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Saturday SAT— Wrestling — Tehama County Shootout at Red Bluff, 9 a.m. SAT Night — Australian Open — Men’s Championship, Mid, ESPN2 PGA—Farmer Insurance Open, Sat and Sun, Noon, CBS Figure Skating — U.S. Championships, Sat, Noon, 6 p.m., CBS, Sun, 1 p.m. SUN—NFLPro Bowl, 4 p.m., FOX SUN —NHLAll-Star Game, 1 p.m., VERSUS Sports 1B Weekend January 29-30, 2011 First and only DN file photo Red Bluff’s Dillon Reid and Corning’s Calvin Meister are among the top wrestlers at today’s Tehama County Shootout wrestling tournament at Red Bluff Union High School. WRESTLING Tehama County Shootout By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor It’s being billed as the first and only. As Corning wrestling coach Cort Mitchell put it in an online post search- ing for teams — your chance to become the defending champ — for- ever. Today’s Tehama County Shootout at Red Bluff Union High School may have been the result of a school hit with some rule violations, but the one-off event should feature the same high- level of competition as the tournament it’s filling in for. The end result — Red Bluff wrestling fans get graced with an extra tournament this season and those from Corning will have to make a bit longer of a drive. As for the other attending wrestling teams — they’ll still spend the last weekend in January by traveling to Tehama county. Farmers Insurance Open The Northern Section suspended the Corning Invitational for one year following what the commissioner deemed to be violation of CIF rules regarding weigh-ins and the participa- tion of some schools at the Cardinal’s 2010 tournament. In the tradition-rich, but tourna- ment-heavy wrestling community, los- ing your date even for a year can be the death penalty as schools adjust and find a different competition to fill their cal- ender. And so, Red Bluff Union High School stepped in for its neighbors and chose to host a tournament on the same weekend — essentially saving the date for Corning. All of the same schools are being invited and the tournament will use the same structure it has in the past. The main thing that might be differ- ent — Corning won’t receive any of the proceeds this time around. They’ll have to wait until Jan. 28, 2012 when the Corning Invitational returns to its usual home for those. As of Thursday, 29 schools had signed up for the first and only Tehama County Shootout. this be another out-of- nowhere win? ‘‘With me, you don’t A lot of the usual Northern Section schools are expected to attend, and they’ll be joined by out-of-area schools Archbishop Mitty, Clear Lake, Henley, Hiram Johnson, Lakeview and Reed. Today’s tournament, which begins at 9 a.m., is expected to feature eight of the Northern Section’s top-ranked wrestlers. That includes 112-pounder Dan. St. John and 160-pounder Dillon Reid from Red Bluff. Other Spartans expected to be in the medal hunt are Marco Gonzales (103), Tyler Demerath (140), Bryce Eggert (171) and Jeff Skaggs (215). Corning will be led by Nate Fultz (112), Matt Boles (125), Calvin Meis- ter (160) and Eric Miranda (215). Orland brings with it top-ranked wrestlers in Hermilo Esquivel (119), Christian Wathern (140) and Bret Schumann (152) and will likely find itself among the top overall teams. Chester’s Clayton Buchanan (103), West Valley’s Austin Lobsinger (215) and Lassen’s Luke Peterson round out the top-ranked wrestlers expected to challenge for a unique award to add to one’s collection. Haas takes lead, Tiger rallies to get 5 back SAN DIEGO (AP) — A strong finish by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickel- son made them feel better about their rounds Friday on opposite ends of Tor- rey Pines, and better about their chances of catching Bill Haas. Haas , slowly turning into the player everyone thought he would be, made eight birdies on the South Course for a 6- under 66, giving him a two-shot lead over Anthony Kim going into the weekend at the Farm- ers Insurance Open. ‘‘A nice 36 (holes) on the weekend could turn this into a great week,’’ Haas said. It’s shaping up to be quite a show. Mickelson, with his wife mingling in the gallery this week for the first time since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2009, turned an ordinary round into a decent one with back-to-back birdies for a 3-under 69 on the North Course. He was three shots behind along with defending champion Ben Crane, four of Mickel- son’s Ryder Cup team- mates, and John Daly. Yes, that John Daly. Winless since his sur- prise playoff victory seven years ago at Torrey Pines, Daly overcame a double bogey on the North Course for a 69 and found himself in the hunt for the first time since he slimmed down and start- ed wearing the loudest clothes on tour. Could know what to expect,’’ Daly said. Woods, who has won his last five starts on his jewel along with Pacific, managed to stay in the game. He had a 69 and was five shots behind, but with only 11 players ahead of him. Woods ran off four straight birdies early in his round and at one point was only three shots out of the lead. But he twice took two shots to get out of bunkers and was as many as eight shots behind until the final half-hour. He laced a 5- iron into 12 feet for birdie on the 16th, made a 20- foot par putt after a plugged lie in the face of a bunker on the 17th, then hit 5-wood from 248 yards over the water and onto the green on the par- 5 18th, two-putting for birdie. ‘‘It was a round that easily could have slipped away,’’ Woods said. The finish left him optimistic about ending the longest drought of his career. It has been 14 months since his last vic- tory, dating to the Aus- tralian Masters in November 2009 just before his Thanksgiving night car accident. In these pristine condi- tions, though, everyone was feeling good about their chances. Kim played alongside Woods and birdied his opening four holes. He was tied for the lead after a tap-in birdie at the 10th, but bogeyed the next hole and finished with seven pars, including a three- putt on the 18th. ‘‘I’m really close,’’ Kim said. ‘‘I know I’ve said it a million times. I’m not going to say it again. I’ve just got to make a couple of birdies and see what happens.’’ The lead belongs to Haas, who was at 11- under 133. The son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas, he was a can’t- miss kid out of Wake For- est who plodded along until winning twice last year. He arrived in San Diego after a playoff loss last week at the Bob Hope Classic. Jay Haas won this tournament in 1978, so long ago that Gene Littler was a runner-up and the South Course was only 7,021 yards. In the mod- ern era — the South was lengthened to 7,698 yards to host the 2008 U.S. Open — Bill Haas thrived. He ran off four straight birdies around the turn and dropped two shots on par 3s. Mickelson did his work on what used to be the pitch-and-putt North, where the rough is deeper than ever and the fair- ways are narrow and at times extremely difficult to hit. Lefty missed sever- al chances until the end of his round. ‘‘To make those last two felt good, and I’m looking forward to the weekend,’’ he said. Amy Mickelson, one of the most popular and visible wives on tour, was basking in the glorious sunshine as she walked with a group of friends and couldn’t go more than 100 yards without some spectator approach- ing to wish her well. She was at the Masters when her husband won a third green jacket, but just for the last hole. At the Ryder Cup, she mostly rode in a cart. ‘‘It’s been a lot of fun having Amy out here this week,’’ Mickelson said. ‘‘She just looks terrific. After a year-and-a-half, we’re in such a better place, and it’s been a lot of fun having here out here.’’ Woods knows how to win around here better than anyone, and he was moving up the leader- board until he was slowed by a par. From 280 yards in the fairway, his 3-wood to the green could have gone anywhere but to the right — and it went just a little to the right. That left him no shot at the flag, and he missed a 15-foot birdie. ‘‘It cost me a chance to build on what I had,’’ he said. Then came his first bogey of the year on the par-3 11th, when he left a shot in the bunker trying to hit a perfect shot. He hit a fat bunker shot on the 14th and stayed in the sand trap, having to make a 6-footer for bogey. Another bunker shot on the 15th caught a ridge and rolled 30 feet away. The finish saved him, especially the 5-wood to the 18th green. ‘‘It’s nice when I’m able to pull off shots like that,’’ he said. ‘‘Because I know it’s in there. It’s just a matter of doing it.’’ Corning proposes new football playoff system HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor Representatives from Corning Union High School proposed a new football playoff system, Wednesday, that would all but get rid of the current points system used to seed teams. The system, which would redefine Divisions I and II in the Northern Section was proposed at a football playoff committee meeting. Corning’s system would qualify and seed teams for the playoffs based on their league finish. The playoff proposal is based on a league realignment proposal currently under consideration. Under Corning’s proposal, Division I would solely be comprised of a seven-team league con- sisting of Chico, Enterprise, Foothill, Paradise, Pleasant Valley, Red Bluff and Shasta. Six of the seven teams would make the playoffs and be seed- ed on league finish with the top two teams receiv- ing opening round byes. Division II would be comprised of two six-team leagues. The first would be Anderson, Central Val- ley, Corning, Lassen, West Valley and Yreka. The second league would be Gridley, Las Plumas, Orland, Oroville, Sutter, Wheatland and Winters. Corning’s proposal calls for the top four teams in each league to make the playoffs and be seeded on league finish. The first round of the playoffs would be entirely league crossover games with the champion of one league playing the fourth place team in the other and so on. At Wednesday’s meeting, the committee tabled any voting on playoff points and seeding issues until after realignment for the 2012 school year is finalized. Other issues the committee discussed: • Further pursing the idea of holding the section championships at a central venue. • An 8-man football request from Butte Valley High School to play their championship the Friday before Thanksgiving instead of the day before. • State discussion over the implementation of a 25-second play clock and the costs schools would take on if they needed to install the game clocks in the back of both end zones. Tehama Tracker GIRLS HOOPS Las Plumas 53 Red Bluff 42 The Lady Spartans continued to improve their game, but still couldn’t get the result they were hoping for in a 53-42 loss to Las Plumas, Thursday. Alana Hinkston sparked Red Bluff to a 17-12 first quar- ter lead. Las Plumas came back in the second quarter and the game stayed until the fourth period when the Lady Thun- derbirds made a pair of 3-pointers to put the game away. Cori Schatz had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, including 7-for-8 shooting from the free throw line. Roxy Luppino had what coach Kathy Brandt described as an amazing game at point guard, scoring seven points and dealing with the Las Plumas pressure for all 32 minutes. Morgan Weaver collected a career high 14 points and Hinkston finished with 12 points and five rebounds. Every Spartan, except one scored, and the one that didn’t left the game ill. “We haven't won a game in league, but the last three games we've played hard and played well,” Brandt said. Scoreboard NFL Sunday’s game Pro Bowl At Honolulu AFC vs. NFC, 4 p.m., FOX NBA Friday’s results Charlotte at Golden State, late Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, late Atlanta 111, New York 102 Chicago 99, Orlando 90 Denver 117, Cleveland 103 Indiana 124, New Jersey 92 Memphis 99, Philadelphia 94 Miami 88, Detroit 87 Milwaukee 116, Toronto 110, OT Oklahoma City 124, Washington 117 Utah 108, Minnesota 100 Boston at Phoenix, late Saturday’s games New Orleans at Sacramento,7 p.m.,CSNC Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m., WGN Toronto at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Washington at Memphis, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Dallas, 5:30 p.m., NBATV Houston at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. New Jersey at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday’s late results Utah at Golden State, 7 p.m., CSNB Miami at Oklahoma City, 10 a.m., ABC Boston at L.A. Lakers, 12:30 p.m., ABC Cleveland at Orlando, 3 p.m. Denver at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Detroit at New York, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at Phoenix, 5 p.m. NCAA Saturday’s Top 25 games No.1 Ohio State at N’western, 3 p.m., ESPN2 No. 2 Pittsburgh at Rutgers, 5 p.m., ESPN2 No. 4 San Diego State vs.Wyoming, 7 p.m. No.5 Connecticut vs.No.23 Louisville, 9 a.m. No.6 Kansas vs.Kansas State, 4 p.m., ESPN No. 7 Texas vs.No. 11 Missouri, 6 p.m. No.8 Villanova vs.No.21 G’town, 9 a.m., ESPN No.9 BYU at New Mexico, 1 p.m., VS No. 9 Syracuse at Marquette, Noon No.12 Purdue vs.No.16 Minn., 10 a.m., CBS No. 13 Texas A&M at Nebraska, 11 a.m. No.14 Kentucky vs. Georgia, 1 p.m., ESPN No. 17 Wisconsin at Penn State, 1 p.m. No. 19 Vanderbilt vs. Arkansas, 3 p.m. No. 22 Florida State at Clemson, 9 a.m. No. 24 Florida at Mississippi State, 10 a.m. Saturday’s other televised games Xavier at Richmond, 9 a.m., ESPN Bradley at Wichita St., 11 a.m., ESPN2 N.C.State at North Carolina, 11 a.m., ESPN UCLA at Arizona State, 12:30 p.m., CSNB Oregon at California, 3 p.m., CSNC Oregon State at Stanford, 7 p.m., CSNB Sunday’s Top 25 games No.3 Duke vs. St. John’s, 10 a.m., CBS No.18 Washington at Wash.St., 7 p.m., CSNC No. 25 Michigan State vs. Indiana, 3 p.m. Sunday’s other televised games Miami at Virginia Tech, 2:30 p.m., CSNB Maryland at Georgia Tech, 4:30 p.m., CSNC NHL Sunday’s All-Star game Team Lidstrom vs.Team Staal, 1 p.m., VS PGA Farmers Insurance Open At Torrey Pines South Course; 7,698 yards; Par 72 At Torrey Pines North Course; 7,067 yards; Par 72 San Diego Purse: $5.8 million SAT, Noon, CBS SUN, 10 a.m., TGC, Noon, CBS Second Round Leaders Bill Haas 67n-66s— 133 -11 Anthony Kim 68n-67s— 135 -9 Fredrik Jacobson 67n-69s— 136 -8 Bubba Watson 71s-65n— 136 -8 Rickie Fowler 65n-71s— 136 -8 Phil Mickelson 67s-69n— 136 -8 John Daly 67s-69n— 136 -8 Hunter Mahan 69s-67n— 136 -8 Ben Crane 70s-66n— 136 -8 Brian Davis 69s-68n— 137 -7 Chris Kirk 66n-71s— 137 -7