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Tehama Tracker Monday's results Athletics Cleveland Weeks: 2-4, 2B, RBI McCarthy: 8 IP, 2 ER, 10 K Today's games VOLLEYBALL Los Molinos Corning TENNIS Yreka Corning MLB Athletics Cleveland OAK — (Cahill 9-12) CLE — (J.Gomez 0-2) Chicago Cubs Giants CHC — (Garza 6-10) SF — (Vogelsong 10-4) On the tube MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL •4 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees at Boston or Philadel- phia at Cincinnati TENNIS • 10 a.m., ESPN2 — U.S. Open, first round, at New York •4 p.m., ESPN2 — U.S. Open, first round, at New York Fish count Passed through RB Diversion Dam Aug. 27: 145 salmon, 0 steelhead Aug. 26: 191 salmon, 0 steelhead Aug. 25: 258 salmon, 0 steelhead Season: 4,864 salmon, 0 steelhead Around town City volleyball league Teams interested in play- ing in the City Women's Vol- leyball or Coed Volleyball Program must submit a League Entry Request form to the Parks & Recreation Department at the Commu- nity-Senior Center no later then Sept. 9, 2011. The highest priority rat- ing will be given to those teams which have a city sponsor and the largest num- ber of city residents on their preliminary rosters. Residents and sponsor must be within the city lim- its of Red Bluff, and the number of city resident players on the preliminary roster must match the num- ber of city resident players on the final roster. Once the above deadline has passed all those teams that have submitted the League Entry Request form will be notified of the time and date of the manager's meeting. Early registration fees will then be due before or during the manager's meet- ing and all checks should be made payable to the Red Bluff Parks and Recreation Department in the sum of $160. Teams paying after this time may only be included on a space available basis. All participants will be required to sign a waiver form at the gymnasium prior to league play. Non-Tehama County Players-residents must pay a $25 per player fee. Only two non-Tehama County players maybe on a team's roster. For more information, please call 527-8177. Booster Bonanza The Red Bluff Spartan Booster Club will host its inaugural Fall Booster Bonan- za Oct. 15 in the Tyler Jelly Building at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground. The 1987 Red Bluff Lady Spartans state champion girls basketball team will be the fea- tured guests. Tickets are $30 if bought in advance or $40 at the door. Pre-sale tickets can be pur- chased from Red Bluff Spar- tans athletes. All Funds raised from this event will be used to support all of the athletic programs at Red Bluff High. For more information con- tact Ken Robison at 527-1111. MCT photo The Oakland Raiders defense has struggles this preseason.They allowed 40 points to New Orleans, Sunday night. last in total defense, last in yards allowed per play at 6.8, and second-to-last in third-down con- versions at 55 percent. ALAMEDA (AP) — Hue Jackson revitalized the Oakland Raiders offense as coordinator in his first season with the team. Now that he has been promoted to head coach, Jackson's biggest worry is fixing a defense that had been one of the team's strengths. With 10 starters back from a unit that excelled at times last season, the Raiders went into train- ing camp believing their defense would be in good shape even without All-Pro cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. Three exhibition losses later, the Raiders have to be rethinking that presumption. Now Jackson and coordinator Chuck Bresnahan have less than two weeks to solve the problems before the sea- son opener in Denver on Sept. 12. ''I think it's easily fixed. I feel comfortable and confident that we'll get them addressed and taken care of,'' Jackson said. ''There were some positive things from last night. Obviously there were some things that we all wish we could do better and I know we need to do better before we start this season. But I'm very comfortable and confident. I know the men in that locker room. I know what their goals are, what their aspirations are and we're going to go get it done.'' The defensive performance by the Raiders has been downright offensive so far this presea- son, with all three opponents posting at least 400 yards of offense with an average of 438.7 per game. While it's only preseason, the Raiders are Oakland has been unable to find a replace- ment for Asomugha, with rookie DeMarcus Van Dyke repeatedly getting picked on for big plays and his backups faring little better. ''He's a very resilient young man,'' Jackson said. ''He knows and understands that people want to keep throwing the ball on him. He needs to get better, we need to get better and we'll do so.'' The run defense, a problem for years for the Raiders, has struggled with missed tackles and missed assignments, but did fare better Sunday with the New Orleans Saints focusing on the pass. There have been major issues each week. Ari- zona put up 400 yards the first game, including 290 through the air as the Cardinals won 24-18 on a last-minute comeback. Most of that damage came against reserves as Oakland's first-team defense played only six plays all game. The past two weeks it hasn't mattered whether starters or reserves were on the field as the Raiders struggled up and down the roster. San Francisco did its damage on the ground with 239 yards rushing and 402 total yards as the first-team defense struggled to get off the field against an offense that had not scored a touch- down in its other two preseason games. Then the worst performance came against Drew Brees and New Orleans, which had 514 total yards, including 388 through the air. From the first play of the game when Brees beat Van Dyke for a 37-yard gain to Devery Henderson to Joique Bell's 60-yard catch and run when he hur- dled rookie Chimdi Chekwa and ran through a tackle attempt by Bani Gbadyu, the Saints had their way with a Raiders defense missing Pro Bowl defensive tackle Richard Seymour and starting cornerback Chris Johnson. ''We made mistakes, but all of the mistakes are easily correctable,'' cornerback Stanford Routt said. ''We still have time. We're 0-3 in the preseason, but we're 0-0 in the regular season. That's the beauty of it. We've just to got to keep fighting. Mistakes are going to happen. You want to try to keep them at a minimum, but the beau- ty of mistakes is they're easily correctable.'' There were some bright signs for the Raiders in their third straight preseason loss. Jason Campbell had plenty of time to throw and completed 12 of 17 passes for 150 yards. The running game looked the best it has all pre- season with Michael Bush rushing for 32 yards on five carries and rookie Taiwan Jones showing he has football ability to go with his game-break- ing speed, gaining 81 on 13 rushes, including a 22-yard touchdown run. Derek Hagan, signed more than a week into training camp, might be the steady, veteran pres- ence the Raiders have been lacking at receiver in recent years. He had six catches for 121 yards and a touchdown and appears certain to make the team. Middle linebacker Rolando McClain also looked better than he did the first two weeks, breaking up two passes and forcing a throwaway by Brees after an effective blitz. It's only a loss on the scoreboard The first week of football is in the books —or is it? Those not familiar with the local football lexicon might have been somewhat confused with all the references to Week 0 these past few days. given to the — although official That's the name — unofficial first week of football games. Rich All the statistics and scores surely counted, but the moniker Week 1 will be reserved for this week — the first full slate of games. Week 0 was born as schools who wished to have a game-free week during the regular season could move a contest to the week before the season unofficially started. Traditionally that's what Los Molinos High does as the school doesn't schedule a game during Fair Week. So, the Bulldogs' first game of the season usually comes in the dubiously named Week 0. It's a bizarre clash of improp- Greene cake. erly used ordinal and cardinal numbers enough to make me wonder: if I just got finished covering Week 0 — did I cover anything at all? ••••• The game I did cover was the afore- mentioned Los Moli- nos Bulldogs. Season openers typically have a higher concentration of mis- takes and penalties, but this game took the It was one of the ugliest games Ihave ever had the pleasure of watching. And I do mean pleasure. Despite all the miscues, I have never covered a game where I respected the losing team as much as I did this one. On the scoreboard Los Moli- nos lost 24-0. But these young men were all winners in the eyes of nearly everyone in attendance. While there were penalty flags practically on every other play, there was one penalty Los Moli- nos stood no chance of receiving —too many men on the field. You see, just minutes into the second half, the Bulldogs lost a player to injury. Usually that's not a big deal, but usually your team has more than 12 players to begin with. The injured Dom Ceja did everything he could to get back into the game. Hoping it was just cramps, he sucked down packet after packet of mustard. Unfortunately it turned out cramps was the least of his prob- lem and despite his heart his night was done. So with no substitutes the remaining 11 Bulldogs were on the field for every play of the game. Every offensive snap, every defensive play, every kickoff, all of the punts. There was no one else. Beyond mistakes, season openers are also known to be tough for players because they're typically not up to 100 percent game shape either. The games are also played during the hottest part of the season. Both were true for the Bull- dogs, Friday night. They were even playing a school in a higher division. So, yeah they lost the game all right. But I hope everyone of those Bulldogs realizes they won over every sports reporter, official and fan that night. Even more so I hope they won over their school. The Bulldogs' 2011 season is likely to be week-by-week this year — if they have enough able bodies they'll give it go. Even when they do their going to have a rough 48 minutes ahead of them. Without these 12 guys sacri- ficing their bodies, Los Molinos wouldn't have a football team this year. Call me old fashioned, but what kind of high school doesn't have a football team? Every Los Molinos High stu- dent should give these classmates a pat on the back for going through all of this just so their school can still have a team. Actually scratch the pat on the back idea, a back massage would probably do them better. Or better yet, join the team and give these guys a breather. 7:15 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 2 1 Sports 1B Tuesday August 30, 2011 Raiders defense springs leaks CSNC CSNB From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service