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B2 THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD SUNDAY SOCCER FA Women’s Super League, Tottenham Hotspur at Everton BASKETBALL Men’s college, Rutgers at Indiana Men’s college, Davidson at Massachusetts Women’s college, Indiana at Northwestern Women’s college, Notre Dame at North Carolina Women’s college, South Carolina at LSU Women’s college, Purdue at Michigan Women’s college, Kentucky at Tennessee Women’s college, Auburn at Alabama Women’s college, Marquette at Butler Men’s college, Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee St. Women’s college, Colorado at Arizona Women’s college, Florida at Ole Miss Women’s college, Michigan St. at Wisconsin Men’s college, Nevada at Wyoming Men’s college, Memphis at East Carolina Men’s college, Utah at Washington Women’s college, Washington at Oregon Women’s college, Texas A&M at Missouri Men’s college, Boston University at Lafayette Women’s college, USC vs. Stanford NBA, N.Y. Knicks at Portland Men’s college, San Diego St. at Air Force HOCKEY NHL, Detroit at Chicago GOLF LPGA Tour, Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions LPGA Tour, Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions PGA Tour, The American Express HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races America’s Day at the Races TRACK AND FIELD American Track League FOOTBALL NFL, NFC championship game, Tampa Bay at Green Bay NFL, AFC championship game, Buffalo at Kansas City Time 6:30 a.m. TV NBCSN 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. Big Ten CBSSN ESPN2 ESPNU SEC Big Ten ESPN2 ESPNU FS1 11 a.m. noon noon 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. CBSSN Pac-12 SEC Big Ten CBSSN ESPN2 ESPNU Pac-12, Pac-12 (Ore) SEC CBSSN Pac-12 NBCSNW FS1 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 9:30 a.m. NBC 11 a.m. Golf noon noon NBC Golf 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. FS2 FS1 noon ESPN 12:05 p.m. FOX 3:40 p.m. CBS MONDAY GOLF College, Southwestern Invitational BASKETBALL Women’s college, Minnesota at Penn St. Women’s college, Maryland at Ohio St. Women’s college, Arkansas at Georgia Women’s college, St. John’s at Villanova Men’s college, Loyola-Chicago at Bradley Men’s college, Syracuse at Virginia Men’s college, UNC-Greensboro at Furman Women’s college, Nebraska at Illinois Men’s college, Utah St. at UNLV Men’s college, Texas Tech at West Virginia Men’s college, Oklahoma St. at Iowa St. NBA, Oklahoma City at Portland Men’s college, Arizona St. at Arizona 1:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Golf Big Ten ESPN2 SEC FS1 CBSSN ESPN ESPNU Big Ten CBSSN ESPN ESPN2 NBCSNW ESPN2 Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV stations. GOLF LPGA Tour Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions Scores Saturday at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Yardage: 6,645; Par: 71 Third Round Danielle Kang 64-65-63—192 Jessica Korda 65-69-60—194 Nelly Korda 65-66-67—198 In Gee Chun 68-65-67—200 Brooke Henderson 67-69-65—201 Cheyenne Knight 69-66-67—202 Angela Stanford 67-69-67—203 Brittany Lincicome 66-74-64—204 Celine Boutier 69-70-65—204 Sophia Popov 68-69-67—204 Gaby Lopez 65-68-71—204 Lexi Thompson, 67-69-69—205. Georgia Hall, 70-70- 67—207. Mel Reid, 70-70-67—207. Pernilla Lindberg, 70-72-66—208. Jasmine Suwannapura, 72-68-69—209. Ally Ewing, 70-72-68—210. Austin Ernst, 69-70-71—210. Cydney Clanton, 75-69-67—211. Madelene Sagstrom, 73-69-69—211. Stacy Lewis, 66-71-74—211. Bronte Law, 73-70-69—212. Hee Young Park, 71-69-72—212. Mi Jung Hur, 71-71-71—213. Annie Park, 69-71-73—213. PGA Tour American Express Scores Saturday at La Quinta, Calif. Stadium Course Yardage: 7,147; Par: 72 Third Round Max Homa 66-70-65—201 Si Woo Kim 66-68-67—201 Tony Finau 68-66-67—201 Richy Werenski 69-68-65—202 Russell Knox 69-70-64—203 Brian Harman 68-68-67—203 Emiliano Grillo 69-66-68—203 Cameron Davis 68-70-66—204 Rory Sabbatini 68-69-67—204 Chase Seiffert 72-67-65—204 Francesco Molinari 69-66-69—204 Doug Ghim 67-68-69—204 Matt Jones, 70-68-67—205. Byeong Hun An, 65-73- 67—205. Paul Casey, 72-65-68—205. Luke List, 69-68- 68—205. Talor Gooch, 74-66-65—205. Roger Sloan, 69- 67-69—205. Patrick Cantlay, 69-71-65—205. Gary Woodland, 70-68-68—206. Andrew Putnam, 67- 69-70—206. John Huh, 68-68-70—206. Brandon Hagy, 64-70-72—206. Sungjae Im, 68-65-73—206. Ben Mar- tin, 67-71-69—207. Michael Thompson, 67-72-68—207. James Hahn, 68-69-70—207. Adam Schenk, 68-68-71— 207. Abraham Ancer, 69-65-73—207. Rob Oppenheim, 69-71-67—207. Kyle Stanley, 70-68-70—208. Alex Noren, 67-71- 70—208. Chris Kirk, 68-70-70—208. Josh Teater, 68-69- 71—208. Kramer Hickok, 70-69-69—208. Bo Hoag, 71- 69-68—208. Brendan Steele, 68-68-72—208. Nick Taylor, 68-66-74—208. Bronson Burgoon, 71-68-70—209. Henrik Norlander, 71-68-70—209. Jamie Lovemark, 68-71-70—209. Jimmy Walker, 69-70-70—209. Patton Kizzire, 69-70-70—209. Sam Ryder, 67-70-72—209. Rickie Fowler, 73-66-70—209. Mar- tin Laird, 66-74-69—209. Rhein Gibson, 70-70-69—209. Matthew Wolff, 72-67-71—210. Kyoung-Hoon Lee, 68-71-71—210. Ryan Armour, 70-67-73—210. Hank Leb- ioda, 69-71-70—210. Charl Schwartzel, 67-72-72—211. Brian Stuard, 74-65-72—211. Zach Johnson, 72-68-71— 211. Austin Cook, 68-70-74—212. Adam Hadwin, 72-66- 74—212. Tyler Duncan, 67-72-73—212. Tyler McCumber, 69-70-73—212. Cameron Tringale, 68-72-72—212. Harry Hall, 70-70-72—212. HOCKEY NHL East GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 5 3 0 2 8 19 17 Boston 5 3 1 1 7 15 10 Philadelphia 6 3 2 1 7 20 22 N.Y. Islanders 4 3 1 0 6 9 6 Pittsburgh 5 3 2 0 6 18 21 New Jersey 4 2 1 1 5 9 11 N.Y. Rangers 4 1 2 1 3 11 12 Buffalo 5 1 3 1 3 14 16 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 4 3 1 0 6 15 10 Columbus 6 2 2 2 6 15 18 Florida 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 Nashville 4 2 2 0 4 10 14 Detroit 5 2 3 0 4 10 14 Chicago 5 1 3 1 3 13 21 Dallas 1 1 0 0 2 7 0 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 5 4 1 0 8 18 12 Minnesota 5 4 1 0 8 15 10 St. Louis 5 3 1 1 7 14 17 Colorado 5 3 2 0 6 17 12 Arizona 5 2 2 1 5 17 18 Los Angeles 5 1 2 2 4 14 17 Anaheim 5 1 2 2 4 8 13 San Jose 5 2 3 0 4 14 18 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 6 4 0 2 10 29 18 Toronto 6 4 2 0 8 19 17 Winnipeg 4 3 1 0 6 13 10 Calgary 3 2 0 1 5 11 6 Edmonton 6 2 4 0 4 15 20 Vancouver 7 2 5 0 4 20 33 Ottawa 4 1 2 1 3 11 14 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Friday’s Late Games Arizona 5, Vegas 2 Colorado 3, Anaheim 2, OT Saturday’s Games Columbus 5, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 6, Philadelphia 1 Montreal 5, Vancouver 2 St. Louis 4, Los Angeles 2 Florida at Carolina, ppd. Ottawa at Winnipeg, late Sunday’s Games Detroit at Chicago, 9:30 a.m. Buffalo at Washington, noon Toronto at Calgary, 1 p.m. Vegas at Arizona, 1 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 5 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 12 5 .706 Indiana 9 6 .600 Milwaukee 9 6 .600 Boston 8 6 .571 Brooklyn 10 8 .556 Cleveland 8 7 .533 Atlanta 8 7 .533 New York 8 9 .471 Chicago 7 8 .467 Orlando 7 9 .438 Toronto 6 9 .400 Charlotte 6 9 .400 Miami 6 9 .400 Washington 3 8 .273 Detroit 3 13 .188 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Utah 12 4 .750 L.A. Clippers 12 4 .750 L.A. Lakers 12 4 .750 Portland 8 6 .571 Phoenix 8 6 .571 Memphis 7 6 .538 Dallas 8 7 .533 Denver 8 7 .533 Golden State 8 8 .500 San Antonio 8 8 .500 Oklahoma City 6 8 .429 Sacramento 6 10 .375 Houston 5 9 .357 New Orleans 5 10 .333 Minnesota 4 11 .267 Friday’s Late Games L.A. Clippers 120, Oklahoma City 106 Sacramento 103, New York 94 Denver 130, Phoenix 126, OT Saturday’s Games Phila. 114, Detroit 110 Minnesota 120, New Orleans 110 Brooklyn 128, Miami 124 Utah 127, Golden State 108 Denver at Phoenix, late Houston at Dallas, late L.A. Lakers at Chicago, late Sunday’s Games Toronto at Indiana, 10 a.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 1 p.m. Charlotte at Orlando, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, ppd Washington at San Antonio, 5 p.m. GB — 2 2 2½ 2½ 3 3 4 4 4½ 5 5 5 6 8½ GB — — — 3 3 3½ 3½ 3½ 4 4 5 6 6 6½ 7½ New York at Portland, 7 p.m. Men’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct UCLA 8 1 .889 12 3 .800 Oregon 4 1 .800 9 2 .818 Southern Cal 6 2 .750 12 3 .800 Colorado 6 3 .667 12 4 .750 Arizona 5 3 .625 11 3 .786 Stanford 5 3 .625 9 5 .643 Oregon St. 3 3 .500 7 5 .583 Utah 3 5 .375 6 6 .500 Washington St. 2 6 .250 9 6 .600 California 2 8 .200 7 10 .412 Arizona St. 1 4 .200 4 7 .364 Washington 1 7 .125 2 11 .154 Saturday’s Games Stanford 73, No. 24 UCLA 72, OT Southern Cal 76, California 68 Colorado 70, Washington St. 59 Oregon St. at No. 21 Oregon, late Sunday’s Game Utah at Washington, 1 p.m. TOP 25 SCORES Saturday’s Games No. 1 Gonzaga vs. Pacific, late No. 2 Baylor 81, Oklahoma St. 66 No. 3 Villanova 71, Providence 56 No. 5 Texas at TCU, ppd. No. 19 Missouri 73, No. 6 Tennessee 64 No. 8 Houston 68, Temple 51 Oklahoma 75, No. 9 Kansas 68 No. 15 Ohio St. 74, No. 10 Wisconsin 62 No. 11 Creighton 74, No. 23 UConn 66 No. 12 Texas Tech vs. Iow St., ppd. No. 13 Virginia 64, Georgia Tech 62 No. 14 West Virginia 69, Kansas St. 47 Syracuse 78, No. 16 Virginia Tech 60 Maryland 63, No. 17 Minnesota 49 No. 18 Alabama 81, Mississippi St. 73 Florida St. 80, No. 20 Clemson 61 No. 22 Illinois at Michigan St., ppd. Women’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Arizona 9 2 .818 11 2 .846 Stanford 8 2 .800 11 2 .846 UCLA 7 2 .778 9 2 .818 Oregon 8 3 .727 10 3 .769 Arizona St. 4 3 .571 8 3 .727 Washington St. 5 4 .556 7 4 .636 Southern Cal 4 5 .444 6 6 .500 Colorado 4 6 .400 6 7 .462 Oregon St. 1 4 .200 3 4 .429 Utah 2 9 .182 3 9 .250 Washington 1 5 .167 4 5 .444 California 0 8 .000 0 11 .000 Friday’s Late Game No. 6 UCLA 70, No. 5 Stanford 66 Friday’s Late Box Score No. 13 Oregon 58, Washington St. 50 WASHINGTON ST. (7-4) Motuga 1-6 1-2 3, Murekatete 3-12 2-4 8, Charlisse Leger-Walker 8-26 3-3 24, Krystal Leger-Walker 2-10 0-0 5, Teder 0-4 2-2 2, Levy 0-0 0-0 0, Nankervis 0-0 0-0 0, Molina 2-6 1-1 6, Sarver 0-0 0-0 0, Clarke 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 17-67 9-12 50. OREGON (10-3) Boley 1-6 4-4 6, Prince 7-12 0-0 14, Sabally 2-3 1-2 5, Chavez 0-5 1-4 1, Paopao 4-13 0-0 8, Giomi 0-0 0-0 0, Mikesell 3-9 4-4 11, Shelley 2-3 0-0 4, Dugalic 3-4 0-0 6, Parrish 1-3 0-0 3, Scherr 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-59 10-14 58. Washington St. 14 10 14 12 — 50 Oregon 5 16 17 20 — 58 3-Point Goals—Washington St. 7-32 (Motuga 0-3, Leger-Walker 5-14, Leger-Walker 1-8, Teder 0-4, Mo- lina 1-2, Clarke 0-1), Oregon 2-14 (Boley 0-1, Chavez 0-2, Paopao 0-3, Mikesell 1-5, Dugalic 0-1, Parrish 1-2). Assists—Washington St. 10 (Leger-Walker 4), Oregon 17 (Paopao 6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Washington St. 35 (Leger-Walker 4-8), Oregon 49 (Pa- opao 4-6). Total Fouls—Washington St. 13, Oregon 15. Technical Fouls—None. A—0. Sunday’s Games Colorado at No. 10 Arizona, noon Utah at Arizona St., 1 p.m. Washington St. at Oregon St., 2 p.m. Washington at No. 13 Oregon, 2 p.m. Southern Cal vs. No. 5 Stanford, 4 p.m. No. 6 UCLA at California, ppd. Tuesday’s Game Washington at Oregon St., 4 p.m. TOP 25 SCORES Saturday’s Games No. 3 UConn 72, Georgetown 41 No. 9 Baylor 84, Oklahoma 61 No. 14 South Florida at East Carolina, ppd. No. 18 DePaul vs. Providence, ppd. No. 20 Gonzaga vs. BYU, ppd. Texas 70, No. 24 Iowa St. 59 FOOTBALL NFL playoffs CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday’s Games NFC Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 12:05 p.m. AFC Buffalo at Kansas City, 3:40 p.m. America’s Line (Home team in CAPS) ——— NFL Conference Championships Favorite Open Current O/U Underdog Sunday PACKERS 4 3½ 51 Bucs CHIEFS 3 3 53½ Bills DEALS Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with INFs Daniel Vasquez, Diego Guzman, and Darnel Collins, C Ste- ven Cespedes, OFs Angel Parra and Francisco Ulloa, LHPs Luis Martinez and Oscar Rayo and RHPs Jhonny Gomez, Wilson Betemit Jr., Ismael Michel Sanchez and Weskendry Espinoza on minor league contracts. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with OF George Springer on a six-year contract. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with C Austin Ro- mine on a one-year contract. CINCINNATI REDS — Acquired LHP Cionel Perez from Houston for minor league C Luke Berryhill. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with 1B Ryan Zimmerman on a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed C Alex Len and F Jordan Bell. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Promoted CB Dane Jackson and WR Kenny Stills to the active roster. Signed K Tristan Vizcaino to the practice squad. Released DB Duke Thomas. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Ryan Switzer to a reserve/futures contract. DETROIT LIONS — Named Aaron Glen defensive co- ordinator. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Promoted CB Tramon Williams as COVID-19 replacement, DL Brian Price and CB KeiVarae Russel to the active roster. Signed P Ryan Winslow to the practice squad. Released RB Dexter Williams. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Promoted WR Marcus Kemp and DB Chris Lammons to the active roster. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Promoted S Javon Hagan and OL Ted Larson to the active roster. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS — Recalled D Urho Vaakanainen and Cs Trent Frederic and Jack Studnicka from the minor league taxi squad. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Re-signed RW Jack Ro- slovic to a two-year contract and placed him on reserve/ COVID-19 protocol. MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled RW Corey Perry from the minor league taxi squad. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Designated RW Mathieu Olivier for assignment to taxi squad. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Recalled LW Samuel Morin from the minor league taxi squad. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Designated D Andreas Borg- man for assignment to taxi squad. Recalled D Callan Foote from the minor league taxi squad. WINNIPEG JETS — Designated D Ville Heinola for as- signment to taxi squad. Traded C Pierre-Luc Dubois to Columbus for RWs Jack Roslovic and Patrick Laine. Desig- nated D Ville Heinola for assignment to taxi squad. Placed C Pierre-Luc Dubois on reserve/COVID-19 protocol. Recalled C David Gustafsson from the minor league taxi squad. As- signed G Mikhail Berdin to Manitoba (AHL). SPORTS BRIEFING FOOTBALL Ducks RB Habibi-Likio seeking to transfer — Oregon’s No. 3 running back has entered the transfer portal. Cyrus Habi- bi-Likio, a redshirt-junior, announced he is leaving the program on Saturday. Used mostly as a short-yardage back, Habibi-Likio had just 19 carries for 36 yards and four touchdowns and five catches for 66 yards this season and three tackles on special teams coverage units. He had 85 carries for 337 yards and 10 touchdowns and nine catches for 32 yards in a breakout 2019 sea- son after debuting with 18 carries for 36 yards and seven scores in 2018. The Palo Alto, Calif., native will have two years of eligi- bility remaining. Habibi-Likio’s departure leaves Oregon with five scholarship running backs in 2021, led by C.J. Verdell and Travis Dye. Sean Dollars, Trey Benson and Seven McGee will vie for more time in a less crowded backfield. day’s race at Crans-Montana also won by Goggia. Goggia’s team- mate Elena Curtoni was third, 0.60 back, ending Breezy Johnson’s streak of four third-place finishes in downhill. Johnson was fifth, 0.89 behind Goggia. American teammate Laurenne Ross, of Bend, finished 37th. Three-time overall champion Mikaela Shiffrin is skipping speed races this season and is sixth in the standings. She should start Tuesday in a giant slalom at Kronplatz, Italy. A su- per-G race is scheduled Sunday at Crans-Montana. Men’s World Cup downhill postponed to Sunday — The second men’s World Cup downhill on the Streif course in Kitz- bühel, Austria, was pushed back a day after rain and snowfall canceled the storied race on Saturday. The downhill was resched- uled for Sunday morning, and a super-G initially planned for that time slot was postponed to Monday morning. HORSE RACING ALPINE SKIING Dominant Goggia wins 4th straight downhill — Olympic champion Sofia Goggia is dominating the World Cup downhill season like no woman since ski great Lindsey Vonn. Goggia won her fourth straight downhill on Saturday to tie a World Cup streak by Vonn in 2018. They are the only women to achieve the feat in the last 25 years. The Italian star finished 0.27 seconds faster than Lara Gut-Behrami as both thrived on icy snow slicker than in Fri- Meissner Continued from B1 Signs that mark the chal- lenging course will remain up through Feb. 7 for the vir- tual Boulder Mountain Tour (bouldermountaintour.com). The Boulder Mountain Tour is an annual nordic ski race in Ketchum, Idaho, held every early February, that draws ski- ers from across the Northwest. The race was canceled due to the pandemic this year, but organizers of the event are en- couraging nordic skiers from all over the world to participate virtually on a course of their choosing from distances of 15K to 30K. The website offers several suggestions throughout the country, including the 30K course for the Tour of Meiss- ner and a 16K course at the Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center. “It’s a difficult course with a lot of climbing, and the Boul- der Tour is the same course,” Smullin says of the 30K Tour of Meissner course. “If you ski the trails at Meissner, you can POWERBALL The numbers drawn Saturday night are: 5 Oregon Lottery results As listed at oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites 8 17 27 28 14 The estimated jackpot was not available at press time. MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn Saturday night are: 16 25 33 35 37 47 The estimated jackpot is now $1 million. Knicks Go wins Pegasus World Cup — Knicks Go went to the lead right out of the gate and dared the other 11 runners in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational to catch him. Nobody came close. Picking up by far the biggest purse of his career, and doing so with ease, the heavily favored Knicks Go won the fifth running of the Pegasus on Saturday — his fourth consecutive victory, one that pushed his lifetime winnings to about $3 mil- lion. Jesus’ Team was second and 25-1 long-shot Independence Hall was third. Knicks Go finished the 1⅛ miles over the dirt at Gulfstream Park in 1:47.89 and paid $4.60, $3.60 and $3. Jesus’ Team paid $8.60 and $4.80. Independence Hall paid $10 to show. GOLF Jessica Korda makes big move at Tournament of Cham- pions — Danielle Kang played great, tying her career low with an 8-under 63 and protecting her lead Saturday in the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. Jessica Korda owned the day. A sizzling 28 on the back nine — 9 under par — at Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando lifted Korda to an 11-under 60, just one shot off the LPGA Tour scoring mark. Kang was at 21-under 192 through three bogey-free rounds. Her total shattered the tour- nament’s 54-hole record (200). She will take a two-shot lead over Korda into Sunday. Nelly Korda (67) is six strokes back. Homa joins Finau, Kim atop American Express leader- board — Max Homa made nine birdies and shrugged off a dou- ble bogey on the way to a 7-under 65 in the third round Saturday, joining Tony Finau (67) and Si Woo Kim (67) atop the leaderboard at 15-under 201. Richy Werenski also shot a 65 and moved within a shot of the lead at PGA West near Palm Springs. Russell Knox shot the day’s low round with a 64 — one stroke off the course record — to join Brian Harman (67) and Emiliano Grillo (68) at 13 under. — Bulletin wire reports “It’s a difficult course with a lot of climbing, and the Boulder Tour is the same course. If you ski the trails at Meissner, you can definitely ski it.” — David Smullin, on the 30K Tour of Meissner course definitely ski it. It’s just 30K and it will take some people a few hours. But if you can ski all the normal trails at Meiss- ner you’re definitely capable of doing it.” Smullin said a big contin- gent of skiers from Bend make the trip to Ketchum each February to race the Boulder Mountain Tour. He even takes some some his high school skiers from Redmond to race there every year. “Boulder is a big draw,” Smul- lin said. “It’s a big event for us. It gets (the high school skiers) to see what the bigger ski world is. Unfortunately we had a big crew who wanted to go. But we’re going to enter them all in the virtual one and ski it to- gether with the team on Feb. 6.” Smullin said he renewed the Tour of Meissner race last year because he wanted to com- pete in a long, classic race, and none were offered in Central Oregon. He does not plan to race this Saturday because of a recent knee replacement, but he will be busy timing and of- ficiating. “The other reason I wanted to put it on was because last year was so successful, more than we thought it would be,” Smullin said. “I didn’t want it to disappear again. Hopefully next year we’ll come back and use the same course, and actually have awards and everything.” e e Reporter: 541-383-0318, mmorical@ bendbulletin.com Courtesy Steve Roti Cross-country skiers compete in the Tour of Meissner 30-kilometer clas- sic ski race last January at Virginia Meissner Sno-park west of Bend.