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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 » MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/CHICOER AND .COM/CHICOER » chicoer.com WaNBA rriorsholdoffpeskyHawks Emotional Green is banned for one game after Durant dustup staple in this organization,” Du- basketball, which is all you can By Janie McCauley rant said. “Obviously it’s definitely ask of him.” The weird not having him around and The Warriors made the an- OAKLAND » The Golden State everything that went down. But nouncement about four hours Warriors don’t expect Draymond that’s what happens, (stuff) hap- before they were set to host At- Green’s latest dustup with Kevin pens in the NBA.” lanta, and the 28-year-old Green Durant to become a long-term is- Green was suspended one game was serving the suspension as his sue for the two-time defending without pay for conduct detri- teammates beat the Hawks 110- NBA champions. mental to the team following an 103. He wasn’t at Oracle Arena Nor do they expect the emo- altercation a night earlier with and didn’t immediately respond tional Green to change after his Durant, though general to a text message seeking com- one-game suspension by the team Bob Myers declined to offer spe- ment. Tuesday. cifics on the All-Star forward’s be- “I think we’ll be fine,” Kerr said. Durant said he expects to work havior that was considered going “We’re a team that goes through things out with Green, saying, too far. Myers and Steve Kerr col- stuff, just like everybody else. “I’m sure it will, we’ve got a long laborated on the decision. And things happen, bumps in the season ahead.” “We just felt like this rose to the road. You’ve got to move forward. “His presence has been a part level of acting the way we did,” It’s all part of coaching a team, it’s JEFF CHIU — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of this team for a while, even be- Myers said, noting of Green: “He all part of being on a team. You Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant shoots against Atlanta Hawks fore I got here he’d been a huge was professional. He loves to play WARRIORS » PAGE 3 forward Taurean Prince during the first half in Oakland on Tuesday.

PREP CROSS-COUNTRY MLB PARADISE SENIOR RUNS A’s Melvin HIS WAY TO STATE MEET earns AL Manager By Will Denner [email protected] @WillCDenner on Twitter of Year In a flash, Gabe Price thought his senior cross-country season Atlanta’s Snitker was over. Price relaxed at his fami- gets top honor in NL ly’s house in Paradise Thursday morning after his only College By Martin Gallegos Connections class of the day was Bay Area News Group canceled at Butte College. He be- gan thinking about an important OAKLAND» Few people in race that afternoon. are having a better offseason than Later, he was to leave with . his Paradise High cross-coun- Two weeks af- try teammates and make the ter getting a con- hour-long drive north to Cotton- tract extension wood to compete in the section through 2021, the championship meet, determin- A’s manager was ing which teams and individual named American runners would advance to state. League Manager Price’s fastest time of the season, of the Year. Atlan- 15 minutes, 28 seconds, ranked ta’s first among all boys in Division IV Melvin won the National and third in the entire Northern League award fol- Section. But as the Camp Fire ap- lowing the ’ sur- proached Paradise from the east prising first-place finish. and forced residents to evacuate, Melvin received he didn’t make it to Cottonwood, 18 of the 30 first- nor did many of his teammates. place votes for the A little before 8:30 a.m., Price award given out received a call from his dad, Bo by Baseball Writ- Price, telling him to collect some ers’ Association of items of importance from the America, finish- house and head to his grandpar- ing ahead of Bos- ents’ house in Oroville. No one ton’s (7) in the family was certain how Snitker and (5) quickly the Camp Fire was mov- of the Tampa Bay ing toward Paradise, but they Rays. knew it was looming. It’s Melvin’s third time winning PRICE » PAGE 2 the award, tied with Chicago’s and Baltimore’s for the most among ac- tive major league managers. He won it with the A’s in 2012 and in 2007. Melvin and Maddon trail former A’s manager and , who both won the award a record four times. Voting was completed be- fore the start of the postseason, meaning Cora’s to a title with the Red Sox was not taken into consideration for the award. But even if that were the case, it’d still be hard to go with anyone other than Melvin, especially if you ask A’s GM Da- vid Forst. “The Red Sox had an incredi- ble year and Tampa is constantly competing with us for doing the most with the least, but I just think the personality of this team West Valley’s Scott Fairley (left) and Bob’s track record of getting talks to Gabe Price (second from the most of these guys stood out,” left) on the West Valley track Forst said in a conference call. “I after Price clocked a time of 17:12 TAMI FARRELL — CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS know he was left off one ballot, so to qualify for the state meet Paradise’s Gabe Price (center) runs a state qualifying time with Chico’s Charlie Giannini (left) and I’m glad he won, because the last Saturday in Cottonwood. Jaxon LeDuc (right) and West Valley High in Cottonwood on Saturday. MLB » PAGE 2

SHARKS adapts game to new style of hockey

The change is evident in the years coaching Lou Lamoriel- Defensive integrity and By Paul Gackle evolution of Sharks coach Pete lo’s New Jersey Devils, playing smart puck play are still core Bay Area News Group DeBoer’s approach to the game. a bland updated version of neu- ingredients of DeBoer’s brand SAN JOSE » Every night, across Tuesday, the Sharks used tral zone trap hockey. The name of hockey, but the Sharks coach the NHL, risk is taking center goals from Joe Pavelski and Joe DeBoer was synonymous with is clearly flirting with more risk stage. Thornton, the 400th of his ca- words, such as structure, puck nowadays, a sign that he’s up- As the NHL gets faster and reer, 13 seconds apart late in the management and defensive zone dated his software to keep up more skilled, coaches are invit- third quarter to spark a 5-4 win responsibility. After the Sharks with the times. ing more risk from their players over Nashville. hired him, many fans on social “I don’t think there’s any NHAT V. MEYER — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP to gain offensive edges, an idea DeBoer joined the Sharks in media started referring to him doubt the league has moved San Jose’s Marcus Sorensen scores a goal that would have gotten them 2015 with a reputation for being as Peter DeBoring. that way,” DeBoer said. “I look against Nashville Predators goaltender blackballed during the dead a risk adverse defensive-minded Oh my, how times have at Vegas last year and that was Juuse Saros in the first period at the SAP puck era 15 years ago. coach. He’d just spent three-plus changed. SHARKS » PAGE 2 Center on Tuesday.