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Monday Golf — Los Molinos at Mercy at Oak Creek, 1:30 p.m. NBA— Grizzlies at Kings, 7 p.m., CSNCA NBA— Suns at Warriors, 7:30 p.m., CSNBA NIT — Connecticut at Virginia Tech, 4 p.m., ESPN NIT — Dayton at Cincinnati, 6 p.m., ESPN Spring Training — Yankees at Phillies, 10 a.m., ESPN Sports 1B Monday March 22, 2010 Biggs beats Bulldogs Tehama Tracker Spartans track and field At the North State Relays hosted at Chico State Univer- sity, Friday, Red Bluff picked up wins in the 4x100 boys and 4x200 girls relays. Jeffrey Foster, Taylor Hickson, Grant Blaser and Colin Dahlberg turned in a time of 43.6 to take first in the 4x100. The girls 4x200 team of Jesse Slade, Roxanne Luppino, Erin Eicholtz and Alana Hinkston won their event with a time of 1:52.1. Slade, Eicholtz and Hinkston also teamed with Madison Shea to take third in the sprint medley. Taylor Hickson was second in the triple jump with a mark of 41’4” and Robert Schatz was secodn in the high jump at 5’10”. Over at the junior varsity Panther Invite, Meaggan Rector set school records in the shot put and discus. Woods: ’A little nervous’ about return at Masters Tiger Woods acknowledged ‘‘living a lie,’’ saying he alone was responsible for the sex scandal that caused his shocking downfall from global sporting icon to late- night TV punchline. ‘‘It was all me. I’m the one who did it. I’m the one who acted the way I acted. No one knew what was going on when it was going on,’’ Woods told the Golf Channel in one of two interviews Sunday night. A second one was aired on ESPN, which will also Daily News photo by Rich Greene Los Molinos third baseman Breanna Gratreaks tags out Tessa Mayer at third base, Saturday. By RICHGREENE DNSports Editor LOS MOLINOS— The Lady Bulldogs couldn’t hold off one final rally from the Biggs Wolverines, Sat- urday, and fell 7-6 in the 12th Annual Los Molinos Softball Tournament’s fifth place game. Los Molinos had scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 6-5 lead, but Biggs picked up a run in their half of the sixth and pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a Jackie Caro RBI single. Tessa Mayer had singled to start the inning for Biggs then advanced to sec- ond on a fielder’s choice. Emily Jack- son singled her over to third and that’s where Caro faked a bunt, pulled back the bat and shot a ball into right field for the winning run. Biggs had tied the game in the sixth inning on a poor defensive effort from the Bulldogs. There were six lead changes in the game and Los Molinos battled back twice from deficits. The Bulldogs were down two runs entering the sixth inning, but got a spark when Dannie Wabs hita standup triple to drive in Callie Carruth. Carruth had a pair of singles and a walk in the game to go along with a couple of stellar plays with the glove at second base. After Wabs’ triple, Haley Ables ripped a ball off the third baseman’s glove that went for an RBI double down the left field line to tie the game at 5-5. Ables came around for the go ahead run after Jessica Williams put the ball into play and the Biggs’ third baseman botched the play. It was a big day for Ables at the plate, she also ripped a balled down the left field foul line in the third inning for an RBI triple. Ashley Points then drove her in to put Los Molinos up 3-2 at the time. Breanna Gratreaks had three sin- gles for Los Molinos. Williams picked up an RBI single. Los Molinos plays at Liberty Chris- tian on Thursday. televise the first two rounds of the Masters. Woods plans to end four months of seclusion and return to golf at the tournament next month. Talking about those plans marked the only time he smiled during either interview. ‘‘I’m sure if more people would have known in my inner circle, they would have stopped it or tried to put a stop to it,’’ he told the Golf Channel. ‘‘But I kept it all to myself.’’ Later in the same interview with reporter Kelly Tilghman, Woods refers to his serial adultery by saying, ‘‘I tried to stop and I couldn’t stop. And it was just, it was horrific.’’ Woods answered questions on camera for the first time since his early morning car crash last November, yet again divulged few details about the crash, his mar- riage, his stint in a rehabilitation clinic or his personal life. Woods insisted those matters would remain private, just as he had in a statement on his Web site right after his crash and again Feb. 19 when he apologized on cam- era in front of a hand-picked audience but took no ques- tions. ‘‘A lot of ugly things have happened. ... I’ve done See WOODS, page 2B No. 12 Cornell dominates No. 4 Wisconsin NCAA Tournament Cap- sules JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Louis Dale scored 26 points and Ryan Wittman had 24, help- ing 12th-seeded Cornell dominate No. 4 seed Wisconsin 87-69 on Sunday to reach the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament for the first time. The Big Red entered the tour- ney with no victories in four pre- vious appearances and upset fifth- seeded Temple in the opening round. They are the first Ivy League team to advance to the round of 16 since Penn in 1979. Next up, top-seeded Kentucky in the East Regional semifinals. Cornell (29-4) shot 59 percent from the field to build a 43-31 halftime lead. Wisconsin (24-9) never made a serious run, falling behind by 20 points midway through the second half. Jon Leuer led the Badgers with 23 points while Jason Bohannon had 18 and Trevon Hughes 10. No. 2 West Virginia 68, No. 10 Missouri 59 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Da’Sean Butler accounted for 19 of West Virginia’s 30 points in the first half, then finished with 28 to lead the second-seeded Moun- taineers past No. 10 Missouri and into the round of 16. Kevin Jones had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Big East Conference tournament champi- ons. Michael Dixon scored 15 points for Missouri (23-11), which went 20 of 61 from the field and was just as bad from the free-throw line, going 12 of 20. West Virginia (29-6) advances to face No. 11 seed Washington at Syracuse, N.Y., on Thursday. It marks the fifth time the Moun- taineers reached the final 16, and first since 2008. MIDWEST REGIONAL No. 5 Michigan State 85, No. 4 Maryland 83 SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Korie Lucious hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cap a frenetic finish and give injury-depleted Michi- gan State, which lost star guard Kalin Lucas, a victory over Mary- land. The Spartans blew a 16-point lead in the second half. Greivis Vasquez put fourth-seeded Mary- land (24-9) ahead 83-82 with 6 seconds left, but Michigan State pushed the ball up the floor and Lucious, filling in for Lucas, drained a 3 from the top of the key, setting off a wild celebration by the Spartans. No. 5 seed Michigan State (26- 8) advanced to play ninth-seeded Northern Iowa on Friday in the Midwest Regional semifinals in St. Louis. Lucas, a two-time all-Big Ten selection, got hurt with 2:28 remaining in the first half and did not return. Spartans coach Tom Izzo said the junior likely has a torn Achilles’ tendon, which would make it almost impossible for him to play in the round of 16 — and probably would sideline him for the rest of the tournament. No. 2 Ohio St. 75, No. 10 Georgia Tech 66 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Evan Turner rebounded from one of the worst shooting nights of his career with 24 points, and second- seeded Ohio State outlasted foul- and turnover-plagued Georgia Tech. Jon Diebler added 20 points for the Buckeyes (29-7) and David Lighty had 18. Ohio State faces sixth-seeded Tennessee on Friday night in St. Louis in a Midwest Regional semifinal. ACC freshman of the year Derrick Favors, who played just 5 minutes in the first half after pick- ing up two quick fouls, finished with 10 points before fouling out in the last minute for 10th-seeded Georgia Tech (23-13). WEST REGIONAL MCT photo Duke's Kyle Singler (12) and California's Jamal Boykin (10) wrestle for a loose ball in the first half of play. Duke defeated California, 68-53, in the second round of the men's NCAA Tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, Sunday. No. 1 Syracuse 87, No. 8 Gonzaga 65 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Wes Johnson scored a career-high 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, and Andy Rautins added 24 points as top-seeded Syracuse hit a dozen 3-pointers to rout No. 8 Gonzaga. It’s been a storybook cam- paign for the Orange (30-4), who were unranked before the season and made it to No. 1 for the final week before losing to George- town in the Big East tournament. They play Thursday in the round of 16 against fifth-seeded Butler in Salt Lake City. Elias Harris led Gonzaga (27- 7) with 24 points. No. 6 Xavier 71, No. 3 Pitts- burgh 68 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jor- dan Crawford scored 27 points, including a breakaway dunk with just over two minutes remaining, to help sixth-seeded Xavier beat No. 3 Pittsburgh in the second round. Jason Love had 14 points and a key block down the stretch for the Musketeers (26-8), who advanced to play second-seeded Kansas State in the West Regional semifi- nals in Salt Lake City on Thurs- day. Ashton Gibbs scored 19 points and Brad Wanamaker had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Panthers (25-9), who nearly ral- lied with two 3-pointers by Gilbert Brown in the final 28 sec- onds. Gibbs missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer with less than a second left. Pittsburgh had one last chance to inbound the ball with 0.4 seconds left, but Wanamaker left the shot short. SOUTH REGIONAL No. 1 Duke 68, No. 8 Califor- nia 53 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Nolan Smith scored 20 points, Kyle Singler added 17 and top- seeded Duke reached the round of 16 by beating California. Brian Zoubek finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds — the sixth double-double of his career — as the Blue Devils overcame some long-range shooting woes with dominant post play. Duke (31-5) advanced to play No. 4 seed Purdue in a South Regional semifinal Friday in Houston. The eighth-seeded Golden Bears (24-11) failed to get past the opening weekend for the fourth time in as many NCAA tournament appearances. No. 4 Purdue 63, No. 5 Texas A&M 61, OT SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Chris Kramer’s drive past one defender and layup over another 6 inches taller than him with 4.2 seconds remaining in overtime sent fourth-seeded Purdue into the regional semifinals with a bruis- ing victory over No. 5 Texas A&M. B.J. Holmes got a final, fran- tic chance to win the game for Texas A&M with a rushed 3- point try from in front of his bench at the buzzer, but it hit short on the rim to ensure a sixth regional appearance in 12 NCAA tournaments dating to 1994 for Purdue (29-5). Kramer, Purdue’s leader with Robbie Hummel out with a knee injury, led the Boilermakers with 17 points and seven rebounds. Bryan Davis led the Aggies (24-10) with 17 points and 15 rebounds. The 6-foot-9 senior was the man who leaped but could not block Kramer’s win- ning shot. Warriors baseball Mercy beat American Christian Academy 8-2, Saturday at the Liberty Christian Tournament. Scott Farmer and Pat Farmer each went 2-3 at the plate with a double. Scott drove in two runs, Pat drove in one. Dyland Thomas also drove in a run for the Warriors, who got three scoreless innings from starting pitcher Chris Bartlett.