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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results 1B Sports Weekend December 8-9, 2012 BOYS HOOPS EU Eureka 70 2 OT 79 Red Bluff Arcata Tournament MV Mesa Verde 45 Corning Harbaugh chose 49ers over Miami 58 Live Oak Tournament GIRLS HOOPS Corning 47 Oroville 53 Oroville Tournament BOYS SOCCER Los Molinos 1 Esparto 3 Colusa 4 Mercy ES 49ERS | vs. Dolphins at 1:05 p.m. Sunday on CBS 1 Today's games WRESTLING Red Bluff 9 a.m. Red Bluff Holiday Classic Corning At Folsom tournament BOYS HOOPS Red Bluff At Arcata tournament Corning At Live Oak tournament Mercy At Trinity tournament GIRLS HOOPS Los Molinos At Pierce tournament Corning At Oroville tournament Mercy At Westwood tournament GIRLS SOCCER Red Bluff At Foothill tournament NBA MCT photo San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) celebrates a Vernon Davis touchdown in November. tango and I think you should certainly ask him about that, but I have nothing but good things to say about him. I really enjoyed our visit." Miami's immediate future — and long-term success, too — is riding on Tannehill's ability to get a stagnant offense going down the stretch for a Dolphins team determined to finish strong and avoid a fourth consecutive losing season after overhauling the operation heading into 2012. "You can't win games consistently only scoring 19 points," Tannehill said. "That's a big focus of ours, to find a way to get more points on the board whatever way it is. We have to find a way." He will face pressure all day from NFL sacks leader Aldon Smith as well as Justin Smith. Both teams boast stingy, opportunistic defenses and mobile young quarterbacks still learning the ups and downs of the NFL through trial by fire. Though the 49ers have hurt themselves of late with a plethora of penalties — hardly the way the NFC West leaders want to be playing in December. With the season's stretch run ahead and Seattle close behind, San Francisco plans to do all in its power to play mistake-free football against the Dolphins. Harbaugh, left tackle Joe Staley and linebacker Patrick Willis all insist then Niners need to clean things up in short order. "We have had some big NATIONAL FINALS RODEO Warriors CSNB Washington 4 p.m. Kings CSNC Portland 7 p.m. Sunday's games Miami CBS 49ers 1:05 p.m. Monday's games BOYS SOCCER Corning Winters SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two years ago, both the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers wooed Jim Harbaugh to be their next coach. The Niners won that courting competition and landed their high-profile man, luring him away from nearby Stanford and giving him a $25 million, fiveyear contract. And Harbaugh delivered immediately by taking his new team to the NFC championship game and oh-soclose to a Super Bowl as a rookie NFL coach. Now, he has his 49ers (8-3-1) poised for another postseason run next month, with Miami (5-7) next up on the schedule come Sunday at Candlestick Park. As rarely as these teams see each other being on opposite coasts and playing in different conferences, they certainly have pursued some of the same faces — most notably, of course, being Harbaugh. Then, last spring, 49ers quarterback Alex Smith flew to South Florida for a visit with the Dolphins during a time when San Francisco's brass explored the possibility of signing Peyton Manning. Manning wound up in Denver, Smith stayed put on a new three-year deal, while Miami drafted Ryan Tannehill. Smith has since lost his starting job to Colin Kaepernick after suffering a concussion against the Rams on Nov. 11. Dolphins coach Joe Philbin didn't want to get into the details regarding how far talks went with Smith before he ultimately re-signed with San Francisco. "We had a great visit and I'll leave it at that," Philbin said. "Any relationship takes two sides to 3:15 p.m. Warriors CSNB Charlotte 4 p.m. Kings CSNC Dallas 5:30 p.m. Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. @TehamaSports On the tube Saturday BOXING • 7 p.m. NBCSN — Junior lightweights, Teon Kennedy (17-2-2) vs. Jerry Belmontes (17-0-0); heavyweights, Bryant Jennings (15-0-0) vs. Bowie Tupou (22-20), at Philadelphia COLLEGE FOOTBALL • 9 a.m. ESPN — NCAA, FCS, playoffs, quarterfinals, Georgia Southern at Old Dominion Noon CBS — National coverage, Army vs. Navy, at Philadelphia • 5 p.m. ESPN — Heisman Trophy Presentation, at New York ones that have really stopped some drives," Harbaugh said. "Some of them were really, really questionable, in our opinion. ... There have been some big ones that have stopped drives or extended drives for the other team. That's not the way we want to play. That's not the 49er way of playing football." While nobody wants to see mistakes at such an important stage of the season, Staley is convinced some basic attention to detail and the fundamentals might be all it takes to get back on track. "It's a general trend. We just have to do a better job with our techniques," he said. "When you see some of the holding penalties, it's a technique flaw here or there. Some of those penal- ties happen in an awkward situation. You don't know where the play is going or it's designed to go one way and it goes the other way." San Francisco struggled in a 16-13 overtime loss at St. Louis last week and now must be seriously concerned with Seattle right behind in the NFC West at 7-5. The Seahawks, who won in overtime at Chicago, host the 49ers in the second-to-last game on Dec. 23. Harbaugh is sticking with the athletic, strongarmed Kaepernick this week for the second-year pro's fourth career start. Miami has faced its share of mobile quarterbacks in recent weeks — losing to Tom Brady last week — to know what Kaepernick might present. NHL LOCKOUT 3-time world champion Harris tops bull riding in NFR opener LAS VEGAS (AP) — Three-time world bull riding champion J.W. Harris had a 90.5point ride on Stink Eye on Thursday night in the National Finals Rodeo to win the opening round and take the lead in the world standings. Harris, from Mullin, Texas, earned $18,257 to move from second to first with $170,886. Previous leader Cody Teel of Kountze, Texas, one of only five cowboys with successful first-round rides, finished fourth with a 74.5 on Gauteraux's Iron Horse. He has earned $167, 225. In tie-down roping, defending world champion Tuf Cooper of Decatur, Texas, took a big step in his bid to repeat by winning in 7.4 seconds. Cooper is second in the world standings with $142,679. Justin Maass of Giddings, Texas, tops the list with $144,001. Maass was shut out in the round after failing to place among the top six. In saddle bronc riding, defending world champion Taos Muncy of Corona, N.M., won with an 87 on Fire Lane. He's second in the season standings with $118,998. "That horse was real good and it took two jumps, and I got a pretty good mark-out on him," Muncy said. "After the first two jumps, he stayed underneath himself and was really an awesome horse that I'd like to get on every day." Jesse Wright of Milford, Utah, stayed in first at $145,760 by tying for second with brother Jake at 84.5. Jesse Wright rode Going South, while Jake was on Spring Blues. A third Wright brother, Cody, placed ESPN2 — NCAA, FCS, playoffs, quarterfinals, Sam Houston State at Montana State GOLF • 9:30 a.m. TGC — Ladies European Tour, Dubai Ladies Masters, final round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates (sameday tape) • 1 p.m. NBC — Franklin Templeton Shootout, second round, at Naples, Fla. • 5 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour Australasia, Australian Open, final round, at Sydney • 10 p.m. TGC — Asian Tour, Thailand Championship, final round, at Bangkok MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL fourth with an 83.5 on Lori Darlin. In bareback, Wes Stevenson of Lubbock, Texas, won with an 87 on Freckled Doll. Kaycee Feild of Payson, Utah, the standings leader with $149,295, was fourth with an 84.5 on Short Fuse. Stevenson, making his eighth NFR appearance, is seeking his first world championship. "I'm pretty pumped. It's an important win," Stevenson said. "But a guy needs to keep doing good. Every single time I come here, it's a new experience. I don't get much butterflies anymore, but I do here." Defending world champion Feild widened his lead over second-place Steven Dent of Mullen, Neb., who didn't place among the top six. Dent remained second at $140,781. In steer wrestling, Casey Martin of Sulphur, La., won with a 3.4-second run. Dean Gorsuch of Gering, Neb., was second at 3.5. World leader Ethen Touvenell of Napa, Calif., followed in third in 3.6 to push his total to $109,591. In team roping, header Kaleb Driggers of Albany, Ga., and heeler Jade Corkill of Fallon, Nev., tied with header Brock Hanson of Casa Grande, Ariz., and heeler Ryan Motes of Weatherford, Texas, at 4.7. Header Trevor Brazile of Decatur, Texas, and heeler Patrick Smith of Lipan, Texas, remained in the world lead with $144,649 for Smith and $143,149 for Brazile by finishing third in 4.8. Driggers, who has earned $126,571, and Corkill, who has made $122,480, are the second-place team. • 9 a.m. CBS — National coverage, Arkansas at Michigan ESPN2 — Portland at Kentucky • 10 a.m. FSN — TCU at Tulsa • 11 a.m. ESPN2 — Colorado at Kansas • 12:15 p.m. ESPN — Temple vs. Duke, at East Rutherford, N.J. • 1 p.m. ESPN2 — Virginia Tech at West Virginia • 2:15 p.m. ESPN — UCLA vs. Texas, at Houston • 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Wisconsin at Marquette NBCSN — N. Iowa at George Mason • 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Arizona at Clemson NBCSN — Villanova at Penn • 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Illinois at Gonzaga MIXED MARTIAL ARTS • 5 p.m. FOX — UFC, welterweights, Mike Swick (15-4-0) vs. Matt Brown (17-11-0); welterweights, B.J. Penn (16-8-2) vs. Rory MacDonald (13-1-0); light heavyweights, Mauricio Rua (21-6-0) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (14-1-0); champion Benson Henderson (16-2-0) vs. Nate Diaz (16-7-0), for lightweight title, at Seattle NBA • 5 p.m. WGN — New York at Chicago PREP FOOTBALL MCT photo The Carolina Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner leaves the locker room after an informal workout in September. Optimism turns to despair as negotiations break off NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season. The NHL said not so fast, and then took away everything that created all the optimism in the first place. When the 82nd day of the lockout was over, it was hard not to think the sides were thrown back to the very start of the fight. The problem is this is not the summer or even October. It's December, and there isn't much time left to reach the elusive deal and get back on the ice. Most of Thursday, NHL negotiators waited for the players' association to wrap up internal discussions and get back to them regarding a proposal the league made Wednesday night. Owners greatly increased the amount of dollars they were willing to pay on the ''makewhole'' provision to compensate players in transitioning to the new collective bargaining agreement. But that price came with a cost: Three conditions the NHL required the players to agree to if they wanted the influx of funds. The league wasn't looking to negotiate on those points on Thursday. It wanted a yes or no answer. When management didn't get it, negotiators got up after only an hour together and left. • Noon FSN — 5A Division I, playoffs, quarterfinal, Southlake Carroll (Texas) vs. DeSoto (Texas), at Dallas • 1:25 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader game • 5:20 p.m. NBC — Detroit at Green Bay RUGBY • 8 p.m. NBCSN — Sevens World Series, semifinals and championship match, teams TBD, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa Sunday GOLF • 2:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Nelson Mandela Championship, final round, at Durban, South Africa • Noon NBC — Franklin Templeton Shootout, final round, at Naples, Fla. NFL • 10 a.m. CBS — Regional coverage FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader • 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage Monday NFL • 5:30 p.m. ESPN — Houston at New England SOCCER • 11:55 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Newcastle at Fulham