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Tehama Tracker Friday's results GIRLS HOOPS Mel McLaughlin Invitational in Biggs Losers Bracket Semifinal Mercy Tulelake 59 26 Maggie Keller: 13 pts, 15 reb Michelle Jaramillo: 7 pts, 2 assists Marissa Starman: 2 pts, 10 reb, stl Emyleigh Nelson: 2 points Stefanie Cheek: 2 points, 4 reb Thursday's results Argonaut Quarterback Club Tournament in Jackson First Round Red Bluff Johnson 45th Annual Pierce Basketball Tournament Semifinals Corning Winters 42 53 GIRLS HOOPS Pleasant Valley Tournament First Round Red Bluff Lassen 42 52 Cori Schatz: 16 points, 9 reb Alex Dahnke: 10 pts, assist Mariah Smith: 8 pts, 3 assists Alana Hinkston: 6 points, 9 reb Jessica Macdonald: 6 points, 4 blks Lottie Jones: 5 points, 7 reb Ashley Brown: 1 point, 2 reb Mel McLaughlin Invitational in Biggs First Round Mercy Pierce 32 21 Marissa Starman: 8 points, 10 reb Maggie Keller: 7 points, 15 reb Stefanie Cheek: 2 points, 9 reb Julia Misslin: 2 points, 4 reb Sarah Williams: 2 points BOYS SOCCER Gridley Corning GIRLS SOCCER Gridley Corning 4 0 Magdaelena Ramirez: 2 goals, assist Carrolina Carrilo: goal, assist Ashley Mishoe: goal Patricia Diaz: assist Mayra Sanchez: assist Erika Raygoza: 2 saves Jordan Wazny: save Wednesday's results 45th Annual Pierce Basketball Tournament First Round Corning Live Oak 44 54 Tuesday's results GIRLS SOCCER Orland Corning Jordan Wazny: 14 saves Nicole Mason: goal Laura Madera: assist Saturday's games BOYS HOOPS Block LM Tournament Mercy Williams Los Molinos Sutter 2 p.m. 1 0 Daily News photo by Rich Greene Mercy's Harlow Johnson drives to the basket, Friday, at the Block LM Tournament in Los Molinos. Hamilton beat Mercy 68-12. Harlow, Steven Rodriguez and Isaac Williams each had four points for the Warriors, who fell to 0-2 on the season. Gore aims to become 49ers' all-time leading rusher an individual getting the record.'' 5 p.m. Red Bluff at Jackson Tourney GIRLS HOOPS Red Bluff at P.V. Tournament Corning at Live Oak Tourney Mercy at Biggs Invite, 11 a.m. WRESTLING at Doc Peterson Tournament in Orland Honker Challenge in Yuba City Los Molinos at SANTA CLARA (AP) — Frank Gore is closing in on San Francisco's rushing record. He's hoping it will be one small part of a big celebration for the 49ers on Sunday. Gore needs 22 yards against the St. Louis Rams to become San Francisco's all-time leading rusher. The two-time Pro Bowler ranks sixth among the NFL's lead- ing rushers this year with 909 yards, averaging 82.6 per game. The seventh-year veteran can reach another milestone Sunday that he has been pur- suing since joining the 49ers: His first playoff berth. San Francisco can end an eight-year playoff drought and clinch its first NFC West title since 2002 with a victo- ry. Hall of Fame running back Joe Perry has been San Francisco's rushing leader since he retired in 1963 with 7,344 yards for the 49ers. Perry died April 25 at age 84. Gore ''I've been here for seven years, and a lot of us in this locker room have been here a while and been through tough times here,'' Gore said Friday. ''The goal for us is to make the playoffs, and this is the closest we've ever been. The big picture is us winning the game. I would be real happy if we can do it as a team and I can do it as Gore established himself as a possible challenger to Perry's standard after the 49ers selected him in the third round of the 2005 draft. Despite starting just one game that year, Gore became the first rookie in 15 seasons to lead the Niners in rushing. He has led San Francisco in rushing every season since, and his running style and production haven't changed much since he got started. ''The thing with Frank is, he's been the same running back,'' said offensive line- man Adam Snyder, who also joined the 49ers as a third-round pick in 2005. ''He's great at hitting the line of scrimmage real hard. All I have to do is lock up my guy and get him to the second level. He's been like that for seven years.'' Along the way, Gore has collected all kinds of records as the top offensive weapon for San Francisco teams that never finished with a win- ning record before the 49ers started 9-2 this season. Gore led the NFC with a franchise-record 1,695 yards rushing in 2006, the first of his franchise-record four consecutive 1,000-yard sea- sons. Gore had a team-best five consecutive 100-yard rushing games earlier this season, extending his fran- chise record to 29. He also owns the top two single- game rushing performances See GORE, page 2B 1 2 51 72 Sports BOYS HOOPS Liberty Christian 68 Los Molinos 35 RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor LOS MOLINOS—Not many teams are going to hang with Otar Pkhakadze and the Liberty Christian Patriots this season and so the Bulldogs can't feel that down on themselves after falling 68-35, Friday, in a Block LM Tournament game. Pkhakadze only played the first half, but that was enough time to show why he's one of the Northern Section's highest regarded prospects. The Republic of Georgia national dropped 25 points dur- ing his time on the court. He ended the first quarter by draining a 3-pointer at the buzzer and added four more from behind the arc in the second quarter as Liberty Christian had a 46-20 halftime lead. Los Molinos had trouble find- ing its rhythm on offense in the early going, missing layups and turning the ball over too often to hang with the Patriots. The Bulldogs made a defen- sive stand in the closing seconds of the first half, but when they won possession of the ball with two ticks remaining they made a mental gaffe and traveled. Pkhakadze took the resulting inbound pass and drilled a 3- pointer for a 20-8 lead. The Bulldogs offense started clicking in the second quarter, but three times Pkhakadze fol- lowed a Los Molinos basket by Daily News photo by Rich Greene Los Molinos guard Sean Conrad drives to the basket during Friday afternoon's game. making a 3-pointer on the other end. He also threw in a highlight alley-oop layup play. Sean Conrad led the Bulldogs with 16 points. He tripled three times. Dom Ceja added eight points. Rudy Martinez had four points, Jesus Castillo had a 3- pointer and Isidro Madrigal and Ryan Mekech each had a bucket. George Pkapashvilli had 13 points for Liberty Christian and Joseph Lynch added 12 points. The Bulldogs dropped to 1-2 on the season. Their Block LM Tournament continues Saturday when they face Sutter at 5 p.m. Liberty Christian plays Hamil- ton at 3:30 p.m. Hamilton throttles Mercy Warriors to play on Christmas NEW YORK (AP) — Oklahoma City will host Orlando before Blake Grif- fin and the Los Angeles Clippers visit Golden State on Christmas night, running the NBA's planned opening- day schedule to five games. Those games were added Friday to the three that were already set when the 2011- 12 schedule was originally unveiled: Boston at New York, Miami at Dallas, and Chicago at the Los Angeles Lakers. Commissioner David Stern said the league hoped to open the season with that tripleheader after announc- ing a tentative agreement on a new labor deal with the players last Saturday. But the league decided to add two later games, with the night- cap featuring Mark Jack- son's debut as Warriors coach. The revised 66-game schedule will be released Tuesday night during an NBA TV special. TNT will televise the opener, while ABC gets the NBA finals rematch and the matchup between MVP Derrick Rose and Kobe Bryant, whose Lakers will be playing their first game under former Cleveland coach Mike Brown. The final two contests will air on ESPN. The Thunder reached the Western Conference finals last season behind league scoring champion Kevin Durant, while the Magic face the uncertainty of Dwight Howard's future with the team. ''It's a different opening day than has ever happened in the past and Christmas Day games have always See PLAY, page 2B 1B Weekend December 3-4, 2011 Patriots drum Bulldogs