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Tehama Tracker Monday's results NBA Kings OT Houston 113 106 Friday's results BASEBALL Anderson Corning Cole Barnes: 2-3, RBI Dakota Meeds: 2-3 Cole MacLachlan: RBI Sac Fly Nick Hoag: RBI Anderson Corning 8 2 Cooper McCoy: W, 6IP, 9 Ks Dennis Womack: 2-4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBI Dakota Meeds: 3-4, RBI Cole MacLachlan: 2-3, RBI Nick Hoag: 2-4 Cole Barnes: RBI SOFTBALL Cubs Classic at Big League Dreams Corning Paradise Corning Shasta Kristin Cox: 2-3 Corning Willows 12 0 6 0 12 2 Julia VanDoorn: 3-3, 3B, 2 RBI Erica Rivera: 2-3, 3B, 2 RBI Jennifer Devers: 1-2, 2 RBI Erika Raygoza: 2-3, RBI Corning West Valley Jennifer Devers: HR Mackenzie Peterson: RBI Kristin Cox: 2-3, 3B Erika Raygoza: 2-2 TRACK & FIELD Eagle Classic Relays West Valley Red Bluff Enterprise 69.95 94.93 59.93 Shot put: 1, Dominic Lightfoot, 59'5.75" Triple jump: 1, Jonah McInnis, 42'3" 4x400: 1, Daniel Gonzalez, Sean Freeny, McInnis, Zach Iverson 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams took second place West Valley Yreka Red Bluff 62.93 89.95 50.97 Shot put: 1, Meaggan Rector, 37'9.5"; 2, Kayla Thayer Discus: 1, Thayer, 111'10", 2, Rector 4x100, 4x400 and Sprint Medley relay teams took 2nd place Today's games BASEBALL Newberg (Ore.) Red Bluff Corning West Valley 4 p.m. SOFTBALL Pleasant Valley Red Bluff 4 p.m. SOCCER University Prep Red Bluff TENNIS West Valley Corning Mercy Colusa NBA L.A. Lakers Warriors 7:30 p.m. CSNB 3:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 5 (AP) —Lurking in virtually every corner of the Superdome this weekend will be lottery picks, some other NBA first rounders and assorted AP All- Americans. Everywhere, that is, except the Louisville locker room.This year's Final Four features three teams — Kentucky, Kansas and Ohio State — all with their fair share of the most gift- ed players in the country, and a fourth with a coach who has squeezed the most out of the next tier of talent. Does that make Louisville's Rick Pitino the best coach, or say something about John Calipari, Bill Self and Thad Matta? Well, those three might tell you something about how tough it is deal- ing with a bench full of stars. ''A lot of coaches would agree that, at times, coaching teams with a ton of talent is probably more difficult because you're constantly trying to get the maximum out of them,'' said Matta, who has a star in AP All-Amer- ican first-teamer Jared Sullinger, wide- ly viewed as a top-15 NBA draft pick. ''It's so much easier to get to the top than stay at the top. A lot of times when you have a team that's loaded, you fight a lot more adversity on the outside than when you're scraping to get to the top.'' Which brings us to the Kentucky Wildcats, who play Louisville on Sat- urday in the first semifinal.By choice, Calipari has developed a program so overflowing with top-level talent that he's spending more time looking to replace players after a season or two than developing them over four. Fresh- man Anthony Davis, another AP All- American, will likely be the top player in the draft should he leave after this season. Classmate Michael Kidd- Gilchrist won't be far behind. Fresh- man Marquis Teague and sophomores Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb will Courtesy photo The Corning Lady Cardinals soccer team recently held their banquet night. Four Cardinals were hon- ored for making the All-Northern Athletic League team (from left to right): Magdaelena Ramirez, Car- rolina Carrillo, Mayra Sanchez and honorable mention Cassandra Ramirez. Top talent defines this year's Final Four also have a chance at the first round if they leave. So, Calipari must be the most persuasive (some might have another adjective to describe this after those run-ins with the NCAA) recruiter in history, right? ''We don't do anything outlandish,'' he said. ''We're not promising minutes or shots. They've just really got to trust that you have their best interest at heart. It's a players-first program and they learn that, as you sacrifice, we all gain, as individuals and as a team.'' Getting his players to buy into that, and to come to a team where they aren't guaranteed to be the only star, might be Calipari's biggest accom- plishment as a coach. But once they get there, he insists he's doing more than simply rolling the ball out on the floor. Kentucky leads the nation in field goal defense and blocked shots and has a nearly 6-5 assist-to-turnover ratio. Stoked by this combination of less- glamorous numbers, Calipari claims he has the most efficient team in the coun- try. ''What I'm going to try to do is get guys to play as well as they can play,'' he said. ''Let's go out and play great. If it's not good enough, let's make sure we have more fun than anyone else and we'll take the results from there.'' While Calipari tries to get the most out of a lot of talent, Pitino has been playing a different game this season. He is the only Final Four coach without an AP first-teamer. In fact, there were no Louisville players on the second or third teams either, or even on the hon- orable mention list. According to most lists, not a single one of Pitino's players would get drafted by the NBA if they left this year. Meanwhile, a raft of injuries and roster adjustments has turned every practice this season into an adventure. Pitino coaxed his sixth Final Four trip out of a team that reminds him in many ways of his first — an undersized, underappreciated group of players at Providence in 1987, headlined by Billy Donovan. The Car- dinals are led by point guard Peyton Siva and center Gorgui Dieng. Yet they went down the stretch in a tight game against Florida on Saturday with Siva gone from the game with five fouls and with a relatively unheralded freshman, Chane Behanan, taking over. ''We may not have as much talent in certain areas as other teams. But there's young talent and we're going to devel- op,'' Pitino said. ''The great thing about March Madness and college basketball is that, generally speaking, in the pros, 90 percent of the time, the best team is going to win a five- or seven-game series. In college, it's a one-game stint, maybe somebody shoots great, any- thing can happen.'' Kansas has this year's only unani- mous all-AP selection in junior Thomas Robinson, who figures to be an NBA lottery pick if he leaves. He could spend much of the night Saturday matched up against Sullinger, who sat out with back spasms when these teams met in December and Kansas won 78-67. ''He's one of those kids that, even when he doesn't play his best, he still gets numbers,'' Self said of Robinson. ''Some kids, that happens, and they get eight points, four rebounds. He doesn't play well and he ends up with 15 and 11. It's such a bonus when you can pencil that in for the most part.'' Players like that must make coach- ing easy. Calipari recognizes there are plenty of them — on all four teams at this year's Final Four. Coaches coach, he said. Players win. ''Everyone's talented,'' Calipari said. ''Yes, we have good players. So does everyone else. You think they just have a system and that's why they're winning? They do it because they've got basketball players.'' Raiders get 3 compensatory picks ALAMEDA (AP) — The Oakland Raiders more than doubled their draft haul by receiving three compen- satory picks Monday for April's draft. The NFL awarded the Raiders picks at the end of On the tube MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN2 — NIT, semifinal, Mass- achusetts vs. Stanford, at New York •6 p.m., ESPN2 — NIT, semifinal, Washington vs. Minnesota, at New York MLB • 10 a.m., MLB NETWORK — Spring Training, Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia •1 p.m., ESPN2 — Spring Training, L.A. Angels vs. San Francisco •4 p.m., MLB NETWORK — Spring Training, Toronto at N.Y.Yankees NBA •4 p.m., NBATV —Cleveland at Philadelphia • 7:30 CSNB—L.A. Lakers at Golden State NHL • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Tampa Bay at Boston 3:30 p.m. SOCCER • 11:30 a.m., CSNB — UEFA Champi- ons League, quarterfinal, APOEL vs. Real Madrid, at Nicosia, Cyprus • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, quarterfinal, Benfica vs. Chelsea, at Lisbon, Portugal (same- day tape) WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN — NCAA Division I tour- nament, regional final, Connecticut vs. Kentucky, at Kingston, R.I. •6 p.m., ESPN — NCAA Division I tour- nament, regional final, Maryland vs. Notre Dame, at Raleigh, N.C. the third, fourth and fifth rounds based on free agents they lost and signed last off- season. ''Whatever the formula is, I love this formula. I love it,'' new general manager Reggie McKenzie said from the NFL owners meetings in Florida. ''Obviously this is better than what I expected,'' he said. ''Hopefully, we can make do and have some good picks.'' McKenzie was expecting a third-round pick as com- pensation for star corner- back Nnamdi Asomugha signing with Philadelphia. He was very pleased to get picks in the fourth and fifth rounds as well. Among the other free agents the Raiders lost last season were tight end Zach Miller, guard Robert Gallery and linebacker Thomas Howard. The most promi- nent player signed was tight end Kevin Boss. Oakland previously only had picks in the fifth and sixth rounds because of trades and the supplemental draft. The Raiders traded their first-round pick to Cincin- nati last October for quarter- back Carson Palmer, their second-rounder to New England for the picks to draft offensive lineman Joseph Barksdale and run- ning back Taiwan Jones last year, their third-rounder to take quarterback Terrelle Pryor in the supplemental draft, their fourth-rounder in 2010 to Washington to acquire quarterback Jason Campbell and their seventh- rounder last year to Seattle for linebacker Aaron Curry. Oakland's first pick in April's draft will be the 95th overall — up two spots because New Orleans was docked a second-round pick for its bounty program and the Raiders used their third- rounder in the supplemental draft. The Raiders will also pick 129th at the end of the fourth round and 168th at the end of the fifth. The team is not allowed to trade any of its compensatory picks. McKenzie said he believes he can find starters through the fifth round based on his experience with the Green Bay Packers as director of football opera- tions. ''I think there are very good players in the middle rounds,'' he said. ''From the standpoint of depth, I think it's there. In the first round it may not be too deep. But for the most part, there are some good players throughout this draft.'' With limited salary cap room remaining, McKenzie will have to use the draft to fill the remaining holes on the team. The biggest needs right now are for a starting out- side linebacker, possibly a starting tight end, backups at running back and quarter- back and depth throughout the roster. ''I'm still looking for great backups who can become starters at every position,'' McKenzie said. ''I need a lot more picks than what I have now and some more free agent moves. The only thing I wish I had more of was NFL money and NFL cap. That's what I wish I had more of." 4 6 Sports Lady Cardinals honored 1B Tuesday March 27, 2012 Sacramento loses in OT HOUSTON (AP) — Patrick Patterson scored a career-high 24 points and Earl Boykins hit four free throws for Houston late in overtime to lead the Rockets to a 113-106 win over the Sacramento Kings on Mon- day night. Boykins, who was signed by Houston ear- lier in the day, finished with 10 points in his first action of the season. Houston built a 107-102 lead in overtime behind four points from Chandler Par- sons. Tyreke Evans got Sacramento within three with a layup with 29 seconds left. Boykins hit two free throws with 21 seconds left and two more 7 seconds later to secure the win. DeMarcus Cousins scored a career-high 38 points and had 14 rebounds, and Marcus Thornton added 27 points for the Kings, who lost their fifth straight road game. They are an NBA- worst 4-22 on the road this season. The teams exchanged leads several times in the fourth quarter, and a jump shot by Luis Scola tied it 97- all with 37 seconds left. Thornton made a layup as he crashed to the court before a jump shot by Patterson with 8 seconds left tied it at 99. Thornton missed a 3- point attempt at the end of regulation to send it to over- time. Scola had 18 points and 14 rebounds for Houston, and Parsons and Courtney Lee added 16 points each. It's just the second time Cousins, in his second sea- son, has scored at least 30 points after he scored 30 last April against Oklahoma City. He's now scored at least 20 in five of the last six games. The Rockets were down by eight before scoring nine straight to take a 91-90 lead with 3 1/2 minutes left. Cousins scored seven straight points to stretch Sacramento's lead to 81-73 with about 10 minutes remaining. Houston cut into Sacra- mento's lead with a 9-5 run that got the Rockets within 86-82 after a layup by Scola with about seven minutes left. Sacramento led by nine in the third before a 14-5 run by Houston tied it 67-all with about three minutes left in the quarter. Scola scored six points to lead Houston and the Kings missed three layups and had a turnover during the run. Houston's Marcus Camby grabbed a rebound in Sacramento's lane at the end of the third quarter and launched an amazing one- handed shot that swished through the basket on the other end. The nifty shot will likely become a YouTube sensation, but it didn't help Houston after the officials reviewed the play and said it wouldn't count, leaving Sacramento up 72-71 enter- ing the fourth quarter. Houston, which needed more depth at guard with Kyle Lowry out with a bac- terial infection, signed Boykins to a 10-day contract on Monday. The Rockets got 21 minutes from Boykins in their 10th straight game without Lowry. Boykins' last appearance in the NBA came last season when he played 57 games for the Mil- waukee Bucks. The Rockets spent the night fighting back from a terrible first quarter, where they hit just 6 of 23 shots. Houston used an 8-3 run to open the second quarter and cut Sacramento's lead to 32- 27 eight minutes before half- time. Boys results Girls results