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ByCamInman BayAreaNewsGroup Day 9 of the San Francisco 49ers coaching search led them to a New York sit-down with Tom Coughlin, whose 70th birthday falls just before the sea- son opener. With 49ers CEO Jed York in Houston attending the NFL owners meeting, general man- ager Trent Baalke was dis- patched to meet with Cough- lin, the NFL Network reported. Coughlin stepped down from the Giants last week after 12 seasons that included two Su- per Bowl wins, the last of which came in the 2011 season after they outlasted the 49ers in over- time in the NFC Championship game. Coughlin interviewed Mon- day with the Philadelphia Ea- gles, whose former coach, Chip Kelly, was among the first can- didates to reportedly interview with the 49ers. Following back to back 6-10 seasons and four straight years of not making the playoffs, Coughlin stepped down after a meeting with management. In Coughlin's Jan. 4 farewell from the Giants, he said he was "not necessarily done with coaching." Prior to delivering the Gi- ants two Super Bowl wins dur- ing his 2004-15 tenure, he stew- arded the Jacksonville Jaguars from 1995-2002. Coughlin also was a Giants assistant under Bill Parcells, whom Baalke considers a mentor. Baalke and York have con- ducted interviews with six re- ported candidates: Kelly, Hue Jackson (Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator), An- thony Lynn (Buffalo Bills assis- tant head coach), Dirk Koetter (Tampa Bay Buccaneers offen- sive coordinator) and John De- Filippo (Cleveland Browns offen- sive coordinator). Jackson, once considered a front-runner for the 49ers job, completed his second interview in three days with the Browns, they announced Tuesday. He interviewed Sunday with the 49ers and is expected to meet with the Giants. The 49ers took 17 days last season before naming Jim Tom- sula as Jim Harbaugh's succes- sor. Tomsula got fired two hours after finishing this season with a 5-11 record. Coughlin has what none of the 49ers' other reported inter- viewees have: Super Bowl-win- ning experience, having led the NFL 49ersvisitCoughlin forcoachjobinterview Baalke goes to New York to see former Giants boss about possible new position JULIOCORTEZ—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Former New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 5, in East Rutherford, N.J. Coughlin interviewed for the San Francisco 49ers coaching job on Tuesday. JOHN MINCHILLO — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson is shown before an NFL wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Cincinnati on Saturday. Just hours a er Cincinnati lost to Pittsburgh — and a er meeting with the San Francisco 49ers about becoming their next coach — Jackson interviewed for the Browns' coaching vacancy. By Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press GREEN BAY, WIS. At their best against Washington, the Green Bay Packers snapped back to the line of scrimmage quickly after a successful play, ready for the next snap. Up-tempo play confounded the Redskins' defense in Green Bay's 35-18 win in the wild-card round, a confidence boost for the Packers ahead of a matchup against Arizona's tough defense on Saturday night in an NFC di- visional playoff game. "We like to move the ball fast," receiver James Jones said after the win over Washington. "When we get a good tempo go- ing, we're hard to stop." That has typically been the case with coach Mike McCar- thy calling the plays and quar- terback Aaron Rodgers taking snaps under center. But with deep threat Jordy Nelson out all season with a knee injury, and the running game chugging along in fits and starts, the once-potent Packers offense has struggled to produce points. They've had spurts of success playing catch-up, such as rally- ing for two touchdowns in the final 7:54 of a 37-29 loss to Car- olina. Late rallies at home against Detroit, Chicago and Minnesota fell short of victory. The 27-23 win over the Lions on the road on Dec. 3 ended with perhaps the Packers' signature play this season — the 61-yard touchdown NFL PLAYOFFS Packersfindsuccessinsettingthetempo Green Bay likes to move ball quickly, next test in Arizona MARK TENALLY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones (89) is knocked to the turf by Washington Redskins cornerback Will Blackmon (41) during the first half of a playoff game Sunday in Landover, Md. Saturday: Green Bay Packers at Arizona Cardinals, 5:15p.m., TV on NBC. TUNEIN Staff Reports BIEBER The Mercy Lady War- riors made the long road trip to face the Big Valley Cardinals on Monday and came home with a 57-52 win, while the boys' team came up just short, losing 73-65. Starting the third quarter the Lady Warriors were down 44-36, but they made a big comeback, scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter and holding the Cardi- nals to just eight. Cheyanne Johnson was the high scorer for the Lady Warriors with 16 points. Laura Keane had a very im- pressive game with 14 points, going 7 for 9 from the floor. Her shooting percentage was a huge help to the Lady Warriors, coach Katie Sullivan said. Tasha Pimentel scored 12 points, Maddie Flynn scored nine and Annie Feser scored six. The Lady Warriors (8-7) are scheduled to host the Biggs Wol- verines (12-3) at 6 p.m. today. The boys' team stayed close through the first period but a big second period from the Cardinals sent them into the half down 41- 27. The Warriors came out strong in the third, outscoring the Cardi- nals 28-14 to tie the game, but the Cardinals rebounded in the final frame for the 73-65 win. Travis Gorden was named player of the game for Mercy with 20 points, 10 rebounds and two assists. Richie Borges put up 15 points and had four rebounds and five assists; Teddy Ranberg had 13 points, seven rebounds, five as- sists and two steals and Marcus Kuchle had 10 points, 11 rebounds and an assist. Junior Grace had seven assists and five steals. The Warriors (11-4) are sched- uled to host the Biggs Wolverines (7-8) today. BASKETBALL Mercy girls take road win over Big Valley Boys team comes up short for fourth loss on season SHARKS 4, JETS 1 Up next: Edmonton Oilers at San Jose Sharks, 7:30p.m. Thursday, TV on CSNCA. THESCORE The Associated Press WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Joe Pav- elski scored his 22nd goal of the season and added an assist as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Win- nipeg Jets 4-1 on Tuesday night. San Jose was playing its third game in four nights and won all of them. Joe Thornton, Chris Tierney and Joel Ward, with an empty- netter, also scored for the Sharks. Tierney had an assist as well. Winnipeg got its lone goal from Nikolaj Ehlers. Alex Stalock made 21 saves for San Jose. Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 23 shots for the Jets, who have lost three straight. Tierney opened the scoring with an unassisted short-handed goal at 15:18 of the first period while teammate Tommy Wingels was in the penalty box for hook- ing. Winnipeg responded with the NHL TREVOR HAGAN — THE CANADIAN PRESS The San Jose Sharks' Joe Pavelski (8) is hit by the Winnipeg Jets' Ben Chiarot (7) during the third period Tuesday in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Pavelski helps lead Sharks to win over Jets, third straight 49ERS PAGE 2 PACKERS PAGE 2 SHARKS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, January 13, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1