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TheAssociatedPress MONTREAL JoePavelskiscored once and added an assist as the San Jose Sharks beat the Mon- treal Canadiens 3-1 on Tuesday night to snap a six-game skid. Patrick Marleau and Dain- ius Zubrus also scored for the Sharks. Martin Jones made 26 saves for his 13th victory of the season. Dale Weise had the goal for Montreal. Dustin Tokarski, making his third consecutive start, stopped nine of 12 shots before being pulled midway through the sec- ondperiod.MikeCondonstopped all six shots he faced in relief. San Jose, which earned its first victory in December, is 12-0 when leading after two periods. Coming off a convincing win over Ottawa on Saturday, Mon- treal came out firing. The Can- adiens were all over Jones and the Sharks in the first period but couldn't score. Despite trailing 10-2 in shots and 20-3 in shot attempts late in the first, the Sharks got on the board first. Marleau made it 1-0 on San Jose's third shot on Tokarski, finishing a 2-on-1 rush with Joel Ward with a shot off the post and in. The point was Marleau's 14th in his last 14 games (eight goals, six assists). Pavelski, the Sharks' captain, made it 2-0 just 36 seconds into the second period. After failed clearing attempts by defense- men P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov, Pavelski tipped Justin Braun's shot from the point past Tokarski. At 9:19 of the second, another giveaway by Markov in his own zone led to Zubrus' first goal of the season. The goal sent Tokar- ski to the bench and brought Condon into the game. Markov finished minus-3 on the night. After coach Michel Therrien shuffled his lines late in the sec- ond period, Weise reduced the deficit with his first goal in 11 games at 17:24. His shot took a big deflection off Marc-Edouard Vlasic's skate to fool Jones be- tween the legs. Former Shark Torrey Mitch- ell was back in the lineup after missing 11 games with a lower- body injury. Mitchell played on a line with Sven Andrighetto and Brian Flynn. NHL SharkstopCanadiens tosnap6-gameskid Pavelskiscoresgoal, adds an assist to help San Jose win on the road in Montreal RYANREMIORZ—THECANADIANPRESS San Jose Sharks center Patrick Marleau (12) falls onto Montreal Canadiens goalie Mike Condon (39) during the third period Tuesday in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS Montreal Canadiens le wing Tomas Fleischmann (15) is upended by San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic (44) during the first period Tuesday in Montreal. By Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Pete Rose believes he still has a chance to one day get back in baseball. In the meantime, he's turning his at- tention to the Hall of Fame. Rose said Tuesday he is a changed person even if he still likes to bet on an occasional baseball game. And while com- missioner Rob Manfred rejected his bid to get back in the game partly because Rose still bets le- gally in this gambling town, he says he still has a lot to offer the sport. "All I look forward to being some day is a friend of baseball," Rose said. "I want baseball and Pete Rose to be friends. I want to say I'm not an outsider looking in. I have grandkids, and they want their grandpa to be asso- ciated with baseball." Baseball's career hits leader said he was disappointed at Manfred's decision not to end a ban that has stretched more than a quarter century. But he held out hope he could still one day be inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining teammates such as Johnny Bench and Joe Mor- gan from the Big Red Machine of the 1970s. "It would be nice to have the opportunity to go to the Hall of Fame," Rose said. "My whole life has been a Hall of Fame life just by the association with the teammates I had." At a news conference fronting his restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip, Rose said he couldn't re- write history but still believes even at age 74 that he can one day be back in baseball. He said he was sorry for his mistakes of BASEBALL RosecontritebuthopesforHallofFame Banned all-time hits leader still gambles, even on baseball MARK J. TERRILL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former baseball player and manager Pete Rose speaks at a news conference Tuesday in Las Vegas, a er Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced Monday that he had rejected Rose's plea for reinstatement. SHARKS3,CANADIENS1 Up next: San Jose Sharks at Toronto Maple Leafs, 4:30p.m. Thursday, TV on CSNBA. THESCORE Staff Report RED BLUFF The 26th annual Holiday Classic Basketball Tour- nament is back at Red Bluff Un- ion High School and gets under- way Thursday with a full slate of games. The girls will tip off at 1 p.m. Thursday with the Spartans (3-3) going up against the West Valley Eagles (2-3) and the Corning Car- dinals (3-5) against the Paradise Bobcats (3-5) at 2:30 p.m. Friday the Eagles and Cardinals will play at 4 p.m. and the Spartans will take on the Bobcats at 5:30 p.m. Saturday the Bobcats and Ea- gles face off at 1:30 p.m. and Red Bluff will go up against Corning at 3 p.m. The Spartans boys (2-5) will host the Golden Valley Cougars (3-5) from Merced at 7 p.m. fol- lowed by the Nevada Union Min- ers (5-0) from Grass Valley against returning champions the South Medford Panthers (4-0) from Medford, Oregon. Earlier in the day, the Oregon City Pioneers (3-0) from Oregon City, Oregon will play the Pleas- ant Valley Vikings (5-2) at 4 p.m. and the Franklin Wildcats (2-2) from Elk Grove against the Shasta Wolves (4-2) at 5:30 p.m. The boys' semifinals will be at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday, pre- ceded by games at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. for the first-round losers. The championship game is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, preceded by the seventh-place game at 10:30 a.m., the consola- tion match at noon, and the third- place contest at 4:30 p.m. BASKETBALL Holiday Classic kicks off Thursday Red Bluff girls open tourney with West Valley Staff Report PALOCEDRO The Red Bluff Spar- tans girls' soccer team lost to Uni- versity Prep and Paradise on Fri- day, but came back to beat Yreka and Central Valley on Saturday in the Foothill High Tournament in Palo Cedro. In the 3-0 loss against the U- Prep Panthers, goalie Grace Thor- ton had 10 saves, Maya Cruz had two shots on goal and Karissa Mena had one shot on goal. Next up was Paradise, which would walk away with a 1-0 win. Mena, Cruz and Paula Kujan- paa each had a shot on goal and Thorton made two saves. Saturday morning brought a match-up with the Yreka Miners and the Spartans took a 3-0 win with goals from Kaylynn Gibson, Kujanpaa and Rosy Alfaro. Gibson had six shots on goal, Cruz had three shots on goal and Thorton made four saves. The Spartans would finish out the tournament on a high note with a 12-0 blowout of the Cen- tral Valley Falcons. Scoring for the Spartans were Julia Zumalt and Ginger Shaffer with two each, and one each for Autumn Poole, Ceighlee Fennel, Tiffany Paz, Mena, Gibson, Ku- janpaa, Chelsea Stone and Alyssa Shank. Cruz and Stone each had three assists. At 7-4-1 the Spartans are sched- uled to face the 4-1-1 West Valley Eagles on Jan. 6 in Cottonwood. PLEASANT VALLEY 4, CORNING 0 The Cardinals girls' soccer team fell to the Pleasant Valley Vikings on Monday afternoon, 4-0 in a nonconference home game. The Vikings' goals came from Madison Alloway with two goals and an assist and Catherine Buck- ner and Madelynn Kim with a goal each. Buckner and Brianna Buda each had an assist. For the Cardinals, freshman goaltender Anna Reynolds made 15 saves. Masiel Anaya had six steals and Jasmine Damian had five steals. With the loss, the Cardinals fall SOCCER Spartans drop 2, win 2 in tournament play at Foothill SOCCER PAGE 2 ROSE PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, December 16, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1