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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Thursday's results Friday March 15, 2013 SOFTBALL Paradise 2 49ERS Red Bluff 7 Woodson awaits Niners' callback Red Bluff Haley Harris — 3-4 Bryce Etzler — 1-3, 2 RBI Tayler Zazueta — 1-4, 1 RBI SPRING TRAINING Texas 6 Athletics 2 TEX — Kinsler 1-3, 1 RBI OAK — Reddick 1-3, 1 RBI Today's games TENNIS Mercy Colusa 3:30 p.m. BASEBALL SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Charles Woodson's representative said Thursday that the veteran defensive back's visit with the San Francisco 49ers a day earlier went well and they were just waiting to hear back from the team. Agent Carl Poston said in a phone interview that Woodson spent all day Wednesday in sessions with the Super Bowl runner-up 49ers and was happy with the time he spent around the organization. He left the Bay Area early Thursday, Poston said. ''He enjoyed the visit and I think they enjoyed him,'' Poston said. ''I think it went very well, but I understand they have some people in. It just depends on which way they want to go. I'm just waiting for them to get back to me.'' The 36-year-old Woodson was released by the Packers on Feb. 15 in a salary-cap move. He could fill a need in the secondary after San Francisco lost safety Dashon Goldson on Wednesday when he signed a $41.25 million, five-year contract with the Tampa Bay Bucca- neers. Woodson's Green Bay team lost at San Francisco in the NFC divisional playoffs, and the 49ers went on to reach their first Super Bowl in 18 years. They lost 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens on Feb. 3 in New Orleans. For now, Poston will begin scheduling meetings for Woodson with other teams as he waits to hear from San Francisco's front office. ''We are working on them as we speak, nothing firm,'' Poston said. He didn't want to guess as to which teams Woodson might visit next. Former Lions safety Louis Delmas and cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday, were reportedly scheduled for visits with the 49ers on Thursday. Agents for each player didn't respond to multiple messages, and the 49ers aren't confirming players who meet with team officials. 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh spent part of Thursday speaking to San Jose State football players during their spring practice. HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL | Red Bluff 7, Paradise 2 Paradise Red Bluff 4 p.m. Corning Chico 3:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Los Molinos Tournament Mercy Los Molinos TRACK & FIELD North State Relay at Chico State Red Bluff Noon NBA Chicago Warriors CSNB 7:30 p.m. SPRING TRAINING Texas Giants 1:05 p.m. Athletics Arizona Daily News photo by Andre Byik Red Bluff High's Bryce Etzler connects on a pitch against the visiting Paradise Bobcats on Thursday. 1:05 p.m. On the tube AUTO RACING 9 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn. 11 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300, at Bristol, Tenn. 12:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn. 11 p.m. NBCSN — Formula One, qualifying for Australian Grand Prix, at Melbourne, Australia BASEBALL 4 p.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, second round, teams TBD, at Miami GOLF Noon TGC — PGA Tour, Tampa Bay Classic, second round, at Tampa Bay, Fla. 3:30 p.m. TGC — LPGA, Founders Cup, second round, at Phoenix 5:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Toshiba Classic, first round, at Newport Beach, Calif. (same-day tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Noon WGN — Preseason, Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox, at Phoenix MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 9 a.m. ESPN — Big Ten Conference, quarterfinal, Indiana vs. Illinois-Minnesota winner, at Chicago ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, quarterfinal, Miami vs. Boston College-Georgia Tech winner, at Greensboro, N.C. 11 a.m. ESPN — Big Ten Conference, quarterfinal, Wisconsin vs. MichiganPenn State winner, at Chicago ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, quarterfinal, Virginia vs. N.C. StateVirginia Tech winner, at Greensboro, N.C. 4 p.m. ESPN — Big East Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at New York ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, quarterfinal, Duke vs. Maryland-Wake Forest winner, at Greensboro, N.C. 6 p.m. ESPN — Big East Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at New York ESPN2 — Atlantic Coast Conference, quarterfinal, North Carolina vs. Florida State-Clemson winner, at Greensboro, N.C. 8:30 p.m. ESPN — Pac-12 Conference, semifinal, teams TBD, at Las Vegas MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY 4 p.m. NBCSN — Hockey East Tournament, quarterfinals, Vermont at Boston College MOTORSPORTS 3 p.m. SPEED — AMA Pro Racing, at Daytona Beach, Fla. (same-day tape) NBA 7:30 p.m. WGN — Chicago at Golden State TENNIS 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA, BNP Paribas Open, men's quarterfinal, at Indian Wells, Calif. 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA, BNP Paribas Open, women's semifinal, at Indian Wells, Calif. Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. @TehamaSports Spartans win 9th straight over Bobcats By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor The Red Bluff Spartans' softball team won its ninth straight game against an exleague rival in the visiting Paradise Bobcats on Thursday, 2-1. Red Bluff's Bryce Etzler, who committed to playing softball at McNeese State University in Louisiana, went 1-for-3 batting with two RBIs in a game where the Spartans jumped to a 3-0 lead after in the first inning that it wouldn't give back. Etzler, who also gave up one earned run, seven hits and struck out three in seven complete innings, batted in Haley Harris (3 for 4) with a double to center to give the Spartans (5-2) a 1-0 lead. Red Bluff's Samantha Jones, who reached base on bunt, would score on a Paradise fielding error and Alyssa Hethcoat polished off the first inning with an RBI single up the left-field line that scored Etzler. The Bobcats (7-3) would go scoreless through four before senior shortstop Taylor Peters smashed a tworun double off the center field wall. "I thought Bryce threw an outstanding game, we played good defense behind her and what I was most pleased with was our at-bats today," Red Bluff coach J Howell said. "We had really good, focused, purposeful at-bats." At that point the Spartans already had capitalized on a Bobcat fielding error in the third inning, and an Etzler sacrifice fly that scored Harris in the fourth had Paradise trailing 5-2 after five. "Huge hit, you know, thought it was going to be the lift we needed to get going but it didn't pick us up enough," Paradise coach Lennie Dean said of Peters, adding, "We gotta quit making crucial errors." Spartan junior Cheyanne Grannes would score on another Paradise error in the sixth and junior infielder Tayler Zazueta batted in Etzler with a single to left to cap off the defending section champions' offensive output for the day. "We always have a tough time up here," Dean said. "I don't know what it is but whenever we come up here we seem to lay a little bit of an egg." The Bobcats would load the bases in the seventh off a fielder's choice and two-out hits from senior outfielder Kelsey Haigh and Peters, but Paradise would groundout to the pitcher for its third loss on the season. "My thinking was, pitch the ball and get a grounder and my defense can do the work," Etzler said. "Honestly, I can't do anything without my team there. They were solid, so, I don't really put it on me I put it on them because ... those balls they were catching and — my defense. That's all I can say is my defense is amazing." Red Bluff next heads to a tournament at Big League Dreams in Redding on Friday. ——— Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports SPRING TRAINING | Japan 6, Giants 3 Japan roughs up Giants' Petit SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Japan manager Koji Yamamoto knows how difficult it will be for his country to win a third straight World Baseball Classic. He feels his squad got off to a good start in its preparations for the semifinals. Fighting through jet lag, Japan easily beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 in an exhibition game Thursday. Power-hitting first baseman Sho Nakata had three hits, and second baseman Takashi Toritani added two hits and two RBIs. Four of Japan's runs came against Giants starting pitcher Yusmeiro Petit, including three in the second inning when Toritani had a two-run double. ''It is not easy to win back-to-back. We're going for our third straight, and there is a lot of pressure on our backs,'' Yamamoto said through a translator. ''Our goal was to come here to the United States. Once we get here, anything can happen. ''We made good adjust- ments today (to the new, outdoor environment), especially our pitchers. I think we are in a good situation now,'' he said. ''I think we are on track.'' Japan will play another exhibition game on Friday against the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, before heading trip to AT&T Park in San Francisco, where they will face the Pool 2 runner-up (either the United States, Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico) on Sunday night. Team Japan ace Masahiro Tanaka allowed a run and three hits and struck out three in his two-inning appearance, and eight pitchers combined to allow five hits and strike out 10. The Giants didn't field their best lineup, starting only five regulars, four of whom exited after two atbats. But manager Bruce Bochy was impressed with Japan. ''They played well, they swung the bats well, they pitched well,'' Bochy said. ''They played a good ball- game today. They certainly outplayed us.'' Kenta Maeda, who did not pitch on Thursday against the Giants, is scheduled to start Sunday. The 24year-old right-hander was 14-7 with a 1.53 ERA for Hiroshima in 2012, and led the league in wins, strikeouts and ERA. Tanaka, who was heavily scouted on Thursday, is lined up to start the WBC title game on Tuesday. The 24-year-old right-hander led the Japanese Pacific League with 19 wins and a 1.27 ERA in 2011, and followed that with a 10-4 record and a 1.87 ERA in 2012 for Rakuten. There already is talk that his contract could be posted for MLB teams to bid on by next winter. Excellent pitching is nothing new from Team Japan, who won the last two classics in San Diego and Los Angeles behind Daisuke Matsuzaka and Yu Darvish, both of whom later landed big contracts from big league teams. AP photo San Francisco Giants' Kensuke Tanaka smiles next to Japan's Hisayoshi Chono during a spring training baseball game on Thursday in Scottsdale, Ariz.