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StaffReport CHICO The Red Bluff Lady Spartans went on the road Tues- day against a powerhouse Pleas- ant Valley Vikings team, coming home with a 60-33 loss, and the boys' team faced the Vikings at home with similar results, los- ing 80-49. The Lady Spartans had trou- ble scoring in the first half, with just six points in each of the first two quarters. They came out and put up 15 in the third pe- riod, outscoring the Vikings by one, but it wouldn't be nearly enough as the Vikings cruised to the win. Allyson Drury, Kylee Kitchell and Jesse Miller led the Spar- tans with eight points each. Kitchell pulled down eight re- bounds and Miller had seven, plus three steals. The young Spartans (6-8) girls are scheduled to take on the Foothill Cougars (5-5) at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Palo Cedro. Boys VIKINGS 80, SPARTANS 49 The Spartans boys struggled early, with six points in the first quar- ter before bouncing back to take the second period 18-17 and go into the half down by just seven. The Vikings came out strong in the second half, putting up 22 points in the third and 27 in the final period and the Spar- tans couldn't keep pace. As of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, no stats had been posted for the game. The Spartans (5-9) are sched- uled to host the Foothill Cou- gars (8-7) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Red Bluff. BASKETBALL Spartansboys,girls falltoPleasantValley Drury,Kitchell,Millereachscore8pointsforRedBluffgirlssquad LARRYLONG—CONTRIBUTED Red Bluff's Liz Baccala (32) drives in for a basket Tuesday night against Pleasant Valley. By Greg Beacham The Associated Press LOS ANGELES When the Rams take the field for their regular season opener in September, they will end the NFL's 21-year journey back to a sprawling, vi- brant city that loves both a spec- tacle and a winner. September is a long way away, though. The Rams have an in- credible amount of work to do before they can truly call Los Angeles home again. They must decide where to play on Sundays until their pa- latial, billion-dollar new home in Inglewood is completed in 2019. They must find or build a training complex to be their home for the other six days of the week, and their players, coaches and key employees must find homes close to it. They've got to move untold tons of equipment from the franchise's current base in Earth City, Mis- souri, to their new home 1,800 miles west. They've also got to decide what to wear: The current uni- forms or their classic LA blue and gold? After that, all they've got to do is hire hundreds of new em- ployees, sell tens of thousands of tickets and corporate sponsor- ships, establish charity connec- tions to restore community ties and promote their product to 18 million people who have been getting along just fine without pro football. And if the Rams truly hope to succeed, it would really help for local boy Jeff Fisher to put a winning team on the field in September. The franchise hasn't publicly announced how it will do any of that. Rams employees spent Wednesday learning about the months of hard work ahead, and Rams spokesman Artis Twyman said the team hasn't made any logistical decisions yet about the move. But if the Rams pull it off with no major missteps and a reason- ably successful on-field prod- uct, this move could be extraor- dinarily rewarding for owner Stan Kroenke and his lavish In- glewood stadium complex. "If they didn't believe that, they wouldn't have paid to move now," said David Carter, the ex- ecutive director of the Sports Business Institute at the Uni- versity of Southern California. "They want to be very careful NFL Rams face huge tasks before move works Need place to play until new stadium is completed in 2019 NICK UT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rams fan Don Kirst holds a copy of the Los Angeles Daily News celebrating the impending return of the NFL football team to Los Angeles, at Big Wangs sports bar in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles Wednesday. League owners voted Tuesday to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to Los Angeles starting next season. PVGIRLS60,REDBLUFF33 Up next: Red Bluff at Foothill, 7:30p.m. Friday. PV BOYS 80, RED BLUFF 49 Up next for boys: Foothill at Red Bluff, 7:30p.m. Thursday. THESCORE Staff Report DUNSMUIR The Los Molinos Bulldogs boys' and girls' basket- ball teams dominated the Dun- smuir Tigers on the road Tues- day night with 74-48 and 66-22 wins, respectively. The Bulldogs jumped up early in the boys' game, going into half- time up 40-19. The Tigers found a way to score in the third, put- ting up 17 to the Bulldogs' 19, but the Bulldogs kept their foot on the throttle for the 74-48 win. Freshman Aaron Hardy led the Bulldogs with 23 points and went 5 of 6 from the paint. Alex Russell and Josue Orozco each had 16 points on the night and Tanner Prest had 10. Kyle Wood and Russell each dropped a 3-pointer. The Bulldogs (7-8) are sched- uled to face the Williams Yellow- jackets (8-0) at 7 tonight in Wil- liams. The Lady Bulldogs went ahead from the start, scoring 21 in the first period, and didn't let up un- til the final frame, posting 20 points in both the second and third quarters while holding the Tigers to single digits. Rachel Rogers had a monster game for the Bulldogs, putting up 30 points, including four 3-point- ers. Michelle Woolbert and Heather Rodriguez each had 10 points, Hanna Acevedo had six and Daisy Weston had five. The Lady Bulldogs (7-4) are scheduled to face the Williams Yellowjackets (1-7) at 5:30 p.m. today in Williams. LOS MOLINOS Bulldogs boys, girls win big at Dunsmuir Freshman Hardy leads boys team with 23 points NUGGETS 112, WARRIORS 110 Up next: Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors, 7:30p.m. Thursday, TV on TNT. THESCORE The Associated Press DENVER Danilo Gallinari scored 28 points and the Denver Nug- gets withstood a 38-point perfor- mance by Stephen Curry to hand the Golden State Warriors their third loss of the season, 112-110 on Wednesday night. The defending NBA champion Warriors (36-3) had won seven straight since their previous de- feat, 114-91 at Dallas on Dec. 30. Harrison Barnes added 18 points and Klay Thompson had 17 for the Warriors. Will Barton scored 21 for the Nuggets, who snapped a four- game losing streak to the War- riors. Gary Harris added 18 points. A dunk by Brandon Rush gave the Warriors a 68-64 lead, but Denver outscored Golden State 19-5 over the last 5 minutes of the third quarter to take a 10-point lead into the fourth. Layups by Curry and Andrew Bogut cut the deficit to 102-97 with 2:05 remaining. Curry, who scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, and Barton then traded 3-pointers before Darrell Arthur NBA DAVID ZALUBOWSKI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry reacts a er hitting a 3-pointer against the Denver Nuggets late in the second half Wednesday in Denver. Curry scores 38, Warriors get beaten in Denver by 2 RAMS PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, January 14, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1