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Tehama Tracker Sunday's results NFL Cleveland 49ers Gore 31-134 yards, TD Smith 15-24, 177 yards, TD Today's games GOLF NSCIF Championship at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club NHL Sharks N.Y. Rangers 4 p.m. VERSUS On the tube NFL FOOTBALL • 5:30 p.m., ESPN — San Diego at Kansas City Burns scores in OT to lift Sharks over Isles 3-2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — San Jose coach Todd McLellan was happy enough to laugh about the winning goal, even if it didn't come on the play he designed. Brent Burns scored a power-play goal 1:07 into overtime to give the surging Sharks a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night. ''We were talking about our set. It's not something that's common, so we needed to take a timeout to set up what we were going to do. What we talked about, we didn't do,'' McLellan said between chuckles. ''But we scored the goal, so we'll take it.'' Burns slammed a one-timer from the top of the right circle past Rick DiPietro after a disputed delay-of- game penalty on New York defense- man Travis Hamonic. Hamonic attempted to fire the puck off the glass to a streaking John Tavares, but it went out of play. The officials convened and concluded that the puck did not touch the glass, leading to a delay-of-game call. Replays, however, showed that the puck did in fact hit the glass first. Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture also scored for the Sharks, and Thomas Greiss made 35 saves. San Jose has won the first five games of its six-game road trip, which con- cludes Monday night against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Gar- den. Tavares and Michael Grabner scored for the Islanders, who have lost five in a row. DiPietro made 27 saves in his first start since a 7-4 loss in Philadelphia on April 4. He replaced an ailing Evgeni Nabokov for the shootout in New York's 3-2 loss at Pittsburgh on Thursday night. ''I felt pretty good,'' DiPietro said. ''I always have nervous anxiety at the start.'' The Sharks broke through almost as soon as the puck dropped, thanks to a cross-checking penalty on New York defenseman Steve Staios 10 sec- onds into the game. Only 7 seconds after the penalty was called, Pavelski slipped a backhand into a half-empty net after DiPietro slid out of position. The Islanders entered the game with five goals in 29 power-play opportunities. They ended the night scoring twice on six power plays. San Jose also was 2 for 6 with the man advantage. ''Ricky played well,'' Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. Tavares tied it 1-all with a power- play goal at 3:15 of the second period. With Burns and fellow defensemen Marc-Edouard Vlassic focused on Matt Moulson and P.A. Parenteau, who were able to keep control of the puck in the offensive zone, Tavares was able to sneak into the slot unob- structed. He snapped his seventh goal of the season into a virtually wide-open net as Greiss laid flat on his back. The Sharks, who played Friday night in Detroit, admitted to being tired. Fol- lowing Tavares' goal, New York began to dominate play. And when Grabner completed a passing sequence with linemates Kyle Okposo and Frans Nielsen with a one-time power-play strike at 11:28 of the second, the Islanders had a 2-1 lead. ''We were moving and getting pucks to the net,'' Tavares said. ''We did a lot of good things tonight.'' New York's lead lasted all of 1:51 before Couture scored his third goal of the season. 10 a.m. 20 10 Sports SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Frank Gore charged up the middle with his signature burst for a 2- yard gain, taking another step forward in franchise history. Gore got that coveted new contract and is playing like his old dominant self. Forget the hip injury that ended his season last November. He's a new man making his case for a third Pro Bowl and pushing his team toward its first playoff berth in nine years. Gore ran for both 125- plus yards and a touchdown in a fourth straight game, Michael Crabtree made his first TD reception of the season, and the San Fran- cisco 49ers beat the Cleve- land Browns 20-10 on Sun- day. Alex Smith completed 15 of 24 passes for 177 yards, leading the first- place 49ers (6-1) to their fifth consecutive victory since an overtime loss to the Cowboys in Week 2. For Colt McCoy and the Browns, it's 0-for the Bay Area. They lost two weeks ago in Oakland, then flopped across San Francis- co Bay at Candlestick Park. No handshake flap this time for Jim Harbaugh, either. And no post-bye let- down for his 49ers — even if it was far from flashy. This marked Harbaugh's first game since his sec- onds-long greeting and firm backslap of Lions coach Jim Schwartz following San Francisco's 25-19 comeback win at Detroit two weeks ago. Harbaugh says he prac- ticed during the bye week by high-fiving with his tod- dler daughter. He was polite MCT photo San Francisco 49ers Frank Gore (21) runs the ball against the Cleveland Browns in the second quarter, Sunday. to fellow first-year coach Pat Shurmur when they met at midfield. The 49ers — who were made aware by Harbaugh this week that teams were 3-9 after their byes coming into Sunday — are off to their first 6-1 start since 1998 in the days of greats Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens and Steve Young. Cleveland's D'Qwell Jackson committed a costly facemask penalty against Gore that would have stopped San Francisco on third down 2 yards short in the waning minutes. David Akers sealed it with his sec- ond field goal of the day, a 26-yarder. Gore already had 103 yards on 19 carries by half- time, then got the other 7 yards he needed to pass over Penn at UFC 137 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nick Diaz moved back into title contention with a convincing unanimous decision victory over B.J. Penn in the main event at UFC 137 Saturday night. The first round was evenly matched with both fight- ers landed strikes from the start. Penn was able to take Diaz down to the mat briefly, landing a few strikes to gain the early edge. Diaz begain to land a number of strikes to the body and face in the second round. He taunted Penn and con- tinued to land heavy strikes, dazing the former champi- on. ''It felt good to be back fighting,'' Diaz said. ''In the second round I turned it on and tried to take him out. Things would have been different if it were five rounds. I would have taken him out for sure in the fourth.'' It was more of the same in the third round with Diaz picking apart Penn at will, landing numerous combina- tions that left Penn's face swollen and bloodied. ''B.J. is one of the best there is,'' Diaz added. ''Not that many people would go out there and take all those punches.'' All three judges scored the fight in Diaz's favor 29- 28, 29-27 and 29-28. After the fight, a battered Penn said: ''Hats off to Nick Diaz, he's the man.'' He went on to say, ''This is the last time you'll see me in here. I have a daughter and another on the way. I don't want to go home looking like this.'' Penn was the first non-Brazilian winner of the Jiu- Jitsu championships in the black belt catagory and only the second fighter in UFC history to win titles in two different weight classes. In the postfight press conference UFC president Dana White announced Diaz will next face current wel- terweight champion George St. Pierre. Diaz was origi- nally scheduled to face St. Pierre for the title on this card but due to disciplinary actions Diaz was replaced by Carlos Condit. St. Pierre eventually pulled out of the fight against Condit due to injury. In the co-main event, Cheick Kongo defeated Matt Mitrione by unanimous decision. After an inactive first round by both fighters, Kongo opened up the second striking, landing multiple solid kicks to Mitrione's legs and body. Both came out swinging in the third round with Kongo landing a strike that sent Mitrione back to the cage. Kongo went for a takedown and ended up slam- ming Mitrione to the ground then landed a few shots that opened up a small cut and caused some swelling. Mitrione was able to make it back to his feet only to find himself on the mat after another takedown. Kongo controlled the action from the top using effective ground and pound to neutralize any counter from Mitri- one. The judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-28, 29-28. ''I wasn't sure how to react to Mitrione's movements in the beginning,'' Kongo said. ''I was happy with my performance, especially my striking. I wanted to make him work. My game plan was to wait and see what he did.'' With the victory Kongo moves closer to a possible title shot. Roger Craig and move into second place on the fran- chise rushing list with 7,089. Gore wound up with 134 yards on a season-high 31 carries. San Francisco has a five- game winning streak for the first time since 2001 and wrapped up its first unbeat- en October since 1997. The next big task will be ending an eight-year stretch of frustration in which the team hasn't had a winning season or made the play- offs. The Niners began the day with a comfortable three-game cushion in the division — nicknamed the NFC Worst last season, when Seattle won with a 7- 9 record. Harbaugh's big brother, John, helped the sibling cause by rallying to beat Arizona 30-27 earlier Sun- day. The banged-up Browns (3-4) improved on special teams but went without their top two running backs. Peyton Hillis didn't play for the second straight game because of a hamstring injury and Cleveland then lost Montario Hardesty to a calf injury in the first half. McCoy and Co. man- aged only Phil Dawson's 52-yard field goal on the final play of the first half before Josh Cribbs' 45-yard TD catch with 6:17 to play. After last week's lack- luster 6-3 win over the Sea- hawks, it didn't get much better for the Browns. They failed to reach the end zone for seven quarters before Cribbs scored. McCoy accounted for 1B Monday October 31, 2011 49ers beat Browns for 5th straight W four of Cleveland's five fumbles, one of which was lost and helped set up Gore's early TD run. McCoy lost the ball on the second play from scrim- mage after he was stripped by Ahmad Brooks. Isaac Sopoaga recovered at the Cleveland 20. Gore ran 4 yards for the first points. Gore rushed for a touch- down in his fourth straight game, the first time in his career he's done so. McCoy was sacked four more times after five last week by the Seahawks. San Francisco's lopsided first half told the tale far before the clock finally wound down on a crystal- clear, unseasonably warm fall day. First downs: 15-6. Total yards: 253-93. Time of pos- session: 18:58-11:02. Rushing yards: 145-25. Crabtree caught a 2-yard pass to put the Niners ahead 17-0 just before halftime. Dashon Goldson made his first interception of 2011 in the end zone in the third quarter. Left tackle Joe Staley even was in on the action, catching a 17-yard pass from Smith for a first down midway through the first quarter for his first career reception. He jumped up in celebration and signaled the first down by emphatically pointing down field with both hands. Sopoaga had an 18-yard reception late against the Browns' fourth- ranked defense. 49ers wideout Braylon Edwards returned against his former club in his first action since right knee surgery after getting hurt against the Cowboys. He had four catches. Diaz wins unanimous decision Stewart wins at Martinsville MARTINSVILLE, Vir- ginia (AP) — Tony Stew- art hadn't won a race all season and didn't list him- self as a championship contender when asked to handicap the field before NASCAR's 10-race play- offs got going. Now, his third champi- onship is there for the tak- ing. ''We've had one of those up-and-down years and we're having a run in this Chase and now we're hungry,'' Stewart said after his third victory in the first seven Chase races moved him within eight points of leader Carl Edwards. ''We're hungry for this. I feel like our mindset into these next three weeks, we've been nice all year to a lot of guys, given guys a lot of breaks. ''We're cashing tickets in these next three weeks.'' Stewart won this one by passing Jimmie Johnson on a restart with three laps to go Sunday. Stewart then playfully called out Edwards. ''He better be worried. That's all I've got to say,'' Stewart said in Victory Lane, a broad smile spreading across his face. ''He's not going to sleep for the next three weeks.'' Stewart moved from 19 points behind leader Edwards and in fourth place to just eight points behind in second as sever- al contenders got caught up in a season-high 18 caution flags. Even Stewart had trou- ble, at one point having to apologize to race leader Denny Hamlin for racing him hard to stay on the lead lap. And that was with less than 200 laps to go. ''I was pretty mad all day, but I was the only guy who didn't get in a wreck with somebody, so I was kind of proud of that,'' Stewart said, adding that crew chief Darian Grub- ber, his spotter and several team members told him before the race to stop being so nice on the track. The winning pass, to Johnson's outside, sur- prised even him. ''I don't think anybody has ever passed Jimmie Johnson on the outside,'' he said, crediting Grubb for making the right calls and adjustments all race long. ''I don't think we had the best race car today, by any means, but we had the most determined pit crew.'' Johnson, for much of the day, looked like he might be the one making a huge gain in the points race, especially as Edwards floundered in the mid-20s and wasn't get- ting any better. The cautions, which slowed things for 108 laps, also a season high, allowed Johnson to weath- er a call by crew chief Chad Knaus to stay out when all the leaders behind him pitted for fresh tires with just over 40 laps to go. But he couldn't hold on with Stewart pressing him at the end. ''I just could not get away from him on the restart,'' he said, adding that he tried to be cog- nizant of Stewart's better position in the champi- onship battle. ''I thought about going in there and leaning on him, move him up, but that is just not the right thing to do.'' Stewart last won the championship in 2005. Edwards laughed when told about Stewart's chal- lenge. ''He's wound up. He won the race. We'll see what happens at Texas,'' Edwards said. ''I told you guys I thought he was one of the guys that could win this race and be a guy that you'd have to beat for the championship and I think he's proving that right now. But yeah, we'll have fun. ''We'll go race hard. They're going to have to race us, too. I'm excited about the next three races.'' Edwards struggled all day, twice needing the get a free pass as the first car a lap down. He made it pay off the second time, adjusting his car and rally- ing to finish an unlikely ninth. ''That's just a gift,'' he said. ''We did not deserve to finish ninth.'' Given his history at Martinsville, where he has struggled, Edwards felt like he'd won.