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Sports 1B Thursday February 11, 2010 Thursday Girls Basketball — Foothill at Red Bluff, 7:30 p.m. Soccer — Corning, boys and girls at West Valley Soccer — Mercy at Los Molinos, 3:15 p.m. NASCAR — Duel at Daytona, 11 a.m., SPEED NBA — Magic at Cavaliers, 5:15 p.m., TNT NBA — Spurs at Nuggets, 7:30 p.m., TNT Spartans pound Oroville Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff's Cody Gappa muscles into the post during Wednesday night's Spartan victory. By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor The Red Bluff Spartans took care of business W e d n e s d a y night, and got back into the win column with a 72-32 thumping of the visiting Oroville Tigers. The Spartans wrapped up the game with a 20-4 second quarter, to take a 23-point lead into halftime. Red Bluff's starters would play just the first five minutes of the second half, before being subbed out, having built up a 47-19 lead. Trevor Capik, John John Velasco and A.J. Avila each had 11 points to lead a balanced Spartan attack. Storm Lewis came off the bench and picked up six high energy rebounds to go along with four points. Red Bluff improved to 10-12 on the season and 3-7 in the Eastern Athletic League. The Tigers were led by six points from Ben Archuleta. Alex Thompson turned in a 10 rebound effort for Oroville who fell to 4-17 and 1-9 in the EAL. Corning basketball Milo Martinovich tripled three times to give Corning a 20-4 first quar- ter lead, Tuesday, and the Cardinals cruised to a 55-42 win over Lassen. Corning improved to 7-0 and took a step closer to clinching the Northern Athletic League title with the win. The Cardinals held Lassen to just 10 first half points and got 15 points from Tyler McIntyre. Luis Piseno added 10 and Marti- novich finished with 11 points. Lady Cardinals The Lady Cardinals suffered their first league defeat of the season, Tues- day. in a 66-57 double-overtime loss at Lassen. Corning had overcome an eight- point deficit with three minutes remaining in regulation to force the first overtime behind a pair of 3-point- ers from Chante Dale and Regan Albee. Albee then tied the game with 44 seconds left with a pair of free throws on her way to a team-high 20 points. Corning led by two points with one second remaining in the first overtime, but Lassen converted a pass the full length of the court to their low post for a game-tying jumper. The Lady Cardinals fell to 6-1 in the NAL, but still hold a two-game lead with three games left to play. Brittany Garrett had a double-dou- ble with 16 points and seven rebounds. Chante Dale had 10 points and seven rebounds. Albee's 20 point-game came off of 5-for-9 shooting from behind the arc. The Corning point guard also dealt out eight assists, pulled down seven rebounds and made three steals. Michelle Silva had eight points and seven rebounds. Lady Bulldogs Los Molinos lost their first home game of the season, Tues- day, 67-34, to a Hamilton team that improved to 21-2 on the sea- son and 7-0 in the Mid-Valley League. The loss dropped the Lady Bull- dogs to 7-10 and 4-3 in the MVL. Mercy basketball The Warriors hung on, Wednesday night for a 51-49 victory over Chester. Ali Syed had 17 points and Mitchell Lopez 13 points to the Warriors. Prep soccer The Corning boys soccer team clinched the Northern Athletic League regular season title, Tuesday, with a 7- 0 victory over Central Valley. The Lady Cardinals also shut out Central Valley, Tuesday, 5-0 behind a hat trick from Karen Torres. Cynthia Ramirez and Mattie Mal- oney also scored for Corning, Scoreboard Scoreboard NBA Wednesday's results Sacramento 103, Detroit 97 L.A. Clippers at Golden State, late Charlotte 93, Minnesota 92 L.A. Lakers 96, Utah 81 Miami 94, Atlanta 76 Milwaukee 97, New Jersey 77 New Orleans 93, Boston 85 Orlando 107, Chicago 87 Portland 108, Phoenix 101 Toronto 104, Philadelphia 93 Today's games Orlando at Cleveland, 5 p.m., TNT San Antonio at Denver, 7:30 p.m., TNT Tuesday's late result Utah 109, L.A. Clippers 99 NCAA Wednesday's Top 25 results No. 2 Syracuse 72, Connecticut 67 No. 8 Duke 64, North Carolina 54 No. 13 Ohio State 69, Indiana 52 No. 15 New Mexico at No. 23 UNLV, late No. 19 Northern Iowa 57, Drake 48 Miami 64, No. 20 Georgia Tech 62 No. 24 Baylor 55, Nebraska 53 Today's Top 25 games No. 16 Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's, 8 p.m. ESPN2 No. 18 Butler at Youngstown State, 4:05 p.m. Today's other televised games Louisville at St. John's, 4 p.m., ESPN Michigan at Minnesota, 4 p.m., ESPN2 Mississippi at Mississippi State, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Washington at California, 6 p.m., ESPN Oregon at Arizona, 7:30 p.m., FSN NHL Wednesday's results Columbus 3, San Jose 0 Colorado 4, Atlanta 3, OT Montreal 6, Washington 5, OT Nashville 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2, OT Phoenix 3, Minnesota 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Edmonton at Anaheim, late Today's games San Jose at Detroit, 4:30 p.m., CSNCA Buffalo at Carolina, 4 p.m. Washington at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Beno Udrih was known to most Detroit Pistons fans as the San Antonio point guard who struggled against Chauncey Billups in the 2005 NBA finals. They might remember him differently now. Udrih scored 18 of his 22 points in the first half as his Sacramento Kings beat the Pistons 103-97 on Wednes- day night. He had played just six minutes of an over- time win in New York the previous night. ''Udrih just lit us up,'' Pistons coach John Kuester said. ''He barely played in New York, but he was great tonight. Guys like that are in the NBA for a reason, and you have to respect them.'' The Kings have won back-to-back road games after winning just three of their first 25 away from home. ''I'm very happy, because one of our problems has been letting go of leads, and the last two nights, we've done just the oppo- site,'' Kings coach Paul Westphal said. ''We were having a hard time playing with any energy at the beginning of the game, but Beno came in and was very aggressive and changed the tone of the game.'' Kevin Martin led the Kings with 26 points, while Andres Nocioni added 13 and Tyreke Evans had seven of his 13 in the final five minutes. ''Beno and Nocioni came in and gave us a spark, which is what we needed,'' Martin said. ''It was huge for our confidence to get these two wins, especially since we were struggling on this road trip. We knew what we were up against tonight, going into the All-Star break, but we didn't pack it in.'' Tayshaun Prince led the Pistons with 23, while Rod- ney Stuckey finished with 17. The Pistons took a 56-55 halftime lead on Stuckey's layup at the buzzer. Udrih had 18 points in 16 first-half minutes, while Stuckey had 13 points and six assists for Detroit. Sacramento scored in the final second in the third quarter as Spencer Hawes' put-back dunk pulled the Kings within 79-78. Back-to-back layups by Evans gave Sacramento a 91-85 lead with 4:30 left. Jonas Jerebko's three-point play cut into the margin, but Evans' dunk clinched it with 30 seconds left. ''Our defense really stiff- ened up and we actually got some stops,'' Westphal said. ''That's what you need to win road games in this league. We're learning and getting good performances from different people. I hate to see the break coming right now.'' Tryouts, sign-ups Cent. Tehama Little League A makeup tryout will be held Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. for those interested in playing in the Central Tehama Little League. The tryout will be held at Mill Creek Park in Tehama and will also be the official last day of registration for the league. AAU Basketball Shasta Magic Athletics is in the process of forming elite-level traveling teams for the 2010 AAU Basketball Season. Tryouts are scheduled for Parsons Middle School, 750 Hartnell Ave. in Redding on Saturday, Feb. 20 with the following schedule: Fifth and sixth grade girls — 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Fifth and sixth grade boys — 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Seventh and eighth grade girls — 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Seventh and eighth grade boys — 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. High school boys and girls tryouts will be held at a later date. For further information pleas visit www.shastamag- ic.com or contact director Lawrence Wingate at 224- 1607 or by e-mail at wingate@shasta.com or call coach and vice president Michael Gray at 945-0182. Weir, Americans make Vancouver feel like home RICHMOND, British Columbia (AP) — Johnny Weir brought his blankie, his favorite brand of fabric softener, and the picture of Lady Gaga. The figure skater learned from his first Olympics how to make the athletes' village feel like home. Weir was surprised by the spartan accommodations in Turin in 2006. This time, he intends to be totally comfortable. ''I definitely can make any village work now,'' Weir said. ''I'm in a place where every room can work — especially if you have a giant Lady Gaga pic- ture, anywhere can work.'' Weir and other American athletes went through team processing by the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday, a big step in getting settled in Vancouver. After filling a giant rolling bin with U.S. gear, Weir planned to move into his room — and decorate it. He brought three 70-pound suitcases stuffed with everything from candles to his teddy bear. Weir has all the details covered, down to ensuring that his clothes will smell of a familiar scent if he does laun- dry. Weir is sharing a room with American ice dancer Tanith Belbin, which will feature ''our icon,'' Lady Gaga, on the wall. ''She needs to be there watching over us, protect- ing us,'' Weir said. Weir's favorite piece of U.S. gear was a white puffy vest from Ralph Lauren — but they didn't have one in his size. So his coach will wear it in his stead. Weir also liked the stretchy, fitted white pants Amer- ican athletes will wear at the opening ceremony. ''They're very slimming and sucks in everything you don't want the world to see,'' he said. Leading to the Olympics, people kept asking him, ''How excited are you?'' Weir would say, ''You know, it's coming. It's a competition; I'm ready. I'm going to do it.'' ''I didn't really get those butterflies and the excite- ment until I stepped foot out of the airplane last night,'' he said. The reality of his first Olympics started to hit teammate Jeremy Abbott, the two-time defending U.S. champ, as he picked up the red, white and blue gear. ''To get all this stuff that has USA across my chest or across my back, it's a really proud moment,'' the 24-year-old Abbott said. The first Olympics he remember was 1992, when he was 7. He cheered American Paul Wylie, who had an exhilarating silver-medal performance. Now, Wylie is Abbott's mentor. ''It just reminds you that you're representing your whole country and that you have the support of a whole nation behind you,'' Abbott said. ''This com- petition is unlike any other. It's more than just your family and your friends and your coaches. It's the whole country.'' Martin leads Kings to 103-97 win over Pistons MCT photo Tyreke Evans shoots over Jason Maxiell.