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StaffReports RED BLUFF The Red Bluff Lady Spartans racked up 30 steals on their way to a 71-43 win over visiting Las Plumas on Tuesday night. Daisy Brose led the offense with 19 points. She also picked up six assists, eight rebounds and six steals. Stefanie Brunello had 11 points and Katie Gallagher added 10 points and five steals. Allison Winning recorded nine points and four steals. Allyson Drury had eight points and four steals. Brittany Botell recorded six points, Rayann Childers had four points and Ashley Exum and Morgan Griffis each had two points. The Lady Spartans are off until the Red Bluff Holiday Classic on Dec. 17. They'll play Corning in the first round. WEED 43, LOS MOLINOS 36 Weed beat the visiting Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday. Los Molinos (1-1) is sched- uled to play at the Pierce Tour- nament beginning today. BoysBasketball CORNING 55, LAS PLUMAS 46 Corning stayed unbeaten with a road win at Las Plumas on Tuesday. Corning was trailing 13-10 after the first period, but out- scored the Thunderbirds 22-13 in the second period. Corning (5-0) is scheduled to play Mesa Verde from Cit- rus Heights today at Live Oak's Ron Pritchard Tournament. WEED 76, LOS MOLINOS 28 Weed hammered visiting Los Molinos on Tuesday. Next up for the Bulldogs is the Maxwell Tournament. BASKETBALL LadySpartansrun'n' guntodefeatT'birds CorningHighboysstayunbeatenwithroadvictoryagainstLasPlumas COURTESYPHOTOBYLARRYLONG Red Bluff's Ashley Exum takes a shot during Tuesday's home game against Las Plumas. RED BLUFF 71, LP GIRLS 43 Up next: Red Bluff Holiday Classic, Dec. 17. WEED 43, LOS MOLINOS 36 Up next: Pierce tournament today. CORNING 55, LP BOYS 46 Up next: Live Oak tournament today. WEED 76, LOS MOLINOS 28 Up next: Maxwell tournament today. THESCORES By Janie McCauley The Associated Press SANTA CLARA Unexpectedly cheerful and far more chatty than the norm, Colin Kaepernick insisted he takes every part of his job seriously and is working at giving more thoughtful pub- lic responses even after poor per- formances. Scrutinized locally and na- tionally for his terse, short an- swers along with bad play in re- cent weeks — word counts, any- one? — the quarterback took a different approach during his weekly Wednesday media ses- sion in the locker room at Levi's Stadium. Kaepernick said he re- ceived some guidance about pub- lic speaking. "I think there's a different way to go about things. Obviously, it's something that I take my job very seriously. When I go out there and compete and I don't do well, it's something I'm very hard on myself about. It's some- thing that I have to approach others differently with when I'm in those situations," Kaeper- nick said. "Yeah, I think there is a happy medium. It's something that obviously I'm working on and try to help you guys do your jobs as well." Kaepernick and the 49ers (7-6) must win out to have a 49ERS Kaepernick working on handling media San Francisco (7-6) must win final 3 games to have hope for playoffs, starting this Sunday BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and fullback Bruce Miller (49) celebrate a er an 8-yard touchdown pass against the Oakland Raiders in Oakland on Sunday. Top spies past and present campaigned Wednesday to discredit the Senate's inves- tigation into the CIA's torture practices a er 9/11, battling to define the historical record and deter legal action. 'ONE-SIDED STUDY' CIA fights back a er Senate torture report FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 Red Bluff opens up the Arcata Invitational tonight against Eureka. Corning takes on Mesa Verde in Live Oak. Los Molinos plays Vacaville Christian in Maxwell. Mercy plays Trinity at the Trinity Holiday Classic. BOYS BASKETBALL Tournament time for boys hoops teams The Corning Lady Cardinals are scheduled to play in a tournament in Oroville. Los Molinos is headed to the Pierce Tournament. Mercy is scheduled to play in the Trinity Tournament. GIRLS BASKETBALL Local teams headed to tournaments A year-end, $1.1trillion spend- ing bill drew vociferous objec- tions from liberals and milder criticism from conservatives on Wednesday while lawmak- ers readied a stopgap measure to prevent a shutdown. CONGRESS Lawmakers gripe about $1.1 trillion spending bill FULL STORY ON PAGE B5 By Josh Dubow The Associated Press ALAMEDA Derek Carr believes he has made steady progress in his rookie season as an NFL quarter- back even if it hasn't always been evident in his results. Those subtle steps to becoming a more polished pro passer paid off in a big way last week in the signature performance of Carr's rookie season with the Oakland Raiders. Carr threw three touchdown passes and was in complete con- trol of the game when the Raid- ers beat their Bay Area rivals last Sunday in a 24-13 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Carr now looks to follow that up with another strong perfor- mance this week when Oakland (2-11) visits Kansas City (7-6) for the second meeting between the teams in less than four weeks. The biggest development for Carr has been the way he has been able to control defenses with his eyes or shoulders, creating open- ings for his receivers. Carr said he did that a little in college but had had to learn to do it more often and with more subtlety as a pro. "It's been cool to learn be- cause your eyes can dictate a lot of throws being open," he said RAIDERS Carr shows steady progress as rookie Quarterback had his best game in win over 49ers MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ—ASSOCIATED PRESS Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr passes against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. By Ronald Blum The Associated Press SAN DIEGO Clayton Kershaw is considered the top pitcher in base- ball, with three Cy Young Awards in four years for the Los Angeles Dodgers, an NL Most Valuable Player award and a $215 million, seven-year contract. Max Scherzer may be seeking an even bigger deal as his talks on the free-agent market move forward. "I'm not sure Kershaw is rel- evant," agent Scott Boras said Wednesday at the winter meet- ings, "because he's not a free agent." Jon Lester became the first top- level, free-agent starting pitcher to reach an agreement this offsea- son, a $155 million, six-year deal with the Chicago Cubs that came together late Tuesday night. Scherzer turned down an of- fer from Detroit last March that would have paid $144 million from 2015-20. Kershaw has the largest contract for a pitcher in both total dollars has the sport's highest average salary at $30.7 million. "The prominent pitchers that have signed, (Justin) Verlander or (Felix) Hernandez or Kershaw, BASEBALL Scherzer could be seeking bigger deal than Kershaw KAEP PAGE 2 CARR PAGE 2 BASEBALL PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, December 11, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1