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Sports 1B Thursday February 25, 2010 Thursday D-VI Boys Bball Playoffs — Mercy at Loyalton, 7 p.m. D-III Girls Bball Playoffs — Corning at Foothill, 7 p.m. Olympic coverage on USA, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC NBA — Cavaliers at Celtics, 5:15 p.m., TNT NBA — Nuggets at Warriors, 7:30 p.m., TNT NCAA — South Carolina at Kentucky, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Friday's playoffs #5 Corning at #4 Paradise Division III First Round, 7 p.m. #5 Corning Cardinals: 21-5; 10-0, Northern Ath- letic League champions #4 Paradise Bobcats: 7-18; 2-12, seventh in East- ern Athletic League Directions: Take 99 South to Exit 383 and merge onto Sky- way Road. Take that for 12 miles and turn right at Elliott Road and then left onto Maxwell Drive. School is at 5911 Maxwell Dr., About a one-hour drive. Players to watch: Corning — #20 Cameron Nye, #32 Luis Piseno, #31 Milo Martinovich Paradise — #40 Trevor Edgecomb, #15 Austin Thayer, #23 Jacob Reinolds Notes: The Bobcats have dropped four straight, while the Cardinals have reeled off 10 straight wins...Paradise averages 59 points per game and the Cards 58.2, but defensively the Bobcats are giving up 63.7 per game and Corning just 45.3...three Cardinals, Nye, Piseno and Martinovich average in double-digits and a fourth, #23 Tyler McIntyre averages 9.3 Boys Basketball Friday and Saturday Redding Con- vention Center, Friday wrestling begins at Noon; S a t u r d a y wrestling begins at 10 a.m. with championships at 6 p.m. Red Bluff Spartans: Kurt Buxton (105), Dan St. John (114), Tyler Demarath (127), Sultan Beardsley (132), Kyle Case (142), JT Reid (147), Dillon Reid (154), Bryce Eggert (162), Taylor Hickson (173), Dylan Gorbet (191), Taylor Wilson (217), Jeff Skaggs (287) Corning Cardinals: Nate Fultz (105), Sean Lowe (114), Tanner John- son (121), Misael Morales (132), Cole Holland (137), Nick Johnson (142), Calvin Meister (147), Billy Crawford (154), Thomas Marshall (217) Los Molinos Bulldogs: Richie Lakin (154) Directions: Take I-5 north to Exit 678 and merge onto CA-44 West toward Eure- ka. Get off at Exit 1 for Auditorium Drive toward Park Marina Drive/Tur- tle Bay Park Last year: Red Bluff finished behind Chico and Pleasant Valley for a third place finish led by 142-pound champion Dillon Reid. Corning also had a #4 Red Bluff at #1 Pleasant Valley Division II First Round, 6:30 p.m. #4 Red Bluff Spartans: 6-20; 2-12, tied for seventh in Eastern Athletic League #1 Pleasant Valley Vikings: 19-5; 11-3, tied for second in Eastern Ath- letic League Directions: Take 99 South to Exit 387B for East Avenue. The school is about two miles down at 1475 East Ave. Previous meetings: On Jan. 19 the Lady Spartans almost pulled an upset over the Vikings in Pleasant Valley, but ultimately lost 58-51. The rematch on Feb. 16 in Red Bluff wasn't as close and Pleasant Valley cruised to a 54-36 win. Players to watch: Red Bluff — #32 Roxanne Luppino, #21 Alana Hinkston, #14 Lottie Jones Pleasant Valley — #33 Kiley Mansfield, #24 Kelsey Miller, #13 Gina Spini Notes: Pleasant Valley has won seven straight games...PV won the 2009 D-II section title Girls Basketball #3 Red Bluff at #2 Pleasant Valley Division II First Round, 8 p.m. #3 Red Bluff Spartans: 12-14; 5-9, fifth in Eastern Athletic League #2 Pleasant Valley Vikings: 17-9; 11-3, tied for second in Eastern Ath- letic League Directions: Take 99 South to Exit 387B for East Avenue. The school is about two miles down at 1475 East Ave. Previous meetings: The Spartans had a chance to win on their home court with the last possession on Jan. 20, but turned the ball over and Pleasant Valley held on for a 53-52 win. In Pleasant Valley the Vikings won handily 68-41. Players to watch: Red Bluff — #5 Grant Blaser, #50 Cody Gappa, #12 Trevor Miller Pleasant Valley — #22 Bren Haley, #35 Jaycob Velasco, #11 Jordan Rodrigues Notes: Red Bluff lost four EAL games by four points or less OLYMPICS Medals Table Leaders 64 of 90 total medal events Nation G S B Tot USA 7 9 12 28 Germany 7 10 7 24 Norway 6 6 6 18 Canada 7 6 2 15 Russia 3 4 6 13 South Korea 5 4 1 10 Austria 4 3 3 10 France 2 3 5 10 Switzerland 6 0 2 8 China 4 2 2 8 Sweden 4 2 2 8 Netherlands 3 1 2 6 Czech Republic 2 0 3 5 Poland 0 3 1 4 Italy 0 1 3 4 NBA Wednesday's results Atlanta 98, Minnesota 92 Chicago 120, Indiana 110 Dallas 101, L.A. Lakers 96 Memphis 99, Washington 94 Milwaukee 115, New Orleans 95 Phoenix 106, Philadelphia 95 Portland 101, Toronto 87 Orlando 110, Houston 92 San Antonio 95, Oklahoma City 87 Utah 102, Charlotte 93 Detroit at L.A. Clippers, late Today's games Denver at Golden State, 7:30 p.m., TNT Milwaukee at Indiana, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 5 p.m., TNT Tuesday's late results Detroit 101, Sacramento 89 Philadelphia 110, Golden State 102 NCAA Wednesday's Top 25 results No. 3 Purdue 59, Minnesota 58 No. 7 Villanova 74, South Florida 49 No. 9 Ohio State 75, Penn State 67 Notre Dame 68, No. 12 Pittsburgh 53 No. 13 BYU 82, San Diego State 68 No. 20 Temple 49, Dayton 41 No. 21 Texas 69, Oklahoma State 59 No. 24 Baylor 70, No. 22 Texas A&M 66 Today's Top 25 games No. 2 Kentucky vs. S. Carolina, 6 p.m., ESPN2 No. 5 Duke vs. Tulsa, 4 p.m., ESPN2 No. 16 Vanderbilt vs. Georgia, 4 p.m. No. 17 Wisconsin at Indiana, 6 p.m. No. 18 Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Today's other televised games Iowa at Northwesterm 4 p.m., ESPN Arizona at California, 6 p.m., ESPN Oregon State at UCLA, 8 p.m., CSNBA Scoreboard Scoreboard NSCIF Masters Wrestling Championships 142: Kevin Maelfeyt, Trinity; Chase Boontjer, Foothill; Nick Johnson, Corn- ing; Chris Calderon, Win- ters 147: Desi Rios, Pleasant Valley; Josh Dye, Central Valley; Dallas Posten, Foothill; Jake Morales, West Valley 154: Travis Gallegos, Foothill; Dillon Reid, Red Bluff; Billy Craw- ford, Corning; Cody Linton, Winters 162: Marcus Zachary, Anderson; CJ Berry, Chico; Forrest Fells, West Valley; Jared Stine, Willows 173: Tyler Wood, Modoc; Ross Longnecker, Chico; Casey Gingerich, Orland; Peter Phelan, Oroville 191: Austin Morehead, Sutter; Jessen Cole, Chico; Austin Bergstedt, Paradise; LoganPaul Eickhoff, Shasta 217: Darren Lee, Lassen; Lance Gordan, Durham; Thomas Mar- shall, Corning; Austin Lobsinger, West Valley 287: Kenny Young, Pleasant Val- ley; Miguel Torres, Modoc; Bryce Melani, Sutter; Gary Wilson, Fall River champion in Kodie Brown at 114 pounds. Nick Foushee finished second for Red Bluff at 137 pounds, with Corning's Nick Johnson taking third. Sultan Beardsley placed third at 132 pounds for Red Bluff. Top seeds: 105: Nashon Garrett, Chico; Zeke Andrade, Foothill; Kurt Buxton, Red Bluff; Alex Moreo, Modoc 114: Hermilio Esquivel, Orland; Mason Sauseda, Chico; Thomas Ocegueda, Pleasant Valley; Tye Boot- njer, Foothill 121: Nathan Monck, Orland; Blaine Shaw, Paradise; Levi Thoma- son, Trinity; Tanner Johnson, Corn- ing 127: Efren Rodriguez, Chico; Lucas Mosier, Oroville; Chris Harris, Trinity; Jerry Bjerklund, Anderson 132: Nick Morelli, Paradise; Sul- tan Beardsley, Red Bluff; Derek Tenchkoff, Pleasant Valley; Aron Garcia, Willows 137: Cody Pack, Quincy; Jerry Matthews, Shasta; Christian Wathen, Orland; Josh Wydler, Foothill US men win, Vonn crashes #4 Shasta (12-14) #2 Pleasant Valley (17-9) Spartan teams to meet PV Boys Division II Playoffs Friday - 8 p.m. at higher seed March 6 #1 Chico (20-6) #3 SPARTANS (12-14) #4 SPARTANS (6-20) #2 Chico (17-7) Girls Division II Playoffs Friday - 6:30 p.m. at higher seed March 6 #1 Pleasant Valley (18-7) #3 Shasta (8-18) Lady Spartans lose to Bobcats PARADISE – Behind a senior push and a newfound post presence, the Paradise Bobcats jumped out to an early lead and held it strong throughout their 67-29 victory over the Lady Spartans in the Eastern Athletic League regular season finale for both teams Tuesday night in Paradise. Senior point guard Kaitlyn Porter, playing in her final reg- ular season game, delivered the first of her three first-half three-pointers at the 5:10 mark of the opening quarter, putting Paradise in front, 13-0. Red Bluff (6-20, 2-12) got on the scoreboard at the 3:16 mark with two quick buckets at the 3:16 mark. However, Paradise came right back down and squashed any momen- tum gained on a jumper by Hannah Roberts. "They shot the lights out (so) it didn't really matter tonight," Red Bluff coach Katie Mackey-Harris said. "They're a better team and they showed it on the court." The Spartans garnered a bit of momentum, following a 31-point deficit, when Morgan Weaver dropped in six of her team-high seven points, including the team's first field goal of the second half at the 2:37 mark of the third quarter. It didn't matter much in the grand scheme as Paradise never relinquished its 30-plus- point third-quarter advantage en route to snapping a two-game losing streak. — Jeff Larson, MediaNews Group VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lindsey Vonn went down hard. Zach Parise made sure the U.S. men's hockey team didn't. Hours after Vonn broke her right pinkie in a giant slalom crash, the hockey guys found themselves in trou- ble against Switzerland. The game was scoreless a couple minutes into the third period until Parise broke through. He added an empty-net goal in the closing seconds to seal a 2-0 victory and put the Americans into the semifi- nals. The Canadians advanced, too, final- ly looking like the juggernaut they're supposed to be — and in the game against Russia that some predicted would be for the gold medal, but was only a quarterfinal. Next up for the U.S. squad is the winner of Wednesday's game between Finland and the Czech Republic. NBC already has said it will show that game live, in all time zones, at noon PST Fri- day. Canada advances to the other semifinal, against the winner of Wednesday's late quarterfinal between Sweden and Slovakia. Vonn's status isn't so clear. She landed on her left hip and battered her chin with a ski during her fall. Besides the finger, her back hurt, as did the bruised right shin that's slowed her for weeks. The cover girl coming into these Winter Games, Vonn's scorecard so far shows two medals (a gold and a bronze) and two wipeouts. It wasn't known if she will ski her final event — the slalom — on Friday. Fog forced the second leg of the giant slalom to be delayed until Thurs- day. More delays could give Vonn more time to heal, as happened with her shin, but there isn't much time left in the Olympics. Also Wednesday, Canada's victory in women's bobsled moved the hosts into a tie with the United States and Germany for the most gold medals with seven. So much for that ''Own the Podium'' concession speech, eh? Canadians had their best day yet, snag- ging a gold, two silver and a bronze. Americans added to their overall haul with bronze in women's bobsled and short-track speedskating's women's relay. The total is up to 28, inching toward their record of 34 set at Salt Lake City in 2002. Germany has 24 medals, perhaps missing another when a bobsled crew lost control on its final run, the brake- man flying out the back and the driver careening down the course inside the sled. Both walked away. HOCKEY Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller kept the Americans scoreless by stuffing Parise several times, with two more of Parise's shots clanking against the goal posts. Parise finally scored 2:08 into the final period by redirecting a shot by Brian Rafalski early in a power play. Switzerland fought to tie it, but Ryan Miller made 19 saves and Parise scored again with 11.2 seconds left. The Americans are two wins from their first Olympic gold medal since the ''Mira- cle on Ice'' in 1980. Lady Bulldogs knocked out The Lady Bulldogs sea- son ended in Portola, Tues- day night in a 58-40 loss. Los Molinos scored just two points in the first quarter and trailed by 17 at halftime. MCT photo Ryan Miller makes a save for Team USA, Tuesday afternoon.