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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results GIRLS SOCCER Anderson Corning Patricia Ibarra: goal Carrolina Carrillo: goal Caitlin McCoy: assist Magdaelena Ramirez: assist Jordan Wazny: shut out NBA Denver Warriors Thompson: 19 points Wright: 15 points Today's games BOYS HOOPS West Valley Red Bluff Corning Anderson Los Molinos Biggs H Hayfork Mercy Courtesy photo 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. GIRLS HOOPS Corning Anderson H Hayfork Mercy NHL Chicago Sharks 7:30 p.m. On the tube BOXING •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Junior mid- dleweights, Demetrius Andrade (15- 0-0) vs. Derek Ennis (23-3-1), at Uncasville, Conn. GOLF • 9:30 a.m., TGC — LPGA, Women's Australian Open, second round, at Melbourne, Australia (same-day tape) • Noon, TGC — PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, second round, at Pebble Beach, Calif. • 3:30 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Allianz Championship, first round, at Boca Raton, Fla. (same-day tape) •1 a.m. (Saturday), TGC — Euro- pean PGA Tour, Dubai Desert Clas- sic, third round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Boston Col- lege at Vermont •7 p.m., NBCSN — Minnesota at Denver NBA •5 p.m., ESPN — L.A. Lakers at New York • 7:30 p.m., ESPN — Oklahoma City at Utah NHL • 4:30 p.m., NHL NETWORK—Ana- heim at Detroit • 7:30 p.m., CSNC — Chicago at San Jose PREP BASKETBALL • 4:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Gonzaga (D.C.) at DeMatha (Md.) Giants reup with Mota SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francis- co Giants have finalized a $1 million, one-year con- tract with free agent reliever Guillermo Mota to bring him back for a third season. The sides had agreed to terms in December. Mota has been added to the 40-man roster. Mota, a 38-year-old right-han- der, has become a reliable option for manager Bruce Bochy. He went 2-2 with a 3.81 ERA in 52 outings last season for the NL West runners-up. Mota's 80 1-3 innings last season were his third highest in 13 big league seasons and most since 2004, when he pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Marlins. Mota made one appearance against Texas during the 2010 World Series, when the Giants wrapped up the fran- chise's first championship since moving West in 1958. Follow us on Twitter: @TehamaSports SAN JOSE (MCT) — Whenever Wayne and Joe Thornton talk hockey, the advice from father to son is always the same. Shoot the puck. "Pretty much before every game I have to remind him," Wayne Thornton said. "But he doesn't shoot enough. He never has." Joe Thornton, the Sharks captain, continues to be one of the NHL's preeminent passers. At the same time, he can be unselfish to a fault. San Jose coach Todd McLellan long has pressed Thornton to be more aggres- sive about challenging goal- tenders himself. "Some players are shoot- ers and some players are passers," Thornton coun- tered, "and I guess I'm just a passer at heart. I enjoy set- ting guys up." But maybe his father's words had greater impact when they were delivered in person last week as Wayne Thornton took part in the annual dads' trip. Over the last four games, his son has taken 18 shots, and the result has been three goals to go along with five assists. That has helped the Sharks (29-16-6) break out of their offensive doldrums with 17 goals. So, is this the start of a trend? "I doubt it," Wayne Thornton said, laughing. "Joe will play three games and have two shots on net. The goalies know that if he's going down on a two-on- one, they need to watch the other guy because Joe's not going to shoot. It would be better if he would just change it up a little bit." Make no mistake: Thorn- ton is the engine that drives the Sharks offense. He leads San Jose Sharks captain Joe Thornton prefers to pass than shoot the puck. the team with 46 points, and his 35 assists were tied for sixth-best in the NHL. Thornton, 32, has an uncanny ability to wait until just the right moment when a teammate finds a patch of open ice and deliver the puck with a magician's sleight of hand. He's a key reason why San Jose leads the league in shots on goals with 34.8 a game. He also has drawn praise for becoming a more com- plete, three-zone player. A top-10 ranking in take- aways are a testament to his greater attention to defense. But there's still that curi- ous reluctance by Thornton to shoot. Sharks defenseman Brent Burns noted last Sat- urday after a 5-3 loss to Phoenix, where the Coyotes scored two goals on rico- chets, that NHL players now are taught to fire pucks at the net and hope something good happens. And it's why McLellan has tried to push Thornton out of his pass-first comfort zone. "If I had that answer, then we'd be able to solve it," McLellan said when asked about Thornton's hesitancy. "Only he can answer that. One of the tasks that we're working on is his shooting and net presence. There is a reward to shooting the puck, and we always remind him of that." See PASSER, page 2B MCT file photo MCT photo by Rick Silva/Paradise Post Jonah McInnis goes up for a shot,Wednesday, during the Spartans 56-53 come-from behind win in Paradise.The Bobcats jumped out early, but solid inside play from McInnis and outside shooting form Connor Ross got the Spartans back into the game. Trailing by eight points with just over four minutes to play, Red Bluff coach Stan Twitchell platooned two groups of five players to apply full court pressure and the Spartans roared back. Taylor Blaser scored seven of his 19 points down the stretch and Evan Sin- clair added six more and had a huge steal late in the game. Mitch Robison hit a 3-pointer late and Curtis Twitchell and Jake Avila made late free throws. 6:30 p.m. Red Bluff Bass Anglers held their first tourna- ment of the year at Shasta Lake on Jan. 29. All the anglers were able to catch a five-fish limit, but not like the winner, Jeremy Johnson. Jeremy's limit included a 5.44-pound and a 3.58- pound spotted bass to give him a total winning weight of 14.87 pounds. Jerry Waltman took second place with 7.85 pounds and Jesse Sisneros finished third with 7.80 pounds. Anyone interested in joining the Red Bluff Bass Anglers can call 527-4472. Warriors win in Denver DENVER (AP) — Stephen Curry scored a season-best 6 p.m. 36 points and the Golden State Warriors handed the fading Denver Nuggets their fifth straight loss, 109-101 on Thurs- day night. It is the longest losing streak in five seasons for the Nuggets, who have dropped seven of eight games overall and also have lost five in a row at home. Klay Thompson added 19 points, Dorrell Wright had 15 and Monta Ellis 14 for the Warriors, who snapped a two- game skid and posted just their third win in nine road games. The Warriors, one of just two sub.-500 teams the Nuggets will see the rest of February, used a 37-20 third quarter to put this one away. Trailing 51-47 at the half, the Golden State opened the third quarter with a 14-2 run sparked by three jumpers from Curry and a fadeaway basket by Ellis that made it 61-53. A 3-pointer by Arron Afflalo, who led the Nuggets with 26 points, stopped the run. But the Warriors scored the next See GS, page 2B Thornton views himself as 'just a passer at heart' 109 101 0 2 Sports Spartans escape 1B Friday February 10, 2012 Johnson nets Jan. tourney