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Weekend SAT —Softball Championship — Red Bluff at Chico, 2 p.m. SAT—Preakness Stakes, 1:30 p.m., NBC SAT—NASCAR— All-Star Race, 4 p.m., SPEED MLB —Athletics at Giants, Sat, 4 p.m., FOX; SUN, 1 p.m., CSN SUN—NHLPlayoffs —Canucks at Sharks, Noon, NBC SUN—French Open — First Round, 10 a.m., ESPN2 Sports 1B Weekend May 21-22, 2011 Sharks bite back SAN JOSE (AP) — Patrick Mar- leau scored twice in the first period and Antti Niemi made the early lead stand up with 27 saves to get the San Jose Sharks back into the Western Confer- ence final with a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 3 on Fri- day night. Ryane Clowe and Dan Boyle also scored and Joe Thornton had three assists for the Sharks, who still trail the series 2-1 after winning a conference final game on home ice for the first time in franchise history. San Jose looked like a completely different team than the one that was outscored 10-5 in losing the first two games in Vancouver. The Sharks scored three times in the first period and had 15 of the first 16 shots on goal to snap an eight-game losing streak in the conference final, including a sweep last year to Chicago. Game 4 is Sunday in San Jose. Alexandre Burrows, Dan Hamhuis and Kevin Bieksa scored in the third period for the Canucks, who were unable to overcome their slow start or capitalize on big chances in the second. The Canucks nearly rallied from a three-goal deficit, thanks to a five- minute boarding call on Jamie McGinn against Aaron Rome that led to power- play goals from Hamhuis and Bieksa to cut San Jose’s lead to 4-3 with 3:56 remaining. But the Canucks couldn’t get the equalizer as they were hurt by a late penalty by Bieksa — his third of the game. After breaking out to a 3-0 lead after one period on a pair of power-play goals and Marleau’s breakaway, Niemi and a much-improved penalty-killing unit maintained that lead in a tense sec- ond period. San Jose got the first five power- play chances in a major turnaround from what happened when the Sharks were undisciplined and a step slow in Vancouver. But even when the Canucks got a chance with a man — or even two-man — advantage, they struggled to beat Niemi. During one stretch of 4:05 late in the second period, Vancouver was on the power play, including 1:55 over two stints with a 5-on-3 advantage. The Canucks managed just five shots dur- ing that entire time, with none getting past Niemi. He robbed Burrows at the side of the net and made a tough stop on Daniel Sedin. Joe Pavelski added a key block of a good chance by Sami Salo as the Sharks frustrated a Canucks team that had four power-play goals in winning the first two games at home. Urged on by their boisterous fans wearing orange shirts and waving orange towels, the Sharks responded from the two losses in Vancouver with a dominant first period led by a dan- gerous power-play unit and strong play from Thornton’s line against the Sedin twins. After being done in by committing too many penalties in Game 2, the Sharks took advantage of a couple of early calls against the Canucks to seize control early. With Maxim Lapierre in the penalty box for roughing, Thornton threaded a perfect pass from behind the net to Marleau, who poked the puck through Roberto Luongo’s pads less than 4 minutes in to score in his fourth straight game. Then with Christian Ehrhoff serv- ing a double-minor for high-sticking, Clowe knocked a rebound of Boyle’s point shot past Luongo to make it 2-0 before the midpoint of the period. That extended San Jose’s perfect run on the power play in this series with five goals in five chances. Vancouver managed to kill off the second minor but fell even further behind when Marleau blocked Alexan- der Edler’s point shot and then took a feed from Thornton to go in alone to make it 3-0. The Sharks maintained the three-goal lead even when the Canucks applied some late pressure, with Niemi making two tough stops against Jannik Hansen in the closing minute of the period. Notes: Ehrhoff didn’t play after the first period because of an undisclosed upper body injury. ... Sharks C Logan Couture left with an injury in the third period. ... The Sharks had lost all five home games they had played in the conference final, dropping three to Calgary in 2004 and two last year to Chicago. Jerry West joins Warriors front office OAKLAND (AP) — One of the most respect- ed executives in the NBA is joining one of its most challenged franchises. The Golden State Warriors hired Jerry West on Friday to work with the front-office team in an advisory role and be a member of the executive board. West will assist the basketball operations staff and the business arm of the team, reporting directly to new owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber. ‘‘His accomplish- ments in this business as both a player and execu- tive are almost beyond comprehension and cer- tainly well-document- ed,’’ Lacob said. ‘‘He’s simply a winner and, quite honestly, you can never have too many of those in your organiza- tion.’’ The Hall of Famer was a 14-time All-Star with the Los Angeles Lakers and the inspira- tion for the NBA’s logo. He also spent 18 seasons as the Lakers’ general manager and five years in Memphis’ front office, rebuilding both franchises from the foundation. West will be part of a new staff charged with leading the Warriors back to the playoffs after making the postseason only once since 1994. Golden State is also searching for a new coach after Keith Smart’s contract was not renewed. West’s responsibili- ties also will include sponsorship and market- ing endeavors. He will still live in his Los Angeles-area residence but will travel to the Bay Area frequently. ‘‘I’m really pleased that we were able to add someone the caliber of Jerry West to our organi- zation,’’ Guber said. ‘‘He has earned great respect in all circles, including the entire entertainment field, and his business savvy will serve us well and prove invaluable. Overall, his career has been nothing short of remarkable and his name alone has become syn- onymous with winning and success.’’ The addition of West is the latest move in Golden State’s front- office shake-up. The new owners, who bought the franchise for a record $450 million from longtime owner Chris Cohan early last season, hired agent Bob Myers in April to be the assistant general manag- er and GM in waiting. They kept general man- ager Larry Riley but decided not to retain Smart. Golden State is look- ing for a new coach. For- mer Cleveland coach Mike Brown, Lakers assistant Brian Shaw, Celtics assistant Lawrence Frank and Dallas assistant Dwane Casey are among the top candidates. West will be only an adviser on decisions and won’t play the role of general manager, where he has previously flour- ished. While he was at the helm in the front office, the Lakers won four titles and the Griz- zlies made their only three playoff appear- ances until this season. West was voted NBA executive of the year in 1995 and 2004. The Warriors were planning to formally introduce West at the team’s head- quarters Tuesday. West said in a state- ment that joining Golden State was appealing because it gives him the NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Finals Saturday’s game Dallas at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m., ESPN Series tied 1-1 Sunday’s game Chicago at Miami, 5:30 p.m., TNT Series tied 1-1 NHL PLAYOFFS MCT file photo Kobe Bryant speaks with Jerry West, the architect of rebuilding efforts for the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies. opportunity to remain a part of the game and contribute to an organi- zation in a variety of roles. ‘‘I’m excited about this opportunity and, quite frankly, humbled that the new ownership group with the Warriors inquired about my inter- est in joining the organi- zation in this capacity,’’ West said. ‘‘I’ve had the good fortune to work for two wonderful owners, Dr. Jerry Buss and Michael Heisley, as an executive and I know that you must have a commitment at the top to succeed. ‘‘I sense that is cer- tainly the case with the Warriors or I would not have made this deci- sion.’’ Conference Finals Friday’s result San Jose 4,Vancouver 3 Vancouver leads series 2-1 Saturday’s game Boston at Tampa Bay, 10:30 a.m., NBC Boston leads series 2-1 Sunday’s game Vancouver at San Jose, Noon, NBC Vancouver leads series 2-1 MLB Friday’s results Oakland at San Francisco, late Boston 15, Chicago Cubs 5 Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 4 Florida 5, Tampa Bay 3 Houston 5, Toronto 2 Kansas City 3, St. Louis 0 L.A.Dodgers 6, Chi.White Sox 4, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 2, N.Y.Yankees 1 Philadelphia 3, Texas 2 Pittsburgh 10, Detroit 1 Washington 17, Baltimore 5 Colorado at Milwaukee, late Minnesota at Arizona, late Atlanta at L.A. Angels, late Seattle at San Diego, late Saturday’s games Oakland (Anderson 2-3) at San Fran.(Lincecum 3-4),4:10 p.m.,FOX Houston (Myers 1-3) at Toronto (Morrow 2-2), 10:07 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Garland 1-3) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 3-3), 11:10 a.m. Los Molinos’ Kevin Garnica is headed back to the NSCIF Championships, after winning the discus event, Friday, at the Division 4 Championships. Garnica won with a mark of 136’10” to earn an auto- matic qualification into next week’s section finals. The senior’s mark Friday, was more than 11 feet bet- ter than his winning toss at the D-4 Championships as a junior. Garnica’s career best was 140’8” at this year’s Burt Williams Classic. Los Molinos finished with 16 points and took 10th place. Mercy finished with eight points and was 15th. Tulelake won the division with 69 points, followed by Butte Valley with 54 and Modoc with 50 points. Mercy’s Jeremie Jones was second in the shot put with a mark of 42’4.75”. Garnica placed third. In the 400 meters the Bulldogs’ Jorge Salazar fin- ished seventh. Etna won the ladies competition with 101 points, followed by Providence Christian with 60 and Tulelake with 57 points. Mercy had four points for 15th place and Los Molinos ended with three points for 16th place. The Lady Bulldogs’ Francis Ocampo was fifth in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump. Mercy’s 4x100 relay team of Anna Curry, Rebecca Gasman, Desiree Crane and Samantha Mondragon was fifth. Individually, Curry placed sixth in the 400 meters, Mondragon was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles and sev- enth in the 100-meter hurdles and Crane was eighth in the 300-meter hurdles. In junior varsity events, Los Molinos’ Justin Emer- son was second in both the 110-meter hurdles and 300- meter hurdles and Adrian Garcia placed seventh in the triple jump. Mercy’s Nick Feser was eighth in the 400 meters. Leipheimer cuts Horner lead in Tour of California SOLVANG (AP) — Dave Zabriskie rode to a dominating individual time trial victory and three- time race winner Levi Leipheimer was second to cut teammate Chris Horner’s overall lead to 38 sec- onds Friday after the sixth stage of the Tour of Cal- ifornia. Zabriskie, the Garmin-Cervelo rider who has finished second overall three times in the event, completed the 15-mile course in 30 minutes, 35.92 seconds at an average speed of 29.37 mph. Zabriskie isn’t a threat for the overall title. He’s 15th, 4:04 back. ‘‘I wanted to leave the race with something,’’ said Zabriskie, a time trial stage winner this year at the Tour of Romandie and former race leader in the Tour de France. ‘‘So, I am happy.’’ Leipheimer, riding for RadioShack, finished in 30:49.80, and HTC-Highroad’s Teejay Van Garderen was third in 31:15.94. Horner, who took the lead with a solo mountain- top win in the fourth stage, was sixth — 50 seconds behind the winner. Horner began the day with a 1:15 lead over Leipheimer. ‘‘I felt my lead was safe,’’ said Horner, at 10th the top U.S. finisher last year in the Tour de France.‘‘I just didn’t want to throw the bike down in some gravel,’’ The seventh stage Saturday is a 75.8-mile moun- tain leg from Claremont to Mount Baldy. St. Louis (Westbrook 3-3) at Kansas City (Adcock 1-0), 11:10 a.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 3-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 5-1), 1:05 p.m. Washington (Lannan 2-4) at Baltimore (Guthrie 1-6), 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 5-3) at Florida (Vazquez 2-4), 1:10 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 6-0) at Pittsburgh (Correia 5-4), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 4-2) at Boston (Aceves 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Mortensen 1-0) at Milwaukee (Marcum 5-1), 4:10 p.m. N.Y.Mets (Capuano 3-4) at N.Y.Yankees (A.J.Burnett 4-3), 4:10 p.m. Texas (C.Lewis 4-4) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 2-4), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 5-3) at L.A. Angels (Pineiro 2-0), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (Pineda 5-2) at San Diego (Richard 2-4), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (S.Baker 2-3) at Arizona (Owings 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s games Oakland (G.Gonzalez 5-2) at San Fran.(J.Sanchez 3-3),1:05 p.m.,CSNC Cincinnati (Volquez 3-1) at Cleveland (C.Carrasco 2-2), 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 3-3) at N.Y.Yankees (Nova 4-3), 10:05 a.m., TBS Houston (W.Rodriguez 2-3) at Toronto (Drabek 3-2), 10:07 a.m. Tampa Bay (Shields 4-2) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 3-1), 10:10 a.m. Detroit (Porcello 3-2) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 1-6), 10:35 a.m. Texas (Harrison 3-4) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 3-1), 10:35 a.m. Washington (Zimmermann 2-4) at Baltimore (Tillman 2-3), 10:35 a.m. Colorado (Jimenez 0-3) at Milwaukee (Wolf 3-4), 11:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-3) at Chicago White Sox (E.Jackson 3-5), 11:10 a.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 5-0) at Kansas City (O’Sullivan 2-3), 11:10 a.m. Atlanta (D.Lowe 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Chatwood 2-2), 12:35 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-4) at San Diego (Stauffer 0-2), 1:05 p.m. Minnesota (Liriano 3-5) at Arizona (D.Hudson 4-5), 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Garza 2-4) at Boston (Wakefield 0-1), 5:05 p.m., ESPN RED BLUFF TRITONS Red Bluff Tritons tryouts will continue Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Red Bluff High School pool For more information call Pam at 736-1459. Garnica headed back to NSCIF Championships TRACK &FIELD Championships Division 4 Vancouver 3 VAN Sharks 4 2-1 Golden State Warriors