Chico State goalkeeper Victoria Gra- for the league champion- 20:54 finish. in the 57th minute. Chong ham deflected inside the Friday ship based on points ac- Sutter claimed first place added two assists, while near post to give East Bay COLLEGE CROSS-COUNTRY crued from winning both in the boys division, led by Justin Bethke added one (6-8-3, 5-5-1 CCAA) the win. Butte at NorCal Championships (Salinas): TBA. center meets this season. Bryce Harper’s medalist fin- assist for Chico (10-4, 6-4 Graham recorded seven The Cougars claimed ish (17:31), and first in the California Collegiate Ath- saves on 16 shots face in COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER each of the top four spots girls division, with Kay- letic Association). the loss. Siskiyous at Butte: 12 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Siskiyous at Butte: 2 p.m. Bell COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE 11 Butte at Feather River: 6 p.m. but was edged by the Bull- dogs 15-14 in overtime. PREP FOOTBALL Steinmann has been Foothill at Chico: 7:30 p.m. around the game long Las Plumas vs. Oroville (Victory Bell): 7:30 p.m. enough to know that re- Wheatland at Gridley: 7:30 p.m. cords don’t really matter all Orland at Sutter: 7:30 p.m. that much when it comes to Pierce at Durham: 7:30 p.m. the Victory Bell game. Winters at Willows: 7:30 p.m. “They’re going to bring Williams at Hamilton: 7:30 p.m. their best and we have to Weed at Biggs: 7:30 p.m. bring our best also. You Los Molinos at Fall River: 7 p.m. can’t look at their record and they can’t look at our Saturday record,” Steinmann said. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL “I’ve been on that side too Chico State vs. Dominican University, CCAA/PACWest Chal- lenge: 5 p.m. and you never know what’s going to happen in this COLLEGE CROSS-COUNTRY football game.” Oroville has claimed the Chico State at NCAA West Regional Championships (Mon- mouth, Ore.): TBA. last two bell games, with LP getting its last win in COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2016 when the Thunder- birds downed Oroville 52- Butte at Sierra College: 1 p.m. 22. Oroville leads the en- tire series 41-14-2.