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Monday NFL— Bears at Vikings, 5:30 p.m., ESPN NBA — Mavericks at Heat, 4:30 p.m., NBATV NBA — Rockets at Warriors, 7:30 p.m., CSNB NHL— Ducks at Bruins, 4:30 p.m., VS EPL — Manchester City vs. Everton, 11:55 a.m., ESPN2 Sports 1B Monday December 20, 2010 Enterprise tops Lady Spartans GIRLS HOOPS Enterprise 64 Red Bluff 50 By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor The Enterprise Lady Hornets had a bit too much firepower in the second half for Red Bluff in the third place game at the 2010 Holiday Classic. Jaclyn Vanschooten’s outside shooting and Jordan Kimbrough’s post play led Enterprise to a 64-50 win, Sat- urday, over Red Bluff, who finished fourth at their annual tournament. The game was tied early in the third quarter as Lottie Jones led Red Bluff with 10 points by halftime and Enter- prise connected on their first seven free throws attempt. With the score 28-28, Red Bluff’s Roxanne Luppino was streaking down for what appeared to be a go-ahead layup when a whistle blew and Red Bluff was called for an intentional fall behind the play. Enterprise took advantage and a Vanschooten 3-pointer capped a quick 8-point outburst. Ashley Brown answered for Red Bluff with a 3-pointer of her own, but Vanschooten came right back and tripled from the corner for a second time in a minute to stick the Lady Hor- nets lead back to 40-33. Red Bluff received what appeared to be a break when Kimbrough, picked up her fourth foul with 3:01 remaining in the third quarter. However, the Lady Spartans never took advantage of Kimbrough being on the bench and Enterprise methodi- cally extended their lead for the rest of the game. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Vanschooten finished with 21 points for Enterprise and Kimbrough had 17 points and nine rebounds despite her foul trouble. Jones led Red Bluff with 17 points and nine rebounds and Cori Schatz contributed 13 points off the bench. Cori Schatz drives to the basket, Saturday, at the Holiday Classic. Both teams racked up visits to the free throw line. Enterprise made the most of theirs, shooting 18-for-24 from the charity stripe. Red Bluff shot 21-for-35 from the line. Red Bluff boys offensive woes continue BOYS HOOPS Paradise 48 Red Bluff 29 By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor Another strong Spartans defensive effort was for naught, Saturday, as Red Bluff’s own offense beat themselves in a 48-29 loss to Paradise in the Holiday Classic’s consolation final. By the end of the game, Taylor Blaser was seated with crutches by his side and Ian Hill was holding a bandage to his gashed and bleeding head. While the physical injuries weren’t helping, the mental bruising the Spar- tans took after scoring fewer than 30 points twice during the 3-day Classic seemed to have a larger impact on the floor. No Spartan scored more than six points and Red Bluff never scored more than nine points in a quarter. The Bobcats’ 21-point third quarter outburst was, by itself, almost enough to win the game. Jadon Breevaardt and Zach Saylors each had 11 points for Paradise. Eric Vidal and Jonah McInnis each had six points, Ian Hill and Mitch Robison scored five each. The Spartans finished sixth at the Classic. Holiday Classic Boys Championship South Medford 66, Pleasant Valley 38 Girls Championship Scoreboard Saturday’s results Paradise 66, Shasta 45 Boys Third Place Game Lake Oswego 73, Helix 54 Girls Third Place Game Enterprise 64, RED BLUFF 50 Boys Consolation Championship Paradise 48, RED BLUFF 29 Girls Consolation Championship West Valley 49, CORNING 30 Boys Seventh Place Game Enterprise 77, Marshall 43 Girls Seventh Place Game Central Valley 64, Etna 62 Raiders spoil Tebow’s 1st start with 39-23 win Denver 23 Raiders 39 OAKLAND (AP) — The Oakland Raiders spoiled Tim Tebow’s NFL starting debut with a couple of big plays of their own. Jason Campbell threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to Marcel Reece and Jacoby Ford scored on a 71-yard run to overcome Tebow’s two long touchdowns and beat the Denver Broncos 39-23 Sunday. Michael Bush added two short touchdown runs to keep the Raiders (7-7) in the hunt for a playoff berth for at least one more week. Oakland trails Kansas City by two games in the AFC West and will need to win the final two games and get help in order to win the division. The Broncos (3-11) have long been eliminated from the playoff chase, having lost nine of 10 games to tie the franchise record for losses in a season. That, along with Kyle Orton’s bruised ribs, made the decision to give Tebow his first career start an easy one. For a player who became famous in college for his exploits at the Swamp, Tebow must have felt at home on a wet day at the Oakland Coliseum. He managed to come up with some of the big plays that helped him win a Heisman Trophy and two national titles at Florida, becoming the third player ever to throw a TD pass at least 30 yards and run for a score of at least 40 yards in the same game. But he also did not look smooth throwing the ball, a big reason why many questioned former Denver coach Josh McDaniels for trading up to take Tebow in the first round of the draft. He finished 8 for 16 for 138 yards and ran for 78 more. The key play for the Raiders was Campbell’s short pass to Reece that turned into a game-breaker. Reece caught the ball near the line of scrimmage with open space in front of him. He juked David Bruton near mid- field and raced the rest of the way to make it 30-20. The Broncos responded with Steven Hauschka’s third field goal, but Quentin Groves tackled Correll Buckhal- ter in the end zone for a safety that put the Raiders back in control in their third straight win over Denver. The Raiders took a 23-20 lead into the fourth quarter after Sebastian Janikowski’s 47-yard field goal. The teams traded field goals earlier in the third with the Bron- cos settling for theirs after Lance Ball dropped a pass in the end zone. Tebow turned two Raiders turnovers into touchdowns Daily News photo by Rich Greene Jonah McInnis heads to the hoop Saturday against Paradise. in the first half, scoring on a 40-yard quarterback draw on third-and-24 when he ran through the middle of Oak- land’s defense and then broke tackles from safeties Michael Huff and Tyvon Branch. Tebow then threw a ball up for grabs in the end zone that went through cornerback Stanford Routt’s hands and was caught by Brandon Lloyd for a 33-yard touchdown. Lloyd was originally ruled out of bounds but the play was overturned on a replay challenge. Another slow start haunts Lady Cardinals GIRLS HOOPS Corning 30 West Valley 49 By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor The Lady Cardinals came back from halftime just as the horn was sound- ing to signify the 10- minute break was up. At least they showed up for the second half, because it didn’t seem as if they had for the first. West Valley cruised to a 49-30 win over Corning, Saturday, in the girls con- solation championship at the 2010 Holiday Classic. West Valley led 15-5 after the first quarter then 29-14 at halftime as a sluggish Corning team appeared to be just going through the motions the first 16 minutes. Meanwhile the Lady Eagles were knocking down their open looks. Kendall Vincent had 10 points to lead a West Val- ley team that had nine dif- ferent players contribute points. The Lady Cardinals shot 11-for-26 from the free throw line to add to their woes. Brittany Garrett was the only dangerous Cardinal, finishing with 14 points, but by the end of the game she was being double- teamed and the Cardinals were not able to adapt. Corning had slow starts in all three of their Holi- day Classic games after finishing a run of 12 games in 18 days to start the season. Although they were able to comeback against Etna, the Cardinals paid the price for slow starts against Enterprise and West Valley. The Lady Cardinals fin- ished sixth at the Classic to fall to 7-5 on the season and get a much needed break until Dec. 27 when they head to the West Coast Jamboree. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Brittany Garrett takes a jumper, Saturday against West Valley.