Santa Cruz Sentinel
SPORTS
B6
TUESDAY March 5, 2013
SANTACRUZSENTINEL.COM/SPORTS
NBA
Warriors topple Raptors
Center Bogut returns
for Golden State
By CARL STEWARD
Bay Area News Group
OAKLAND — The wobbling Warriors
returned home to Oracle Arena Monday
night, which was good news all by itself.
Then they got an additional positive
development — oft-injured center Andrew
Bogut returned to the starting lineup after
missing the past six games, including all
five on the Warriors’ recently concluded
Eastern road trip during which they went
1-4.
And the game itself? Well, it was a tooth
pull all evening against the lowly Toronto
came up big in the final period but
Raptors, but in the end, the Waralso proved the difference in the
riors came up with enough big
win. Curry scored nine of his 26
plays and baskets late to pull out
points in a fourth quarter surge
a 125-118 victory and start a sevenand Golden State also scored nine
game homestand successfully.
straight points with the score tied
It wasn’t a beauty, but with
just 12 minutes to go, it looked WARRIORS 125, 100-all to ultimately survive the
RAPTORS 118 scare.
like it would turn out a lot uglier.
That’s what playing at home
The Warriors, who had lost four
straight, trailed Toronto 90-83 WENESDAY’S can do for a team in trouble, even
though before the game, coach
entering the fourth quarter after GAME: Kings
Mark Jackson wasn’t exactly feelsurrendering 36 points to the at Warriors
ing the comforts of Oracle, what
Raptors, who came into the game TIME:
with his team suddenly in a fourjust 1-10 on the road against NBA 7:30 p.m.
team Western Conference battle
Western Conference foes, in the TV: CSN
for three playoff spots.
third period.
At one time, the Warriors seemed a lock
But Stephen Curry, who performed so
electrically on Golden State’s road trip in
spite of the team’s losing ways, not only
SEE WARRIORS ON B8
GEORGE NIKITIN/AP
Toronto’s Demar Derozan, left, drives for the basket
as Golden State’s Klay Thompson defends during
the first half in Oakland on Monday.
2013 CABRILLO SOFTBALL PREVIEW
COMMENTARY
World
Baseball
Classic lacks
best players
MARK PURDY
Bay Area News Group
R
SHMUEL THALER/SENTINEL
Slugger Angela Martin connects during Cabrillo College’s softball victory over San Jose City College last week.
SOARING HAWKS
With Martin back, Cabrillo’s off to hot start
By ANDREW MATHESON
amatheson@santacruzsentinel.com
APTOS — Nearly a year removed
from suffering a broken fibula, which
ended her freshman campaign with
the Cabrillo College softball team
just two games into the season,
Angela Martin debated whether to
rejoin the Seahawks this year.
Her leg had healed, but an unexpected surgery in August to repair
torn ligaments left the Aptos High
graduate and former Sentinel AllCounty Player of the Year slow to
return to the diamond.
She didn’t really start practicing until December, she said, and
she wasn’t doing as well as she had
hoped. Doubt began to set in, and
fear of re-injuring her leg was constant.
“I kept getting down on myself,”
said Martin, a power-hitting first
baseman and pitcher who ended
up receiving a medical redshirt last
season. “But my coaches, my teammates and the training staff, they all
helped me through it.
“It was tough. I was scared. But
with the help of my team, I was able
to come back and fight through my
fears. I came back with their help.”
While many on the Seahawks
discussed the team’s unity as a reason for their impressive start this
season, it’s easy to see why when
Martin discusses the “togetherness” that she felt upon returning.
That and the team’s depth is reason
why Cabrillo (14-3, 3-0) is one of the
surprises in the Coast Conference
South this season.
The Seahawks are one of the last
two remaining undefeated teams in
CC-S play, in fact, and they have an
Cabrillo
outfielder Sherri
Morioka
rifles the
ball to
the relay
from
right
field.
SHMUEL
THALER/
SENTINEL
yan Vogelsong threw
three exhibition innings
for the Giants on Monday
in the desert and then left the
club to pitch for the USA in the
World Baseball Classic over the
next few weeks.
My question is: To what
purpose?
We all know the supposed
answer. The World Baseball
Classic, featuring of 16 national
teams from around the planet, is
a three-week-long tournament.
The champion will be determined
March 19 in the title game at
AT&T Park.
But champion of what?
You can’t say the champion of
all baseball on earth. Not when
the best players aren’t on the
field. They won’t be. That’s said
with all due respect to Vogelsong
and Jeremy Affeldt, the two
Giants’ players on the USA roster.
But when Matt Cain and Buster
Posey are not joining them,
the WBC result can hardly be
considered definitive in terms
of deciding which country plays
baseball best.
Vogelsong and Affeldt
should get pats on the back for
participating. I speak here as a
closet jingoist who believes in
America’s fundamental concepts
going back to 1776. My friends,
for example, know enough not
to bring up the topic of British
royalty in my presence. They
know a rant will ensue. I blatantly
admire anyone who wants to
wear a USA uniform proudly.
Vogelsong does.
“It’s called our national past
time,” Vogelsong said after
Monday’s exhibition outing to Alex
Pavlovic of this newspaper. “It’s
our obligation to go out and show
people that this is our game.”
Here, here. But where, where are
the players who can best show it?
Justin Verlander of the Tigers
SEE SOFTBALL ON B8
SEE PURDY ON B7
ALL-SCCAL BOYS SOCCER
PUMA PROUD
Santa Cruz’s Young gets top honor
By JIM SEIMAS
jseimas@santacruzsentinel.com
DAN COYRO/SENTINEL
SANTA CRUZ — Pacific Collegiate School’s Maureen Wolf gets a high-five from
Santa Cruz High’s Megan Tucker for winning the 200 individual medley during
their meet Monday.
Santa Cruz High soccer player Jaia Young, a junior
forward, repeated as the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic
League’s Player of the Year, an honor bestowed upon
him by coaches at the recent all-league meeting.
Young scored 22 goals in 13 games for the runner-up
Cardinals, who finished second to champion Harbor
in league. Young has 63 goals in his three-year varsity
career.
“I’m a little shocked,” Young said. “I was hearing
people saying that maybe Max (Ehle of Harbor) would
get it. But I’m definitely stoked.”
A pair of juniors were named co-forwards of the year:
Ehle, a foreign-exchange student from Germany, and
Scotts Valley’s Charlie Stock. Ehle had 20 goals and
Stock finished with seven, according to statistics pubSEE SOCCER ON B8
ALL-SCCAL
BOYS SOCCER
PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Jaia Young (Santa Cruz), Jr.,
Forward
CO-FORWARDS OF THE
YEAR: Max Ehle (Harbor), Jr.,
Charlie Stock (Scotts Valley),
Jr.
MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR:
Edwin Puga (Harbor), Sr.
DEFENDER OF THE YEAR:
Tate Sprague (Soquel), Jr.
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR:
Francisco Acosta (Aptos), Sr.
COACH OF THE YEAR:
Michael Vahradian (Harbor)
B8 TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL
SPORTS
Ravens QB Flacco signs NFL’s richest contract
Sentinel staff and wire services
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Joe Flacco knows his stature as
the highest-paid player in NFL history may not last for long, and he’s
OK with it.
What matters most to the Super
Bowl MVP is that the Baltimore
Ravens were willing to pay him that
kind of money in the first place.
Flacco signed his new contract
Monday worth $120.6 million over
six years. He will receive a $29 million signing bonus, $52 million in
guaranteed money and $51 million over the first two years of the
deal.
The former first-round draft
pick out of Delaware is the first
starting quarterback in NFL history to make the playoffs in each
of his first five seasons. He’s led the
Ravens to nine wins over that span,
tying Tom Brady for most among
quarterbacks in the first five years
of a career.
Flacco threw 11 touchdown passes and no interceptions during the
recent postseason and led Baltimore to a 34-31 Super Bowl win
over San Francisco.
And it all made the Ravens willing to pay him more money than
Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning,
Drew Brees or any other of the
great quarterbacks in the game
today.
■ The San Francisco 49ers didn’t
place the franchise tag on All-Pro
safety Dashon Goldson, and he is
thrilled at becoming an unrestricted free agent March 12.
Goldson would have made $7.45
million next season if the 49ers
franchised him for a second straight
year. Known more for his hard hits
than coverage skills, Goldson can
still re-sign with the 49ers, but he
also can sign elsewhere once free
agency begins March 12.
■ 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver (and his PR agency) tweeted out
a picture of him visiting the Trevor
Project, as part of his sensitivity
training that he pledged to undergo
after making derogatory remarks
about gays before the Super Bowl.
■ The Raiders opted against
using the franchise tag on any of
their prospective unrestricted free
agents before the window to do so
closed.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The to-do list for the Gonzaga
basketball team got shorter: For
the first time, the Zags were ranked
No. 1 in The Associated Press Top
25 poll.
Sweet, but it may get bumpier
from there.
Next: Avoiding the potholes that
have stopped every other No. 1 this
season, then finding a way to the
Final Four.
TENNIS
Five-time Grand Slam singles
champion Martina Hingis leads
the 2013 class for the International
Tennis Hall of Fame.
The other new members of
the Hall announced Monday are
Cliff Drysdale, Charlie Pasarell
and Ion Tiriac. Australian player
Thelma Coyne Long’s election was
announced earlier.
Hingis won 15 major titles,
including nine in women’s doubles
and one in mixed. The first came
at Wimbledon in women’s doubles
in 1996 at 15 years, 9 months, making her the youngest Grand Slam
champion in tennis history.
SOFTBALL
BASEBALL
early season showdown at undefeated Hartnell (16-3, 3-0) in a battle for first place on
Tuesday at 3 p.m.
“We’re picking each other up and we’re
always there for each other,” said Martin,
who, although has been slow to return to
her pitching duties as a result of her injury,
has nevertheless compiled a .532 batting
average that is currently third in the conference.
Paired with CC-S leader Sierra Clark’s
.633 average at the plate, the Seahawks
have a hard-hitting tandem in the middle
of the lineup. In fact, the team combined
is batting a conference-leading .416 behind
Martin, Clark and “table setters” like freshman Annalise Bryant and sophomore Sherri Morioka, among others.
Second-year Cabrillo coach Kristy Ballinger says offense is the least of the Seahawks’ problems. The pitching is developing behind Clark, Aptos grad Shannon Egan
and the development of Martin, while the
defense has shown improvement even as
the Seahawks have needed to patch some
holes in recent weeks.
“This year, we have more depth and being
able to have some leaders back has helped
out a lot,” said Ballinger, whose first year
at the helm yielded an 8-9 record for the
Seahawks in the CC-S.
Not even injuries, like of the season-ending variety starting catcher Taylor Batey
suffered earlier this month, have managed to
derail the Seahawks’ fast start this season.
Batey, a transfer from West Valley College in
the offseason, broke her foot in three places
in late January and played on it for roughly
a month before going to the doctor.
She received a medical redshirt as a
result but supplied the Seahawks with
an idea of what they will have next year.
In six games, Batey batted .615 (8 of 13) for
Cabrillo.
“It was frustrating because I worked my
butt off in the offseason. But I’m thinking
it’s a blessing in disguise.” Batey said.
“When I got hurt, we turned into a big
family, which was nice to see,” she added.
“We started to pick each other up and started to play as a team.”
Clark, who is close to signing with Division II Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, said the team is working harder and
lished on mbaypreps.com.
Harbor also produced
the midfielder of the year in
senior Edwin Puga and coach
of the year in Michael Vahradian, who enjoyed his first
season with a league title.
Puga recorded four goals
and 16 assists.
“It was a great year for
the program,” Vahradian
said. “I didn’t know what
to expect coming in. I was
just trying to get the guys
to play well and play as a
team. It’s nice to see the
hard work pay off.”
Vahradian, who thought
the player of the year would
come from his squad, was
also surprised Young garnered top honors.
WARRIORS
Continued from B6
for the postseason, but after
losing 10 of 13 in addition to
the four straight, suddenly
nothing has seemed too
guaranteed, even with a
favorable schedule.
“Just because Dorothy
clicks her heels and winds up
at home doesn’t mean that
everything’s going to be all
right,” Jackson said.
The coach believes that
it’s not going to be where the
Warriors play as they enter
the final month and a half,
but how they play.
“We have to play our brand
of basketball,” he said. “When
SPEEDSKATING
Andy Gabel stepped down from
major committees at the International Skating Union and U.S.
Speedskating after being accused
of a sexual relationship with an
underage skater in the 1990s.
ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta said that Gabel quit as chairman of the short track committee,
which governs the frenzied sport
best known in the United States
for the achievements of Apolo
Anton Ohno, the most decorated
Winter Olympian in the country’s
history.
SCOREBOARD
Continued from B6
SOCCER
The Swiss star also was the
youngest woman to reach No. 1 in
the WTA singles rankings, getting
there in March 1997 at 16½, and
spent a total of 209 weeks in the
top spot. Hingis spent 35 weeks at
No. 1 in doubles, too.
SHMUEL THALER/SENTINEL
Cabrillo College pitcher Sierra Clark jumps off
the mound to field a grounder.
staying healthy, knowing they can’t afford
to suffer another injury.
While Batey is out and Martin is still
recovering, San Lorenzo Valley grad Kaitlyn Lotz and returning sophomore Stephanie Wormington are both coming back from
recent concussions.
“Losing Taylor was a big thing, but everyone’s had to make a shift,” said Clark, who,
along with pitching, is playing left field for
the first time in her career. “All three pitchers are in the field. That’s not normal.”
Still, with the amount of utility players
on the roster, the injury bug hasn’t affected
Cabrillo in the win column. Harbor grad
Olivia Mahach has filled in for Lotz at third
base in the meantime, while Soquel High
graduate Valerie Silva has taken over at
catcher for the injured Batey.
Scotts Valley grad Emily Payne, who
was returning from a soccer injury and
was cleared to play Feb. 1, has boosted the
team defensively from the shortstop position and provided leadership.
A bit of defensive patchwork, while often
a negative, instead has the Seahawks looking up and playing together.
Martin, for one, is thankful the team rallied around her return.
“I’m happy I came out,” she said. “Otherwise, I’d just be upset with myself about not
playing for this team.”
“Congrats to Jaia,” he
said. “We had a solid midfield and Edwin was part of
it. We focused a lot on possession. and, obviously, Max
is dynamite at finishes.
S o q u e l j u n i o r Ta t e
Sprague was name defender
of the year and Aptos senior
Francisco Acosta was chosen goalkeeper of the year.
Harbor had five players
named to the first-team:
Senior midfielder Fernando Del Toro and defender
Miguel Brambila,
junior defender Oscar
Hernandez, sophomore
Ricky Olvera and freshman Oliver De La Rosa,
both midfielders.
Santa Cruz had four
players on the first-team,
including a trio of seniors:
midfielders Cassidy Carusa
and Jose Cavillo, and senior
defender Cody Gottsegen.
we do, it does not matter
where we play or who we
play. When we play the way
we’ve been playing, then it
makes a difference. We aren’t
going to beat teams at home.
We have to respond and react
and get better and get back to
who we truly are or we’ll have
problems.”
Whether they got well
in this game may be open
to question. They won for
only the seventh time in
26 games after being outrebounded. They committed 14 turnovers that led to
22 Raptors points. They also
had that ghastly defensive
third quarter.
But they also shot 57.3
percent and registered 33
assists, a good sign of solid
Junior defender Brandon
Laguna also made the list.
Soquel’s Osbaldo Zambrano, a senior defender,
and midfielders Ramon
Zambrano, a sophomore,
and Oscar Corcoles, a
senior, were recongnized.
Scotts Valley and Aptos
each had three players on
the first team.
The Falcons had senior
defender Zach Upton,
senior midfielder/defender
Dylan Kuo and junior midfielder Alec Paul.
The Mariners had a pair
of forwards, senior Cort
Young and junior Arturo
Milanes and junior defender Keegan Richards.
San Lorenzo Valley’s Ben
Knudson and Carter Hayes,
both senior defenders, and
St. Francis junior defender
Aidan Daily rounded out
the first team.
team basketball, and then
tightened the screws defensively in the fourth period
when it mattered most.
The Warriors had a balanced attack led by David
Lee’s 29 points, 11 rebounds
and five assists. Curry had
12 assists to go with his 26,
and Klay Thompson added
22 on 8 of 11 shooting.
A n d t h e n t h e re w a s
Bogut. The oft-injured 7-foot
center Bogut participated in
the team’s morning shootaround at their downtown
Oakland practice facility and
then went through a pregame workout prior to the
game. But it wasn’t known
until 20 minutes before
tipoff that he was going to
play, let alone start.
BASKETBALL
Spring Training
NBA
Monday’s results
Oakland 13, L.A. Angels 5
Chicago White Sox 6, San Francisco 2
Detroit 8, Houston 5
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 0
Minnesota 7, St. Louis 0
Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 2
Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1
Cleveland 13, Chicago Cubs 5
Texas 5, San Diego 4
Seattle 16, Colorado 6
Arizona 7, Cincinnati 2
Tuesday’s games
Baltimore vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 10:05 a.m.
Houston vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 10:05 a.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla.,
10:05 a.m.
Cleveland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale,
Ariz., 12:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz.,
12:05 p.m.
Oakland vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz.,
12:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz.,
12:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado at Scottsdale,
Ariz., 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 4:05 p.m.
Western Conference
White Sox 6, Giants 2
San Francisco
ab r
G.Brown cf 4 0
Arias 3b
3 1
Noonan 3b 1 0
Gillespie lf 3 0
Kieschnick lf1 0
Pill dh
3 0
Monell ph 1 0
Belt 1b
3 1
Oropesa 1b 1 0
Sanchez c 3 0
Quiroz c
1 0
Perez rf
4 0
Tanaka ss 4 0
B.Bond 2b 3 0
J.Panik 2b 0 0
Chicago
h bi
1 0
1 1
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 1
1 0
2 0
0 0
ab r h bi
Tekotte cf 3 1 2 0
Thompson cf0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 1
Sanchez ss 1 1 1 0
Keppinger 3b3 1 3 0
Gillaspie 3b 1 0 0 0
Dunn 1b
2 1 0 0
Morel 1b
1 0 0 0
Konerko dh 3 1 1 1
Loman dh 1 0 0 0
Viciedo lf 3 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 1 0 0 0
Wise rf
3 1 2 3
K.Walker rf 1 0 0 0
Flowers c 1 0 0 0
Phegley c 2 0 1 0
Beckham 2b 3 0 0 0
Semien 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals
35 2 8 2 Totals
33 6 11 5
San Francisco
100
100
000— 2
Chicago
000
420
00x— 6
E—Vogelsong (1), J.Perez (2). DP—San Francisco 1, Chicago 2. LOB—San Francisco 6, Chicago 6. 2B—Al.Ramirez (1), J.Phegley (3). 3B—
Belt (1), Tekotte (1). HR—Arias (1), Wise (1).
SB—Keppinger (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
San Francisco
Vogelsong L,0-1
3
4
3
3
1
3
J.Osich
1
1
1
1
1
0
M.Cain
3
5
2
2
1
1
Kontos
1
1
0
0
0
1
Chicago
Joh.Danks
2
2
1
1
0
0
Troncoso W,1-0
2
4
1
1
0
2
Veal
1
0
0
0
0
3
Si.Castro
2
1
0
0
0
5
Marinez
1
1
0
0
0
1
Omogrosso
1
0
0
0
0
0
A’s 13, Angels 5
Los Angeles
ab r
Trout dh
3 2
Jimenez dh 2 0
Callaspo 3b 2 1
Rodriguez 3b2 0
Kendrick 2b 3 0
Lindsey 2b 2 0
V.Wells cf 3 1
Wthrspn cf 1 0
Conger c
3 0
Young lf
1 0
Calhoun 1b-rf4 0
A.Workman rf0 0
Romine ss 2 1
Harris ph-1b 2 0
Shuck lf
2 0
Field ph-ss 2 0
Cousins rf 1 0
Carlin ph-c 2 0
Oakland
h bi
3 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
1 1
0 0
1 3
1 0
1 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 1
0 0
ab r h bi
Young dh 2 0 0 0
Smith ph-dh 2 1 1 0
Ortiz ph-dh 1 1 1 1
Rosales 2b 2 0 0 0
G.Green 2b 2 2 2 0
Reddick rf 3 1 1 1
Parrino rf 2 0 1 1
Cespedes lf 2 2 1 0
Moore lf
1 1 0 0
Lowrie ss 3 0 1 1
Montz 1b 1 0 0 1
Moss 1b
3 1 2 1
Perez ss
1 1 1 1
Donaldson 3b2 1 0 0
Marte 3b
2 0 1 2
Jaso c
2 0 1 3
Freitas c
2 1 1 0
Choice cf 2 0 0 0
Peterson cf 2 1 1 1
Totals
37 5 11 5 Totals
37 13 15 13
Los Angeles
110
030
000— 5
Oakland
000
331
06x— 13
DP—Oakland 1. LOB—Los Angeles 7, Oakland
7. 2B—Trout (1), L.Jimenez (3), An.Romine (1),
G.Green (3), Reddick (1), J.Marte (2), D.Freitas
(1). 3B—Jaso (1), S.Peterson (1). HR—V.Wells
(2). SB—Trout (1), V.Wells (2). SF—Cousins,
Montz.
IP H R ER BB SO
Los Angeles
Vargas
2
0
0
0
1
1
Maronde
1 2/3
3
3
3
2
1
Coello
1/3
0
0
0
0
0
D.Carpenter L,0-1 2/3
4
3
3
1
0
J.Grube
1/3
0
0
0
0
0
Buckner
2
2
1
1
1
1
Cordero
2/3
5
6
6
0
0
M.Shoemaker
1/3
1
0
0
0
0
Oakland
Straily
2 1/3
4
2
2
0
2
Resop
2/3
0
0
0
0
2
Doolittle
1
0
0
0
0
3
R.Cook W,1-0
1
4
3
3
1
1
Blevins
1
1
0
0
0
0
Norberto
1
1
0
0
0
0
T.Banwart
1
0
0
0
0
0
J.Chavez
1
1
0
0
0
1
Pacific Division
W
L
L.A. Clippers
43 19
Golden State
34 27
L.A. Lakers
30 30
Phoenix
21 39
Sacramento
21 40
Southwest Division
W
L
San Antonio
47 14
Memphis
39 19
Houston
33 28
Dallas
26 33
New Orleans
21 40
Northwest Division
W
L
Oklahoma City
43 16
Denver
39 22
Utah
32 28
Portland
28 31
Minnesota
20 37
LOCAL
High school baseball
St. Francis 5, Silver Creek 4
Pct GB
.694
—
.557 8½
.500
12
.350
21
.344 21½
Pct
.770
.672
.541
.441
.344
GB
—
6½
14
20
26
Pct GB
.729
—
.639
5
.533 11½
.475
15
.351
22
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W
L Pct GB
36 21 .632
—
34 26 .567 3½
31 27 .534 5½
23 35 .397 13½
23 38 .377
15
Southeast Division
W
L Pct GB
Miami
44 14 .759
—
Atlanta
33 26 .559 11½
Washington
19 39 .328
25
Orlando
17 44 .279 28½
Charlotte
13 47 .217
32
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Indiana
38 22 .633
—
Chicago
34 26 .567
4
Milwaukee
30 28 .517
7
Detroit
23 39 .371
16
Cleveland
20 40 .333
18
Monday’s results
Golden State 125, Toronto 118
New York 102, Cleveland 97
Miami 97, Minnesota 81
Orlando 105, New Orleans 102
Milwaukee 109, Utah 108, OT
Denver 104, Atlanta 88
Portland 122, Charlotte 105
Tuesday’s games
Boston at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m.
Denver at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s games
Utah at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Boston at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
New York at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Orlando at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Portland at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Houston at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Toronto at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Chicago at San Antonio, 6 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Toronto
NCAA men
Top 25 fared
1. Gonzaga (29-2) did not play. Next: WCC
semifinals, Saturday.
2. Indiana (25-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 14
Ohio State, Tuesday.
3. Duke (25-4) did not play. Next: vs. Virginia
Tech, Tuesday.
4. Kansas (26-4) beat Texas Tech 79-42. Next:
at Baylor, Saturday.
5. Georgetown (23-4) did not play. Next: at
Villanova, Wednesday.
6. Miami (23-5) did not play. Next: vs. Georgia
Tech, Wednesday.
7. Michigan (24-5) did not play. Next: at Purdue, Wednesday.
8. Louisville (25-5) beat Cincinnati 67-51.
Next: vs. No. 24 Notre Dame, Saturday.
9. Kansas State (24-5) did not play. Next: vs.
TCU, Tuesday.
10. Michigan State (22-7) did not play. Next:
vs. No. 22 Wisconsin, Thursday.
11. Florida (23-5) did not play. Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Wednesday.
12. New Mexico (25-4) did not play. Next: at
Nevada, Wednesday.
13. Oklahoma State (22-6) did not play. Next:
at Iowa State, Wednesday.
14. Ohio State (21-7) did not play. Next: at No.
2 Indiana, Tuesday.
15. Marquette (21-7) did not play. Next: at
Rutgers, Tuesday.
16. Saint Louis (23-5) did not play. Next: at
Xavier, Wednesday.
17. Syracuse (22-7) did not play. Next: vs. DePaul, Wednesday.
18. Arizona (23-6) did not play. Next: vs. Arizona State, Saturday.
19. Oregon (23-6) did not play. Next: at Colorado, Thursday.
20. Pittsburgh (23-7) did not play. Next: at
DePaul, Saturday.
21. VCU (23-6) did not play. Next: vs. Richmond, Wednesday.
22. Wisconsin (20-9) did not play. Next: at No.
10 Michigan State, Thursday.
23. UCLA (22-7) did not play. Next: at Washington State, Wednesday.
24. Notre Dame (22-7) did not play. Next: vs.
St. John’s, Tuesday.
25. Memphis (25-4) did not play. Next: at
UTEP, Tuesday.
HOCKEY
NHL
Western Conference
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts
Anaheim
21 15 3 3 33
Phoenix
22 11 8 3 25
Dallas
22 11 9 2 24
Los Angeles
20 11 7 2 24
San Jose
20 10 6 4 24
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts
Chicago
22 19 0 3 41
Detroit
22 10 8 4 24
St. Louis
21 11 8 2 24
Nashville
23 9 9 5 23
Columbus
22 6 12 4 16
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts
Vancouver
21 11 6 4 26
Minnesota
21 11 8 2 24
Calgary
20 8 8 4 20
Colorado
20 8 8 4 20
Edmonton
21 8 9 4 20
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts
Pittsburgh
23 15 8 0 30
New Jersey
22 10 7 5 25
Philadelphia
23 11 11 1 23
N.Y. Rangers
20 10 8 2 22
N.Y. Islanders
22 9 11 2 20
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts
Montreal
22 14 4 4 32
Boston
19 14 3 2 30
Ottawa
23 12 7 4 28
Toronto
23 14 9 0 28
Buffalo
23 9 12 2 20
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts
Carolina
21 12 8 1 25
GF
75
67
61
54
47
GA
60
63
63
48
44
GF
70
61
60
47
49
GA
41
59
61
59
66
GF
61
49
57
50
51
GA
58
51
68
60
58
GF
81
54
66
51
64
GA
67
60
68
51
75
GF
68
57
52
68
60
GA
53
42
44
57
73
GF GA
63 59
Winnipeg
21 10 10 1 21 55
Tampa Bay
22 9 12 1 19 76
Florida
22 6 11 5 17 55
Washington
20 8 11 1 17 55
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point
overtime loss.
Monday’s results
Phoenix 5, Anaheim 4, SO
Toronto 4, New Jersey 2
Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3
Los Angeles 5, Nashville 1
Tuesday’s games
Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.
Boston at Washington, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Edmonton at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Florida, 4:30 p.m.
Colorado at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
64
71
82
59
for
Coyotes 5, Ducks 4
Anaheim
1
1
2
0 — 4
Phoenix
0
2
2
0 — 5
Phoenix won shootout 2-1
First Period—1, Anaheim, Beleskey 5 (Getzlaf,
Lovejoy), 10:12.
Second Period—2, Phoenix, Vermette 6
(Moss, Ekman-Larsson), :59. 3, Phoenix, Yandle
4 (Ekman-Larsson, Sullivan), 6:34 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Getzlaf 8 (Perry), 19:52 (sh).
Third Period—5, Anaheim, Perry 6 (Getzlaf, Fowler), 1:56 (pp). 6, Phoenix, Doan 6 (Chipchura, Lombardi), 2:07. 7, Anaheim, Ryan 6 (Bonino, Cogliano),
6:31. 8, Phoenix, Stone 2 (Chipchura), 7:49.
Shootout—Anaheim 1 (Selanne NG, Getzlaf
G, Perry NG, Bonino NG, Ryan NG), Phoenix 2
(Boedker NG, Sullivan G, Vermette NG, Doan
NG, Ekman-Larsson G).
Silver Creek
000 400 0 — 4 4 0
St. Francis
130 010 x — 5 12 0
W — Josh Rodriguez, 1.2IP, 3K, 0BB, 1H. L —
Clark. Save — Jack Peoples (1).
Silver Creek — Gaviola, 2-for-3, 3-run HR.
St. Francis — Sihad Valenzuela 2-for-4, 2B, 2
RBIs; Nick Ciandro, 2-for-2, 2B, BB; Calvin Nakagawa 2-for-3, GW HR (1), 2 RBIs.
Records — Silver Creek 3-3; St. Francis 2-1.
Pacific Grove 10, Soquel 7
Soquel
020 410 0 — 7 13 1
Pacific Grove
011 701 x — 10 8 2
W — Chris Clements. L — Nick Szychowski.
S — Kevin Tesky
Soquel — Caleb Fidiam, 3-for-5, 2B, 4 RBIs;
Fabiano Hale, 2-for-4, RBI; Michael Mini, 2-for-5,
2R; Casey Meyers, 1-for-3, 2B, 2R.
Pacific Grove — Dan Buschinger, 2-for-2, 3B,
BB, R; Jordan O’Donnell, 1-for-3, 2B, R.
Records — Soquel 3-3-1; Pacific Grove 3-0.
Santa Cruz 15, Santa Clara 2
Saturday; At Washington Park, Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
014 623 — 15 12 0
Santa Clara
010 100 — 2 6 6
W — Jett Gallagher, 4IP, 1BB, 1K, 4H, 2R.
L — N/A.
Santa Cruz — Leander Merrill, 2-for-4, 3 RBIs,
R; Wes Van Barter, 2-for-4, 2B, 3R; Brock Theilan, 2BB, 2R; Noah Bauman, 1-for-2, BB, 2R.
Santa Clara — Derrick Ezslinger 2-for-3, RBI,
R.
Records — Santa Cruz 1-2; Santa Clara 0-6.
High school softball
Christopher 11, MVC 1
Christopher
140 303 — 11
MVC
100 000 — 1
W — N/A. L — Whitney Cisneros.
MVC — Mara Arroyo, 2-for-3, R; Jessi Sternat,
RBI.
Records — Christopher 4-1; MVC 3-2.
Boys soccer
2012-13 all-SCCAL team
Player Of The Year: Jaia Young (Santa Cruz),
Jr., Forward
Co-Forwards Of The Year: Max Ehle (Harbor),
Jr., Charlie Stock (Scotts Valley), Jr
Midfielder Of The Year: Edwin Puga (Harbor),
Sr.
Defender Of The Year: Tate Sprague (Soquel), Jr.
Goalkeeper Of The Year: Francisco Acosta
(Aptos), Sr.
Coach Of The Year: Michael Vahradian (Harbor), first year
FIRST TEAM
Fernando Del Toro (Harbor), Sr., Mid
Ricky Olvera (Harbor), So., Mid
Oscar Hernandez (Harbor), Jr., Def.
Oliver De La Rosa (Harbor), Fr., Mid
Miguel Brambila (Harbor), Sr., Def.
Brandon Laguna (Santa Cruz), Jr., Def.
Cassidy Carusa (Santa Cruz), Sr., Mid
Jose Cavillo (Santa Cruz), Sr., Mid
Cody Gottsegen (Santa Cruz), Sr., Def.
Osbaldo Zambrano (Soquel) Sr., Def.
Ramon Zambrano (Soquel) So., Mid
Oscar Corcoles (Soquel) Sr., Mid
Zach Upton (Scotts Valley) Sr., Def.
Dylan Kuo (Scotts Valley) Sr., Mid./Def.
Alec Paul (Scotts Valley) Jr., Mid
Cort Young (Aptos), Sr., For
Arturo Milanes (Aptos), Jr., For.
Keegan Richards (Aptos), Jr., Def.
Ben Knudson (SLV), Sr., Def.
Carter Hayes (SLV), Sr., Def.
Aidan Daily (St. Francis) Jr., Def.
SECOND TEAM
Miguel Tobon (Harbor), Sr., Def.
Erick Gonzales (Harbor), Sr., Def.
Nathan Pisciotta (Harbor), So. GK
Efrain Serna (Harbor), So., GK
Chris Sprague (Santa Cruz), Jr., Def.
Stefano Castagutia (Santa Cruz), Sr., Mid
Avery Murphy (Santa Cruz), So., Def.
Alex Tamayo (Soquel) Sr., Mid.
Hamdy Yahya (Soquel) Sr., Mid.
Alan Alcocer (Soquel) So., Mid.
Steven Lonhart (Scotts Valley) Jr., Mid.
Cameron Hart (Scotts Valley) Jr., Mid./Def.
Ryan Jensen (Scotts Valley) So. GK
Noah Carl (Scotts Valley) Jr., For.
Jack McGinn (Aptos), So., Def.
Edgar Cuellar (Aptos), Sr., Mid.
Alex Gordo (Aptos), Jr., Mid.
Eric Montgomery (Aptos), Sr., Def.
Garrett Kustin (SLV), So. GK
Loren Edwards (SLV), Sr., Def.
Matt Pavich (SLV), Sr., Mid.
Adam Lopez (SLV), Jr., Mid./For.
Cody Parker (St. Francis), Sr., Mid.
Alan Hernandez (St. Francis), Sr., Def.
Jonathan Chaney (St. Francis), Sr., Def.
TRANSACTIONS
MLB
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Optioned LHP Drake
Britton to Portland (EL). Reassigned INF/OF
Justin Henry and SS Deven Marrero to their
minor league camp. Agreed to terms with LHP
Drake Britton, RHP Rubby De La Rosa, LHP Felix
Doubront, RHP Clayton Mortensen, RHP Junichi
Tazawa, RHP Allen Webster, RHP Alex Wilson,
RHP Steven Wright, C Daniel Butler, C Ryan Lavarnway, C Christian Vazquez, INF Mike Carp,
INF Pedro Ciriaco, INF Mauro Gomez, INF Brock
Holt, INF Will Middlebrooks, OF Alex Hassan,
OF Ryan Kalish and OF Daniel Nava on one-year
contracts.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Optioned Steven
Geltz to Salt Lake (PCL). Released Hiroyuki
Kobayashi.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Reassigned INF
Jon Griffin, RHP Warner Madrigal, RHP Evan
Marshall and OF Jeremy Reed to the minor
league camp.
CHICAGO CUBS—Named Justin Piper as general manager, Mesa spring training operations.
Agreed to terms with RHP Michael Bowden, RHP
Alberto Cabrera, RHP Rafael Dolis, RHP Trey McNutt, RHP Hector Rondon, RHP Arodys Vizcaino,
RHP Robert Whitenack, LHP Brooks Raley, LHP
Chris Rusin, LHP Travis Wood, C Welington Castillo, C Steve Clevenger, INF Darwin Barney, INF
Junior Lake, INF Anthony Rizzo, INF Christian
Villanueva, INF Josh Vitters, INF Logan Watkins,
OF Brett Jackson, OF Dave Sappelt and OF Matt
Szczur on one-year contracts.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Reassigned C Adam
Ehrlich, C Jesus Montero and INF Starlin Rodriguez to their minor league camp.
NFL
BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed QB Joe Flacco
to a six-year contract.
DALLAS COWBOYS—Released S Gerald Sensabaugh.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed P Dustin
Colquitt to a five-year contract. Designated OT
Branden Albert as their franchis player. Agreed
to terms with WR Dwayne Bowe on a multiyear
contract.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Designated DT Randy
Starks as their franchise player.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Released OL Kyle
Hix and FB Spencer Larsen.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Agreed to terms
with CB William Gay on a three-year contract.