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Sports Tehama Tracker Weekend Wrap 1B Wednesday January 2, 2013 GIRLS HOOPS ROSE BOWL San Diego Tourney Red Bluff EV 55 56 Fontbonne Hall 29 Red Bluff FHA Mount Si Red Bluff MS 48 31 Eatonville 52 Red Bluff Lady Spartans (6-4) Liberty Christian Invitational Los Molinos Trinity 62 Los Molinos 34 Chester 58 Los Molinos WC 29 57 Wilton Christian 35 LosMo Lady Bulldogs (3-9) BOYS HOOPS Liberty Christian Invitational Los Molinos Trinity 69 Los Molinos 34 Hamilton 42 Los Molinos GV 39 55 Greenville 50 Los Molinos Bulldogs (5-8) Liberty Christian Invitational Mercy Greenville 34 Mercy 29 Hamilton G 51 69 Mercy Warriors (3-9) Tuesday���s result NBA 97 Kings 103 Detroit SAC ��� Cousins 21 pts, 14 reb DET ��� Knight 20 pts, 4 assists Today���s games GIRLS HOOPS Stanford holds off Wisconsin PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� Although Stanford didn���t score many style points in the 99th Rose Bowl, the Cardinal could celebrate because they didn���t let Wisconsin score any points at all after halftime. Stepfan Taylor rushed for 89 yards and an early touchdown, Kevin Hogan passed for 123 yards, and No. 8 Stanford won its first Rose Bowl since 1972, beating the Badgers 20-14 on Tuesday night. Usua Amanam made the decisive interception near midfield with 2:30 to play as the Pac-12 champion Cardinal (12-2) ended their fourdecade drought in the Granddaddy of Them All with arguably the biggest bowl win yet during the long-struggling program���s recent renaissance. ������We knew this was going to be a battle, and we wouldn���t expect it any other way,������ Stanford coach David Shaw said. ������We know it���s going to be tight, it���s going to be close, and we���re going to find a way to win. That���s the way it���s been all year.������ Stanford clamped down on the Big Ten champion Badgers (8-6), who lost the Rose Bowl in heartbreaking fashion for the third consecutive season. Montee Ball rushed for 100 yards and his FBS-record 83rd touchdown, but Wisconsin managed only 82 yards in that scoreless second half. With impressive defense of its own, Wisconsin still stayed in position for an upset in the one-game return of Hall of Fame coach Barry Alvarez, who was back on the Badgers��� sideline in his red sweater-vest seven years after hanging up his whistle. ������This group of kids has MCT photo Stanford receiver Jamal-Rashad Patterson hauls in a long pass over Wisconsin defender Shelton Johnson during the first quarter of the Rose Bowl on Tuesday in Pasadena. been through a lot, and they competed extremely hard against a very high-quality team,������ Alvarez said. ������We���ve played three very good football games (at the Rose Bowl). These guys played hard. In fact, most people would like to get here once. But we just didn���t get it done.������ Kelsey Young rushed for a score on Stanford���s opening possession, and Taylor scored on the second. Wisconsin kept the Cardinal out of the end zone for the final 51 minutes, holding them to three points in the second half, but Stanford���s defense didn���t need any more help in the Cardinal���s eighth CAPITAL ONE BOWL U-Prep Mercy U-Prep 7:30 p.m. NBA By MARK LONG Kings Cleveland Nebraska (10-4) lost its third consecutive bowl game, and finished the season with two straight woeful defensive performances. The Cornhuskers lost the Big Ten championship game 70-31. The Cornhuskers led 2423 at the half, but committed two of their three turnovers in the final 30 minutes. Taylor Martinez had two interceptions and two touchdown passes for Nebraska and Rex Burkhead rushed 140 yards in his final college game. But Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said the efficiency of Murray and Georgia on third down (finished 12 for 17) was too much to over- See CAPONE, page 2B See GATOR, page 2B 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� The stuffed monkey spent the last year in storage, out of sight but still in everyone���s mind. Coach Pat Fitzgerald dusted it off for the Gator Bowl and even had it on the sideline Tuesday as a reminder of Northwestern���s decades-long, bowl losing streak ��� the ol��� monkey on their backs. Now, it���s in pieces. Behind huge interceptions early and late, No. 21 Northwestern beat Mississippi State 34-20 and snapped college football���s longest postseason losing streak. The Wildcats (10-3) hadn���t won a bowl game since 1949, a nine-game skid that was tied with Notre Dame for the longest in NCAA history. It���s history now. And as a reward, Fitzgerald let his players rip the monkey to shreds in the locker room. ������We���ve never been here before, but now we���re here and here to stay with a new streak you can talk about in a positive fashion,������ Fitzgerald said. Quentin Williams returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown on the third play of the game and Nick VanHoose set up another touchdown with a 39-yard interception return in the fourth. Those plays were the difference in a back-and-forth game that featured more interceptions (seven) than touchdowns (six). In between, Northwestern���s two-quarterback system kept the Bulldogs (8-5) off balance most of the day. Scrambler Kain Colter ran for 71 yards, making up for his two interceptions. Backup Trevor Siemian threw for 120 yards and an interception, and also ran for a score. Even with the turnovers, they were more efficient than Mississippi State���s Tyler Russell. Russell completed 12 of 28 passes for 106 yards, with two touchdowns and four interceptions. He had only thrown six picks in the first 11 games this season. He threw interceptions on Mississippi State���s first two possessions and tossed another one early in the second quarter. After falling behind 13-0, Russell settled down and got the Bulldogs back in the game. ������I talked to him going into the locker room after the third pick, said ���Go into the locker room, splash some water on your face, readjust your pads and forget that you came out to start the game,��������� said coach Dan Mullen, whose team lost five of its final six games. ���������Get in the tunnel, start jumping up and down again, get yourself tight and run out of the tun- CSNC CSNB 7:30 p.m. NCAAF SUGAR BOWL Louisville Florida See ROSE, page 2B Northwestern beats Mississippi, wins 1st bowl game since 1949 BOYS HOOPS Warriors Orange Bowl two years ago and losing the Fiesta Bowl last season, Stanford earned its first conference title and its first Rose Bowl berth in 13 years. The Cardinal finished with 12 victories for just the second time in school history ��� and the second time in the last three GATOR BOWL 3 p.m. Mercy straight victory. ������We knew coming in, it was going to be a physical game,������ Taylor said. ������We knew they know how to play against power as well as us. They did a great job. It was our defense keeping us in the game that enabled us to get this win.������ After winning the ESPN 5:30 p.m. On the tube MEN���S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Duke at Davidson SOCCER 11:30 A.m. ESPN2 ��� Premier League, Sunderland at Liverpool Around town Foothill High School is hosting a six-week baseball camp starting Jan. 20. Some of the area���s best coaches will direct the program in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy. Classes are available for players in grades 112 and are limited to six players per coach. Sessions are offered in advanced hitting, pitching, catching, fielding and baserunning at a cost as low as $99 for six weeks. Space is limited. Registration is under way. For more information visit http://www.usbaseballacademy.com, or call toll-free 866-622-4487. MCT photo Georgia head coach Mark Richt is dunked with a sports drink Tuesday. Murray���s 5 TDs lift No. 6 Georgia by No. 23 Nebraska By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Aaron Murray wanted nothing more this week than to send Georgia���s senior class out with a game to remember. The junior quarterback provided a record-setting performance to make it a reality. Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, as the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday. Murray shook off a pair of first-half interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, and passed for 427 yards ��� also a Bulldogs��� bowl record ��� against the nation���s topranked passing defense. He was the game���s most valuable player on the way to earning his first bowl victory at Georgia. Georgia (12-2) also reached 12 wins for the third time in school history. ������I don���t know what it���s like to head into an offseason with a win,������ Murray said. ������It���s a great feeling to get a win. It���s great for the seniors, who have meant so much to this team. They���ve done a great job of leading this team the whole season. ������To get 12 wins...That���s something special.������