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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Monday���s results Tuesday December 4, 2012 NBA Orlando LATE Warriors Friday���s results By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor GIRLS SOCCER Shasta 1 Red Bluff 4 Today���s games BOYS HOOPS Corning Las Plumas 7 p.m. Los Molinos PAA Paradise Adv. 7 p.m. GIRLS HOOPS Gridley Corning 7:30 p.m. Los Molinos PAA Paradise Adv. 7 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Red Bluff Shasta 4:30 p.m. Biggs Los Molinos Lady Spartans win opening tourney 3:30 p.m. ANDERSON ��� It might be their newfound firepower. It might be a veritable veteran voice on the sidelines in Lily Brose. Or it might be that they just don���t know any better. Regardless, the Red Bluff Lady Spartans varsity basketball team has opened its season 3-0, which includes a tournament win in Anderson on Saturday after a thrilling 51-48 victory over the host Cubs. In Kathy Brandt���s last four years coaching the Spartans, it���s the first time Red Bluff has won a preseason tournament, she said. And it marks another step toward the program���s turnaround from the 5-19 doldrums two years ago. Ask the juniors on the team, Brandt said, and they might know the Spartans��� history, but they haven���t lived it, which can be beneficial. After ridding themselves of their opening night jitters in an ugly win against Trinity on Thursday, the Spartans played well in a win against league rival West Valley on Friday to earn a spot in the Tip-Off Classic championship game against Anderson. In the past, reaching the final might have been good enough. Not this season. ���If you���re in it, you should be in it to win it,��� Brandt said. ���Not to go home with second place.��� But the Spartans, going into halftime on Saturday, found themselves in a 25-16 hole and were held to just six points in the second period. Brandt had a prescription to break through Anderson���s 1-3-1 defense that was giving Red Bluff fits in the first half, but needed the extended break to explain it to her team. She added that she challenged her squad at the half. ���This early in the season with a new team, you never know how they���re going to respond,��� Brandt said. The Lady Spartans heeded her call and played with added defensive energy, trapping Anderson in the backcourt and forcing turnovers. On offense, the team exploded for 19 points while keeping the Cubs to eight in the period and entered the fourth with a 35-33 advantage. The back-and-forth fourth period saw big plays, including a Brittany Clatty 15-foot jumper to take a 47-45 lead with 1:30 left in the game. After Anderson crept back to trail 48-47 with 23 seconds left with Red Bluff inbounding, the Cubs��� coach told his team during a timeout to keep the ball away from the Spartans��� Daisy Brose, who had the hot free throw hand in the game, making 9 of 10 up to that point. Anderson failed to steal the ball on the Spartans inbound play, and also failed to keep the ball from Brose���s possession. The Cubs were forced to put Brose on the line, where she calmly drained two to give Red Bluff a 50-47 advantage. The Cubs missed a three-pointer to tie the game and the Spartans would seal their tournament win. Brose finished with 17 points and 9 rebounds and was awarded tournament MVP. Jessica Macdonald added 6 points, and Chelsey Bushnell finished with 7 points and 6 boards. Macdonald and Bushnell both took home All-Tournament honors. The Lady Spartans��� next tournament is the Red Bluff Holiday Classic. ���That was their comment (after the game),��� Brandt said. ���Our next tournament is the Holiday Classic, and, you know, let���s get it done there.��� Lois Langford Tournament Corning and Mercy spent the weekend Daily News photo by Andre Byik Red Bluff High's Chelsey Bushnell rises for a jumper against Anderson during the Tip-Off Classic championship game at Anderson High School on Saturday. at the Lois Langford Tournament in Live Oak. The Lady Cardinals placed third after defeating Willows 54-43 in the third place game Saturday. Gates Fears was named to the all-tournament team. Pierce defeated Mercy on Friday 33-28. Hamilton Mercy 3:30 p.m. On the tube MEN���S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ��� 4 p.m., ESPN ��� Jimmy V Classic, Texas vs. Georgetown, at New York ��� 4 p.m., ESPN2 ��� Oklahoma at Arkansas ��� 4 p.m., NBCSN ��� Richmond at Old Dominion ��� 6 p.m., ESPN ��� Jimmy V Classic, NC State vs. UConn, at New York ��� 6 p.m., ESPN2 ��� Northwestern at Baylor ��� 6 p.m., NBCSN ��� Siena at St. Bonaventure ��� 7 p.m., CSNC ��� St. John���s at San Francisco NBA ��� 4:30 p.m., NBATV ��� Oklahoma City at Brooklyn SOCCER ��� 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER ��� UEFA Champions League, Manchester City at Dortmund ��� 2 p.m., FOX SOCCER ��� UEFA Champions League, Ajax at Real Madrid (same-day tape) ��� 4 p.m., FOX SOCCER ��� UEFA Champions League, Arsenal at Olympiacos (same-day tape) Giants, Pagan reach agreement SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Giants general manager Brian Sabean can check two big boxes off his winter to-do list. San Francisco and freeagent center fielder Angel Pagan agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract Monday as the winter meetings got underway in Nashville, Tenn. Bobby Evans, the team���s vice president of baseball operations, said the deal with Pagan was ������very close������ and the leadoff hitter would be subject to a physical to finalize his return to the reigning World Series champions. Retaining Pagan was among the top priorities for Sabean this offseason, along with keeping recently re-signed left-handed reliever Jeremy Affeldt and Marco Scutaro. Bulldogs fall in Block LM championship By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor LOS MOLINOS ��� The Los Molinos Bulldogs varsity basketball team found themselves fighting uphill for most its Block LM Tournament championship game against Hamilton on Saturday. The young and scrappy Bulldogs fell 43-35, but showed flashes of its emerging identity as a defensiveminded team. After falling behind 27-20 going into halftime, the Bulldogs (2-1) staged a remarkable third period when they held Hamilton (3-0) to just three points. Hamilton���s 6-foot-3 Jospeh Bass and 6-foot-7 Andrew Whitsett were dominating the paint in the first half, cleaning up their team���s outside misses for easy layups. But Bulldogs coach Christian Cumptson found success countering with a small lineup in the second half, which saw Los Molinos tie the game at 32 with 5:11 left in the fourth period. It���s the closest the Bulldogs would get to a lead as Hamilton then built a nine-point, 4132 advantage with about a minute left to play. Cumptson said Hamilton���s own adjustment to go small worked because ���their small guys are bigger than our small guys.��� Bulldogs point guard AJ Long, who struggled with his shot most of the night, did find creative ways to reach the basket and drove without fear. Long finished with 7 points and All-Tournament honors. The Bulldogs��� Jesus Castillo, who received All-Tournament honors as well, lit up the field with 11 points, which included three threepointers. Eric Haley added 4 points of his own. Cumptson said he thought his team played well in its opening tournament, which saw the Bulldogs win a tight, 42-41 contest against American Christian in the quarters Daily News photo by Andre Byik Los Molinos High's AJ long brings the ball up the court against Hamilton in the Block LM championship game Saturday at Los Molinos High School. and a less than close 58-38 victory over Esparto in the semifinals. Cumptson, a defense first coach, added that the Bulldogs will continue to focus on defensive end at practices. ���I demand defense from my players,��� he said. Los Molinos is coming off a 1310 season in which the team made a playoff appearance. Up next for the Bulldogs is a trip to Paradise Adventist (4-1) at 7 p.m. today. Mercy took 7th place with a 5327 win over Champion Christian on Saturday. The Warriors (1-2) head to the 43rd Annual Trinity Holiday Classic this coming weekend. Pierce Tournament Corning swept its way to the title of the Pierce Tournament knocking off Willows 67-42 in the title game. Corning beat Biggs in the semis 55-29 and squeaked out a 32-30 win over Live Oak in the opener. Corning (4-0) travels to Las Plumas tonight then heads to the Live Oak Tournament Thursday. Argonaut Quarterback Club Tournament Red Bluff won the consolation bracket of the Argonaut Quarterback Club Tournament in Jackson. The Spartans grabbed fifth place by defeating Galt 73-41 on Saturday. Red Bluff loss their opener to Amador 69-62 then bounced back to beat Linden 70-45. Red Bluff heads to Eureka this coming weekend for the Arcata Invitational. Gulliford named best wrestler; Bulldogs take home 3 titles Doc Petersen Tourney Panu Tournament Tucker Gulliford was named Outstanding Wrestler at the 39th annual Doc Petersen Tournament in Orland after winning all of his matches by pin in the first period to capture the 170-pound title. Kyle Case finished third at 160 pounds. The senior will normally wrestle at 152 pounds. Case lost 5-3 in the semifinals on a controversial call in overtime. Dallas Hethcoat took third place at 152 pounds, entering the tournament as a nonseed. The Spartans finished sixth overall. Jordan McManus fought through a though 132-pound class to take fourth. Chis Alcala (106) and Dalton Gutierrez (126) each placed fifth. Corning���s top wrestler was Hector Valencia. The Los Molinos wrestling team started its season in Yuba City Saturday at the Panu wrestling tournament. Three of the five Bulldogs brought home championships. At 113 pounds Colby Demo dominated with five wins to take first place. Deigo Munoz pinned all five of his opponents at 145 pounds to take first. Al Torres won the heavyweight division by winning all four of his matches by pins. ���We may be small, but we have worked hard and it shows on the mat this year,��� coach Jim Maxwell said. ���We really showed some heart when we hit the mat. They didn���t back down from some of those big schools out of the Sacramento area. Gulliford The Bulldogs show off their medals.