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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results 1B Sports Friday February 8, 2013 GIRLS HOOPS Red Bluff 49 Foothill 62 Today's games GIRLS HOOPS Los Molinos Redding Christian 6 p.m. Central Valley Corning 7:30 p.m. BOYS HOOPS Foothill Red Bluff 7:30 p.m. Corning Central Valley 7:30 p.m. BOYS SOCCER West Valley Red Bluff San Francisco Giants Manager: Bruce Bochy (seventh season). 2012: 94-68, first place, World Series champions. Training Town: Scottsdale, Ariz. Park: Scottsdale, Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 13/16. He's Here: OF Andres Torres, RHP Sandy Rosario, RHP Chad Gaudin, INF Tony Abreu. He's Outta Here: OF Melky Cabrera, RHP Brian Wilson, RHP Clay Hensley, C Eli Whiteside, 1B Aubrey Huff, RHP Guillermo Mota, OF Xavier Nady, INF Freddy Sanchez, INF Ryan Theriot. Going campin': The Giants brought back almost the entire crew that helped them win a second World Series title in three seasons, with players who accounted for more than 95 percent of the postseason at-bats and all but 1 2-3 innings pitched still on the roster. San Francisco rewarded older players such as NLCS MVP Marco Scutaro, OF Angel Pagan and LHP Jeremy Affeldt with lucrative contracts to return via free agency. The core of the team remains the starting pitching staff anchored by Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner, and NL MVP Buster Posey behind the plate. The big questions heading into 2013 are whether Sergio Romo can handle a full season as closer and two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum can return to form See NLWEST, page 2B MCT photo In 2009, star catcher Buster Posey worked out with the Giants as a non-roster invitee. SIGNING DAY Red Bluff 4:30 p.m. NBA Warriors Memphis Giants bring back experience 4:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER West Valley MLB | NL WEST SPRING TRAINING NOTES 5 p.m. On the tube BOXING 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Welterweights, Kevin Bizier (19-0-0) vs. Nate Campbell (36-9-1), at Montreal GOLF 8 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Joburg Open, second round, at Johannesburg (same-day tape) Noon TGC — PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, second round, at Pebble Beach, Calif. 3:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Allianz Championship, first round, at Boca Raton, Fla. (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha NBA 5 p.m. ESPN — L.A. Clippers at Miami 7:30 p.m. ESPN — Chicago at Utah Around town Red Bluff Bulls American Legion Baseball is holding signups for players aged between 14 and 19 at 6 p.m. Monday at the Red Bluff VFW hall at 735 Oak St. Red Bluff Jr. Spartans head coach elections will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Hampton Inn. Visit rbjrspartans.com to find contact information for board members. Romo could earn more by closing more SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sergio Romo's new contract with the San Francisco Giants can increase from $9 million to $10.2 million if he closes regularly. Romo's two-year deal, announced Wednesday, calls for salaries of $3.5 million this season and $5.5 million in 2014. He can earn an additional $200,000 in performance bonuses this year: $50,000 each for 35, 40, 45 and 50 games finished. His 2014 salary would escalate based on games finished this year, to $5.6 million for 30, $5.7 million for 32, $5.85 million for 37, $6 million for 42, $6.15 million for 47, $6.3 million for 52 and $6.5 million for 55. Romo had 27 games finished last year, when he took over late in the season for the World Series champions. Brian Wilson's season was cut short in April by elbow ligament-replacement surgery, and Santiago Casilla initially assumed ninth-inning duties. Collins — after mom said no — gets dad's signature to play for Arkansas By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — Alex Collins was dressed in a camouflage jumpsuit, complete with a matching tie. Maybe an odd choice, considering that on the day he was supposed to sign his letter of intent with Arkansas, it was his mother's signature that couldn't be found. No matter. A day later than he intended — and after yet another odd twist to his recruiting saga — Collins signed with the Razorbacks on Thursday. The highly rated and highly coveted running back from South Plantation High near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., did so with his father providing the written consent required by NCAA rules. Collins said his mother, who would not sign the letter of intent on Wednesday as many expected, supported his college decision. But she was notably absent from his hastily scheduled event on Thursday, and a law firm founded by former O.J. Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran said that Andrea McDonald retained their services to represent ''the family's interests.'' That announcement was made about 45 minutes before Alex Collins and his MCT photo Running back Alex Collins sits down with his father Johnny Collins and his Grandma Betty Collins. father Johnny Collins put pens to paper, officially sealing his college choice. ''I'm happy it's over,'' Alex Collins said. ''I didn't think about going anywhere else because I had my mind set. This is where I wanted to go. I just talked to my mom. I let her know. I explained myself and we have a better understanding.'' The running back said he was unaware that his mother hired attorney Jack Paris from the Cochran Law Firm, insisting that ''no one hired any lawyers.'' But in a statement Thursday, Paris said the Collins family wanted ''to make a clean choice that is free of any outside influences.'' ''It's where he wanted to go,'' said Johnny Collins, who was not part of Wednesday's planned cere- mony. Later Thursday, Paris released a second statement, saying it remains ''a difficult time'' for McDonald. ''She is a loving and caring mother who only wants her son to choose a university without any outside and inappropriate influences,'' Paris said. ''Ms. McDonald hopes all NCAA rules and regulations were followed during today's signing. She is not seeking any personal financial gain because her only concern is for Alex's happiness and well-being.'' Alex Collins ran for 2,915 yards and scored 38 touchdowns in his final two high school seasons, with some services touting him as the top all-purpose runner in this year's recruiting class. He originally committed to Miami, then opened See COLLINS, page 2B MEN'S NCAA BASKETBALL Illini buzzer-beater upsets No. 1 Hoosiers, 74-72 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Like the team he plays for, 2013 has been one long slump for Illinois forward Tyler Griffey. The senior lost his shooting touch and then his starting job as the Illini, once ranked No. 10 in the country, turned a 12-0 start to the season into a flop that saw them fall toward the bottom of the Big Ten standings. With less than a second left on the clock Thursday night, though, Griffey made what might have been the easiest — and biggest — basket of his career. With .9 seconds left Griffey left Indiana defenders Cody Zeller and Christian Watford behind on an inbounds play from the baseline, took the pass from Brandon Paul and delivered the uncontested buzzer-beater that gave the Illini (16-8, 3-7 Big Ten) a 72-70 victory over No. 1 Indiana. The shot sent hundreds of Illinois students onto the court. Illinois had lost eight of 11 since the perfect start. Griffey, accustomed to struggling in recent weeks, seemed surprised with the ease he was able to sink the winner. ''I just made a simple curl cut and left two guys behind me, and Brandon got off a heck of a pass,'' he said. ''Zeller and Watford were both right in front of me and just kind of stayed there.'' Indiana coach Tom Crean, whose team just moved into the No. 1 spot after knocking off thenNo. 1 Michigan on Saturday, said the play was a lot like the other breakdowns for the Hoosiers (20-3, 8-2), who let Illinois climb back from a 12point halftime deficit. ''We didn't communicate,'' Crean said. ''They're very deserving of the win, they never gave in,'' he added, but qualified that with, ''We didn't put them away when we had the opportunities.'' Indiana's loss drops them into a three-way tie for first in the Big Ten with Michigan and Michigan State. For the Illini, the win means a move out of 10th in the 12-team conference up into a ninthplace tie with Iowa. More importantly, it's a potential lifeline for an Illini team that still has to face No. 18 Minnesota on the road Sunday and had been watching its season slip away. ''It was good to get back to having that toughness and togetherness and trust that we needed,'' said Illinois John Groce, an Indiana native who grew up a Hoosiers fan. Illinois hadn't beaten a No. 1 team since a 2004 win over Wake Forest. But the Illini had won nine of the last 10 against the Hoosiers in Champaign. And this season, whatever else has gone wrong, Illinois has delivered against the big boys. Coming into Thursday night the Illini had already beaten three teams now in the top 15: No. 6 Gonzaga, No. 10 Ohio State and 14th-ranked Butler. D.J. Richardson had 23 points for Illinois, Paul had 21 and Griffey finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. Cody Zeller led Indiana with 14 points, while Will Sheehey had 13, Christian Watford 12 and Jordan Hulls 11. Indiana shot 50 percent from the field (25 of 50), 52.9 percent from 3-point range (9 of 17) and 93 percent from the free throw line (13 of 14). The Hoosiers led by an 8- to 10-point margin for most of the second half. And when 6-foot-11 Nnanna Egwu fouled out with just under 5 minutes to play, Indiana looked in control. Egwu is the only Illini player with the size to realistically match up with the 7-0 Zeller. Watford made two free throws after Egwu's fifth foul and, at 69-59, the Illini looked done. But with the clock under 3 minutes, Richardson went on a run of his own, first burying consecutive 3-pointers and then hitting a midrange jumper on the run to tie the game at 70 with 1:17 to play. Oladipo's layup put the Hoosiers back on top with 50 seconds left, but Paul answered with two free throws, the first banked in, to tie the score again at 72. With the clock under 30 seconds, Indiana had the ball for what would have been a last shot but See UPSET, page 2B