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ByJanieMcCauley TheAssociatedPress SAN FRANCISCO Ryan Vogel- song visited the Houston As- tros this week and had an un- comfortable feeling about how he might fit in, and he had dis- cussions with other teams dur- ing the course of this offseason. Each time, everything pointed him back to the Bay Area and the Giants. His wife, Nicole, loves it, too, and he said she kept "chirp- ing in my ear every two seconds." Vogelsong just needed some patience as the Giants figured out the rest of their roster. The free agent right-hander finalized a $4 million, one-year contract Friday to stay with San Fran- cisco, a deal that includes an additional $3 million in perfor- mance bonuses. "When a decision came down, everything kept leading me back to San Francisco. It's where I'm supposed to be," Vogelsong said. "I've always considered myself a Giant. There's not really any place I'd rather play." Vogelsong passed a physical and reached the deal three days after general manager Brian Sa- bean said the pitcher was close to joining another team. Vogelsong met with new Houston manager A.J. Hinch, but wouldn't be spe- cific about what made him un- easy. "Some things happened I just wasn't comfortable with. Nego- tiations kind of broke down af- ter that," Vogelsong said. "Time to move on." BASEBALL Vogelsongagreesto deal,returnstoGiants Freeagentright-handedstartingpitchersigns $4 million, 1-year contract with San Francisco JEFFROBERSON—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Free agent right-hander Ryan Vogelsong has reached agreement on a $4million, one-year deal to stay with the San Francisco Giants. NHAT V. MEYER — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP FILE San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong waves to the crowd as he leaves the game against the Washington Nationals in the sixth inning of Game 4of the NL Division Series in San Francisco on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Sprint stars Peter Sagan and Marcel Kittel will continue their budding rivalry at the Tour of Califor- nia, the eight-day stage race and key Tour de France prep scheduled to begin May 10. The Tour of California an- nounced its lineup of teams on Friday. Sagan will anchor his Tin- koff-Saxo team while Kittel will sprint for Team Giant- Alpecin. They will be joined by fellow WorldTour teams BMC Racing, Etixx-Quick-Step, Can- nondale-Garmin, LottoNL- Jumbo, Trek Factory Racing and British heavyweight Team Sky. Among the remaining 10 teams is MTN-Qhubeka, which recently became the first team registered in Africa to receive a wild-card invitation to the Tour de France. This year's course stretches nearly 700 miles through 13 host cities. For the first time, there will also be a three-day women's race beginning May 8. CYCLING TourofCaliforniagivesoutteamlineup Race's 2015 edition features sprint stars Sagan, Kittel renewing budding rivalry LIPO CHING — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP FILE Cyclists start Stage 3of the Amgen Tour of California cycling race at Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Event: Eight-day stage race begins May 10; Three-day women's race starts May 8. TOUROFCALIFORNIA Staff Reports CORNING Freshman April Zagal's first-half goal stood up for the Lady Cardinals, who beat visit- ing Yreka 1-0 Thursday afternoon. Eva Islas made 12 saves for the clean sheet. Corning (8-5-2, 3-1) travels to Lassen on Tuesday. BoysSoccer CORNING 2, YREKA 2 Corning salvaged a tie after trailing 1-0 at halftime to visiting Yreka on Thursday. Corning fired 20 shots on goal, but had trouble with Yreka goalie Zach Winter. Corning (11-2-1, 3-0-1) travels to Lassen on Tuesday. COLUSA 2, LOS MOLINOS 1 Colusa beat visiting Los Molinos on Thursday. Los Molinos led 1-0 at halftime, but Pedro Lopez and Ricardo Bau- tista scored in the second half for the hosts. Los Molinos (2-5, 0-5) hosts Winters on Tuesday. WILLIAMS 10, MERCY 1 Visiting Williams slammed Mercy on Thursday. Mercy (0-6, 0-5) travels to Wil- lows on Tuesday. PREP SOCCER Zagal goal li s Lady Cardinals to victory Corning boys salvage 2-2 home draw against Yreka Staff Reports COTTONWOOD Gerber's Bailey Bean won the All-Around Cow- girl at the California High School District 1 Rodeo on Jan. 17-18 in Cottonwood. Bean finished with 86 points to edge out Grants Pass, Ore- gon's Helena DeCasas, who had 60 points. Merrill, Oregon's Keeley Vaughan was second runner-up with 58 points, followed by Cot- tonwood's Kristen Loverin, Palo Cedro's Jessica Alosi and Red Bluff's Cara Hencratt. Anderson's Kolby Bravos won All-Around Cowboy with 72 points ahead of Witter Springs' Brushton Minton with 68 points. Esparto's Clayton Bacon and Millville's Brody Gill tied for sec- ond runner-up. Williams' Chase Alvernaz was third runner-up, followed by Janesville's Cody Stewart. Bean won goat tying with a time of 17.29 seconds. Cottonwood's Nicole Tomasello was ninth and Loverin was 10th. Hencratt won girls cutting with a score of 148. Bean was the runner-up with 143. Cottonwood's Taylor Renihan finished fifth. Loverin placed first in break- away roping with a time of 6.96 seconds. Corning's Tucker Hammons was second. Hencratt was sixth and Bean was 10th. Cottonwood's Jayden Byrne won pole bending with a time of 44.461 seconds. Red Bluff's Ashtin Lopeman was third, Bean was fourth, Cot- tonwood's Sabrina Cantu was sev- enth and Tomasello was 10th. In barrel racing Aubrey Lar- gent, from Anderson, won with a time of 36.842 seconds. Cottonwood's Erin Clendenen RODEO Bean wins All-Around Cowgirl at district rodeo The Oakland Raiders an- nounced the hiring of quar- terbacks coach Todd Downing on Friday and confirmed the addition of three other assis- tants who have been reported in recent days. NFL Raiders add Downing as QBs coach, three others FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 Mercy High School is in need of a girls so ball coach for the upcoming season. Interested applicants should email Ath- letic Director Candi Keller at ckeller@mercy-high.org. SOFTBALL Mercy in need of so ball coach The Corning Cardinals will be at the North Coast Classic Saturday in Eureka. Red Bluff wrestling is at the Clearlake Tournament in Lakeport, Oregon. Los Molinos is at the Sutter Classic. WRESTLING Local wrestling teams head to tournaments More Americans purchased homes in December, yet total sales slipped in 2014as first-time buyers struggled to find houses. Sales of existing homes rose 2.4percent last month. REAL ESTATE US home sales rise in December, slip for 2014 FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 RODEO PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, January 24, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1