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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results GIRLS HOOPS PLAYOFFS Division-II — Semifinal Red Bluff Pleasant Valley Lily Brose: 12 points Cori Schatz: 9 points NHL Sharks Toronto Marleau: 2 goals Niemi: 29 saves Wednesday's results BOYS HOOPS PLAYOFFS Division-V — 1st Round Los Molinos Tulelake 71 47 Today's games WRESTLING NSCIF Masters at Redding Convention Center Noon BOYS HOOPS PLAYOFFS Division-II — Semifinal Red Bluff Chico 7 p.m. Division-IV — Quarterfinal West Valley Corning 7 p.m. On the tube AUTO RACING •8 a.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, at Day- tona Beach, Fla. • 9:30 a.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla. • 11 a.m., ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Drive4COPD 300, at Daytona Beach, Fla. •1 p.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for NextEra Energy Resources 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. • 4:30 p.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, NextEra Energy Resources 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. BOXING •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Junior light- weights, Juan Carlos Burgos (28-1-0) vs. Cristobal Cruz (39-12-3), at Dover, Del. GOLF • 7:30 a.m., TGC — LPGA, Women's Champions, second round, at Singa- pore (same-day tape) • 11 a.m., TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, third round matches, at Marana, Ariz. • 3:30 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Mayakoba Classic, second round, at Playa del Carmen, Mexico (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Loyola (Md.) at Rider •6 p.m., ESPN — Marquette at West Virginia MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Boston U. at Vermont •7 p.m., NBCSN — North Dakota at Denver NBA •6 p.m., TNT — Exhibition, Rising Stars Challenge, at Orlando, Fla. NHL •4 p.m., NHL NETWORK—Montreal at Washington WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL • 4:30 p.m., CSNC — Baylor at Kansas Ski report Mt Shasta — Thu 11:33 am hard packed machine groomed 20 - 34 base 20 of 32 trails, 63% open, 3 of 4 lifts, Mon-Wed: 9a- 4p; Thu-Fri: 9a-9p; Sat: 9a-9p, Sun: 9a-4p. Heat contain Jeremy Lin MIAMI (AP) — Jeremy Lin offered no excuses. He and the Knicks had no answers. Lin's rapid rise from unknown to superstar was slowed big-time Thursday night by the Miami Heat, who over- whelmed the NBA's hottest story with a swarming defense that the Knicks' new starting point guard could not solve. Forcing Lin into easily the worst game of his remarkable run as New York's newest star, Miami topped the Knicks 102-88 — the an eighth straight win for the NBA-leading Heat, all by at least 12 points. Lin's final line: 1 for 11 from the field, eight points, three assists. MediaNews Group photo by Ty Barbour/Chico Enterprise-Record Lily Brose comes down with the ball,Thursday, during Red Bluff's 41-27 loss to Pleasant Valley in the Division-II girls basketball Northern Section playoffs. Brose led the Lady Spartans with 12 points. Cori Schatz added nine as Red Bluff struggled from the field, but kept the game close. "We played well enough defensively to win, but we couldn't buy a shot," coach Kathy Brandt said. Stewart and Kenseth win duels DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Roush Fen- way Racing will have three cars at the front of the season-opening Daytona 500. Matt Kenseth won the second of the twin 150-mile qualifying races Thursday with a bold pass of teammate Greg Biffle. The victory gave Kenseth a spot on the second row for Sun- day's race — right behind teammates Carl ''I just went the wrong way and lost the car. I feel like I let everybody down. I don't know what to say. It's just sad.'' Edwards and Biffle. Tony Stewart, the defending NASCAR champion, won the first race and will line up next to Kenseth at Day- tona International Speedway. Biffle was leading headed into the final lap, but he tried to block — Michael Waltrip, who failed to qualify Kenseth, who dove to the inside and used a push from Jimmie John- son to take the lead. ''Well, we were going so much faster that we were going to go by him regardless,'' Kenseth said. ''I think that was his only hope, is to try to get up the track, try to line my front bumper up where I had to push him. The problem was, I was going too fast. Even if I wanted to slow down, which I didn't want to on the last lap, I could- n't have.'' See DUELS, page 2B 1 2 TORONTO (AP) — Patrick Mar- leau scored two goals and the San Jose Sharks beat Toronto 2-1 on Thursday night, sending the stumbling Maple Leafs to their seventh loss in eight games. Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke put the team on alert when he told a Toronto radio station Wednesday that he was in the market for a goalie. Judging by the team's recent play of late, he might not stop there. James Reimer started in goal against the Sharks and made 24 saves, but his record dropped to 11-9-4. Mar- leau was the only player to beat him with a pair of second-period goals that lifted the Sharks (32-20-7) to their first win in five games. 41 27 Sports Marleau leads Sharks Jake Gardiner scored for the Maple Leafs (29-25-7), who are 1-6-1 since Feb. 7. The teams took time to feel their way into the game, producing a tepid opening 20 minutes. But Marleau put the Sharks ahead 32 seconds into the second period by quickly firing Joe Thornton's pass over Reimer's shoul- der. That put Toronto back on its heels and allowed San Jose to gain momen- tum. Marleau scored his 25th of the sea- son — and second of the night — just 17 seconds after Maple Leafs defense- man Luke Schenn was penalized for interference. The forward stood at the top of the crease and tipped a Logan Couture shot past Reimer. There was an uneasy feeling in the Air Canada Centre when the horn sounded after the second period with San Jose ahead 2-0. A smattering of boos could be heard in the otherwise silent arena. It changed quickly following the intermission as the Leafs came out fir- ing. Gardiner narrowed the deficit to 2-1 at 3:53 by firing a shot through traffic that eluded goalie Antti Niemi. It was the fourth goal of the season for the rookie defenseman. Toronto kept on pushing and had two good chances by Matthew Lom- bardi turned away. Niemi was out at the top of the crease to deny the second opportunity from the slot. That was as close as the Maple Leafs would get. Burke will get one more opportuni- ty to watch his team before Monday's NHL trade deadline, Saturday when the Maple Leafs play Washington. Toronto is clinging to eighth place in the Eastern Conference. PV knocks off Lady Spartans 1B Friday February 24, 2012 Today's basketball playoffs #4 Red Bluff Spartans #1 Chico Panthers 7 p.m. at Chico D-II Boys Semfinal Red Bluff: 11-15 Pleasant Valley: 23-3 The EAL-South champi- on meets the EAL-North champion in a rematch of last year's semifinal, which Chico won 85-68...the Pan- thers are gunning for their fourth consecutive section title...Chico was won six straight games, with their last loss coming to Shas- ta...Panthers won previous meeting 64-47 in Chico...the Panthers score in buckets, averaging 68.3 ppg led by Jesse Holmes (17.4)...Burak Karatekeli and Josh Martin also average double-dig- its...Red Bluff is led by seniors Taylor Blaser and Jonah McInnis..although throughout the season the rest of the roster has emerged to provide more scoring threats. #7 West Valley Eagles #2 Corning Cardinals 7 p.m. at Corning D-IV Boys Quarterfinal West Valley: 12-15 Corning: 22-3 West Valley knocked off Lassen in the first round, while Corning had a bye...if the Cardinals need a lesson on not overlooking their opponent they just need to stare across the court...a year ago West Valley was the No. 2 seed in D-IV and lost to the visiting No. 7 seed in the quarters...Corning spent past two seasons in D-III, las time they were in D-IV they went to championship game...Corning won their first 14 games of the sea- son...they beat West Valley twice, 48-43 in Cottonwood and 50-37 in Corning...the Cardinals have a trio of sophomores who may lack playoff experience, but have plenty of talent in Michael Shoemaker, Nick Hoag and Chayce Maday...senior point guard Ryan Holland makes the show go...West Valley is a big-bodies team led by Casey Duenas and Hunter Dyche. Saturday's soccer championships #2 Las Plumas Thunderbirds #1 Corning Cardinals Noon at Corning D-I Boys Championship Las Plumas: 9-4-2 Corning: 13-1-1 Corning going for third consecutive section title in their fourth straight finals appearance...Cards smashed West Valley in semis, while Las Plumas beat Lassen...teams met early in the season on Dec. 6 with Corning winning 2-0. #2 Corning Cardinals #1 West Valley Eagles TBA at Redding Soccer Park D-I Girls Championship West Valley: 17-0 Corning: 15-4 Lady Cardinals in first section title game...teams met twice this season and they were both close with West Valley winning 2-0 and 2-1...the Lady Eagles have allowed just five goals all season...the last goal they allowed was scored by Corning.