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DNFILEPHOTO Jesse Miller drives into the lane against the Paradise Bobcats during the 2015Holiday Classic. ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter REDBLUFF The27thannualHol- iday Classic Basketball Tourna- ment kicks off Wednesday at Red Bluff High School with the girls tipping off at 4 p.m. and the boys get underway at 4 p.m. Thursday. Girlsbracket The Willows Honkers (4-3) will take on the Foothill Cougars (4-2) at 4 p.m. Wednesday, followed by the Chico Panthers (3-4) vs. the West Valley Eagles (3-2) at 5:30 p.m. Local teams begin with the host Lady Spartans (5-1) taking on the Anderson Cubs (2-5) at 7 p.m., followed by the Corning Lady Car- dinals (5-3) vs. the Paradise Bob- cats (1-4) at 8:30 p.m. The winner of each early game will face each other at 4 p.m. Fri- day and the winners of the later games will play at 7 p.m. Friday for the semifinals. The championship game is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday with the third place game at 3 p.m. Saturday. The girls consolation games are scheduled for 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Thursday, with the consola- tion final at noon Saturday and the seventh place game at 9 a.m. Saturday. In 2015, the Cardinals beat the Spartans 52-46 with a second half comeback for the championship. Boys bracket Play gets underway at 4 p.m. Thursday with the Edison Vikings (5-3) of Stockton vs. the Pleasant Valley Vikings (5-2) of Chico at 4 p.m. followed by the Orestimba Warriors (1-2) of Newman vs. the South Medford Panthers (2-2) at 5:30 p.m. The Spartans (4-3) will begin play at 7 p.m. Thursday against the U-Prep Panthers (2-6), fol- lowed by the Franklin Wildcats (3-1) of Elk Grove vs. the Enter- prise Hornets (2-4) at 8:30 p.m. The winners of the earlier games will face off at 5:30 p.m. Friday and the later games at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the semifinals. The championship game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with the third place game at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The boys consolation games are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Friday in the Field House. The consolation final will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with the seventh place game at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. In 2015, South Medford beat Pleasant Valley 54-51 in overtime for the championship. All games, except as noted, will be played in the main gym at Red Bluff Union High School. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL HolidayClassictipsofftoday By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter RED BLUFF After a scoreless first half of play, the Red Bluff Lady Spartans scored three times in the opening minutes of the sec- ond half Tuesday night and shut out the Paradise Bobcats 3-0. The first goal came when Megan Thompson was able to drive past a defender and run half the length of the pitch be- fore passing off to Maya Cruz for the score. Just minutes later, Ha- ley Scott would score again on the Bobcats. The third goal came after a penalty kick from Rosy Alfaro was knocked down by the Bob- cats' keeper, who tried to fall on the ball. She bobbled it and Thompson was in position to take advantage and tap it into the empty goal. The Spartans win comes after a big win and a pair of losses over the weekend at the Foothill Girls Tournament in Palo Cedro. The Spartans lost to the U-Prep Panthers 1-0 Friday before trounc- ing the Anderson Cubs 8-0. On Saturday Red Bluff lost 2-1 to the Pleasant Valley Vikings. The Spartans are 4-3-1 on the season and are scheduled to face the county rival Corning Cardi- nals (1-2) at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20 in Corning for their last game before the Christmas break. The Cardinals hosted Live Oak Tuesday afternoon. As of 8:15 p.m., no score had been posted. PREP SOCCER LADY SPARTANS SHUT OUT BOBCATS PHOTOS BY CHIP THOMPSON - DAILY NEWS Red Bluff's Megan Thompson drives down the pitch Tuesday night before passing to Maya Cruz for the Spartans' first goal of the match. By Jerry McDonald Bay Area News Group ALAMEDA The Raiders re- turned to work Tuesday rested and ready. And in the case of left guard Kelechi Osemele, relieved. It turns out the "illness" which caused Osemele to be a late scratch from last Thurs- day's 21-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs was a kidney stone, something he revealed to report- ers following practice in excru- ciating detail. "It's frustrating, but you re- ally don't have control over the things that happen with your health," Osemele said. "I'm just fortunate." Osemele indicated to Raiders fans on Twitter Monday "Great workout and it's safe to say I've made a full recovery." He is ex- pected to be back in the starting lineup when the Raiders visit the San Diego Chargers Sunday. As tough as it was to lose a lineman who has gone a long way toward making the Raiders one of the top lines in the NFL, rookie seventh-round pick Vadal Alexander filled in admirably. "I didn't know I was play- ing until I was warming up at the stadium," Alexander said. "You've got to approach every week like you're the starter, whether you are or not, be- cause anything can happen. Each week can be a whole dif- ferent situation." Alexander knows of what he RAIDERS Osemele missed Chiefs game with kidney stone RAIDERSATSANDIEGO When: Sunday, 1:25p.m. TV/Radio: CBS TUNEIN WARRIORS 113, PELICANS 109 Up Next: NY Knicks at Warriors When: Thursday, 7:30p.m. TV/Radio: CSN, TNT THESCORE SHARKS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2(SO) Up Next: Sharks at Ottawa When: Wednesday, 4p.m. TV/Radio: CSN-CA THESCORE By Anthony Slater Bay Area News Group NEW ORLEANS Just like in the closing moments in Phoenix or in Milwaukee last month or against the Hawks a couple weeks back, the Pelicans, with the game on the line, went at Draymond Green. And just like the previous three times, Green rose to the chal- lenge, burned the opponent and sealed a narrow Warriors win. The final in New Orleans: 113- 109 Warriors over the Pelicans to close out a 4-1 road trip. With 13 seconds left, trailing by two, the Pelicans missed a free throw. But they got their own re- bound. Then they kicked it out and found Anthony Davis, one of the game's most gifted players, isolted on the mid-post. But he was isolated on Green. The Pelicans dumped it to Da- vis. The clocked ticked from 7 sec- onds to 6 to 5. Davis readied for his move. But before he could, Green bolted his hand to the ball, at risk of a foul, and cleanly swiped Davis. It bounced to the Warriors. Green, fouled moments later, would seal the game with two free throws. For awhile, it looked like the NBA Curry scores 30 in Warriors' victory By Curtis Pashelka Bay Area News Group TORONTO The Sharks came alive with two goals late in the third period then had Logan Couture score the only goal in the shootout to earn an unlikely 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tues- day at Air Canada Centre. Martin Jones made 29 saves, including two stops in overtime, and saved shots by Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews and Nikita Sos- hnikov in the shootout to cap the win for the Sharks, who still haven't lost in Toronto since 2002. Matthews had a goal and an as- sist for the Maple Leafs, who had a 2-0 lead after two periods. Justin Braun scored his first of the season with 7:17 to go in the third period to give the Sharks some life as they cut the Maple Leafs' lead to one. Just 2:07 later NHL Sharks rally, beat Leafs in shootout Fi rs t u p a re g ir ls g am es , bo ys s ta r t T hu rsd ay , c ha mp io ns hi p S at ur da y WARRIORS PAGE 2 SHARKS PAGE 2 Th om ps on s co re s t wi ce , S co tt o nc e a s R ed B lu ff n ot ch es 3 -0 w in Red Bluff's Julia Zumalt heads the ball against Paradise. RAIDERS PAGE 2 SPORTS ยป redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, December 14, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1