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2B – Daily News – Monday, February 15, 2010 BASKETBALL EAL - Boys School League Overall W L W L Chico 9 2 18 5 Enterprise 9 2 17 6 Pleasant Valley 9 2 15 8 Foothill 7 4 15 8 Shasta 4 7 11 12 SPARTANS 3 8 10 13 Paradise 2 9 7 15 Oroville 1 10 4 18 ——— Wednesday's games Red Bluff at Pleasant Valley Chico at Shasta Enterprise at Paradise Oroville at Foothill Friday's games Red Bluff at Shasta Chico at Oroville Enterprise at Foothill Paradise at Pleasant Valley Feb. 23 games Paradise at Red Bluff Foothill at Chico Pleasant Valley at Enterprise Shasta at Oroville End of league season EAL - Girls School League Overall W L W L Enterprise 10 1 20 3 Paradise 9 2 20 3 Pleasant Valley 8 3 16 5 Chico 8 3 14 7 Foothill 4 7 10 11 SPARTANS 2 9 6 17 Shasta 2 9 6 17 Oroville 1 10 2 21 ——— Tuesday's games Pleasant Valley at Red Bluff Foothill at Oroville Paradise at Enterprise Shasta at Chico Thursday's games Shasta at Red Bluff Foothill at Enterprise Oroville at Chico Pleasant Valley at Paradise Feb. 23 games Red Bluff at Paradise Chico at Foothill Enterprise at Pleasant Valley Oroville at Shasta End of league season NAL - Boys School League Overall W L W L CARDINALS 8 0 19 5 Central Valley 7 1 14 8 West Valley 5 3 12 12 Lassen 2 6 10 13 Anderson 1 7 7 17 Yreka 1 7 5 18 ——— Tuesday's games Central Valley at Corning Lassen at Anderson Yreka at West Valley Friday's games Corning at West Valley Anderson at Yreka Lassen at Central Valley End of league season NAL - Girls School League Overall W L W L CARDINALS 7 1 15 8 Lassen 5 3 13 9 Central Valley 4 4 14 10 Anderson 4 4 13 11 West Valley 4 4 8 15 Yreka 0 8 3 17 ——— Tuesday's games Corning at Central Valley Anderson at Lassen West Valley at Yreka Wednesday's game Durham at Lassen Friday's games West Valley at Corning Central Valley at Lassen Yreka at Anderson End of league season MVL - Boys School League Overall W L W L Hamilton 8 0 18 5 East Nicolaus 5 2 15 6 BULLDOGS 3 5 11 13 Biggs 3 5 9 15 Williams 2 4 5 13 Esparto 1 6 3 16 ——— Wednesday's games Los Molinos at Biggs Esparto at East Nicolaus Williams at Hamilton Friday's games Esparto at Los Molinos East Nicolaus at Hamilton Williams at Biggs End of league season MVL - Girls School League Overall W L W L Hamilton 8 0 22 2 Biggs 5 3 14 10 BULLDOGS 4 4 7 11 Esparto 3 5 10 13 East Nicolaus 2 6 6 17 Williams 2 6 4 14 ——— Tuesday's games Los Molinos at Biggs East Nicolaus at Esparto Williams at Hamilton Thursday's game Williams at Biggs Friday's games Esparto at Los Molinos East Nicolaus at Hamilton End of league season TCL - Boys School League Overall W L W L Redding Christian3 0 14 8 Liberty Christian 2 1 15 7 University Prep 1 3 13 8 WARRIORS 1 3 13 10 ——— Tuesday's games Liberty Christian at Mercy Redding Christian at University Prep Friday's games Mercy at Redding Christian University Prep at Liberty Christian End of league season TCL - Girls School League Overall W L W L University Prep 4 0 14 4 Liberty Christian 3 1 15 5 Redding Christian1 3 12 10 WARRIORS 0 4 4 18 ——— Tuesday's games Liberty Christian at Mercy Redding Christian at University Prep Friday's games Mercy at Redding Christian University Prep at Liberty Christian End of league season MEDALS COUNT By The Associated Press Sunday, Feb. 14 Through 4 of 5 medal events 9 of 10 total medal events Nation G S B Tot United States1 2 2 5 Germany 1 3 0 4 France 2 0 1 3 South Korea 1 1 0 2 Canada 0 1 1 2 Italy 0 0 2 2 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 Switzerland 1 0 0 1 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 Norway 0 1 0 1 Poland 0 1 0 1 Austria 0 0 1 1 Croatia 0 0 1 1 Russia 0 0 1 1 GOLF AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Scores By The Associated Press Sunday Pebble Beach, Calif. Purse: $6.2 million p-Pebble Beach Golf Links, 6,816 yards, Par 72 m-Monterey Peninsula CC, 6,838 yards, Par 70 s-Spyglass Hill GC, 6,953 yards, Par 72 Final Round FedExCup points in parentheses Dustin Johnson (500), $1,116,00064p- 68m-64s-74 — 270 David Duval (245), $545,60067s-68p- 67m-69 — 271 J.B. Holmes (245), $545,60065p-67m- 68s-71 — 271 Steve Marino (135), $297,60068m-67s- 67p-71 — 273 Josh Teater (100), $226,30070p-67m- 68s-69 — 274 J.P. Hayes (100), $226,30068s-71p-63m- 72 — 274 Paul Goydos (100), $226,30067m-65s- 64p-78 — 274 Tom Gillis (83), $186,00069s-68p-69m- 69 — 275 Phil Mickelson (83), $186,00068m-67s- 69p-71 — 275 Tim Clark (64), $137,43370s-68p-68m- 70 — 276 Blake Adams (64), $137,43365m-74s- 66p-71 — 276 D.J. Trahan (64), $137,43367p-67m-69s- 73 — 276 Matt Jones (64), $137,43367s-67p-66m- 76 — 276 Alex Cejka (64), $137,43365m-67s-69p- 75 — 276 Bryce Molder (64), $137,43367p-65m- 68s-76 — 276 Steve Elkington (53), $93,00068p-67m- 71s-71 — 277 Brian Gay (53), $93,00066m-73s-69p-69 — 277 Luke Donald (53), $93,00070p-65m-71s- 71 — 277 Bob Estes (53), $93,00069p-68m-72s-68 — 277 Padraig Harrington (53), $93,000 69s- 67p-69m-72 — 277 Scott McCarron (48), $62,00070p-66m- 71s-71 — 278 Brandt Snedeker (48), $62,00072s-68p- 66m-72 — 278 Greg Owen (48), $62,00071s-67p-66m- 74 — 278 K.J. Choi (48), $62,00065p-70m-68s-75 — 278 Jonathan Byrd (48), $62,00070m-70s- 70p-68 — 278 Tom Pernice, Jr. (48), $62,00067m-69s- 67p-75 — 278 Nick Watney (41), $41,26971p-66m-70s- 72 — 279 Jeff Maggert (41), $41,26965m-75s-66p- 73 — 279 Charlie Wi (41), $41,26968p-74m-66s-71 — 279 John Senden (41), $41,26967s-71p- 68m-73 — 279 Rickie Fowler (41), $41,26967m-71s- 71p-70 — 279 Rod Pampling (41), $41,26969m-70s- 67p-73 — 279 Alex Prugh (41), $41,26968s-68p-69m- 74 — 279 Matt Every (41), $41,26973p-69m-68s- 69 — 279 Kevin Streelman (31), $26,74565m-70s- 72p-73 — 280 Charley Hoffman (31), $26,74564m-75s- 68p-73 — 280 Greg Chalmers (31), $26,74576s-66p- 65m-73 — 280 Jeff Quinney (31), $26,74570s-71p-67m- 72 — 280 Jim Furyk (31), $26,74568p-69m-69s-74 — 280 Vijay Singh (31), $26,74565m-71s-70p- 74 — 280 Sean O'Hair (31), $26,74570s-70p-69m- 71 — 280 Heath Slocum (31), $26,74571m-67s- 71p-71 — 280 Nick O'Hern (31), $26,74569s-72p-64m- 75 — 280 Pat Perez (31), $26,74568m-71s-71p-70 — 280 Will MacKenzie (31), $26,74570p-67m- 73s-70 — 280 Spencer Levin (24), $17,57768m-69s- 69p-75 — 281 Cameron Percy (24), $17,57769s-70p- 69m-73 — 281 Webb Simpson (24), $17,57767m-68s- 74p-72 — 281 Jason Day (24), $17,57771p-67m-72s- 71 — 281 Michael Letzig (21), $15,43867m-74s- 66p-75 — 282 Robert Garrigus (21), $15,43872s-70p- 66m-74 — 282 Vaughn Taylor (18), $14,53969s-69p- 68m-77 — 283 Adam Scott (18), $14,53973s-71p-64m- 75 — 283 Sergio Garcia (18), $14,53968m-71s- 67p-77 — 283 Mike Weir (18), $14,53967p-70m-73s-73 — 283 Garrett Willis (13), $13,88868p-68m-71s- 77 — 284 Chris Wilson (13), $13,88872s-67p-70m- 75 — 284 Kevin Na (13), $13,88871p-65m-74s-74 — 284 Kris Blanks (13), $13,88872s-72p-66m- 74 — 284 Chez Reavie (13), $13,88875p-65m-70s- 74 — 284 Brett Quigley (9), $13,39269s-69p-71m- 76 — 285 Jason Gore (9), $13,39269m-66s-74p-76 — 285 Jay Williamson (9), $13,39270s-70p- 69m-76 — 285 Hunter Mahan (6), $12,95870m-73s- 66p-77 — 286 Ted Purdy (6), $12,95870p-69m-71s-76 — 286 Martin Flores (6), $12,95869p-70m-71s- 76 — 286 Kevin Johnson (6), $12,95870p-70m- 70s-76 — 286 Roger Tambellini (3), $12,64873s-69p- 68m-80 — 290 John Mallinger (2), $12,52467m-72s- 71p-81 — 291 Made cut; did not play in final round Mark Wilson (1), $11,842 - MDF 71p- 68m-72s — 211 Bo Van Pelt (1), $11,842 - MDF65m-71s- 75p — 211 Parker McLachlin (1), $11,842 - MDF 68s-75p-68m—211 Johnson Wagner (1), $11,842 - MDF 75p-70m-66s—211 Sam Saunders (0), $11,842 - MDF72s- 70p-69m — 211 Chris Couch (1), $11,842 - MDF 68p- 71m-72s — 211 Chris Baryla (1), $11,842 - MDF 68m- 73s-70p — 211 Ryan Palmer (1), $11,842 - MDF 71m- 70s-70p — 211 Steve Lowery (1), $11,842 - MDF 73p- 64m-74s — 211 Justin Bolli (1), $11,842 - MDF70m-71s- 70p — 211 MOVES National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned D Adam McQuaid to Providence (AHL). CAROLINA HURRICANES—Sent F Zach Boychuk, F Steven Goertzen and G Justin Peters to Albany (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled C Jake Dowell from Rockford (AHL). Placed C John Madden on injured reserve. DALLAS STARS—Sent F Francis Wathier to Texas (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned F David Desharnais, F Tom Pyatt and D P.K. Subban to Hamilton (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS—Assigned D Corey Potter to Hartford (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES—Reassigned F Mikkel Boedker and F Jeff Hoggan to San Antonio (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled RW Mark Parrish from Norfolk (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned D Karl Alzner, D John Carlson and G Michael Neuvirth to Hershey (AHL). Scoreboard Scoreboard improved the racing. The action picked up tremen- dously after the second patch was applied, partly because dri- vers had to race as if the hole could rip open again and end the event on any lap. And did they ever. They beat and banged their way through the field in a white- knuckle final 32 laps. Then a flurry of late-race accidents put NASCAR's ''green-white- checker'' policy — an overtime of sorts — to the test. McMurray, using a boost from former teammate Greg Biffle, powered into the lead on the second and final green- white-checkered attempt. But Earnhardt, who restarted the final sprint in 10th place, was slicing his way through the field. He weaved in and out of traf- fic, shoving his Chevrolet into three-wide lines, eventually darting his way to McMurray's bumper. It was vintage Earn- hardt — he's a 12-time Daytona winner spanning NASCAR's top two series — and McMurray was terrified to see him growing in his rearview mirror. ''When I saw the 88 behind me, I thought, 'Oh no.' He had a good car and I just thought — Earnhardt and Daytona, they win all the time it just seems like,'' McMurray said. ''You never know what to expect.'' But with just two laps to make up so much ground, Earn- hardt ran out of time and had to settle for second as McMurray sailed to his first career Daytona 500 victory. ''I didn't know where I was, you know, 'til I really kind of got done almost wrecking down the back straightaway,'' Earn- hardt said of his charge. ''Then I looked up — there's just one car in front of me, 'Jamie's gonna win this damn race!' ''I was happy for him. He deserves it. They've been through a lot. It's a great team.'' McMurray climbed from his car and ran to the Daytona 500 logo in the infield, dropping to his knees and pounding on the painted grass. Overcome with emotion, he sobbed in Victory Lane as he celebrated with his Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team. It was McMurray's first race back with Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates, who gave him his Sprint Cup Series shot in 2002. But McMurray left and spent four frustrating seasons with Roush Fenway Racing, only to lose that ride at the end of last season when NASCAR forced Roush to drop a team to meet its four-car limit. McMurray had to fight to get a seat back with Ganassi, and it included convincing sponsor Bass Pro Shops' owner Johnny Morris to take a chance on him. The risk was well rewarded Sunday with the biggest win of McMurray's career. ''It's unreal,'' McMurray sobbed. ''You know, to be where I was last year and for Johnny Morris and Chip and Felix. What a way to pay them back. It's just very emotional.'' Biffle, a close friend of McMurray's, was disappointed in finishing third because he was the leader when the caution came out after the first green- white-checkered attempt. But he was able to give McMurray the push that got his buddy into Vic- tory Lane. ''I just made my move too soon, a mistake on my part prob- ably,'' Biffle said. ''This is a big, big win for anybody's career. You got to be happy for anybody that ever wins this race. I was especially happy, the guys I was up there beating and banging with, you know, I would rather see Jamie win than those guys.'' Clint Bowyer finished fourth and was followed by David Reutimann and Martin Truex Jr. — teammates for Michael Wal- trip, who finished 18th in what's expected to be his final Daytona 500. Kevin Harvick was seventh and was followed by Matt Kenseth, last year's race winner, Carl Edwards and Juan Pablo Montoya, McMurray's teammate. After the race, DIS president Robin Braig apologized for the hole and the delays that caused many fans to head to the exits long before the finish. ''We're the World Center of Racing. This is the Daytona 500. This is not supposed to happen, and I take full responsibility,'' Braig said. ''We can come back from this. We know how to fix it. This is hallowed ground. We understand that. We accept the responsibility.'' Continued from page 1B DAYTONA MCT photo Jamie McMurray hoists the Daytona 500 trophy in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Americans break through Nordic barrier WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Gasping for air, American Johnny Spillane was gliding toward the finish line, cowbells clanking in his ears, the stars and stripes shimmer- ing in the stands, a gold medal and greatness both within his grasp. Just a stride and ahalf away from being crowned an Olympic champion, out of his right eye Spillane caught the blur of a black and white ski suit as France's Jason Lamy Chap- puis zoomed past. Spillane was too exhausted and too exhilarat- ed to care. His silver medal in the Nordic combined normal hill event Sunday marked the first time the Americans had ever climbed the Olympic podium in the sport dominated since its inception by the Europeans. ''Today was a pretty good day for me,'' Spillane said. ''Overall, I'm very sat- isfied with the result.'' Chappuis, the World Cup leader who was born in Missoula, Mont., but who has always raced for France, won the race in 25 minutes and 47.1 seconds, four- tenths of a second ahead of Spillane. Italy's Alessandro Pittin won the bronze, finishing eight-tenths of a second behind Chappuis and just ahead of American Todd Lodwick, who missed out on the podium by seven- tenths of a second. Billy Demong, of Ver- montville, N.Y., gave the Americans a 2-4-6 finish as he made up for a poor jump that had him starting in 24th place. Spillane's was only the third Olympic medal in Nordic sports for the Amer- icans, joining Bill Koch, who won the silver in cross- country skiing in 1976, and Anders Haugen, who took the bronze in the ski jump in the inaugural 1924 Games — although his medal wasn't awarded until a-half century later after a historian discovered a scor- ing error. ''After 86 years of trying, we are actually legitimate,'' said former U.S. coach Tom Steitz, who maintains close ties to the American team. ''How do you boil up 86 years of frustration? You don't. Everybody starts cry- ing. We are all going to sit around tonight and drink champagne and touch the medal.'' Chappuis said he had given up hope of catching Spillane until he saw the American was spent and slowing down upon reach- ing the stadium at Whistler Olympic Park after having pushed the pace for so long. ''On the last hill, I hon- estly didn't think I could get the gold medal,'' Chappuis said. ''But then he slowed down a little bit entering the stadium and I had really good skis, so my glide was a little bit better than him, maybe. ''I knew I had the power to pass him.'' And he just barely had enough distance to do it. Spillane was satisfied with silver. ''At that point, I was just happy there was no one else going me,'' he said. ''I was really tired.'' It was the closest finish in a Nordic combined event at the Olympics. ''Four-tenths of a second is you know a snap of your fingers,'' lamented U.S. coach Dave Jarrett. Spillane and Lodwick, both of Steamboat Springs, Colo., took turns leading the way for much of the race. Spillane looked to have an insurmountable lead as he made his final turn, but Chappuis beat him to the line to win the event which featured one jump on the normal hill and a 10- kilometer cross-country race. ''It's a good day,'' Jarrett said. ''Could it have been better? Yeah. But we're not that greedy.'' MCT photo American Johhny Spillane is mobbed by teammate Todd Lodwick after winning the silver medal, as gold medal winner Jason Lamy Chaoouis, of France, left, looks on, during Nordic Combined competition at the Winter Olympics, Sunday. Dustin Johnson survives to win at Pebble Beach PEBBLE BEACH (AP) — Dustin Johnson stood on the 18th tee as powerful waves crashed along the sea wall along the left side of the famous 18th hole at Pebble Beach. Then he turned to face what he considers the toughest drive on the golf course. ''It's such a gorgeous hole,'' Johnson said. ''If you miss it a little left, it's not so pretty.'' What followed was a tee shot as majestic as the scenery around him. Johnson's drive was long and pure, setting up a simple birdie from the greenside bunker Sunday. It gave him a one-shot victory over David Duval and J.B. Holmes, making him the first player in 20 years to win back-to- back in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Johnson closed with a 2-over 74, the highest final round by a Pebble Beach champion since Johnny Miller (74) in 1994. The 25-year-old Johnson is the first player since Tiger Woods to go straight from college and win in each of his first three years on the PGA Tour. Johnson hit a 3-iron into the front right bunker, the best place to miss, and blasted out to 3 feet. He lightly pumped his fist when he made the putt, a mixture of celebration and relief from a long day in which four players had a share of the lead at some point. ''All you can ask for is a chance to win on the last hole,'' Johnson said. Paul Goydos didn't get that opportunity. Leading by one shot with five holes to play, Goydos hit a chip that ran off the other side of the treacherous 14th green, another chip that came back down the slope toward his feet and three-putted for a quadruple-bogey 9. He wound up with a 78 and tied for fifth. Two other players — Bryce Molder and Alex Prugh — also made a 9 on the par-5 14th hole, the kind of car- nage typically seen at the U.S. Open, which will be at Pebble in four months. ''It wasn't like I didn't try on all nine shots,'' Goydos said. ''The ninth one I really wasn't all that excited about. Just everything I did on that hole didn't work out.'' Johnson's two victories were nothing alike. He essentially won last year when he walked off Spy- glass Hill on a Saturday with a four-shot lead. Johnson was declared the winner two days later when the tourna- ment was shortened to 54 holes because of rain. He had to work a lot longer — and harder — this time around.