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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Friday���s results Weekend Feb. 23-24, 2013 GIRLS HOOPS Division 4 - Second Round BOYS BASKETBALL D-III PLAYOFFS | Red Bluff 56, Oroville 41 No. 6 Willows 35 No. 3 Corning 68 BOYS HOOPS Division 4 - Second Round No. 8 West Valley 27 No. 1 Corning 38 Division 3 - First Round No. 5 Oroville 41 No. 4 Red Bluff 56 Red Bluff Curtis Twitchell ��� 17 pts Jacob Bigler ��� 10 pts Mike Nichols ��� 9 pts Matthew Fox ��� 9 pts Evan Sinclair ��� 5 pts Austin Torres ��� 4 pts Arif Selvitopu ��� 2 pts NBA San Antonio LATE Warriors Kings 108 Atlanta 122 SAC ��� Thomas, 30 pts ATL ��� Horford, 24 pts NHL Daily News photo by Andre Byik Sharks 1 Red Bluff High���s Lucas Burns bodies up against Oroville High���s Luke Jeffery during the third period Friday at Red Bluff High. Chicago 2 Spartans advance to D-3 semis SJ ��� Marleau, 1 goal CHI ��� Saad, 1 goal Saturday���s games WRESTLING NSCIF Championships Red Bluff 10 a.m. NSCIF Championships Corning 10 a.m. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 Championship No. 5 Corning No. 3 Chico Noon NHL Sharks CSNC Dallas 5 p.m. Sunday���s games NBA Warriors Minnesota CSNB 12:30 p.m. Kings CSNB New Orleans Noon Around town Red Bluff Bulls American Legion Baseball is holding another sign-up for all prospective players between the ages of 14-19 at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at the Red Bluff VFW hall at 735 Oak St. A meeting for players, parents and other friends of the program will be held at the same time. Your attendance and support is critical to the continuation of the program. For more information, contact Michael Weibling at 366-1596. On the tube Saturday AUTO RACING ��� 10:15 a.m. ESPN ��� NASCAR, Nationwide Series, DRIVE4COPD 300, at Daytona Beach, Fla. ��� 10 p.m. ESPN2 ��� NHRA, qualifying for Arizona Nationals, at Chandler, Ariz. (delayed tape) BOXING ��� 6 p.m. SHO ��� Middleweights, J'Leon Love (14-0-0) vs. Derrick Findley (20-80); champion Cornelius Bundrage (32-40) vs. Ishe Smith (24-5-0), for IBF junior middleweight title, at Detroit ���7:30 p.m. NBCSN ��� Junior welterweights, Chris Algieri (15-0-0) vs. Jose Peralta Alejo (10-1-0); heavyweights, Vyacheslav Glazkov (14-0-0) vs. Malik Scott (35-0-0), at Huntington, N.Y. By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor It���s been a long time coming for the Spartans, but Red Bluff���s boys basketball team overcame its eight-year drought without a playoff win mostly with ease Friday night. On the back of Curtis Twitchell���s 17 points and 8 rebounds, the No. 4 Spartans defeated the visiting and fifth-seeded Oroville Tigers 56-41 in a Northern Section Division III quarterfinal. The Spartans��� last playoff win came in 2004. There was, perhaps, little anticipated drama coming into Friday���s matchup. Red Bluff (1116) routed Oroville (8-19) 60-39 in a nonleague game on Jan. 10. Red Bluff���s playoff win was just as lopsided for most of the game as the Spartans got off to a hot start in the first half by exploiting the Tigers��� lack of size down low. A steady diet of Twitchell under the basket had him pacing all scorers at the half with 15 points and had his team up 3113. Red Bluff���s cushion would hold during a third period that saw Oroville outpacing the Spartans 159 before Red Bluff���s Jacob Bigler knocked down a 3-pointer at the buzzer to put his team up 43-28 going to the fourth. Oroville, riding what little momentum it had in the second half, closed its deficit to as little as six points in the period, which made the game feel closer than it was. Emotions got the best of the Tigers in the final quarter and technical fouls abounded, which put Mike Nichols on the line. Nichols, who missed his first series of four technical free throws, went back to the line for another four a few minutes later and sank all of those. Nichols finished with 9 points on 9-of14 shooting from the free-throw line. Red Bluff next travels to No. 1 Enterprise (22-3) at 8 p.m. Wednesday for a semifinal matchup. ��������� Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 5272151, ext. 111 or at spor ts@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports Daily News photo by Andre Byik Red Bluff High���s Curtis Twitchell, left, defends Oroville���s Justin York on Friday at Red Bluff High. GIANTS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL D-IV PLAYOFFS Vogelsong starts spring opener, Cain next No. 3 Corning girls beat Willows; No. 1 boys down West Valley SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Madison Bumgarner will follow Matt Cain in San Francisco���s starting rotation, though Giants manager Bruce Bochy says there will likely be some shuffling before the end of spring camp. ������We can still tweak it,������ Bochy said Friday. ������I���ll keep saying that when I look at all five starters, they are all so balanced.������ Ryan Vogelsong starts Saturday���s exhibition opener against a visiting split squad of Los Angeles Angels. Cain will take the ball Sunday, followed by Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito. Zito will start for the World Series champions in their regular-season home opener, with Vogelsong to pitch out of the fifth spot. ������I haven���t really announced that yet,������ Bochy said. ������At the end of the year, knock on wood they all stay healthy, they���ll get the same amount of starts. It���s not who is No. 1 or who follows who. Each one of these guys gives us a chance to win every time they take the mound. I don���t want them to get caught up in this.������ Lincecum, the two-time Cy Young Award winner who made the previous four opening day starts, is happy with the arrangement and glad for the opportunity to pitch in the season���s opening series in Los Angeles. ������I���m definitely excited to get out there again and throw against them,������ Lincecum said. ������That rivalry is so huge and the Dodgers went out and made themselves better too. I enjoy throwing at the Los Angeles Dodger blue, and not necessarily at the name on the back.������ GOLF ��� 9 a.m. TGC ��� PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, quarterfinal matches, at Marana, Ariz. ��� 11 a.m. NBC ��� PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, quarterfinal matches, at Marana, Ariz. TGC ��� LPGA Thailand, third round, at Chonburi, Thailand (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ��� 9 a.m. ESPN2 ��� Clemson at Maryland ��� 10 a.m. FSN ��� Southern Miss. at Memphis ��� 11 a.m. CBS ��� National coverage, South Carolina at Georgia ESPN2 ��� Oklahoma St. at West Virginia ��� Noon FSN ��� Washington St. at Arizona ��� 1 p.m. CBS ��� National coverage, Georgetown at Syracuse ESPN ��� Teams TBA ESPN2 ��� Teams TBA NBCSN ��� New Mexico at Colorado St. ��� 3 p.m. ESPN ��� Creighton at St. Mary's (CA) ESPN2 ��� Marquette at Villanova NBCSN ��� Nevada at San Diego St. ��� 5 p.m. ESPN2 ��� South Dakota St. at Murray St. ��� 6 p.m. ESPN ��� Missouri at Kentucky ��� 7 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Ohio at Belmont MEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE ��� 10:30 a.m. NBCSN ��� Maryland at Loyola (Md.) MOTORSPORTS ��� 4:30 p.m. SPEED ��� Supercross, at Atlanta SOCCER ��� 5 p.m. NBCSN ��� MLS, preseason, Desert Diamond Cup, championship By DN Staff Report The third-seeded Corning Lady Cardinals basketball team downed visiting and sixth-seed Willows in a 6835 routing Friday to advance to the Northern Section Division IV semifinals. Corning ran away with the game in the second period, outscoring Willows 26-11 with the help of 3-pointers from Bailey Jennings, Emerie Eller and Sheyanne Petty. It���s the third time the Cards downed Willows this year and will visit No. 2 Anderson at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Corning coach Curt Eller said his team came out with good energy and a balanced attack. Going into the Anderson game, Eller said there���s still things Corning can work on as the Cubs are a good team. Marisa Vinson had 9 points on the night, Rachel Silva had 10, Whitney match, teams TBD, at Tucson, Ariz. Sunday AUTO RACING ��� 9 a.m. FOX ��� NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla. ��� 5 p.m. ESPN2 ��� NHRA, Arizona Nationals, at Chandler, Ariz. (same-day tape) BOWLING ��� Noon ESPN ��� PBA, USBC Masters, at North Brunswick, N.J. GOLF ��� 6 a.m. TGC ��� PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, semifinal matches, at Marana, Ariz. ��� 10:30 a.m. TGC ��� LPGA Thailand, final round, at Chonburi, Thailand (sameday tape) ��� 11 a.m. NBC ��� PGA Tour-WGC, Armstrong had 8, Rachel Bentz had 7, Keara Terras had 6, Gates Fears had 6, Jennings had 5, Baylie Fryar had 3, Eller had 4, Petty had 4 and Jordan Raker had 4. The top-seeded Corning boys squad downed visiting No. 8 West Valley 38-27 on Friday to advance to the D-IV semifinal round. ��������� Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports Accenture Match Play Championship, championship match, at Marana, Ariz. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ��� 10 a.m. ESPN ��� Illinois at Michigan ��� 11 a.m. CBS ��� Cincinnati at Notre Dame ��� 12:30 p.m. FSN ��� UCLA at Southern Cal ��� 1 p.m. CBS ��� Michigan St. at Ohio St. NBA ��� 10 a.m. ABC ��� L.A. Lakers at Dallas ��� 4 p.m. ESPN ��� Memphis at Brooklyn ��� 9:30 p.m. ESPN ��� Chicago at Oklahoma City NHL ��� 4:30 p.m. NBCSN ��� Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh RODEO ��� 10 a.m. CBS ��� PBR, Built Ford Tough Invitational, at Kansas City, Mo. (previous and same-day tape) WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ��� 10 a.m. ESPN2 ��� Purdue at Minnesota FSN ��� Texas Tech at Kansas ��� Noon ESPN2 ��� Duke at Maryland ��� 2 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Texas A&M at Vanderbilt Monday MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ��� 4 p.m. ESPN ��� Syracuse at Marquette ��� 6 p.m. ESPN ��� Kansas at Iowa St. NHL ��� 5 p.m. NBCSN ��� Dallas at Nashville SOCCER ��� 11:55 a.m. ESPN2 ��� Premier League, Tottenham at West Ham WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ��� 4 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Baylor at Oklahoma