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Weekend SAT— EAL Wrestling Championships at Susanville SAT— NBA — Thunder at Kings, 7 p.m., CSNC SAT— NASCAR— Budweiser Shootout, 5 p.m., FOX PGA— Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, 10 a.m., TGC, Noon, CBS SUN— NBA— Kings at Suns, 5 p.m., CSNC SUN— NBA— Thunder at Warriors, 5 p.m., CSNB Sports 1B Weekend February 12, 2011 Strong effort falls short Tehama Tracker WRESTLING Northern Athletic League Championships Four Cardinals won individual league titles, Thursday, at the Northern Athletic League Championships held at Cen- tral Valley High School. The Cardinals placed second at the event with 162 points behind Anderson, who finished with 192.5 points. Because Corning was undefeated in league duals, the Cardinals will share the league title. West Valley placed third at the league meet with 156 points and Central Valley was fourth with 56 points. Corning’s individual champions were Nate Fultz (119), Matt Boles (130), Calvin Meister (160) and Daniel Welborn (189). Finishing as runner-ups were Martin Solano (112), Sean Lowe (135), Parker Johnson (171) and Erik Miranda (215). Five Cardinals finished third, Elias Vallejo (103), David Edson (125), Dominic Azevedo (145), Raul Espinoza (152) and Raul Miron (287). In the junior varsity tournament Tristan Sims (103), Dakota Henry (130) and Juan Ruiz (285) won league titles. Bonds to enter plea, again SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds’ perjury trial Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff’s Ian Hill is fouled by Enterprise’s Kaelan Crisosto during the first quarter, Friday. BOYS HOOPS Enterprise 57 Red Bluff 47 By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor The Spartans couldn’t dig out of an early hole, Friday night, and fell to Enterprise 57-47 in a battle of Eastern Athletic League rivals looking to break out of the middle of the pack. In front of an energetic crowd, Enterprise raced off to a 14-6 first quar- ter lead, sparked by three buckets from Taylor Angley. Red Bluff got into the game in the second quarter, but still trailed 28-19 headed into halftime. Storm Lewis sparked a Spartans rally in the third quarter with strong play on both ends of the floor on his way to an 11-point, 13-rebound perfor- mance. Taylor Blaser cut the deficit to 36- 32 with just seconds left in the third quarter, but the Hornets took advantage of those remaining ticks. Zach McMahon buried a 3-pointer, his only bucket of the night, as the buzzer sounded to squash the Spartans momentum and make the game 39-32 headed into the fourth quarter. Enterprise’s lead eventually bal- looned to 51-36 as the Spartans had trouble making stops in the fourth quarter. Finally, Carlos Tapia hit his third 3- pointer of the night to make it a 10- point game and ignite one final Red Bluff push. After a pair of missed Red Bluff free throws, Ian Hill stole the ball back for the Spartans, which led to Tapia going to the line and cutting the game to 53-42. After a Red Bluff stop, Tapia made a 3-point play the hard way, hitting a fade away jumper as he was fouled and converting the free throw to make the game 53-45 with 1:05 remaining. Hill then stole an Enterprise inbound pass and made a contested layup to pull the Spartans within 53-47. But the comeback was halted as Kaelan Crisosto made enough free throws for Enterprise down the stretch and the Spartans couldn’t hit another basket. Crisosto finished with 16 points to lead Enterprise. Angley added 12 points. Tapia led Red Bluff with 15 points. Jonah McInnis added nine points. Hill finished with six and Zane Medeiros and Blaser each had three points. Enterprise improved to 5-6 in the EAL and 11-12 overall. Red Bluff dropped to 8-15 on the season and 4-7 in league play. The Spartans travel to Pleasant Val- ley on Wednesday. Marino opens big lead at Pebble Pebble Beach National Pro-Am PEBBLE BEACH (AP) — Steve Marino is too busy soaking in the scenery and atmosphere at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am to get worked up over his four- shot lead going into the weekend. Marino made only one mistake — with his conver- sation and his clubs — on the par-5 14th for his only bogey of the tournament. He followed with three birdies over the last four holes for a 7-under 66 and a comfortable lead. ‘‘This tournament is kind of strange,’’ said Marino, who was at 13-under 141. ‘‘You play a different course every day. You’re playing with amateur partners. It’s a little more low key and laid back.’’ That’s just the way Mari- no likes it, and it shows. He has the low round of the tournament on both courses he has played, having opened with a 65 at Spy- glass Hill. D.A. Points doesn’t have that luxury, not with Bill Murray as his amateur part- ner. Points struggled from the start at Spyglass Hill and was slipping down the leaderboard until running off four birdies in a five-hole stretch around the turn. He salvaged a 70 and was four shots behind at 9-under par. Points worried for a moment that Murray started to feel the pressure — they opened the pro-am portion tied for the lead — and per- haps tried to tone down his antics. ‘‘Bill was struggling a little today, so he was maybe down on himself,’’ Points said. ‘‘We still had a great time.’’ Next up for the celebrity rotation is Pebble Beach on Saturday, when the show is as much about the amateurs as the pros. Points says he plays his best when there are plenty of distractions, although he’s not about to wish for more than he can handle. ‘‘I’m not going to feed the beast,’’ he said. Keegan Bradley had an impressive gallery of his own. He is the nephew of LPGA Hall of Famer Pat Bradley, who followed him along Spyglass as the rook- ie shot a 69 to finish at 8- under par. Bradley was born in 1986, the year his famous aunt won three of four majors. ‘‘Pat and I have a lot of similarities in our game, in our approach to the game, our work ethic,’’ he said. ‘‘I look up to her in a lot of dif- ferent ways, and that’s one of the ways. I try to emulate her toughness and work ethic.’’ The large group at 7- under par included Padraig Harrington, who played with Marino; Hunter Mahan, Nick Watney and Sam Saunders, whose grandfather is among the owners of Pebble Beach — Arnold Palmer. Even with a four-shot lead, Marino won’t know until Sunday how he really stands because of the three courses in the rotation. Still ahead of him is the Shore Course at Monterey Penin- sula, where Points opened with a 63. The fairways are running fast at the Shore, and some players have said the greens are a little bumpy. That didn’t stop David Duval on Friday. After opening with a birdie-free 77 at Pebble, he followed that with a 65 at Monterey Peninsula. Dustin Johnson, trying to become the first player to win three straight times at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, is more interested in making the cut. He had a 1-under at Spy- glass Hill and was two shots below the projected playing cut — not to mention 13 shots behind Marino. Phil Mickelson did a much better job with a 68 at Spyglass, moving him to 3 under for the tournament. Marino, though, looks tough to beat at the moment. He knocked in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 13th, then made a mental error. After he and Harrington hit their tee shots on the 14th, they started reminiscing about the U.S. Open last summer, when the 14th was one of the toughest holes at Pebble Beach. ‘‘It was silly,’’ Harring- ton said. ‘‘We were talking about how tough this was at the U.S. Open, and that we both had made four pars and could have sold that to half the field. And then we both made a mess of it.’’ Marino was in the right rough after his second shot, still a good angle at the flag. But his wedge ran up the ledge of the steep bunker and turned left instead of right, tumbling into the sand. He did well to blast out to 12 feet and narrowly missed the par putt. Harrington hit a fat shot with his sand wedge and plugged into the bunker. He hit a beautiful shot, running up the side of the bunker to see how it turned out just as it ran off the back of the green and down the slope. He had to scramble for a bogey on his way to a 68, a round he felt was much bet- ter than his score. The Irishman made pars the rest of the way. Marino poured it on. He stuffed his next shot into 5 feet for birdie, rolled in a 20-foot putt up the slope on the 16th and finished with a bunker shot to 15 feet and one last birdie. Along the way, Marino soaked up spectacular views of yet another sunny, mild day along the Pacific. He is the only American in an otherwise all-Irish group that features busi- nessmen J.P. McManus and Dermot Desmond. Marino still isn’t sure how he got invited to the McManus charity pro-am event last year — an event so popular that even Tiger Woods made the trip — but calls it one of the best weeks of the year. ‘‘I think he had a good time,’’ Desmond said. ‘‘He seems to be Irish. He’s always smiling, and at the same time he has a fantastic golf game. He’s got a great temperament. Even when he bogeyed the 14th, he didn’t get irri- tated. He just said, ’I have to get that one back.’ And he got it back.’’ is fast approaching and the lawyers and judge are still scram- bling to set limits and rules for the month-long proceedings scheduled to start March 21. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ordered Bonds to enter a plea for the third time since he was initial- ly charged in 2007 with lying to a grand jury about his steroids use. The new plea was needed because prosecutors the day before filed a revised indictment, cutting the number of charges Bonds faces from 11 to five. Bonds is expected to plead not guilty when he is arraigned March 1, the same day the judge ordered the slug- ger’s former trainer to appear in court. Illston wants Greg Anderson to reiterate in front of her and under oath his refusal to testify against Bonds during the trial. Illston plans to jail Anderson on contempt of court charges for the dura- tion of the trial if he follows through on his pledge. Ander- son’s attorney, Mark Geragos, said Anderson won’t testify. What to tell the jury about Anderson’s vow of silence was brought up during the hearing Friday. Even without his tes- timony, Anderson is still expected to play a large role in the trial. Prosecutors allege he supplied Bonds with steroids and instructed him on how to use them. Anderson’s name and actions will be mentioned by others during the trial, includ- ing current Major Leaguer Jason Giambi and several former players the government intends to call to the witness stand. The players are expected to testify that Anderson supplied them with steroids. “The jury deserves to be told something,” Illston told the lawyers. “We owe them something about why he’s not testi- fying.” Lawyers on both sides agreed, telling the judge they were developing a plan on what to tell the jury. Illston put off ruling on the other major issue put before her Friday. Bonds asked her to exclude from trial a record- ing made by Bonds’ former business partner, Stevie Hoskins. Prosecutors said the recording captures a conversa- tion between Hoskins and Anderson while they stood in front of Bonds’ San Francisco Giants locker in March 2003. Prosecutors allege the two are discussing Bonds’ steroids use. Bonds’ attorneys want the recording excluded because of Anderson’s refusal to testify. They argue that the record- ing can’t be authenticated without Anderson’s testimony. Scoreboard NBA Friday’s results Cleveland 126, L.A. Clippers 119, OT Indiana 116, Minnesota 105 L.A. Lakers 113, New York 96 Memphis 89, Milwaukee 86 Miami 106, Detroit 92 New Jersey 94, Charlotte 89 New Orleans 99, Orlando 93 Philadelphia 77, San Antonio 71 Portland 102, Toronto 96 Phoenix at Utah, late Saturday’s games Oklahoma City at Sacramento,7 p.m.,CSNC Charlotte at Atlanta, 4 p.m., NBATV New York at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Chicago at New Orleans, 5 p.m., WGN Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Washington, 5 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Indiana at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s games Okla.City at Golden State,5 p.m.,CSNB Sacramento at Phoenix, 5 p.m., CSNC Miami at Boston, 10 a.m., ABC L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 12:30 p.m., ABC Denver at Memphis, 3 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 3 p.m. Portland at Detroit, 3 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Thursday’s late result Denver 121, Dallas 120 NCAA Saturday’s Top 25 games No.1 Ohio St.at No.13 Wisc., 11 a.m., ESPN No. 2 Kansas vs. Iowa State, 1 p.m. No. 3 Texas vs. Baylor, 1 p.m., ESPN No.4 Pitt at No.9 Villanova, 6 p.m., ESPN No. 6 San Diego State at UNLV, 5 p.m. No. 7 BYU vs. Utah, 3 p.m. No. 8 Notre Dame at South Florida, 9 a.m. No.12 Syracuse at No.16 L’ville, 9 a.m., ESPN No.17 Florida vs.Tennessee, 3 p.m., ESPN No.18 Kentucky at No.23 Vandy, 10 a.m., CBS No. 19 Missouri vs. Oklahoma, 10:30 a.m. No.20 North Carolina at Clemson, 10 a.m. No.21 Utah State vs.Fresno State, 6:05 p.m. No.22 Texas A&M at Texas Tech, 10:30 a.m. No. 24 Temple at Dayton, 10 a.m. No. 25 West Virginia vs. DePaul, 1 p.m. Saturday’s other televised games Saint Louis at Richmond, 9 a.m., ESPN2 Old Dominion at Va.Comm., 11 a.m., ESPN2 North Texas at W.Kentucky, 1 p.m., ESPN2 Oregon St. at UCLA, 1 p.m., CSNB Southern Miss.at Memphis, 3 p.m., ESPN2 Detroit at Butler, 5 p.m., ESPN2 Stanford at Washington, 5:30 p.m., CSNB Wichita St. at N. Iowa, 7 p.m., ESPN2 NHL Friday’s results New Jersey 2, San Jose 1 Anaheim 5, Calgary 4, OT Atlanta 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Columbus 3, Colorado 1 Dallas 4, Chicago 3, SO Detroit 6, Boston 1 Minnesota 5, St. Louis 4, SO N.Y. Islanders 9, Pittsburgh 3 Saturday’s games Los Angeles at Washington, 9:30 a.m., CSNC Ottawa at Edmonton, 11 a.m. Toronto at Montreal, 4 p.m., NHLN Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Sunday’s games San Jose at Florida, 2 p.m., CSNC Boston at Detroit, 9:30 a.m., NHLN Columbus at Dallas, Noon Los Angeles at Philadelphia, Noon N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, Noon Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, Noon, NHLN Carolina at Atlanta, 2 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 5 p.m. PGA Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Purse: $6.3 million p-Pebble Beach Golf Links (Host Course); 6,816 yards; Par 72 s-Spyglass Hill; 6,953 yards; Par 72 m-Monterey Peninsula Country Club; 6,838 yards; Par 70 Second Round Leaders Note: Due to different Par scores, scores are listed in par order. Steve Marino 65s-66p— 131 -13 D.A. Points 63m-70s— 133 -9 Keegan Bradley 65m-69s— 134 -8 Padraig Harrington69s-68p—137 -7 Bryce Molder 69p-66m—135 -7 Bill Lunde Chris Riley 69s-68p— 137 -7 J.J. Henry Sam Saunders 70s-67p— 137 -7 Nick Watney 68p-67m—135 -7 J.B. Holmes 71p-64m—135 -7 Tom Gillis 70s-67p— 137 -7 69p-66m—135 -7 67p-68m—135 -7 Sunday's Top 25 games No. 5 Duke at Miami, 3:45 p.m., FSN No. 10 Connecticut vs. Providence, 4 p.m. No.11 G’town vs.Marquette, 10 a.m., ESPN No. 14 Purdue at Illinois, 10 a.m., CBS No. 15 Arizona at Arizona State, 6 p.m. Sunday's other televised games Arizona at Arizona St., 6 p.m., FSN