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By Antonio Gonzalez The Associated Press SACRAMENTO » Royce W hite leaned back in a chair in the Sac- ramento Kings locker room, looked at the veteran players around him and joked about why he'd be the one getting an interview request. "I'm just a guy on a 10-day con - tract," he said, chuckling. Hardly. The 16th overall pick of the 2012 draft best known for his conten - tious and public disagreement with the Houston Rockets over how to treat his anxiety disorder, which includes a fear of flying, is trying to make a new name for himself with the Sacramento Kings late this season. Not only must he prove he can still play, White has to show he can handle the rigors of the league's schedule, including his first road trip this week. He's on his second 10-day deal with the Kings this month, and he knows nothing be - yond that is guaranteed. "Those thoughts do come where it's like, 'If this doesn't work out, will I even go at it again?'" White said. The Rockets knew what they were getting when they selected White out of Iowa State two years ago. The 6-foot-8, 260-pound for - ward freely acknowledged his condition in pre-draft interviews, most notably a plane phobia that triggers panic attacks — which can speed up his heart rate, send a tin - gling feeling to his extremities and lead to a cold sweat. White sat out the first week of training camp after asking for special protocols, including per - mission to travel by bus on road trips. He also wanted an indepen- dent physician to have the final say about when he could play. The dispute between Hous- ton and White, who often took to Twitter to express his displea- sure, could never be resolved. He was traded to Philadelphia in July, and the 76ers waived him before the start of the season. The 22-year-old forward's stay in Sacramento, about as far re - moved from the national NBA landscape as one can get, has been far quieter than his previ- ous stops. Sacramento first signed White to a 10-day contract March 6, and he immediately reported to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Devel - opment League. He started four games for Reno, averaging 8.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 24.8 minutes before getting called up to the Kings last week. White has played in the final minute of the past two games — his first action ever in the NBA — af - ter the outcomes had been decided. "It feels a lot different," White said. "In all fairness to Houston, they were in a much different po - sition. A lot of things, they couldn't make a ruling on themselves as much as the league. They had to wait on a lot of OKs and things from people. It was a real complex situation. But it feels very different. Everything's different. The organi - zation's different. The city's differ- ent. The people are different. My teammates are different." Is he different? "I'm probably the least different out of the entire equation," White said. "But I'm in a different place. I'm definitely feeling more comfort - able with the ability to have a suc- cessful career in this league." NBA White Vying for nBA roster spot Photos By Rich PedRoncelli — the AssociAted PRess sacramento Kings forward Royce White center, playing in his first nBA basketball game, positions himself for a rebound next to san Antonio spurs' Aron Baynes in sacramento Friday. Royce White walks past Kings head coach Michael Malone. White spent his rookie season in a dispute with the houston Rockets over how to treat his anxiety disorder. the spartans baseball team (5-2) plays a doubleheader at West Valley (1&4 p.m.) today. the soball team is at WV at 4 p.m. the boys tennis team hosts shasta at 3:30 p.m. SpARTAN AThlETiCS Baseball and soball teams at West Valley the lady cardinals soball team hosts orland at 4 p.m today. los Molinos travels to chester. corning tennis is at yreka and Mercy baseball visits American christian Academy at 4 p.m. pREp SChEdulE Corning soball to hosts Orland Staff Reports The Corning Cardinals boys track and field team beat out 15 other teams Friday at Yuba College in Marysville to win the John "O" Invitational. The Red Bluff Spar - tans placed 13th. On the girls side the Lady Spar- tans finished second out of 17 teams. The Lady Cardinals tied for 13th. Boys track JOhN "O" iNviTATiONAl » Corn- ing finished first with 83 points. Marysville was second with 70.5 points and Quincy was third with 68 points. Red Bluff finished with 18 points and was 13th. Corning's Rogelio Silva won the 3200 meters with a time of 10:37.63. He placed second in the 1600 me - ters (4:55.92). Red Bluff's Austin Torres won the 400 meters in a time of 53.51 seconds and placed second in the 200 meters (23.97). The Cardinals placed second and third in the shot put. Anthony Peter had a mark of 45 feet and Thomas Lowe had a put of 44 feet, 7.5 inches. Corning's Andrew Jackson was third in the discus with a mark of 127 feet, 2 inches. Peter was ninth in the event at 121 feet, 11 inches. The Cardinals also claimed the second and third spots in the pole vault. Justin Slimick cleared 11 feet and Matthew Slimick cleared 10 feet, 6 inches. Corning's Ivan Alvarado was second in the long jump (20'5") and fifth in the 100 meters (11.92). Miguel Rios of Corning was third in the 800 meters (2:13.72) and 1600 meters (5:01.01) Erik Rios placed fourth in the 3200 meters (11:21.61) and was 10th in the 1600 meters for Corn - ing (5:18.37) Ulyses Contreas had an eighth place finish for Corning in the 3200 meters (11:54.83). Cody Hiller was eighth for Corn - ing in the triple jump at 35 feet, 4.25 inches. MOuNTAiN vAllEy lEAGuE MEET » American Christian Academy fin- ished with 90 points Friday edg- ing Los Molinos with 81 points to win the league meet at Shasta Col- lege. Mercy finished third with six points. Wayne Lockie won the 200 me- ters for Los Molinos with a time of 35.45 seconds. Los Molinos' Gage Wabs won the 1600 meters at 6:33.12. Jesus Olivera got the Bulldogs wins in the 110-meter hurdles at 23.02 seconds and 300-meter hur - dles in 55.77 seconds. Girls track JOhN "O" iNviTATiONAl » River Val- ley finished with 145 points to win the girls team championship. The Lady Spartans had 94 points to fin- ish second. Colfax was third with 58 points. The Lady Cardinals finished with 16 points and tied for 13th. Red Bluff's Adrienne Hinkston won the 200 meters and 400 me - ters. She took the 200 with a time of 27.11 seconds and ran the 400 in 1:00.96. She also anchored the Lady Spartans' winning 4x400 team. Jen ny Weightma n, K ayly n n pREp ROuNdup Corning boys win Invitational Lady Spartans finish second at Marysville track and field meet By david pollak Bay Area News Group CAlGARy, AlBERTA » The Sharks got the one point they needed to clinch a playoff spot, but not the two they wanted Monday night as they dropped a 2-1 shootout deci - sion to the Calgary Flames. Flames forward Mike Cammal- leri was the only shooter to score in the skills competition as Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski and James Sheppard all missed for San Jose. Of possible greater concern, the Sharks may have lost a key player to injury as Logan Couture blocked a shot late in the first period, then came back for one shift in the sec - ond before calling it a night. The Sharks said Couture was under evaluation, but no details were immediately available on the in - jury that appeared to be to his an- kle or foot. Nhl san Jose falls to flames in shootout By howard Fendrich The Associated Press WAShiNGTON » Tiger Woods is not sure whether his ailing back will allow him to play in the Masters, which is two weeks away. "For Augusta, it's actually still a little too soon, to be honest with you," Woods said Monday at a news conference to announce that Quicken Loans is the new ti - tle sponsor of his golf tournament. "That's kind of the frustrating thing about this." The Masters is the only ma - jor tournament the 38-year-old Woods has never missed. Four of his 14 major championships came at Augusta National, including his first in 1997. He last won the green jacket in 2005. This year's Masters is April 10-13. Woods is off to the worst start of his 18 years on tour, and he's been troubled lately by back problems. He stopped playing in the fi - nal round at the Honda Classic on March 2 because of what he called back spasms and pain in his lower GOlF Woods: 'still too soon' to know if fit for Masters ROuNdup » pAGE 2 MASTERS » pAGE 2 Ryan Vogelson's 9.00 spring eRA is not something he is worried about — age is. the team has a new workout routine in place to keep the aging ace pitcher limber. SpRiNG TRAiNiNG Vogelsong having up- and-down 2014 FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 oakland A's will switch between daric Barton and Brandon Moss on first base. Barton likely will get most of the playing time on defense. while Moss will get most of the time at designated hitter. OAklANd A'S Who's on first? FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 FLAmES 2, ShARkS 1 Up next: sharks visit the edmon- ton oilers 6:30 p.m. tonight. 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