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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results NFL 49ers Baltimore Gore: 14-39 Smith: 15-24, 140 yds, INT On the tube AUTO RACING •8 a.m. , SPEED — Formula One, practice for Brazilian Grand Prix, at Sao Paulo COLLEGE FOOTBALL •8 a.m., ESPN2 — Louisville at South Florida •9 a.m., ABC — Iowa at Nebraska ª9 a.m., CSNC — Houston at Tulsa • 11:30 a.m., CBS — Arkansas at LSU • 12:30 p.m., ABC — Boston College at Miami • 12:30 p.m., CSNB — Colorado at Utah •4 p.m., ESPN _— Pittsburgh at West Virginia • 7:15 p.m., ESPN — California at Arizona St. GOLF •6 a.m. , TGC — European PGA Tour, South African Open, second round, at Johannesburg, (same-day tape) •9 a.m., TGC — Australian PGA Championship, second round, at Coolum Beach, Australia (same-day tape) • 7:30 p.m., TGC — Mission Hills World Cup, third round, at Hainan Island, China MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •9 a.m., ESPN — Old Spice Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Orlando, Fla. • 11 a.m., VERSUS — Battle 4 Atlantis, semifinals, teams TBD, at Nassau, Bahamas •11:30 a.m. , ESPN — Teams TBA • 11:30 a.m., ESPN2 — Teams TBA •2 p.m. , ESPN — Teams TBA •2 p.m., ESPN2 — Teams TBA • 4:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, consolation bracket, teams TBD, at Orlando, Fla. • 6:30 p.m., CSNC — The Great Alaska Shootout, semifinal, teams TBD •7 p.m., ESPN2 — South Carolina vs. North Carolina, at Las Vegas •9 p.m. , ESPN2 — 76 Classic, semi- final, teams TBD, at Anaheim, Calif. •9 p.m., CSNC—The Great Alaska Shootout, semifinal, teams TBD NHL HOCKEY • 10 a.m., NBC — Detroit at Boston •4 p.m., NHL NETWORK — N.Y. Rangers at Washington PREP FOOTBALL • 7:30 p.m., CSNB — CIF-SS play- offs, quarterfinal, teams and site, TBD SOCCER • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Serie A, Roma at Udinese 16 6 Sports By KEVIN ASKELAND ORLAND — On the 20th anniversary of the school's only Northern Section cham- pionship, the Orland High football team shut out Sutter 14-0 Wednesday to complete a historic season with a Divi- sion II title. Orland used a brutal defense that allowed only one significant Sutter drive, which did not come until the final 5 minutes of the game. "It's great to have a terrific scheme and to have a tremen- dous defensive coach like Mike Miller," said Orland head coach Mike McDonald. "But then to have kids who have the speed and the talent to make it work is really spe- cial." Defensive stalwarts Ben Howard, Ray Hecox and Jesus Llamas led a unit that allowed 223 yards of total offense but only 107 during the first three quarters of play. Howard had two sacks and a fumble recovery at the 6- yard line that halted a Sutter scoring attempt with 4 min- utes remaining. Hecox finished with 10 tackles, including one on Sut- ter quarterback Trent Little on fourth down that stopped a See ORLAND, page 2B BALTIMORE (AP) — Big brother got the best of little brother in a unique NFL duel. The Baltimore Ravens tied a franchise record with nine sacks and beat the San Francisco 49ers 16-6 Thursday night, giving John Harbaugh reason to celebrate after the first NFL game featuring broth- ers as opposing head coaches. The Ravens (8-3) chased, hin- dered and battered Alex Smith for much of the night despite playing without middle linebacker Ray Lewis, the team's leading tackler and spiritual leader. Lewis was inactive for a second straight game with a foot injury. Terrell Suggs had three sacks for Baltimore, which moved a half- game ahead of the Pittsburgh Steel- ers in the AFC North. The nine sacks tied a franchise record, accomplished twice previ- ously. CAS completes hearing into Contador doping case LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Sport's highest court completed a four-day hearing into Alberto Contador's dop- ing case on Thursday, and the Spanish rider must now wait until early next year to find out if he will be stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. Contador made a final, personal appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport panel to complete his defense that eating contaminated steak caused his positive tests for clenbuterol during his third Tour victory. ''He spoke for about 15 minutes,'' CAS secretary general Matthieu Reeb told reporters after Contador left the court. ''He took the case very seriously. He was pre- sent for all the case and attended all the discussions.'' Reeb said the three-man panel would need ''six to eight weeks'' to reach a ver- dict and explain its decision. Contador did not com- ment as he left court with members of his legal team and got into a waiting taxi. Lawyers for the Interna- tional Cycling Union and World Anti-Doping Agency also declined comment. Cycling's governing body and WADA appealed to CAS for Contador to get a two- year ban after he was cleared by a Spanish cycling federation tribunal last Febru- ary. If found guilty of doping, Contador can expect to receive a two-year ban and be stripped of his 2010 Tour win and other victories including the 2011 Giro d'I- talia victory. He finished fifth when defending his Tour title in July. Contador was cross- examined on Wednesday, according to reports in Span- ish newspapers which pub- lished daily updates of evi- dence presented in the closed-door sessions. About 20 witnesses were called to testify in sessions held mostly at the Interna- tional Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne. They included the Span- ish butcher who sold the steak to a friend of Contador from his store in Irun; Louis Rovner, an American poly- graph expert who performed a lie detector test on Conta- dor; and the rider's former teammates on the Astana squad, Benjamin Noval and Paolo Tiralongo. San Francisco (9-2) had its eight-game winning streak broken under rookie coach Jim Harbaugh. John, 49, and Jim, 47, grew up dueling each other in all sorts of games. Competing this time on a national stage, John secured an emotional win over his little broth- er. During the final minute, John got a Gatorade bath from his play- ers — twice. After the final whis- tle, the brothers hugged at mid- field. Baltimore broke a 6-6 tie with a 1B Friday November 25, 2011 Orland wins section title Paradise beats Foothill for Division I title By JEFF LARSON MediaNews Group PARADISE — Different year, same result as the top-seeded Paradise High football team throttled Foothill on both sides of the ball and came away with a 40-7 victory over the second-seeded Cougars for a third North- ern Section Division I championship in the past four years Friday night at Om Wraith Field. "It's awesome," Paradise coach Rick Prinz See PARADISE, page 2B Ravens D too much for 49ers defenses, Flacco finished 15 for 23 for 161 yards and Ray Rice ran for 59 yards on 21 carries. Smith completed 15 of 24 pass- es for 140 yards and an intercep- tion. He never could get into a rhythm against an aggressive defense that rarely let him set up in the pocket. The 49ers began the third quarter with a 13-play drive that lasted 7 1/2 minutes and produced a 52-yard field goal by David Akers for a 6-6 tie. The key play was an 18-yard completion from Smith to Michael Crabtree on a third-and-17 from the San Fran- cisco 26. The Ravens responded with their lone touchdown drive of the game. Baltimore sacked Smith four times in the first half and picked off a pass in taking a 6-3 lead. The Ravens took the opening MCT photo 49ers quarterback Alex Smith is sacked by Baltimore Ravens linebacker Paul Kruger (99), and defensive end Pernell McPhee (90) in the first half Thursday night. 76-yard, 16-play drive that lasted more than 7 1/2 minutes and ended with an 8-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to tight end Den- nis Pitta with 14:56 left. Flacco went 4 for 4 for 34 yards and a touchdown on third down during the drive. Billy Cundiff wrapped up the scoring with his third field goal, a 39-yarder with 4:16 remaining. In a game dominated by both Rodgers, Packers beat Lions DETROIT (AP) — Aaron Rodgers took every hit the Detroit Lions could dish out. He just kept throwing — and winning. Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and the Green Bay Packers built a big lead in the third quarter thanks in part to Ndamukong Suh's ejec- tion during a 27-15 victory in Detroit on Thursday. Detroit's best chance to beat the Packers was to knock Rodgers out of the game, just as it did last year in a victory that start- ed a nine-game winning streak. The Lions gave that tactic a shot, hitting him even if he had already gotten rid of the ball. Kyle Vanden Bosch was flagged for one of those late hits and could've drawn another penalty for trying to rough up the star quarterback even more on the same drive. Rodgers refused to be rattled, kept his cool and won — again. ''We try to rise above things like that,'' Rodgers said. ''We knew in a rivalry game, there are going to be a hard of hard hits, but we kept things between the whistles.'' The defending champion Packers are 11-0 for the first time in franchise history and have won a team-record 17 straight, including the playoffs. ''I don't feel any pressure, this is a good place to be,'' coach Mike McCarthy said. ''Who doesn't want to be 11-0?'' Green Bay easily passed what was expected to be one of its toughest tests toward joining the 2007 New England Patriots as the NFL's only teams to have 16-0 regular seasons. ''We're a long way from there,'' Rodgers said. ''This is a big step toward our first goal, which is winning the divi- sion. If we are undefeated after 14 or 15 games, we'll talk about 16.'' While the Packers are working on a per- fect season, Detroit (7-4) has to figure out a way to avoid the physical and mental mistakes that have put the team on the playoff bubble after a 5-0 start. The Lions have lost a franchise-record eight consecutive Thanksgiving games and added to their misery in ugly fashion. ''It really does ruin the holiday,'' center Dominic Raiola said. ''You put so much into this and to go out there and lay an egg like that, it's disappointing. My day's ruined.'' Suh's day might lead to another fine — and possibly a suspension. He was tossed for stomping on Evan Dietrich-Smith's right arm in the third quarter. Suh insisted he didn't intentionally step on the opposing lineman with his right foot, saying he was just trying to separate himself from the situa- tion. ''I apologize to my teammates and my fans and my coaches for putting myself in a position to be misinterpreted and taken out of the game,'' Suh said. Dietrich-Smith wouldn't say it was a dirty play. ''Stuff happens,'' he said. Green Bay defensive end Ryan Pickett was more outspoken. ''There's no place for that,'' Pickett said. The Packers took advantage of Suh's misstep just as they did on Matthew Stafford's three interceptions. John Kuhn followed nose tackle B.J. Raji for a 1-yard TD plunge after Suh was flagged on third down, and Green Bay turned Stafford's interceptions into two TDs and a field goal. Detroit became the NFL's first team to win three games in a season after trailing by 17 points with Sunday's comeback win over Carolina, but the Packers proved they weren't as vulnerable as the Panthers. The Lions finally scored when Keiland Williams ran for a 16-yard TD with 13:11 left and added the 2-point conversion on a pass from Stafford to Titus Young that trimmed Green Bay's lead to 16. They scored a meaningless TD on Stafford's 3- yard pass to Calvin Johnson with 11 sec- onds left. Detroit had raised expectations for a competitive and entertaining game during its annual showcase after losing the last seven games by three-plus TDs on aver- age. The Lions kept it close early — in a punt- and penalty-filled first half — then simply couldn't keep up with Rodgers' passing attack and failed to stay disci- plined. A game that was scoreless for the first 25 minutes turned into a 24-0 lead for See PACKERS, page 2B kickoff and moved 55 yards — 38 of them on a pair of Flacco-to- Anquan Boldin completions — before Cundiff kicked a 39-yard field goal. Late in the first quarter, a 20- yard completion from Smith to tight end Vernon Davis set up a 45- yard field goal by Akers. The 49ers blew a chance to take the lead when Frank Gore was penalized for a chop block on a 75- yard touchdown pass from Smith to Ted Ginn, who got behind Cary Williams deep down the middle. Romo rallies Dallas over Miami ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Win big, win small; win pretty, win ugly. Tony Romo learned a long time ago that victories are the only thing that matter in the NFL. So on a day when he was sloppier than he'd been in months, and when his defense was giving up plenty of long drives but only one touchdown, Romo had one chance to make it pay off — and he did. He and DeMarco Murray led an efficient final drive, setting up rookie Dan Bailey for a 28-yard field goal as time expired to give the Dallas Cow- boys a 20-19 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Thursday. Dallas (7-4) won its fourth straight, and fourth this season decided by a kick by Bailey in the final two minutes or in overtime. Heck, it was the second time in five days that he ended a game with a winning field goal. ''We're just finding ways to win,'' said Romo, who offset a pair of interceptions with a pair of touchdown passes. That plucky formula will send the Cowboys into December leading the NFC East. They're a half- game ahead of the New York Giants, pending their game at New Orleans on Monday night. If New York wins, the clubs would be tied; a Saints win would keep Dallas on top alone. ''There is no favorite,'' Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman said. ''I'll tell you what happens at the end of the season. We just have to keep on plugging and get some wins.'' The Dolphins (3-8) had four drives that got with- in 10 yards of the end zone, yet settled for field goals every time. Their only touchdown came on a 35-yard pass from Matt Moore to Brandon Mar- shall. However, Miami still nearly pulled it out. In the second half, the Dolphins scored on all but their final drive, and that was all it took to end a three- game winning streak. ''When you come into somebody else's place, those (deep drives) have got to be touchdowns,'' Miami coach Tony Sparano said. ''They've been touchdowns the last few weeks and that's why you win.'' Eighteen years after these teams played another Thanksgiving game decided on a last-second field goal — one best remembered for Leon Lett's gaffe on snow and ice — conditions were so balmy that the glass end-zone doors at Cowboys Stadium were opened for the first time all season. Maybe that's what caused both teams to play so sloppy for so long. TV viewers, especially anyone fresh off a huge holiday meal, might've dozed off See ROMO, page 2B