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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Wednesday���s result Thursday February 14, 2013 NBA Kings 100 BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER | Division I Playoffs Dallas 123 Anderson 44 Cards face tough out in D-I quarters Corning 50 By ANDRE BYIK Mercy 46 Los Molinos 48 SAC ��� Evans, 23 pts DAL ��� Collison, 18 pts Tuesday���s results BOYS HOOPS GIRLS HOOPS Corning 55 Anderson 67 Mercy 55 Los Molinos 40 Mercy Jessica Curl ��� 24 pts, 21 reb Cheyanne Johnson ��� 14 pts Kayce Kemp ��� 6 pts Marissa Starman ��� 6 pts Michelle Jaramillo ��� 5 pts DN Sports Editor Corning soccer coach Ascension Llamas confidently said his Cardinals wouldn���t truly be tested until the playoffs after a breezy 6-0 league win against the Yreka Miners late last month. He was right, of course. The fifth-seeded Cards finished Northern Athletic League play with an undefeated, 9-0-1 record, and will begin their attempt at a repeat run to the Division I Northern Section title game at 3 p.m. today against No. 4 Pleasant Valley on the road. The Cards haven���t lost a league match since 2007, and in Llamas��� four years coaching, he hasn���t dropped a league game either (Corning tied University Prep 1-1 on Jan. 10 then downed them 4-0 on Jan. 29). Llamas credits Corning���s talented stable of players to the area���s coaching, which starts with youth leagues. He said there are players he knows that, if they had tried out for a spot on his team, they would have made the cut. Now the Cardinals get a rematch. In Corning���s 15-3-2 overall record, Pleasant Valley (11-3-1) contributed to the Cards��� loss total with a 3-0 win Dec. 18 in a non-league game at Corning High School. See CARDS, page 2B Daily News file photo by Andre Byik Fifth-seeded Corning High School goes up against No. 4 Pleasant Valley at 3 p.m. today. Zito back with a bounce CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL RODEO Today���s games GIRLS HOOPS Shasta Red Bluff 7:30 p.m. The Red Bluff Lady Spartans basketball program is hosting its third annual Pink Out! event, which raises money for the St. Elizabeth���s Imaging Center. Junior Varsity tips off at 6 p.m. Carter was 6 of 9 from beyond the arc, and the Mavericks made six straight from long range spanning the third and fourth quarters. Dallas finished 13 of 34 from 3-point range. The Mavericks were up 18 early in the third quarter before Sacramento went on a 17-6 run to get within seven. Nine of the points came on free throws, and DeMarcus Cousins had a pair of baskets early in the run. The Mavericks, who rallied from 17 down for an overtime win in Sacramento last month, didn���t let the Kings do the same thing on their home court, thanks to Carter. The 14-year veteran, who still flashes signs of his ������Vinsanity������ days, hit consecutive 3pointers to end Sacramento���s surge and start the Mavericks on a 19- SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Barry Zito scurried from drill to drill on day one with a smile and a pep that showed he���s a new man heading into the final year of his mega contract. He even seemed to enjoy the simple process of shadow throwing, with only a towel in hand and no ball, as San Francisco���s pitchers and catchers began spring training on a gorgeous, cool day in the desert at Scottsdale Stadium. Zito suddenly has some nice momentum, not to mention the swagger that carried over from his comeback 2012 season. Manager Bruce Bochy has no doubts Zito will stay on a roll after the lefthander delivered two crucial wins during last fall���s run to a second championship in three years for the franchise: a victory in Game 5 of the NL championship series at Busch Stadium facing elimination, then in the opener at home of a World Series sweep against the Detroit Tigers. Zito hopes this year is even better. He would love to stay put beyond this season if all goes well. ������Oh, yeah, this is where I want to be,������ Zito said. ������I would love to play baseball in San Francisco until I���m happily riding off into the sunset. I think last year was a big reconnection with me and with the fans. And I think that���s the beauty of the game, and that���s why people come out here and fill up the seats, because the game is so unpredictable. One day there could be a countdown to when you���re going to be leaving the team and the next day they might want you back. ������My heart and soul is in the Bay Area, it always has been,������ he added. ������How could you not want to be a part of this? This is as special of a situation as there is in professional sports.������ General manager Brian Sabean hasn���t ruled that out, especially if Zito can deliver another year like the last. Zito, 34, went 158 with a 4.15 ERA in 32 starts and 184 1-3 innings See KINGS, page 2B See ZITO, page 2B BOYS SOCCER DIVISION I PLAYOFFS 5. Corning 4. Pleasant Valley 3 p.m. 6. Foothill 3. Chico 3 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER DIVISION I PLAYOFFS 2. Red Bluff BYE The second-ranked Lady Spartans (12-2-2) will take on today���s winner between No. 6 Enterprise (8-5-2) and No. 3 Chico (14-3-1) in the D-I semifinal round, which is set for Feb. 19. On the tube GOLF 9:30 a.m. TGC ��� LPGA, Women���s Australian Open, first round, at Yarralumla, Australia (same-day tape) Noon TGC ��� PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, first round, at Pacific Palisades, Calif. MEN���S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4 p.m. ESPN ��� Wisconsin at Minnesota ESPN2 ��� LSU at South Carolina 6 p.m. ESPN ��� St. John���s at Louisville ESPN2 ��� UCLA at California 8 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Gonzaga at Saint Mary���s (Cal) NBA 5 p.m. TNT ��� Miami at Oklahoma City 7:30 p.m. TNT ��� L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers WOMEN���S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 p.m. FSN ��� Iowa St. at Oklahoma Courtesy photo The District 1 members of the 2012-2013 Team Cinch for the High School Division, which is a coveted honor that is awarded to high-placing underclassmen and those who finished in the top eight in a National High School Rodeo Association sanctioned event. From top left, Quincy Crum (Saddle Bronc), Sterling Humphry (Team Roping), Colton Campbell (Team Roping), Chelsey Bushnell (Breakaway Roping), Courtney Woods (Goat Tying), Anna Doyle (Barrel Racing) and Taylor Renihan (State Rodeo Queen). These seven will compete in an interdistrict rodeo at the Pauline Davis Pavilion at the Tehama District Fairground this weekend. Cutting starts at 9 a.m Friday and the rodeo will continue at 9 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. District 1 rodeo stars honored MAVERICKS 123, KINGS 100 Carter passes Bird as Mavs roll Kings Els hopeful of no ban on belly putters LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� With only a few weeks left before a decision on long putters, British Open champion Ernie Els hopes that golf officials change their minds. The U.S. Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club have proposed a new rule that would outlaw a stroke in which the club is anchored to the body. Els used a belly putter when he won last summer at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, becoming the third winner in the last five majors to use a belly putter. ������Hopefully, they don���t ban it,������ Els said Wednesday at the Northern Trust Open. ������There���s no data that really confirms that they have to ban it.��� MCT photo The Dallas Mavericks' Dahntay Jones pressures the Sacramento Kings' Tyreke Evans (13) in the first half at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday. The Mavs��� Vince Carter passed Larry Bird on the NBA���s scoring list. DALLAS (AP) ��� Vince Carter scored 26 points to pass Larry Bird on the NBA���s career scoring list, and the Dallas Mavericks headed into the All-Star break with a 123-100 victory against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. Carter scored 17 of Dallas��� last 21 points in the third quarter to help turn aside a Sacramento rally. He made five of seven 3-pointers in the quarter and ended the night with 21,796 career points for 29th on the all-time list. Bird had 21,791. Dirk Nowitzki finished with 17 points, including a 3-pointer to put Dallas ahead 100-79 early in the fourth quarter. Tyreke Evans scored 23 for the Kings, who lost their 18th straight regular season game in Dallas dating back almost 10 years.