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ByKyleHightower TheAssociatedPress LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. Mar- cus Mariota put up nearly flaw- less numbers this season in lead- ing Oregon to a spot in the first College Football Playoff. At the College Football Awards Show on Thursday night, he went a perfect 3 for 3. Mariota opened the night by winning the Davey O'Brien Na- tional Quarterback Award, and closed it by claiming the Max- well Award, given to the college player of the year. In a separate announcement he also was se- lected the Walter Camp National Player of the Year. "It's surreal. It's surreal. It re- ally all is," Mariota said. "Grow- ing up as a kid you always kind of see these award shows. To say that I'm a part of really this fra- ternity ... it's really just a bless- ing." Mariota said this week he has never been completely comfort- able with the spotlight brought on by winning awards. Thurs- day there was no way he could escape it. Already considered the front- runner to win the Heisman Tro- phy on Saturday night, he now hopes to become the first player to win the Maxwell Award and Heisman in the same season since Auburn quarterback Cam Newton in 2010. Some recent history is on Mar- iota's side. Four straight winners of the Davey O'Brien award have gone on to win the Heisman. COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS Oregon'sMariotabig winnerwith3awards Quarterback gets Maxwell, O'Brien, Camp trophies leading up to Heisman ceremony JOHNRAOUX—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Oregon's Marcus Mariota stands with his trophy a er being awarded the Davey O'Brien Award for Nation's Best Quarterback at the College Football Awards on Thursday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. CHRIS PIETSCH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Oregon's Marcus Mariota passes downfield against Michigan State during the second quarter Sept. 6in Eugene, Ore. The Associated Press ALAMEDA The Oakland Raid- ers packed an equipment van, piled players into three buses and left their facilities in the rearview mirror on Thursday. No, the team hasn't found a new home to replace their dilapidated digs at the Oak- land Coliseum. But with a heavy rain storm pelting the Bay Area, the Raiders had no choice but to relocate their practice to an indoor facility in a converted airplane hangar a short drive away. "It wasn't really that big," interim Oakland coach Tony Sparano said. "We had seen the forecast. We went out last week in the rain but with the way this thing was coming in, with the wind and the rain, there wasn't much we were go- ing to get accomplished there so we planned ahead." The Raiders made the change Thursday morning in response to what was expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the area in five years. Steady rains fell most of the morning and afternoon, par- tially submerging a portion of Oakland's practice fields. Even the field covered by Field Turf — which was installed in 2002 — was unusable. NFL Raiderspracticeindoorsbecauseofrain Oakland leaves behind team facilities for workout in converted airplane hangar BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) and fullback Marcel Reece (45) celebrate connecting on a 9-yard touchdown pass against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in Oakland. Staff Reports RED BLUFF The Corning Cardi- nals wrestling team was nearly perfect against their county ri- vals in Red Bluff on Wednesday. Corning won the dual meet 67- 4, losing just one major decision. Corning heads to the Chuck- chans Invitational in Madera this weekend. Red Bluff hosts its annual Holi- day Classic wrestling tournament Saturday. GirlsSoccer CORNING 3, GRIDLEY 0 The Lady Cardinals got back in the win col- umn with a 3-0 road win at Grid- ley on Wednesday. Corning (3-2-2) is scheduled to play at Pleasant Valley on Mon- day. CHICO 7, RED BLUFF 1 The Lady Spartans dropped their first game of the season Wednesday in Chico. Taylor Hirschberg scored four times for the hosts. Izi Chinchay added a pair of goals for Chico, with Olivia Leiker delivering a goal and an assist. Cassidy Murphy had a pair of as- sists for Chico (2-0), while Velliah Rothenberger and Neala Cronin each had an assist. Freshman goalie Hunter Casperson recorded four saves in the match for Chico. Mikenna Corry scored for Red Bluff off of a Jordan Vazquez as- sist. Cheyenne Houghtby made seven saves for the Lady Spartans. Red Bluff (5-1) hosts Anderson on Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. Boys Soccer GRIDLEY 5, CORNING 1 Gridley beat visiting Corning 5-1 Wednes- day. Corning (2-2) is at Pleasant Val- ley on Monday. PREP ROUNDUP Corning wrestling team beats Red Bluff Cardinals drop one major decision in 67-4 thrashing By Ronald Blum The Associated Press SAN DIEGO Baseball's winter meetings ended with an old-style spurt of swaps, with All-Stars switching teams at a rapid pace and executives scrambling to fill roster voids. Alfredo Simon, Dee Gordon, Yoenis Cespedes, Miguel Montero, Jeff Samardzija, Brandon Moss, Dan Haren and Howie Kendrick were among the All-Stars dealt by the time teams headed home Thursday, and Matt Kemp and Jimmy Rollins were on the verge of switching clubs. The Los Angeles and Chi- cago teams were the epicenter of change, along with the Miami Marlins. Twelve trades involving 44 players were made over the four days, according to Major League Baseball, up from five swaps last year and three in 2012. There hadn't been this many trades at a winter meetings since 2006. "People are motivated," Seat- tle general manager Jack Zduri- encik said. With major league revenues in the $9 billion range, increased sharing and changes to rules for the amateur draft, more clubs have money to spend and large- market teams are more con- strained. BASEBALL Ol d- st yl e sw ap s dominate MLB wi nt er m ee ti ng s, 12 total trades Indian tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the U.S. Justice Depart- ment said Thursday. POT DOJ: Indian tribes can grow, sell marijuana FULLSTORYONPAGEB3 The Red Bluff boys are in Arcata. The Corning boys are in Live Oak and the Lady Cardinals are in Oroville. Los Molinos boys are in Maxwell, with the girls in Arbuckle. Mercy teams are in Trinity. BASKETBALL Hoops tournaments continue tonight The Red Bluff Holiday Classic soccer tournament starts at 1 p.m. with Durham vs. Anderson at 3p.m., followed by Paradise vs. West Valley. Los Molinos vs. Wheatland is at 5p.m. and Red Bluff vs. Yreka at 7p.m. BOYS SOCCER Red Bluff hosting tournament today The House narrowly approved $1.1trillion in government- wide spending Thursday night a er President Barack Obama and Republicans joined forces to override Democratic com- plaints about the bill. CONGRESS Democrats, Obama part on huge spending bill FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 RAIDERS PAGE 2 BASEBALL PAGE 2 AWARDS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, December 12, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1