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Tehama Tracker Tuesday's results BOYS HOOPS Anderson Corning Quincy Los Molinos Ryan Mekech: 17 points Dom Ceja: 15 points Maxwell Mercy 42 65 Steven Rodriguez: 17 pts, 13 rebs Isaac Williams: 14 points, 9 rebs GIRLS HOOPS Maxwell Mercy 42 52 Michelle Jaramillo: 15 points Teresa Yu: 11 points SOCCER Mercy Los Molinos 2 5 Fernando Vives: 2 goals, assist Jose Rosales: 2 goals Juan Rosales: goal Dennis Doan: 2 assists Alejandro Guerrero: 8 saves Today's games GIRLS HOOPS Las Plumas Red Bluff 7:30 p.m. SOCCER West Valley Corning Los Molinos Durham Mercy Hamilton 3:15 p.m. On the tube EXTREME SPORTS •6 p.m., ESPN — Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo. • 11:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo. (delayed tape) GOLF • Noon, TGC — PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, first round, at La Jolla •1 a.m. (Friday), TGC — European PGA Tour, Abu Dhabi Championship, second round, at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN — NC State at North Carolina •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Florida at Missis- sippi •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Indiana at Wis- consin •7 p.m., CSNC—San Francisco at Santa Clara • 7:30 p.m., CSNB — Washington St. at Arizona • 8 p.m., ESPN2 — Gonzaga at Port- land NBA •5 p.m., TNT — Boston at Orlando • 7:30 p.m., TNT — Memphis at L.A. Clippers NHL •5 p.m., NBCSP — All-Star Game Draft, at Ottawa, Ontario TENNIS •12:30 a.m. (Friday), ESPN2 — Aus- tralian Open, men's semifinal, at Mel- bourne, Australia WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •5 p.m., FSN — Baylor at Oklahoma Thornton out 1-2 weeks with thigh bruise SACRAMENTO (AP) — Sacramento Kings leading scorer Marcus Thornton is expected to be sidelined one to two weeks with a deep bruise in his left thigh. The Kings announced before Wednesday night's home game against Den- ver that an MRI exam on Thornton revealed a ''sig- nificant hematoma'' in his thigh. Thornton already has missed four games because of the injury. Rookie guard Jimmer Fredette is expected to see his minutes increase in Thornton's absence. Thornton is leading Sacramento with 16.2 points to go with 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He signed a four-year deal worth at least $31 million before the season. Daily News photos by Rich Greene (Top) Mercy's Steven Rodriguez is fouled Wednesday night. (Bottom) The Lady Warriors'Teresa Yu drives to the basket against Weed. By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor Despite a strong defensive effort, the Mercy Warriors didn't get the win they were looking for, Wednesday night, when the visiting Weed Cougars rallied back in the closing minutes for a 43-37 victory. The Cougars raced out to an early 9-0 lead to start the game, but Mercy's defense finally woke and the Warriors found enough offense to climb back. The Warriors held Weed to just 12 points over the second and third quarters and even- tually got their first lead of the game when Isaac Williams scored in the paint early in the third quarter. Mercy was up 23-21 at at that point, but the lead went back-and-forth from there. Midway through the fourth quarter, Har- low Johnson scored a pair of 3-point plays to give Mercy a 35-33 lead. The Cougars weren't done. With 1:20 remaining Weed took the lead back when the game's leading scorer Trevor Shaffer tripled from the corner as part of a 19-point effort. Williams squared things up for Mercy at 37-37, but a loose ball situation on the other end led to a Shaffer layup and a 2-point Weed lead. With around 20 seconds in the game, Mercy had an inbound situation from the front court, but the pass was stolen and Mercy's hopes dashed. Tommy Haosouphanthong swished a pair of free throws to seal the game. Williams and Steven Rodriguez both finished with 11 points and eight rebounds for Mercy. Harlow Johnson finished with six, Tommy Garcia added five points and seven rebounds and Chris Bartlett had a pair of buckets. Lady Warriors The Lady Warriors stayed winless on the season as Weed cruised by Mercy 47-19. Maggie Keller had eight points and 13 rebounds for Mercy. Marissa Starman had nine points and 10 rebounds. Lincecum's $40.5M, 2-year deal includes bonuses SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants ace Tim Lincecum's new $40.5 mil- lion, two-year deal includes a series of bonuses for win- ning the Cy Young and other awards. Lincecum and San Fran- cisco reached verbal agree- ment on a new contract Tuesday pending a physical, which likely will happen early next week before a for- mal announcement is made by the club. Lincecum, a two-time NL Cy Young Award win- ner, gets a $500,000 signing bonus and salaries of $18 million this year and $22 million in 2013. He would earn an addi- tional $500,000 for winning his third Cy Young, $250,000 for second place, $100,000 for third, $75,000 for fourth and $50,000 for fifth. If he wins the Cy Young in 2012, the bonus for winning again in 2013 would increase to $1 mil- lion. Lincecum also would make $250,000 for being voted NL MVP, $150,000 for being the runner-up, $100,000 for third, $75,000 for fourth and $50,000 for fifth. He would receive a $100,000 bonus if picked to the All-Star game and $50,000 for a Gold Glove. Lincecum had asked for a near-record $21.5 million in salary arbitration and had been offered $17 million by the Giants. He remains eligi- ble for free agency follow- ing the 2013 season. The 27-year-old right- hander, the winning pitcher in the Game 5 World Series clincher at Texas in 2010, earned $13.1 million last season when he finished a two-year deal worth $23.2 million. When the sides exchanged numbers last Tuesday, Lincecum's request neared the record amount sought in arbitra- tion. Houston pitcher Roger Clemens asked for $22 mil- lion in 2005. San Francisco's offer was the highest in arbitration his- tory, topping the $14.25 mil- lion the New York Yankees proposed for shortstop Derek Jeter in 2001. Lincecum — the 10th overall draft pick out of Washington in 2006 — has been an All-Star in each of the past four seasons. He went 13-14 with a 2.74 ERA last year for his first losing record. The Giants scored no runs while he was in the game in seven of 33 starts, had one run six times and two runs five times, accord- ing to STATS LLC. 3:15 p.m. ALAMEDA (AP) — For more than three decades, the Oakland Raiders operated under a sim- ilar formula with late owner Al Davis hiring offen- sive-minded head coaches and remaining deeply involved in devising the team's defense. That pattern has changed with new general man- ager Reggie McKenzie's first major hiring since taking over the football operations earlier this month. McKenzie is finalizing a contract to make Den- ver defensive coordinator Dennis Allen the team's next head coach, a person familiar with the process said Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the team is not publicly discussing the search. Fox Sports and ESPN first reported Tuesday night that the Raiders had chosen Allen to replace the fired Hue Jackson and become the team's sev- enth coach since 2003. ''He's a smart guy,'' said Raiders punter Shane Lechler, who played college ball with Allen at Texas A&M. ''He knows defenses well. He schemes really good. It'll be interesting to see how he handles the head coaching role. This will be his first time. We'll see.'' Allen, 39, will be the first new Raiders coach to come from the defensive side of the ball since Davis hired linebackers coach John Madden before the 1969 season. Madden won 103 games in 10 seasons and led Oakland to its first Super Bowl following the 1976 season. But the Raiders structure changed Oct. 8, when Davis died at age 82 of heart failure. Davis had run the entire operation for most of his nearly half-cen- tury with the team. His son, Mark, took over as managing partner and began making changes after the season. His first decision was to hire McKenzie away from Green Bay to make all the major football decisions. McKenzie's first move was to fire Jackson, who went 8-8 in his only season on the job. McKenzie then began a two-week search that ended with his choice of Allen. 3:15 p.m. Before serving as Denver's defensive coordinator last season, Allen spent five years as a defensive assistant in New Orleans and also coached for Atlanta. While Allen has run the 4-3 defense that the Raiders have used the past seven seasons, there are expected to be stark changes in strategy. Allen was an aggressive coordinator in Denver, with a propensity to call blitzes that the Raiders tra- ditionally stayed away from during Davis' tenure. He preferred to pressure the quarterback with a strong defensive line and playing man coverage in the secondary. The old way worked well at times for the Raiders, who won two Super Bowls in the 1980s under Tom Flores and won three straight division titles from 2000-02 under Jon Gruden and Bill Callahan. But the team was far less successful after losing the Super Bowl to Tampa Bay in January 2003. Oakland failed to post a winning record or make the playoffs over the next nine seasons. The Raiders' 99 losses over those nine seasons are the second most in the NFL and their current nine-year playoff drought is tied with Cleveland for the second longest in the league. In his first season as coordinator in Denver, Allen helped the Broncos improve from allowing a league-worst 29.4 points and 390.8 yards per game to ranking 20th in yards (357.8) and 24th in points (24.4) this season on the way to an AFC West title. The Broncos increased their sack total from 23 to 41 and were tied for the sixth-most blitzes on pass plays in the league this season, according to STATS LLC. ''He was very successful with us and he'll be very successful with them,'' Broncos linebacker Von Miller said at the Pro Bowl. The Raiders struggled mightily on defense this past season despite having many high-priced play- ers on that side of the ball. Just this past offseason, cornerback Stanford Routt, linebacker Kamerion Wimbley, defensive tackle Richard Seymour and safety Michael Huff got contracts worth more than $160 million com- bined. That quartet joined former top 10 pick Rolando McClain, who signed a $40 million, five-year deal when he was drafted in 2010, and defensive tackle Tommy Kelly, who just finished the fourth year of a $50.5 million, seven-year contract, on one of the league's most expensive defenses last season. The salaries did not translate into success. Oak- land had franchise worsts in touchdown passes allowed (31), yards per carry (5.1), yards passing (4,262) and total yards (6,201), while giving up the third-most points (433) in team history. The Raiders joined this year's Tampa Bay team as one of the four teams to allow at least 30 TD passes and 5.0 yards per carry in a season, a dis- tinction last reached by the 1952 Dallas Texans. The Raiders also became the sixth team since the 1970 merger to allow at least 2,000 yards rushing and 4,000 yards passing in a season. One of Allen's first tasks will be fixing two long- standing problems: stopping the run and reducing penalties. The Raiders set an NFL record last sea- son with 163 penalties for 1,358 yards. Since the start of the 2003 season, Oakland has committed a league-worst 1,183 penalties — 133 more than second-worst Arizona, which is the same difference between second and 14th place. The Raiders also have the worst run defense in the league over that span, allowing 175 touchdowns on the ground and 141.7 yards rushing per game. 42 27 48 52 Sports Mercy loses late lead; Lady Warriors fall too 1B Thursday January 26, 2012 Raiders finalizing deal with new coach