Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/777354
SpecialtotheDN REDBLUFF The Ride On Race Series was in Forward Park Sat- urday for the second race in the six-race series. "The course was one of the toughest we have built in the seven years of putting on the series and the riders loved it," said race promoter Jarret Yount. The Weingart brothers, Jack and Bill, of Red Bluff were first and second place respectively in the 30-minute C-Class, followed by Rocky Shook of Cottonwood. The top 6 riders of the C-Class completed 5 laps on the gruel- ing course while the next 6 riders completed 4 laps and the last two riders completed 3 and 2 laps. The 45-minute B-Class was dominated by the Chico con- tingent with Shawn Hughes in first, Clay Johnson second and Tom Embree in third place. The threesome did 9 laps, as did the next three riders to cross the fin- ish line. Red Bluff's Tim Roberts moved from the C-Class to the B-Class and finished just off of the podium in forth place. A to- tal of 10 riders tested their abil- ities during the 45-minute race. Next up was the free one lap race for the kids 12 and younger. Nine kids lined up and Yount sent them out in groups with the younger ones heading out first followed by the bigger kids. Yount said he was tickled when he asked the mother of three of the children racing if he should alter the course to make it easier for the kids. She quickly replied "Oh no, they wouldn't be happy about that." They all completed the course in about 12 to 15 min- utes, compared the A-Class rid- ers that were doing it in about 4- to 5-minute laps. The last race of the day was the 60-minute A-Class with 13 riders participating. The first 7 riders had 13 laps by the end of the hour. The top three finishers were well out in front of the field by the halfway mark and the winner, Cameron Falioner of Quincy, put the hammer down on the last two laps, leav- ing Richard Loewen of Chico and Jamie Lynn of Redding to battle for second and third place. "It's all about pacing yourself and competing against your- self," said Shock, 70. "Everybody has to do the same course." For the first three laps of the C-Class race Shook was back in eighth place and worked his way up to third by the end of the fifth lap. "You don't want to burn all of your matches at once," Shock said. The ride On Race Series will be in Trainor Park behind Vista Middle School on Saturday, Jan. 28. Racing starts at noon. Come out early and get some practice laps. More info can be found on Facebook at Ride On Race Se- ries. CYCLOCROSS BROTHERS END 1, 2 AT FORWARD PARK RedBluffsiblingsovercometoughcourse,heatedcompetition CONTRIBUTED Riders negotiate a muddy hillside Saturday during the Ride On Race Series cyclocross race at Forward Park in Red Bluff. By Elliott Almond and Cam Inman Bay Area News Group SAN JOSE Jed York preached patience Tuesday as his search for the 49ers next coach and general manager enters a fourth week, with a presumed conclu- sion coming after the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 once they can hire Kyle Shanahan as coach. Echoing a Jan. 2 press confer- ence in which the team's CEO invoked the word "culture" 16 times, York stayed on message while appearing in San Jose for the launch of the Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change, which the 49ers are helping fund. "The message is we're going to re-establish a championship culture," York said. "We're not going to do that by filling a job quickly. We need to be patient. We need to be willing to wait. "And when we get the right people, we'll start putting every- thing into place." Shanahan will be involved when York and other team of- ficials return to Atlanta later this week to not only follow- up with their coaching finalist but also nail down their poten- tial general manager. On Satur- day's calendar, a league source confirmed, are follow-up inter- views with George Paton and Terry McDonough, executives with the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals, respectively. Neither Paton nor Mc- Donough has previously been a general manager, nor have they worked with Shanahan, who's poised to become a first- time head coach after the Super Bowl, his would-be finale as the Atlanta Falcons offensive coor- 49ERS York on regime change: 'We need to be patient' By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press SAN DIEGO Tiger Woods was quick to set the record straight, with a smile. As he gets ready to embark on his 21st season on the PGA Tour, a reporter mentioned to Woods that he had won at Torrey Pines "seven or eight times" and asked how much his comfort level was a factor in deciding where to start his year. "Eight times," Woods replied. "And one as a junior, so it's tech- nically nine. So I like that place ." Woods first dipped his toes in the water eight weeks ago in the Bahamas at an unofficial event with an 18-man field and no cut. Expectations were low, and so was the stress. Still, it was his first competition since a pair of back surgeries kept out of golf for 15 months. It was an impor- tant first step. Torrey Pines is sure to invite greater inspection. There is no other golf course on the PGA Tour that Woods knows better or is more com- fortable playing. Yes, he also won eight times at Bay Hill and Firestone. Bay Hill was always feast or fam- ine for Woods; even during his peak years, he failed to finish inside the top 20 on five occa- sions. What gives Torrey Pines the edge over Firestone is that during an 11-year stretch, Woods never finished more than four shots behind the winner against a 156-man field. And one of those was a U.S. Open on a left knee that was surgically rebuilt a week later. But while positive memories are powerful in golf, they can be a double-edged sword for a 41-year-old golfer on the mend, especially when the most recent memories are a reminder of how he began a rapid slide from the top of the world ranking. The 18th hole at Torrey Pines will forever be remembered for Woods making a 12-foot birdie to force a playoff in the 2008 U.S. Open, which he won the next day for his 14th ma- jor. The last time Woods played it in competition was in 2014. He came up well short from 254 yards and into the water, took a drop, flew the green into a plugged lie in the bunker and GOLF COMMENTARY Tiger and Torrey, and a mixed bag of memories TREVOR HAGAN — THE CANADIAN PRESS Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele tries to get a shot on Sharks goalie Aaron Dell on Tuesday. By Mike McIntyre BANG Correspondent WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Peter DeBoer predicted it would be as tough a test as the San Jose Sharks have faced all season. And his team passed with flying col- ors Tuesday night, skating away with a 4-3 victory over the Win- nipeg Jets. Patrick Marleau scored the winner with just over four min- utes left — one night after he pot- ted a career-best four goals in the third period of his team's win over Colorado. It was the sixth straight victory for the Sharks, who didn't arrive in their Winnipeg hotel until the early morning hours. Prior to the game, DeBoer said the first few minutes would be key as his team tried to get their legs following a long night of travel. The Sharks couldn't have scripted a better start. A pair of early Winnipeg penalties — in- cluding a blatant too-many-men on the ice violation — put the Jets down two skaters. Brent Burns wasted no time making them pay for their sins, hammering a per- fect feed from Logan Couture for his team-leading 21st goal of the year just 3:59 into the game. Winnipeg responded a few minutes later when Bryan Little snuck behind the Sharks defend- ers and was sent in on a break- away, making a nifty deke to beat goalie Aaron Dell and wake up the home crowd. San Jose came flying out of the gate to start the second period, as Mikkel Boedker fed a pass to Couture who buried the one-timer just 27 seconds into the middle frame. It's the 16th goal of the sea- son for Couture. Winnipeg tied it again late in the period, as Andrew Copp blasted a shot over Dell's shoulder The Jets took the lead for the first time just four minutes into the final frame, as Little went bar down with a slapper from the slop that Dell had no chance on. But the Sharks tied it midway through the period in dramatic fashion. Melker Karlsson was awarded a penalty shot after be- ing slashed on a breakaway, and he made no mistake by beating Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec to the NHL MarleauliftsSharksoverJets RACE PAGE 2 PATRICK SEMANSKY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE There is no other golf course on the PGA Tour that Tiger Woods knows better or is more comfortable playing than Torrey Pines. GOLF PAGE 2 Team CEO vows to 'get the right people' 49ERS PAGE 2 SHARKS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, January 25, 2017 MORE ATFACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1