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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Wednesday���s results Thursday February 21, 2013 NBA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Phoenix Warriors LATE Red Bluff tips off tonight Tuesday���s result GIRLS HOOPS Division 5 - First Round No. 12 Los Molinos 64 No. 5 Weed 15 Today���s games GIRLS HOOPS Division 3 - First Round No. 5 Shasta No. 4 Red Bluff 7 p.m. On the tube AUTO RACING 9 a.m. SPEED ��� NASCAR, Truck Series, practice for NextEra Energy Resources 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 11 a.m. SPEED ��� NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Budweiser Duel, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 3 p.m. SPEED ��� NASCAR, Truck Series, final practice for NextEra Energy Resources 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. GOLF 10 a.m. TGC ��� PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, second round matches, at Marana, Ariz. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4 p.m. ESPN ��� Cincinnati at Connecticut ESPN2 ��� Georgia at Arkansas NBCSN ��� Drexel at Delaware 6 p.m. ESPN ��� Duke at Virginia Tech ESPN2 ��� California at Oregon 8 p.m. ESPN2 ��� BYU at Saint Mary's (Cal) NBA 5 p.m. TNT ��� Miami at Chicago 7:30 p.m. TNT ��� San Antonio at L.A. Clippers The Lady Spartans, who suffered through late-season injuries but still managed to earn the No. 4 seed in the Northern Section Division III playoffs, will host a firstround matchup against the Shasta Wolves at 7 p.m. today. The Spartans (16-8) downed the Wolves 4443 in both teams��� season closers on Feb. 14 in thrilling fashion. Spartans guard Maggie Hansen drilled a lategame 3-pointer that lifted Red Bluff over Shasta. Hansen scored 16 points in the matchup and led all scorers. Red Bluff���s Brittany Clatty, who���s sharpshooting has benefitted the Spartans all season, will remain out as she recovers from a neck injury. Shasta (11-12), which led the Spartans early on in their last matchup, will again have to deal with the return of Red Bluff freshman center Payten McKerras, who returned from a knee injury. The Wolves, who, like the Spartans, finished 4-4 in Sac River League play, scored by committee in the teams��� previous game. Ten Shasta players recorded points, with Emmie Petersen and Danielle Chabolla leading the way with 8 points a piece. Red Bluff���s Daisy Brose and Jessica Macdonald followed Hansen���s lead with 11 and 10 points, respectively. McKerras added 4 points and Emily Gallagher had 3. Daily News file photo by Andre Byik Red Bluff���s Daisy Brose prepares for a free throw. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS NBA TRADE DEADLINE CBA looms over talks Source: Rockets trade with Kings, Suns HOUSTON (AP) ��� A person familiar with the situation says the Houston Rockets have reached separate agreements on trades that will send Patrick Patterson, Cole Aldrich and Toney Douglas to Sacramento and Marcus Morris to Phoenix. The Rockets will receive Thomas Robinson, Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt from the Kings, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced and was still pending league approval. In the other deal, the person said the Rockets will receive a future second-round pick from the Suns in exchange for Morris, who will join his twin brother, Markieff, on the Phoenix roster. Giants��� Lopez out with bruised wrist SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� San Francisco left-hander Javier Lopez will miss up to a week after a warmup pitch hit him on the top of his left hand during practice. Lopez, who was catching for fellow left-hander Madison Bumgarner at the time, showed off the injury Wednesday, two days after the injury. The seams of the baseball were clearly visible on his hand. Giants manager Bruce Bochy was not too concerned about it and did not think it will put Lopez behind schedule. By JON KRAWCZYNSKI were always together,������ Valdez said. ������They pushed one another and even the guys on the bench were pushing the team to get better. They played like a family and they all played hard.������ The atmosphere, he says, is the same this spring training. ������Even being here a few days I feel comfortable,������ he said. ������Everybody has been good to me and there���s a lot of mutual respect.������ Valdez produced his two best seasons with the Phillies in 201011, where he earned significant playing time and got more than 300 at-bats each year. Philadelphia used him at shortstop and second base. He also saw time at third and even ended up on the mound ��� getting a win with a scoreless inning. AP Basketball Writer Trade deadline week used to be the busiest of the NBA season, with team executives making deals at a frenzied pace as buyers tried to load up for a playoff run and sellers tried to unload onerous contracts to give them some flexibility for the next season. Something different appears to be taking place this time around. There���s been plenty of talk, but very little action so far with the deadline looming at 3 p.m. Eastern time today The big moves that were the hallmarks of trade deadlines past could still be coming. But if they don���t, it could be because teams across the league are bracing for a much harsher economic reality starting next season. The ������Super Team������ era could be over. The new collective bargaining agreement that was born out of last year���s lockout will impose much stiffer penalties for teams that exceed the salary cap. Teams started bracing See VALDEZ, page 2B See TRADES, page 2B MCT file photo Wilson Valdez, top, when he was with the Cincinnati Reds in 2012. Valdez hopes to earn infield job SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Hoping to earn a job with the San Francisco Giants, infielder Wilson Valdez is with his 12th big league organization. Freddie Sanchez and Ryan Theriot no longer are with the Giants, and the 34-year-old Valdez hopes to beat out 28-year-old Tony Abreu and 31-year-old Kensuke Tanaka for a roster spot with the World Series champions. Valdez has played for seven major league teams. He���s been traded six times, released six times and spent a year in Japan. ������I���ve got to show them what I can bring,������ Valdez said. ������I just want to play hard and play smart.������ In 439 major league games, Valdez has a .981 fielding percentage, including .990 at second base. He has a .236 batting average with six home runs and 107 RBIs. ������Everybody wants a chance to play,������ Valdez said. ������The more you play, the better you can be. I���ll continue to do my best and hope for an opportunity.������ His versatility could work in his favor. Valdez also has appeared in the outfield in addition to playing three infield spots. ������Yes, it is kind of hard when you don���t have a set spot,������ Valdez said. ������For me, I���m going to find a spot, get there, work hard and prove myself to everybody. I���m always working with the mindset of preparing to help the team.������ He���s with the team he played against during each of San Francisco���s World Series title seasons. He was with Philadelphia in 2010 and Cincinnati last year. ������I watched this team and they CYCLING Lance Armstrong won���t confess under oath AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Lance Armstrong will not do a tell-all interview under oath with the agency that exposed his performance-enhancing drug use and took his seven Tour de France titles. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency had told Armstrong he would have to reveal all knows about doping in cycling ��� a process officials expected would take several days ��� if he wanted to reduce his lifetime ban from sports. Wednesday was the latest deadline for Armstrong to decide on USADA���s offer. After negotiating with the agency for two months, he refused. Armstrong attorney Tim Herman said the cyclist ������will not participate in USADA���s efforts to selectively conduct American prosecutions that only demonize selected individuals while failing to address the 95 percent of the sport over which USADA has no jurisdiction.������ USADA chief executive Travis Tygart said the agency had expected Armstrong would agree to talk and would be ������moving on������ without him. ������Over the last few weeks he has led us to believe that he wanted to come in and assist USADA, but was worried of potential criminal and civil liability if he did so,������ Tygart said. ������Today we learned from the media that Mr. Armstrong is choosing not to come in and be truthful and that he will not take the opportunity to work toward righting his wrongs in sport.������ Herman has said Armstrong is willing to participate in an international effort to clean up cycling, an effort that has broken down in spats between the International Cycling Union, the sport���s governing body, and the World Anti-Doping Agency. ������He will be the first man through the door, and once inside will answer every question, at an international tribunal formed to comprehensively address pro cycling, an almost exclusively European sport,������ Herman said. MCT file photo See LANCE, page 2B Lance Armstrong will not cooperate with USADA.