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Tehama Tracker Today's games NHL Chicago San Jose 7:30 p.m. CSNC On the tube GOLF • 7:30 p.m., TGC — Mission Hills World Cup, first round, at Hainan Island, China MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •2 p.m., ESPN2 — Maui Invitational, fifth place game, teams TBD, at Lahaina, Hawaii •4 p.m., ESPN2 — NIT Season Tip- off, semifinal, Stanford vs. Oklahoma State, at New York • 4:30 p.m., ESPN — Maui Invitation- al, third place game, teams TBD, at Lahaina, Hawaii •6 p.m., ESPN2 — NIT Season Tip- off, semifinal, Virginia Tech vs. Syra- cuse, at New York •7 p.m., ESPN — Maui Invitational, championship game, teams TBD, at Lahaina, Hawaii SOCCER • 11:30 a.m., CSNB — UEFA Cham- pions League, Chelsea at Leverkusen • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, Barcelona at AC Milan Prep football Today's Northern Section Championship Games Division-I Foothill at Paradise, 7 p.m. Division-II Sutter at Orland, 7 p.m. Division-III Willows at Durham, 7 p.m. Division-IV Modoc at Hamilton, 7 p.m. Division-VI Dunsmuir at Butte Valley, 7 p.m. Schedules Red Bluff boys basketball Dec. 1-3 at Argonaut Tourney Dec. 8-10 at Arcata Tourney Dec 15-17 RB Holiday Classic Dec. 28-30 at S. Medford Tourney Games at 7:30 p.m. Tu Jan. 3 at Chico W Jan. 11 vs Shasta F Jan. 13 vs Lassen W Jan. 18 vs Paradise F Jan. 20 vs Enterprise W Jan. 25 at Oroville F Jan. 27 vs Las Plumas W Feb. 1 at Foothill F Feb. 3 at Lassen W Feb. 8 at Paradise F Feb. 10 vs West Valley W Feb. 15 vs Pleasant Valley F Feb. 17 at Las Plumas Tu Feb. 21 vs Oroville Red Bluff girls basketball Dec. 1-3 at P.V. Tournament Dec. 14-17 RB Holiday Classic Dec. 28-30 at West Coast Jam Tu Jan. 3 vs Chico Jan. 5-7 at West Valley Tourney Games at 7:30 p.m. Tu Jan. 10 at Shasta Th Jan. 12 at Lassen Tu Jan. 17 at Paradise Th Jan. 19 at Enterprise Tu Jan. 24 vs Oroville Th Jan. 26 at Las Plumas Tu Jan. 31 vs Foothill Th Feb. 2 vs Lassen Tu Feb. 7 vs Paradise Tu Feb. 14 at Pleasant Valley Th Feb. 16 vs Las Plumas Tu Feb. 21 at Oroville Red Bluff wrestling S Dec. 3 at Doc Peterson S Dec. 10 RB Holiday Classic W Dec. 14 at Corning S Dec. 17 at Healdsburg Duals Th Dec. 29 at Nike Showcase W Jan. 4 vs Chico F Jan. 6 at Nor Cal Champ W Jan. 11 at Las Plumas S Jan. 14 at Oak Ridge Tourney W Jan. 18 at Lassen F Jan. 20 at Tim Brown Memorial S Jan. 28 at Corning Invite W Feb. 1 vs Oroville W Feb. 8 vs Paradise S Feb. 11 at EAL (Oroville) S Feb. 18 D-I (Red Bluff) Feb. 24-25 Masters Mar. 1-2 CIF State Red Bluff ski M Jan. 9 at Mt. Shasta Tu Jan. 17 at Mt Shasta S Jan. 21 at Mt. Shasta M Jan. 30 at Mt. Shasta M Feb. 5 at Squaw Valley M Feb. 13 at Mt. Shasta Mar. 8-12 Championships Erik Miranda D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 The senior helped anchor Corning's offen- sive line this season as the Cardinals averaged 6.99 yards per rushing attempt. On defense Miranda recorded 42 tackles and four sacks. NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Braun sat alone on a balcony in his Malibu home that overlooks the Pacific Ocean, uneasy about his chances of win- ning the NL Most valu- able Player award. With the season Los Angeles' Matt Kemp had, he wasn't sure the call would come at all. The phone rang all right, and Braun has been smiling ever since. Braun was voted the NL MVP on Tuesday after helping the Milwau- kee Brewers win their first division title in near- ly 30 years. ''I'm not going to pre- tend like I wasn't anxious or nervous because I was,'' Braun said. ''It's honestly difficult to put into words how much this means to me.'' The left fielder received 20 of 32 first- place votes and 388 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. A nerve-racking morn- ing that began with a soli- tary drive turned to ela- tion in the California sun. The 28-year-old Braun shared the news with his brother and girlfriend, who were at the house. He called his parents, then rang good friend Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay SANTA CLARA (AP) — Jack Harbaugh has watched his sons go at it for nearly five decades. From pounding football games on their bedroom floor to timed races up the stairs from the basement and many, many bumps and bruises in between. That's why he sees no need to be there in person for Thursday's matchup — an NFL first — between brothers John and Jim Har- baugh when the coaches face off from opposite sidelines with their division-leading teams. Jack and Jackie Harbaugh plan to swing by the stadium for a quick visit and photo with their sons, then go to John's house to watch the Sports game on TV — in private. All they want to do is allow the stage to be John and Jim's, Jack said. The love of competition was bred into the brothers. Sons of a football coach, living room couches were rearranged so they could dive over the coffee table and use cushions for tackling practice. Coat hangers were bent to become basketball hoops and yarn transformed into home- made nets. There were hand-written scorecards and scoreboards. The brothers devised their own games and, creatively, became announcers to introduce each other before they started. ''Starting at forward for Michi- gan, standing 4-feet-5, wearing No. 23, Jim Harbaugh!'' Jack said, 1B Wednesday November 23, 2011 Harbaughs proud of coaching sons ''They are who they are. They express themselves in a way that reflects that. And I'm proud of that. I think you find so many different people that try to emulate others — they try to walk or talk or express them- selves in ways they think they should be perceived. The thing I'm most proud of of our kids is that when they express themselves it's sincere, genuine and it's them.'' — Jack Harbaugh on his two NFL head coaching sons recalling one of those announce- ments. Come Thursday night at sold-out M&T Bank Stadium, there's no make believe about it. Jim's resurgent 49ers are 9-1 and could clinch the NFC West with a win coupled with a loss for the Sea- See SONS, page 2B Milwaukee's Ryan Braun wins NLMVP MCT file photo Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun was named the NL's Most Valuable Player,Tuesday. Packers quarterback, and exchanged text messages with Kemp, the runner- up. ''This is really is a dream,'' Braun said. ''This is beyond my wildest dreams to be in this position at this point in my career.'' Kemp earned 10 first- place votes and 332 points after coming close to win- ning the first Triple Crown since Carl Yas- trzemski in 1967. Braun's teammate Prince Fielder finished third with 229 points, and Arizona's Justin Upton finished fourth with 214 points. Fielder and Upton each received one first-place vote. St. Louis' Albert Pujols finished fifth. It was the 11th straight year the three-time MVP was in the top 10 in balloting. NL Cy Young Award winner Los Angeles' Clayton Kershaw was 12th in the voting a day after Detroit's Justin Ver- lander added the AL MVP to his Cy Young. ''I think he was the sin- gle most dominant player in baseball this year,'' Braun said of Verlander. ''As a position player I'm biased to the fact that I think position players should be at the forefront D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Corning Cardinals Football Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal. — Mike Ditka What's going on around here? Tehama Beat is a full-featured online calendar that includes local and regional events, accessed through redbluffdailynews.com, which receives more than 350,000 page views monthly. The junior middle blocker and hitter pro- vided Mercy with anoth- er scoring threat throughout the season, averaging 2.1 kills per game and helping the Lady Warriors reach the section championship. 3 Ways To Get On: Ella Fleet Online events.redbluffdailynews.com/search E-mail nsouza@redbluffdailynews.com Mail PO Box 220, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Mercy Lady Warriors Volleyball of the award, but if you honestly look at what he accomplished, how much he meant to that team and how dominant he truly was you cannot make any argument against him winning that award.'' In his fifth year in the big leagues, Braun led the NL with a .597 slugging percentage and had a chance to overtake Jose Reyes for the batting title on the last day of the sea- son but finished second with a .332 average. The four-time All-Star had 33 homers, 111 RBIs, 109 runs scored and stole 33 bases as Milwaukee won a franchise-best 96 games. His 77 extra-base hits was tops in the league. Kemp led the NL with 39 homers, 126 RBIs and was third in average (.324), but played for the NL West's third-place Dodgers. He also won a Gold Glove. ''Matt's one of the best players in the game. No question about it. The sea- son he had will go down as one of the greatest in Dodgers history,'' said Braun, who grew up in California rooting for the Dodgers. ''If he had won the MVP I certainly See BRAUN, page 2B