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NBABASKETBALL Sacramento Kings at Min- nesota Timberwolves:5p.m., CSN. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Outback Bowl: Auburn vs. Wisconsin, 9a.m., ESPN2. Cotton Bowl Classic: Michigan State vs. Baylor, 9:45a.m., ESPN. Citrus Bowl: Missouri vs. Min- nesota, 10a.m., ABC. Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Florida State, 2:10p.m., ESPN. Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Ohio State, 5:50p.m., ESPN. NHL HOCKEY Winter Classic: Chicago Black- hawks vs. Washington Capitals, 10a.m., NBC. SOCCER English Premier League: Chelsea at Tottenham, 9:30 a.m., NBCSN. Ontheair Red Bluff Lady Spar- tans softball coach Aub- rie Thomas had to take over for another legend in J. Howell. The Lady Spartans started the season 8-6 and then clicked like no team in recent history, reeling off 23 straight wins to close the season. The last victory was a dramatic nail-biter in the Northern Section Division 3 championship, as the Lady Spartans won 4-3 in extra innings to beat the last team to defeat them, Enterprise. The Lady Spartans were: Bailey Akins, Shelby Baccala, Monica Baker, Stefanie Brunello, Vanessa Byrd, McKenzie Colgate, Allyson Drury, Ashleigh Fox, Cheyanne Grannes, Alyssa Heth- coat, Sam Jones, Jenny McCluskey, Molly Mur- phy, Hailee Nicholls and Tayler Zazueta. They were coached by Thomas and Wade Souza. Another group of Lady Spartans brought home a section championship in the fall. The girls golf team put everything together on Nov. 3 at the Table Moun- tain Golf Course in Oroville to take home the Northern Section title. The win included Sofia Frantz shooting a career- best round of 83 to win the individual section title. The team didn't exist five years ago until Elena Tomasetti worked on start- ing a program. The Lady Spartans were: Abbie Famborough, Sofia Frantz, Summer Frantz, Emilie Louisell, Autumn Poole, Monse Saucedo, Izzy Seera, Molly Shea, Maryn Spangler and Yazmin Vil- lalobos. Red Bluff's Kayla Thayer finally got the monkey off of her back and won not just one section title, but two of them. Thayer won the discus and shot put at the North- ern Section Track and Field Championships in her third appearance in the finals. Among other local no- table sports happenings in 2014 was Corning coach Bob Hall received a presti- gious Model Coach Award from the Model Coach Award from the Califor- nia Interscholastic Feder- ation. In July the Red Bluff Lit- tle League Major softball All-Stars won the District 1 championship. The team was: Mac Clement, Cassie Drury, Bai- ley Diggs, Aliyah Hethcoat, Alycia Mackey, Regan Par- kinson, Emma Peterson, Karli Rainwater, Taylor Sousa, Faith Tatro and Ri- ana Zepeda. Athletes FROM PAGE 1 ELISE AMENDOLA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay (8) drives against Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder (99) in the first half Wednesday in Boston. By Ken Powtak The Associated Press BOSTON The Boston Celt- ics went at each other hard for a couple of days. It must have worked because they didn't let down against Sacramento. Jared Sullinger scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help the Celt- ics snap a four-game los- ing streak with a 106-84 victory over the Kings on Wednesday afternoon. Known for blowing big second-half leads a hand- ful of times this season, the Celtics coasted to the win. "That was the best game physically we've played, I thought, as a team," Boston coach Brad Stevens said. "I was a little nervous coming into today because we had two hard practices, where there were very few fouls called and there was a real emphasis on getting into bodies and getting into the ball and competing and growing as a team by com- peting against each other. Hopefully, we can build on that." Kelly Olynyk added 15 points, Jae Crowder 12 and Marcus Smart 11 for Bos- ton, which never trailed and avoided matching its longest losing streak this season. Darren Collison and Carl Landry each scored 14 points to lead the Kings, who lost for the ninth time in 11 games. "Everything was just off tonight," Kings coach Ty- rone Corbin said. "It's a disappointing effort, disap- pointing loss and we have to get better." Sacramento forward DeMarcus Cousins was ejected after collecting his second technical of the game midway into the final quarter. He finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds. "We have to come to- gether as a team — my- self included," Cousins said. "I'm the leader of this team. I have to get my stuff together. I can't have games like I had tonight. We have to come together and figure this thing out." Cousins, who set two screens on Smart, was battling for position for a rebound with the rookie guard. He then grabbed him by the arm and flung him to the floor. Smart got up and yelled at Cousins before they were separated. Each received a technical and Cousins was ejected because it was his second of the game. His other came in the first quarter. Cousins headed out the tunnel near the Kings' bench to a loud chorus of boos. "He knows I'm not going to back down," Smart said. "To be honest, I don't know why I got the technical." Tip-Ins Kings: Corbin talked be- fore the game about hav- ing the "interim" tag re- cently lifted by manage- ment. "You can relax on that part of it and focus more on the games and who we have and what we feel we'll be with this group for the rest of the year," he said. "We can move for- ward on what we want to be, trying to grow on both ends of the floor." Corbin replaced fired coach Mi- chael Malone on Dec. 15. Sullinger's 20 li s Celtics past Kings Sacramento center Cousins ejected for two technical fouls NBA Scoreboard Football NFLPLAYOFFS Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 ArizonaatCarolina,1:35p.m.(ESPN) Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 4 Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 1:05 (CBS) Detroit at Dallas, 1:40 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 Baltimore, Indianapolis or Cincinnati at New England, 1:35 p.m. (NBC) Arizona, Detroit or Carolina at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 11 Arizona, Dallas or Carolina at Green Bay, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis, Cincinnati or Pittsburgh at Denver, 1:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 NFC, 12:05 p.m. (FOX) AFC, 3:40 p.m. (CBS) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 ^At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 ^At Glendale, Ariz. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) COLLEGE FOOTBALL FBS BOWL GLANCE Wednesday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl At Atlanta TCU 42, Mississippi 3 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Boise State 38, Arizona 30 Orange Bowl At Miami Gardens, Fla. Mississippi State (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (10-3), (n.) Thursday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4), 9 a.m. (ESPN2) Cotton Bowl Classic At Arlington, Texas Michigan State (10-2) vs. Baylor (11-1), 9:30 a.m. (ESPN) Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3), 10 a.m. (ABC) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Playoff semifinal: Oregon (12-1) vs. Florida State (13-0), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Playoff semifinal: Alabama (12-1) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 25 5 .833 — Clippers 21 11 .656 5 Phoenix 18 15 .545 81/2 Sacramento 13 19 .406 13 Lakers 10 22 .313 16 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 23 8 .742 — Houston 21 9 .700 11/2 Dallas 23 10 .697 1 San Antonio 19 14 .576 5 New Orleans 16 15 .516 7 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 26 7 .788 — Oklahoma City 15 17 .469 101/2 Denver 13 19 .406 121/2 Utah 11 21 .344 141/2 Minnesota 5 25 .167 191/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 24 8 .750 — Brooklyn 15 16 .484 81/2 Boston 11 18 .379 111/2 New York 5 28 .152 191/2 Philadelphia 4 26 .133 19 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 23 8 .742 — Washington 22 9 .710 1 Miami 14 19 .424 10 Orlando 13 22 .371 12 Charlotte 10 22 .313 131/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 22 10 .688 — Cleveland 18 13 .581 31/2 Milwaukee 16 16 .500 6 Indiana 12 21 .364 101/2 Detroit 8 23 .258 131/2 Tuesday's games Detroit 109, Orlando 86 Atlanta 109, Cleveland 101 New Orleans 110, Phoenix 106 Brooklyn 96, Chicago 82 Memphis 95, San Antonio 87 Dallas 114, Washington 87 Lakers 111, Denver 103 Utah 100, Minnesota 94 Portland 102, Toronto 97, OT Golden State 126, Philadelphia 86 Wednesday's games Boston 106, Sacramento 84 Indiana 106, Miami 95 New York at Clippers, (n.) Charlotte at Houston, (n.) New Orleans at San Antonio, (n.) Milwaukee at Cleveland, (n.) Phoenix at Oklahoma City, (n.) Thursday's games Denver at Chicago, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Friday's games Brooklyn at Orlando, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Dallas at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at New York, 4:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Washington at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Indiana at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Utah, 6 p.m. Toronto at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Celtics 106, Kings 84 KINGS (84) Gay 4-19 1-2 9, Hollins 2-3 0-0 4, Cous- ins 5-17 1-2 11, Collison 4-10 6-6 14, McLemore 3-5 4-4 12, Landry 7-11 0-0 14, Stauskas 1-6 2-4 4, Evans 0-0 1-2 1, Williams 1-5 0-0 2, McCallum 4-8 3-6 11, Casspi 1-3 0-2 2. Totals 32-87 18-28 84. CELTICS (106) Green 2-6 2-3 6, Sullinger 9-18 2-2 20, Zeller 3-5 1-1 7, Turner 4-10 2-2 10, Brad- ley 4-8 1-2 9, Olynyk 6-10 2-2 15, Smart 4-8 0-0 11, Bass 3-7 2-2 8, Crowder 5-10 1-1 12, Nelson 1-8 0-0 2, Wright 3-4 0-0 6, Pressey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-94 13-15 106. Sacramento 19 20 22 23 _ 84 Boston 23 26 28 29 _ 106 3-Point Goals_Sacramento 2-15 (McLemore 2-3, Stauskas 0-2, McCallum 0-2, Gay 0-2, Williams 0-2, Collison 0-4), Boston 5-21 (Smart 3-6, Olynyk 1-2, Crowder 1-4, Green 0-1, Sullinger 0-3, Nelson 0-5); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Sacramento 62 (Cousins 11), Boston 55 (Sullinger 11); Assists: Sacramento 12 (Collison 5), Boston 32 (Turner 11); Total fouls: Sacramento 17, Boston 23; Technicals: Cousins 2, Smart. Flagrant Fouls_Zeller. Ejected: Cousins; A: 18,624 (18,624). NCAA MEN'S TOP 25 Wednesday 1. Kentucky (13-0) did not play. 2. Duke (12-0) beat Wofford 84-55. 3. Virginia (12-0) did not play. 4. Wisconsin (13-1) beat Penn State 89-72. 5. Louisville (12-1) did not play. 6. Villanova (13-0) beat Butler 67-55. 7. Gonzaga (13-1) did not play. 8. Arizona (12-1) did not play. 9. Iowa State (9-1) vs. MVSU, (n.) 10. Utah (10-2) did not play. 11. Texas (11-2) did not play. 12. Maryland (13-1) did not play. 13. Kansas (10-2) did not play. 14. Notre Dame (13-1) did not play. 15. St. John's (11-2) lost to Seton Hall 78-67. 16. Wichita State (10-2) at Drake, (n.) 17. West Virginia (12-1) did not play. 18. Oklahoma (9-3) beat George Mason 61-43. 19. North Carolina (10-3) did not play. 20. Ohio State (11-3) did not play. 21. Washington (11-1) did not play. 22. Baylor (11-1) did not play. 23. Northern Iowa (11-1) did not play. 24. Colorado State (13-0) vs. Boise State, (n.) 25. Georgetown (8-3) at Xavier, (n.) NCAA MEN'S FAR WEST CS Bakersfield 87, La Verne 36 San Diego St. 53, Air Force 49 UC Irvine 82, Hampden-Sydney 53 NCAA WOMEN'S TOP 25 Wednesday 1. South Carolina (12-0) did not play. 2. UConn (11-1) beat East Carolina 89-38. 3. Texas (11-0) did not play. 4. Notre Dame (12-1) did not play. 5. Texas A&M (12-2) beat North Texas 75-38. 6. Baylor (11-1) did not play. 7. Louisville (12-1) did not play. 8. Tennessee (10-2) did not play. 9. North Carolina (12-1) did not play. 10. Duke (8-4) did not play. 11. Kentucky (11-2) did not play. 12. Nebraska (10-2) did not play. 13. Oregon State (10-1) did not play. 14. Maryland (10-2) did not play. 15. Stanford (8-4) did not play. 16. Rutgers (10-2) did not play. 17. Mississippi State (15-0) did not play. 18. Oklahoma State (10-1) did not play. 19. Georgia (12-1) did not play. 20. Iowa (10-2) did not play. 21. Syracuse (10-3) did not play. 22. Arizona State (11-1) did not play. 23. Seton Hall (13-1) did not play. 24. Michigan State (8-4) at Indiana, (n.) 25. DePaul (9-4) did not play. NCAA WOMEN'S FAR WEST Boise St. 75, Colorado St. 65 Cal St.-Fullerton 72, UMKC 52 Fresno St. 71, New Mexico 65 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 38 24 8 6 54 107 101 Vancouver 35 21 11 3 45 103 94 Los Angeles 38 18 12 8 44 103 94 San Jose 37 19 13 5 43 101 96 Calgary 38 20 15 3 43 110 100 Arizona 36 14 18 4 32 86 115 Edmonton 37 8 22 7 23 79 127 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 37 25 10 2 52 117 78 Nashville 36 24 9 3 51 106 78 St. Louis 37 22 12 3 47 108 93 Winnipeg 38 19 12 7 45 96 92 Minnesota 34 17 13 4 38 99 95 Dallas 35 16 14 5 37 102 118 Colorado 36 13 15 8 34 92 109 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 37 24 11 2 50 100 86 Tampa Bay 38 23 11 4 50 122 99 Detroit 37 19 9 9 47 105 94 Toronto 37 20 14 3 43 124 111 Florida 34 16 9 9 41 80 88 Boston 37 19 15 3 41 98 99 Ottawa 36 15 14 7 37 97 99 Buffalo 37 14 20 3 31 75 123 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 37 25 11 1 51 117 103 Pittsburgh 36 22 9 5 49 109 86 Washington 36 18 11 7 43 105 94 N.Y. Rangers 34 19 11 4 42 102 87 Philadelphia 36 14 16 6 34 100 109 Columbus 34 15 16 3 33 86 109 New Jersey 38 13 18 7 33 82 108 Carolina 36 10 22 4 24 72 98 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday's games Montreal 2, Florida 1, SO Edmonton 3, Los Angeles 2, SO Nashville 3, St. Louis 2 Vancouver 3, San Jose 1 Wednesday's games N.Y. Islanders 5, Winnipeg 2 Tampa Bay at Buffalo, (n.) N.Y. Rangers at Florida, (n.) Toronto at Boston, (n.) Carolina at Pittsburgh, (n.) Minnesota at Columbus, (n.) New Jersey at Detroit, (n.) San Jose at Anaheim, (n.) Arizona at Dallas, (n.) Philadelphia at Colorado, (n.) Edmonton at Calgary, (n.) Thursday's games Chicago vs. Washington at Washington, DC, 10 a.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Friday's games Florida at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Montreal at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 4 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Colorado, 6 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Calgary, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For Jan. 1 NCAA Football TODAY Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Auburn 61/2 (631/2) Wisconsin Cotton Bowl Classic At Arlington, Texas Baylor 21/2 (70) Michigan St. Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Missouri 41/2 (471/2) Minnesota Rose Bowl Playoff Semifinal At Pasadena Oregon 8 (721/2) Florida St. Sugar Bowl Playoff Semifinal At New Orleans Alabama 9 (581/2) Ohio St. TOMORROW Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Pittsburgh 3 (531/2) Houston TaxSlayer Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Tennessee 31/2 (511/2) Iowa Alamo Bowl At San Antonio UCLA 11/2 (591/2) Kansas St. Cactus Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Washington 6 (561/2) Oklahoma St. SATURDAY Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Florida 61/2 (561/2) East Carolina SUNDAY GoDaddy Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Toledo 4 (67) Arkansas St. NFL SATURDAY Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Carolina 6 (38) Arizona at Pittsburgh 3 (461/2) Baltimore SUNDAY at Indianapolis 31/2 (49) Cincinnati at Dallas 7 (48) Detroit NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog at Loyola Mary. 3 Pacific N. Iowa 21/2 at Evansville St. Mary's (Cal) 21/2 at Pepperdine BYU 5 at Santa Clara at San Fran. 31/2 San Diego at Belmont 11 SE Missouri at SIU-Edwards 4 Jacksonville St. at Montana St. 11/2 North Dakota at E. Illinois 1 Tennessee Tech at E. Wash. 101/2 Weber St. at Montana 3 N. Colorado at Portland St. 11 S. Utah at Sac. St. 4 N. Arizona at Idaho 71/2 Idaho St. NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Chicago 10 (2051/2) Denver Sacramento 41/2 (211) at Minnesota NHL Favorite Line Underdog Chicago -140/+120 at Washing-x at Vancouver -130/+110 Los Angeles x-at Nationals Park Transactions BASEBALL National League Los Angeles Dodgers: Agreed to terms with LHP Brett Anderson on a one-year contract. Designated SS Erisbel Arrue- barrena for assignment. Philadelphia Phillies: Traded OF Marlon Byrd and cash to Cincinnati for RHP Ben Lively. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Phoenix Suns: Recalled Gs Tyler Ennis and Archie Goodwin and F T.J. Warren from Bakersfield (NBADL). Utah Jazz: Assigned G Toure' Murry to Idaho (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals: Signed CB Rashad Carmichael and G Antoine McClain to futures contracts. Atlanta Falcons: Signed OT Reid Fragel to a futures contract. Buffalo Bills: Announced coach Doug Marrone has opted out of his contract. Cincinnati Bengals: Placed WR Dane Sanzenbacher on injured reserve. Signed WR Cobi Hamilton from the practice squad. Denver Broncos: Signed LB Chase Vaughn to a futures contract. Detroit Lions: Signed WR Ifeanyi Momah to a futures contract. Green Bay Packers: Signed OT Derek Sherrod to a futures contract. Kansas City Chiefs: Signed DB Deji Ola- toye, OT Curtis Feigt, LB JoJo Dickson, Dts Hebron Fangupo and Jerel Worthy, Tes Brandon Barden and Adam Schiltz, Gs Jarrod Pughsley and Ricky Henry and Wrs Armon Binns, Kyle Williams, Fred Williams and Corbin Louks to futures contracts. Miami Dolphins: Signed TE Jake Stoneburner, CB Lowell Rose, LB Jake Knott, DE Emmanuel Dieke, QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson and G Mark Asper to futures contracts. New York Giants: Named Mike Sullivan quarterbacks coach. New York Jets: Signed RB Daryl Richard- son, PK Andrew Furney and Dts Kona Schwenke and Tevita Finau to futures contracts. 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