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Tehama Tracker Monday's results NBA Kings Minnesota Thornton: 12 points, 3 stls Garcia: 12 points, 5 rebs Saturday's results WRESTLING Battle of the Border in Susanville Corning placed 8th out of 18 138, Matt Cochran, 3rd 195, Noe Franco, 3rd 160, Jon Jones, 4th 113, Jose Meraz, 5th 120, Martin Solano, 5th 132, Josh Shults, 5th 120, Elias Vallejo, 6th 152, Dominic Azevedo, 6th Friday's results BOYS HOOPS Marysville Corning 47 36 Michael Shoemaker: 12 pts, 8 rebs Chayce Maday: 10 points Chester Mercy GIRLS HOOPS Winters Corning Chester Mercy 51 34 30 40 Marissa Starman: 12 pts, 8 rebs Michelle Jaramillo: 8 pts, 3 stls Maggie Keller: 6 pts, 9 rebs Stefanie Cheek: 4 pts, 4 rebs Today's games BOYS HOOPS Corning West Valley H Hayfork Mercy GIRLS HOOPS Red Bluff Paradise West Valley Corning Biggs Los Molinos H Hayfork Mercy 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 20 57 Tommy Garcia: 7 points, 3 steals 49ers thrilled to stay home for NFC title game SANTA CLARA (AP) — Any cold-weather garments Vernon Davis owns are getting tossed aside as quickly as he changed San Francisco's playoff fortunes with a game-winning touchdown catch against the favored Saints. ''I was ready for whatever,'' Davis said Monday. ''Now I don't need it. Throw it away. See ya.'' Instead of gearing up — liter- ally speaking — for a trip to frigid Green Bay, the 49ers (14-3) get to stay right at home in the much-warmer and friendlier Bay Area to host the New York Giants in the franchise's first NFC cham- pionship game since the 1997 season. The NFC West champion Nin- ers already beat New York 27-20 at Candlestick Park in November, and both teams have come far since Justin Smith batted down Eli Manning's last-ditch pass to seal it in the waning moments. The Giants stunned the defending Super Bowl champion Packers on Sunday to give San Francisco the home field. The 49ers are one victory from their first Super Bowl since capturing the franchise's fifth championship after the 1994 season. ''It was a great feeling. We 8 p.m. 7:30 p.m. don't have to go nowhere. We can just go out back, go out back and throw the football around,'' Davis said. ''The opponents, they come to us. And that's always good, having home-field advantage, and having the team come to you. We get another shot, another home game. Amazing feeling.'' Alex Smith hit Davis for a 47- yard completion on a cross to the left sideline with 31 seconds left Saturday, then again for the game-winning score from 14 yards on which Davis ran over safety Roman Harper to cross the goal line on the way to a 36-32 win. The play was called ''Vernon Post.'' Tears streamed down Davis' face and he fell into the arms of first-year coach Jim Harbaugh after the victory in San Francis- co's first playoff game in nine years. 6:30 p.m. SOCCER Lassen Corning Los Molinos Colusa Live Oak Mercy NBA Warriors Cleveland NHL Calgary Sharks 7:30 p.m. CSNB On the tube MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN — Michigan St. at Michigan •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Georgetown at DePaul •6 p.m., ESPN — Arkansas at Ken- tucky NBA •4 p.m., CSNB—Golden State at Cleveland • 4:30 p.m., NBATV — San Antonio at Miami NHL •4 p.m., CSNC — Minnesota at Philadelphia • 4:30 p.m., NBCSP — Nashville at N.Y. Rangers • 7:30 p.m., CSNC—Calgary at San Jose TENNIS •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Australian Open, second round, at Melbourne, Aus- tralia • Midnight, ESPN2 — Australian Open, second round, at Melbourne, Australia 4 p.m. CSNB 3:15 p.m. In January 2003, the 49ers ral- lied to stun the Giants 39-38 in the NFC wild-card game at Can- dlestick. Davis, who also had a 49-yard TD reception in the first quarter, finished with seven catches for 3:15 p.m. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Love had 33 points and 11 rebounds and Luke Ridnour added 99 86 Sports 25 points and nine assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 99-86 victory over the Sacra- mento Kings on Monday night. Wayne Ellington scored 15 points off the bench for Minnesota, a significant contribution for a backcourt that was missing J.J. Barea for the third straight game with a sprained left ankle. Tyreke Evans had nine points, 10 assists and eight rebounds but shot just 3 of 11 from the field as the Kings lost for the fifth time in six games. Jason Thompson and 1B Tuesday January 17, 2012 Love, Ridnour lead T-Wolves over Kings Marcus Thornton led the Kings with 12 points each. DeMarcus Cousins was hampered by foul trouble yet again, limited to 10 points in 25 min- utes. MCT photo Vernon Davis and the 49ers will host the New York Giants, Sunday, with a Super Bowl trip on the line. 180 yards — the most yards receiving by a tight end in a play- off game. His last-second TD immedi- ately became ''The Grab,'' a fit- ting nickname to follow a couple of others in 49ers postseason lore: ''The Catch'' from Joe Montana to Dwight Clark to win the NFC championship game against Dal- las after the 1981 season and ''The Catch II'' from Steve Young to Terrell Owens for a winning TD with 3 seconds left in a 30-27 wild-card win over the Packers after the 1998 season. No riled-up cheeseheads this time. Miami man Frank Gore, who last month became the 49ers' career rushing leader, couldn't be happier not to need thermals this week while preparing for the biggest game yet in a seven-year career featuring three Pro Bowl selections. ''Oh yeah!'' Gore said with a grin when asked about being pleased to have another home game in San Francisco. ''If we would have had to go there, I would've toughened it up. I don't need it (big jacket) now.'' San Francisco drew a sellout crowd of 69,732 for Saturday's thriller against Drew Brees and New Orleans on a beautiful sunny winter day — with a 62-degree kickoff temperature. While rain is in the forecast for Sunday's NFC title game, it sure beats the alternative of travel to the Midwest this time of year. While Harbaugh won't root — ''be careful what you wish for,'' he noted — for anyone aside from big brother and Baltimore Ravens coach, John, he fully understands the benefits of hosting another postseason game and having players in their own beds leading up to Sunday. San Francisco earned the NFC's No. 2 seed. ''In terms of having the game here, that is an advantage for us,'' Harbaugh said. ''And I really say that after feeling the game this past Saturday in Candlestick. Our fans turned that stadium into a fortress. That was as good as it can get. Our crowd was behind us, our players felt it, it was a great environment. ... It felt like, I mean, somebody locked the gates and put us in here and we got 70,000 and a city behind us. It just felt that way, it felt good, it felt like an advantage. I hope we get that this week as well.'' Harbaugh wouldn't say whether he believes in the old adage that it's tough to beat the same team twice in the NFL — San Francisco swept its two regu- lar-season meetings with Seattle and St. Louis in divisional play — but he knows the Giants have improved plenty in the two months since the teams last saw each other. ''It became evident that the Giants were playing harder and just executing better and played as a team,'' Harbaugh said of watching Sunday's game. ''That's formidable opponent. That is a worthy opponent. That is a scary opponent. We will have to come with every ounce of our A game as well.'' Notes: Harbaugh had no updates on the status of TE Delanie Walker, recovering from a broken jaw sustained Dec. 24 at Seattle, or WR/return man Ted Ginn Jr., who injured his right knee Saturday after being slowed in recent weeks by an injured left ankle. Of Walker, Harbaugh said, ''It all will be in the doctor's hands. I have not gotten confirmation one way or the other.'' Harbaugh said he hasn't been given any indication that Ginn's injury is serious enough to keep him off the field, while noting, ''I don't have my MD.'' Old newspapers can learn new tricks 3:15 p.m. I haven't had a new TV in years and by years what I really mean is decades. Yes, the Greene family still sat around the living room staring down at an old school cabinet televi- sion. One of those TV sets that was mount- ed inside of a polished wood box, weighed close to 4-tons, sat directly on the floor and whose view could be com- pletely blocked by a pass- ing dog. However on Christmas, we made a Marty McFlyish leap through time. Forty-six inches of high ketball player's neck zit would be so thrilling? Welcome to the present. Of course there was nothing wrong with the past. That old television set was as reliable as they come. It did its job day after day — sort of like your Daily News. Rich Greene An old cabinet television and a subscription to a daily newspaper used to be all you needed to stay connected to the world. Toss in a radio with a good AM antenna and I would have said you were all set. These days that same combination can still get the job done, but only to a point. definition LCD flat screen. Great Scott! Who knew seeing a bas- Saturday night I enjoyed my football in splendid 1080p as me and my father, living out in North Caroli- na, swapped text messages about the game. It brought back those memories of sitting around the television as a kid and enjoying a game with the old man until his Cleveland Browns found another way to blow one. The only difference Sat- urday night was we each had to make our own pop- corn. Even a curmudgeon in the making like myself, has to admit technology does have some advantages. Staying in touch with friends, family or a com- munity has never been eas- ier. With the loss of the Daily News' Monday edi- tion, out staff has turned to the 21st century grab bag of technological goodies in hopes of somewhat filling the void left by one less day of print. You might have noticed an uptick in web activity the past week. On the sports side we started a Twitter account. You can follow it at @TehamaSports. Twitter accounts seem to be popping up every- where and if you haven't given the medium a try, it's worth playing around with. The great part about some of these new tech- nologies is a lot of them are free and you can't break them. You just have to give them a chance. I would have never thought my dad would have an iphone, let alone be text messaging. @TehamaSports allows the Daily News another avenue to reach out to local sports fans. We can give a quick pre- view of where the best game is on a given day, keep followers updated quarter to quarter and even share content that isn't pos- sible to be reproduced on a printed page. (Check out the YouTube link we tweet- ed to a Tecmo Bowl inspired recreation of the Vernon Davis touchdown catch.) We also hope to use @TehamaSports to spread the word about youth sports sign-ups and local fundrais- ers. There seems to be a lot of possibilities and if you have an idea of what you'd like to see, well, how about you tweet us. As a wise man used to sing, "the times they are a changin'." And while, I'd prefer to hear Bob on some crack- ling vinyl, I have to admit the mp3 has its advantages too. Daily News Sports Editor Rich Greene can be followed on Twitter @TehamaSports. If you're more of a 2000s person you can e-mail him at sports@redbluffdailynews. com. If the 90s are your style send a fax to 527- 9251. An 80s person after poofing their hair can call 527-2151, ext.109 and real old schoolers can buy a stamp and mail a message to 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff. 96080.