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Staffreports REDBLUFF With 3 goals in the opening half and a pair in the sec- ondhalfFridaynight,theRedBluff Spartans soccer team cruised to a home win over the Enterprise Hor- nets, 5-1. With the win the Spartans go to 8-3-1 and are even at 1-1 in league play. They are scheduled to face the Chico Panthers (11-1-1 overall, 2-0 league) at 3:15 p.m. Wednes- day in Chico. LadySpartans1,Enterprise1 REDDING The Lady Spartans came from behind to tie the En- terpriseHornetsFriday,1-1,inRed- ding. Enterprise's Maddy Matthews scored on a break away near the end of the first half. Red Bluff tied the score with a goal from Rosy Alfaro late in the second half. The Lady Spartans go to 6-4-3 overall and 0-0-2 in league play. They will host the Chico Panthers (10-3 overall, 2-0 league) at 6 p.m. Wednesday. LadyCardinals5,Oroville2 CORNING The Corning Lady Car- dinalstooka5-2homewinoverthe visiting Oroville Tigers Thursday to remain perfect in league play. Freshman Nayeli Lara had a huge game, with 4 goals. The fifth goal came from freshman Itzel Ramirez, who also had 3 assists. Vanessa Aguire was named player of the game for the Cardi- nals, with 12 steals in the game. "Vanessa has really proved herself as a team player who has stepped it up and is playing a po- sition she's never played," said coach Ed Curiel. "However she has excelled greatly in that spot especially in today's game. She was there ready to challenge ev- ery ball, helped control the back field and did not give up at all. She was aggressive and her com- munication and placement was absolutely great." Goalie Anna Reynolds had 9 saves in the win. The Cardinals go to 4-4 over- all and 2-0 in league play. They are scheduled to face the Para- dise Bobcats (6-7-2 overall, 1-0 league) at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in Paradise. The Cardinals boys team (7-2 overall) is scheduled to play the Paradise Bobcats (5-6-3 overall, 0-0-1 league) at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in Paradise. SOCCER SPARTANS AND LADY CARDINALS GET WINS RedBluff'sKevinMaza,inwhite,fightsfortheballFriday night against the Enterprise Hornets. PHOTOS BY CLARE CARBONELL Red Bluff's Alex Valencia (20) moves the ball down field Friday night against the Enterprise Hornets. By Curtis Pashelka Bay Area News Group SAN JOSE Sharks forward Joel Ward looked up and thought he had some time as he went to re- trieve the puck along the boards near the bench of the Winnipeg Jets. Instead, Ward was leveled by Jets defenseman Mark Stuart. "Turned around," Ward said, "and just saw a big white jersey in front of me." Ward, though, had pushed the puckaheadtoChris Tierney,who set up Timo Meier for a break- away. Meier made no mistake as his goal was the start of a domi- nant second period by the Sharks in their 5-2 win over the Jets. Tierney, Ward and Meier com- bined for three goals and three assists, Martin Jones made 26 saves and Brent Burns scored his team-high 18th goal of the sea- son as the Sharks moved back to within three points of Anaheim for first place in the Pacific Di- vision. Ward looked alert after the hit from Stuart but had to be taken into the Sharks' dressing room to be examined. Ward returned to the ice midway through the sec- ondperiodandfinishedthegame a plus-3. He was also 9-0 in the faceoff circle. "That's the commitment we talk about," DeBoer said of Ward's play. "Taking that hit, making that play scores the goal. We need that. Joel's a guy that brings that to the rink almost ev- ery night." "It was a hockey play. It was a good hit," Ward said. "I tried to get the puck out obviously, and next thing I knew I was on my back and heard the horn go off. I wasn't too sure what happened after that." Ward opened the scoring 11:54 into the first period with the Sharks killing a penalty to Da- vid Schlemko. Ward won a faceofftotheright of Jones and a clearing attempt by Justin Braun got past Jets de- fenseman Dustin Byfuglien at the Sharks' blue line and into the neutral zone. Ward picked it up and fired a wrist shot to the far, upper corner past a sliding Mi- chael Hutchinson for his second goal in six games and fourth of the season. "I tried to anticipate for it to go down, and (Byfuglien) kind of slowed it up a little bit," Ward said. "Just kind of saw glove side NHL Joel Ward leads Sharks in win over Winnipeg By Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press GREEN BAY, WIS. For once after a game, Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby felt sore. He got mobbed by giddy team- mates after hitting the 51-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Dallas Cowboys. At one point, Crosby had to beg hulking left tackle David Bakhtiari from trying to pick up the kicker for a victory parade. After getting eliminated from the playoffs on the last play in each of the previous three sea- sons, the Packers experienced last-second elation in the 34-31 win over Dallas on Sunday. Green Bay will face the Atlanta Falcons on the road in the NFC championship game on Sunday. "Usually after a game, I don't feel beat up," a smiling Crosby said on Monday. "We play a kid's game, and those moments like that, just kind of bring that (joy) out of us." Crosby's clutch kick was set up by Aaron Rodgers' throw , while rolling to his left, to toe-dragging tight end Jared Cook along the sideline for a 36-yard gain. Coach Mike McCarthy on Monday cred- ited Rodgers with making all the right calls on that play. "It's one of the greatest plays that you'll ever see in that ... we call it the final eight (plays) situation for us. But yes, the orchestration and the protection call, the route concept, great, great job with it," McCarthy said. NFC CHAMPIONSHIP Pa ck er s flip script with last-second winning kick By Janie Mccauley The Associated Press OAKLAND Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors certainly looked ready to trade some more blows with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers come June. The two-time reigning MVP hit five 3-pointers and had 20 points while matching his sea- son best with 11 assists in Golden State's 126-91 rout of the defending champs Monday. KlayThompsonscored26points with five 3s, and Draymond Green produced his third triple-double of the season with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. He also equaled his career best with five blocks — and had another dustup with King James in the process. James had 20 points on 6-of-18 shooting and eight rebounds, and heandGreenbecamethetalkonce more as their relationship turned even more testy. Kevin Durant added 21 points, six rebounds, five assists and three blocks for the Warriors in a much- hypedmatchupmerelyweeksafter Golden State lost 109-108 in Cleve- land on Christmas. The Warriors squandered a 14-point lead that day in a loss that fueled them going into Mon- day.Theyrelinquisheda3-1advan- tage in the NBA Finals last year, a failure that motivates them to re- turn to the big stage. And the ri- vals' latest holiday game marked NBA Warriors rout defending champion Cavs in rematch Staff reports OROVILLE The Corning Cardi- nals opened league play Friday night with a 57-40 road win over the Las Plumas Thunderbirds to remain perfect on the season at 16-0. After a low-scoring first pe- riod the Cardinals put up 21 in the second to take a 27-20 lead into the half. Corning stretched the lead in the third and fourth for the victory. The Cardinals (16-0 overall, 1-0 league) will return to Oro- ville at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to take on the Tigers (7-10 overall, 0-1 league). The Cardinals will celebrate homecoming Friday night when they host the Paradise Bobcats (7-8 overall, 1-0 league). Lady Spartans 60, Chico 52 CHICO The Red Bluff Lady Spar- tans jumped out to an early lead Friday night at Chico and took a 36-21 lead into the half. Holding off a late charge from the Pan- thers, Red Bluff took a 60-52 win. Jesse Miller led the Spar- tans with 17 points and 10 re- bounds, with a trio of three- pointers, Kylee Kitchell had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Megan Boone and Maggie Wining each had 8 points and Allyson Drury and Carissa Twitchell each had 7 points and 6 and 4 rebounds respectively. The Lady Spartans (11-3 over- all, 1-0 league) are scheduled to host the Enterprise Hornets (15-2 overall, 0-1 league) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Lady Bulldogs 51, Live Oak 65 LIVE OAK The Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs took a road loss Friday to the Live Oak Lions, 65-51. The Bulldogs (10-4) will open league play at 6 p.m. Tuesday against the rival Mercy Warriors (2-13) in Red Bluff. BASKETBALL Cardinalsopenleagueplaywithwin Lady Spartans win on the road at Chico The Lady Spartans go to 6-4-3 overall and 0-0-2 in league play. They will host the Chico Panthers (10-3 overall, 2-0 league) at 6 p.m. Wednesday. SHARKS PAGE 2 PACKERS PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, January 17, 2017 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1