No doubt about it, the Bakersfield Condors are playing out the season on their terms.

They are giving nothing to any opponent and playing the role of spoiler quite nicely.

Stephon Carter, a junior guard at CSU Bakersfield, is one of three players who are repeat selections from last season on this year's Division I All-Independent Men's Basketball Team.

The selections were made by the head coaches and sports information directors from the three Division I independent schools: CSUB, Longwood (Va.) and Seattle.

Swimming

Taft Invitational

There are moments in life when we are truly humbled by the size of the world around us. This happens on a micro level as well when you look at an industry or a major company.

There is no question I feel extremely lucky and proud to have made it into professional baseball but one of the many challenges of being here is the "awe factor."

Cal State Bakersfield's scheduled baseball game at Fresno State Saturday night and two softball games at the San Diego tournament were rained out.

The CSUB-Fresno State baseball game will be made up on Saturday, April 21, at a time to be determined at Fresno State's Beiden Field. The teams are scheduled to play at 1:05 p.m. today to conclude this weekend's series.

LOS ANGELES -- No. 20 CSU Bakersfield won two matches Friday to open the Loyola Marymount water polo tournament, 12-8 over Pomona-Pitzer and 9-8 over UOP.

Jessica Browning had a hat trick vs. Pitzer and three assists vs. UOP to lead CSUB (14-9). Sam Shead had two goals vs. Pitzer and three vs. UOP, including the game-winner with 1:02 remaining.

IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks and California Lightning Sprints are scheduled to compete tonight at Bakersfield Speedway.

Owner/promoter Scott Schweitzer has the track prepared but racing will be at the mercy of the weather.

Justin Pender had two goals from long range, Robby Dee had two from close range and the Condors rolled to a 5-2 victory over Utah Friday night at Rabobank Arena before 6,252.

The Condors (20-37-3-2) have amassed half their wins in their last 17 games. They had just 10 wins though their first 47 games.

Baseball

Golden West 10, Mira Monte 5

FRESNO -- Fresno State's Tyler Linehan and Taylor Garrison combined on a five-hitter and 15 strikeouts to lead the Bulldogs to a 2-1 win over CSU Bakersfield Friday night at Beiden Field.

Linehan (2-1) struck out 11 and allowed one unearned run in seven innings. Garrison got his fourth save, striking out two batters in both the eighth and ninth.

Lehigh, a 15th seed, beat No. 2 seed Duke 75-70 in the NCAA Tournament South Region

Earlier, Missouri, a No. 2 seed, lost to 15th seed Norfolk State, 86-84.

ST. LOUIS -- CSU Bakersfield's two wrestlers both went 0-2 on Thursday and were eliminated during the first day of the NCAA Division I Championships.

Tyler Iwamura, a junior 125-pounder, lost 6-3 to Hofstra's Steve Bonanno, then was eliminated when he was pinned in 52 seconds by Iowa State's Cory Finch in the wrestlebacks.

Kern County, southern San Joaquin Valley

LAKE ISABELLA: Trout action remains fair to good at the auxiliary dam for bait anglers fishing floating baits, Power Mice Tails, or inflated nightcrawlers. DFG plants last week and three weeks ago. Few reports on crappie, and the bass and bluegill action is also slow. The 23rd Annual Isabella Lake Fishing Derby will be held March 31-April 2 with over $250,000 in potential prize winnings.

This weekend's rapidly approaching storm will be sure to send water temperatures plummeting, and with the drop, anglers will see a just budding bite on bass and crappie hit the skids as well.

Most experts stand in agreement that the bite is still, unfortunately, a solid two to three weeks away for most species. After the upcoming cold front, look for the fish to recover within three or four days and start the spawning trend to the shallows all over again. Figure April 1 as the new target day for anglers everywhere.

Centennial baseball coach Randy Roberts put his team through some rigorous practices leading up to Thursday's Southwest Yosemite League opener at Stockdale.

The hard work paid off as the Golden Hawks beat the Mustangs 6-3.

It's a bit of unfamiliar territory for the Bakersfield Condors organization and head coach Matt O'Dette: preparing for the final games of a regular season with no prospect of reaching the playoffs.

The Condors have been in postseason play for seven straight seasons. O'Dette has been involved in the playoffs as a player or assistant coach for the past six seasons.

Baseball

Taft 17, Highland 3

The Los Angeles Lakers today traded away Derek Fisher and Luke Walton.

Longtime point guard Fisher was sent to the Houston Rockets for forward/center Jordan Hill, the Los Angeles Times reported.

CSU Bakersfield has two wrestlers entered in this year's Division I National Championships, which begin today and continue through Saturday in St. Louis.

The Roadrunner qualfiers are 125-pound junior Tyler Iwamura, who will take a 23-9 record into his first-round match against 12th-seeded Steve Bonanno, a junior from Hofstra (28-6).

On the surface, it wasn't anything other than a typical non-league boys tennis match. But to Liberty and Garces, Wednesday's dual had far more meaning than that.

In a battle between two squads hoping to vie for the Central Section Division I title later this year, the visiting Patriots defeated the Rams 6-3 .