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Tehama Tracker Tuesday���s results GIRLS HOOPS Division 4 ��� Semifinal Corning Anderson ONLINE Due to our print deadline, coverage of this game can be found online at redbluffdailynews.com SPRING TRAINING Giants 8 L.A. Dodgers 8 Sports SPRING TRAINING | Giants 8, Dodgers 8 Lincecum struggles in 1st start 4 Arizona (ss) 9 OAK ��� D. Norris 1-2, 1 RBI ARZ ��� C. Pennington, 2 RBI Today���s games BOYS HOOPS Division 4 ��� Semifinal Corning Gridley 7 p.m. Division 3 ��� Semifinal Red Bluff Enterprise 8 p.m. NBA Warriors ESPN New York 5 p.m. Kings CSNC Orlando 4 p.m. SPRING TRAINING Giants L.A. Angels 12:05 p.m. San Diego (ss) Athletics 12:05 p.m. On the tube MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Georgetown at UConn 6 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Oklahoma at Texas 8 p.m. ESPN2 ��� Colorado at Stanford NBA 5 p.m. ESPN ��� Golden State at New York 7:30 p.m. ESPN ��� Denver at Portland NHL 4:30 p.m. NBCSN ��� Washington at Philadelphia 7 p.m. NBCSN ��� Detroit at Los Angeles Around town NOR CAL HOT SHOTS AAU girls' basketball program will be holding tryouts Sunday at the Red Bluff High School Field House. Fifth and 6th graders are from 23 p.m., 7th and 8th graders are from 3-4 p.m. and 9th, 10th and 11th graders are from 4-5 p.m. Anyone is welcome to try out. The season runs from March 12-May 12. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Brandt at 354-4775. Angie Weir Miller Fundamental Basketball Camp Location: Lassen View School in Dairyville Contact: Angie, 530-514-2712 or at amillertime25@hotmail.com for a brochure or more information Camps are for girls and boys Cost is $50 for 1st and 2nd grade. $75 for 3rd-12th grades. Grade reflects the grade child will enter in the fall. Camp Dates are June 10-14: Girls and boys 1st and 2nd grades 9 a.m. to noon. Third and 4th grades 12:15-3:15 p.m. June 17-21: Girls and boys 5th and 6th grades 9 a.m. to noon. Seventh and 8th grades 12:15-3:15 p.m. June 24-28: Girls and boys 9th-12th grades 9 a.m. to noon. Wednesday February 27, 2013 Corning girls basketball playoff coverage is online at redbluffdailynews.com SF ��� B. Pill 2-5, 3 RBI LAD ��� A. Castellanos 1-2, 3 RBI Athletics 1B AP photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez) San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the second inning of an exhibition game on Tuesday. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Tim Lincecum���s long hair is gone. Don���t let the new image fool you. The two-time Cy Young Award winner is hoping he looks like the pitcher he was before struggling last season. Lincecum gave up three runs and failed to get through two innings in his first spring training start Tuesday for the San Francisco Giants, an 8-8 tie with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 28-year-old right-hander shed the shaggy do this winter, and he worked with two trainers to increase his strength after going 10-15 with a 5.18 ERA last year. He thrived as a reliever during the Giants��� run to a World Series championship but is poised to return to form as a starter this season. Lincecum gave up four hits and was done for the day after Skip Schumaker���s two-run double with one out in the second inning. Still, he was happy with his effort. ������Mechanically, I felt really good,������ Lincecum said. ������I hit most of my pitches, other than a slider that kind of spun out on me. I threw all my pitches. I definitely felt strong. ������It���s just a good sign to feel the ball come out of your hand in a way that it didn���t last year,������ he said. Lincecum said he started against the Dodgers without the benefit of pitching batting practice at the Giants training camp in Scottsdale. He said his scheduled session was canceled because of rain. ������Last year, I didn���t have the will to sustain my pitching,������ he said. ������I wasn���t strong enough. But now I feel like I am.������ Josh Beckett, meanwhile, struck out three in two scoreless innings for Los Angeles. ������I got my pitches in,������ Beckett said. ������That���s the most important thing. I don���t think you can take too much from results right now. But I feel good.������ The Giants trailed the Dodgers by five runs after two innings. Two homers by designated hitter Brett Pill led the San Francisco comeback. With two outs and the Dodgers leading by two in the ninth, Pill drove a pitch from Dodgers right-hander Gregory Infante over the left-field wall. Pill also hit a solo shot in the fourth. NOTES: Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp took batting practice Tuesday morning at Camelback Ranch. Kemp is coming off shoulder surgery. Both he and Carl Crawford are getting closer to appearing in their first spring training game. Crawford, who had elbow surgery before the Red See GIANTS, page 2B SPRING TRAINING | Diamondbacks 9, Athletics 4 Pennington has big game against ex-mates SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Cliff Pennington brings deft defense to the shortstop position. Any offense he provides for his new team in Arizona would be a bonus. Needless to say, the Diamondbacks would love more performances like the one Pennington delivered against his former Oakland teammates on Tuesday, when he went 2 for 2 with a two-run homer for Arizona���s split squad in a 9-4 win. Acquired last October in a trade that sent center fielder Chris Young to Oakland, Pennington hit just six home runs last season and has 24 in 1,748 career at bats in the majors. So his shot off Fernando Rodriguez was a rarity. ������I���m just trying to take good swings right now,������ he said. ������I���m seeing the ball good. I caught one out front. It���s not something I���ve done a whole lot in my career but I���ll catch one from time to time.������ Pennington, who came up through the Oakland organization, acknowledged being extra motivated against his former team, even if it was only a spring training game. ������Anytime you play your friends in anything there���s always a little extra on it and I���ve got a lot of buddies over there,������ he said. ������I���d be lying if I said it wasn���t a little See MATES, page 2B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Corning Lady Cardinals Marisa Vinson Red Bluff Spartans Basketball Basketball Corning High senior Marisa Vinson led the Lady Cards basketball team to a quarterfinal playoff win against Willows on Friday. She had 9 points on the night and helped her team pull away in the third quarter. The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. ��� Vince Lombardi Red Bluff High���s Curtis Twitchell���s 17 points on Friday night against the Oroville Tigers highlighted the Spartans��� first playoff win since 2004. Twitchell had 15 at the half. St. Elizabeth Sports Medicine Team congratulates the Athletes of the Week! Curtis Twitchell 800.990.9971 redbluff.mercy.org/sports