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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results NHL Sharks Winnipeg Goals: Couture, Winchester Niemi: 24 saves Wednesday's results WRESTLING West Valley Corning Corning wins 113: Alex DeJesus def. Travis Vasquez by fall, :34 120: Martin Solano def. John Tomasello by tech fall, 21-6 126: Nate Fultz def. Mark McMahon by fall, 3:04 132: Josh Shults def. Josh Clark, 5-0 138: David Edson def Wyatt Johnston by fall, 3:31 152: Dominic Azevedo def. Nathan Burns by fall, 5:35 170: Daniel Welborn def Austin Steele by fall, 2:50 195: Erik Miranda by forfeit Tuesday's results GIRLS HOOPS Mercy Dunsmuir 34 27 Maggie Keller: 16 pts, 12 reb, 7 stls Marissa Starman: 11 points, 5 reb Chloe Gist: 2 rebs, solid defense Today's games BOYS HOOPS Lassen Red Bluff Marysville Corning Chester Mercy GIRLS HOOPS Winters Corning Chester Mercy NBA Kings Houston 5 p.m. CSNC On the tube BOXING •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Junior feather- weights, Teon Kennedy (17-1-0) vs. Chris Martin (23-1-2), at Las Vegas GOLF •6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Joburg Open, second round, at Johannesburg (same-day tape) •4 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Sony Open, second round, at Honolulu MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY • 4:30 p.m., NBCSP — Minnesota- Duluth at Nebraska-Omaha NBA •5 p.m., ESPN — Chicago at Boston • 7:30 p.m., ESPN — Miami at Den- ver NHL •4 p.m., NHL NETWORK—Tampa Bay at Washington Selig cites progress in Athletics' to San Jose PARADISE VAL- LEY, Ariz. (AP) — Com- missioner Bud Selig says Major League Baseball is working ''at a rather quick pace'' to resolve the proposed move the Oak- land Athletics to a pro- posed new ballpark in San Jose. Selig says there was a comprehensive presenta- tion on the situation to the owners' executive council on Wednesday. Selig says he doesn't want to get into any details yet but the issue is, in his words, ''very much on the front burner.'' Follow us on Twitter: @TehamaSports 6 p.m. By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor 5:30 p.m. The Mercy Warriors built an early second half lead then held off a desperate Esparto attack in the wan- ing minutes to earn a 2-1 win, Thursday afternoon. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. SOCCER E Esparto 1 Mercy 2 Mercy's 2-0 lead was sliced in half when the Spartans lobbed a ball into the box in the 68th minute that found an Esparto head and eventual- ly the back of the net. The Warriors' defense held on from there, despite facing the fiercest Esparto offensive attack of the match. Mercy had broken a scoreless tie in the 45th minute when Fernando Vives drove into the Esparto box and was pulled down as a pair of Spar- tans tried to keep him away from the ball. Vives drilled the resulting penal- ty into the bottom right corner of the net for a 1-0 Mercy lead. About four minutes later, Mahalee Gaumer beat her defender down the right sideline and fired in a perfect cross for Dennis Doan, who flicked it past the Esparto goal keep- er for what would prove to be the game winner. Doan and Vives hooked up sever- al more times in the second half to create scoring opportunities, but couldn't expand Mercy's lead any further. Esparto had a golden opportunity to score in the first half when Mercy Daily News photo by Rich Greene Mercy's Fernando Vives (#8) draws a penalty,Thursday afternoon, as the Warriors hosted the Esparto Spartans. was called for an illegal goalkeeper touch. The Spartans had an indirect kick inside the Mercy penalty area, but the Warriors lined up across the mouth of the goal and the Esparto effort when above the crossbar. Mercy goalie Alejandro Guer- rero made seven saves in the match, including a handful during one-on- one breakaways in the first half when Esparto's counter-attack proved to be most effective. Mercy hosts Live Oak, Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. at Red Bluff Union High School. Saints have advantage in playoff experience SANTA CLARA (AP) — Center Jonathan Goodwin has been going around San Francisco's locker room offering bits of veteran insight here and there. Playoff knowledge, Saints knowledge. The NFC West champion 49ers have eight players who have been to the postseason previously. The New Orleans Saints? A whopping 39 before their victory over Detroit last weekend. ''I think some of the guys who did- n't get a chance to go to the playoffs in the past, they're hungry,'' 49ers tight end Vernon Davis said. ''They're really hungry. I don't know what it's going to be like, I just know I'm playing in the playoffs. I try not to get too excited because I want to keep myself under control.'' That's where Goodwin comes in. Among the key offseason acquisi- tions for San Francisco, Goodwin is one of those playoff-tested guys for the Niners (13-3). He won a Super Bowl ring with the Saints two years ago. ''Should be pretty fun,'' Goodwin said. ''Hopefully my experiences see- ing that defense a lot during training camp and sometimes during the season will be valuable.'' When the 49ers head into their first postseason appearance in nine years Saturday afternoon against Drew Brees and the high-powered Saints (14-3), quarterback and 2005 No. 1 draft pick Alex Smith will be just one of many San Francisco regulars making post- season debuts and taking their most significant steps yet onto the NFL's big stage. Of the eight 49ers who have been to the postseason before, one is little-used wide receiver Brett Swain, another is long snapper Brian Jennings and also record-setting kicker David Akers. Jen- nings is the only player still around from the 49ers' 2002 playoff season, when San Francisco rallied to stun the New York Giants 39-38 in their NFC wild-card game. From star linebackers Patrick Willis MCT file photo Frank Gore and the 49ers lack the playoff experience of the New Orleans Saints. and NaVorro Bowman, to Davis, run- ning back Frank Gore and left tackle Joe Staley, punter Andy Lee and even safety Donte Whitner, this will be a monumental first. What a difference from the domi- nating Saints, with almost an entire ros- ter of men who have played such important games before this year. The 49ers are considered an underdog again — a role first-year coach Jim Harbaugh relishes — this week despite playing at home in sold-out Candle- stick Park. San Francisco earned the NFC's No. 2 seed over the Saints, who did their share of scoreboard watching late in the season in hopes of stealing the second spot and a first-round bye. ''The bigger the games get, I think you fall back on your routine and your preparation,'' Smith said. ''What you've always done, the things that got you here. Continue to fall back on all those little things.'' Brees will be up against a stingy San Francisco defense that allowed only three rushing touchdowns and all in the final two games — and the Nin- ers had 38 takeaways to only 10 turnovers for a plus-28 turnover differ- ential. That matched the second-best mark in NFL history. Now, back in the postseason, the 49ers face the daunting task of trying to See 49ERS, page 2B Sharks blank Jets WINNIPEG, Manito- ba (AP) — Logan Cou- ture and Brad Winches- ter scored and Antti Niemi made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory over the Win- nipeg Jets on Thursday. Couture scored at 13:36 of the second period and left wing Winchester made it 2-0 early in the third for the Sharks, who have won five of six. Couture scored for the second straight game, but it was defenseman Brent Burns that was key on the play. Burns picked the puck up outside his blue line, bounced the puck off the left-side boards and then took control of it again. Just as it looked as if he was going to go around the back of the net, Burns sent a quick backhand pass to Cou- ture, who snapped the puck into the net while goalie Ondrej Pavelec was out of position. It was Couture's 18th goal of the season. 44 30 0 2 Sports 1B Friday January 13, 2012 Mercy holds off Esparto