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Tehama Tracker Tuesday's results BOYS HOOPS Yreka Corning Maxwell Mercy 55 37 38 59 Steven Rodriguez: 25 pts. 11 rebs Isaac Williams: 8 pts, 10 rebs GIRLS HOOPS Maxwell Mercy 25 35 Maggie Keller: 10 pts, 7 rebs, 6 stls Marissa Starman: 6 pts, 5 rebs SOCCER Yreka Corning Mercy Willows Today's games GIRLS HOOPS Red Bluff Lassen 7:30 p.m. SOCCER Central Valley Corning Live Oak Los Molinos Colusa Mercy NBA Sacramento Portland Warriors Utah NBA Sharks Dallas CSNC 7:30 p.m. On the tube GOLF • 6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, first round, at Doha, Qatar (same-day tape) •1 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Phoenix Open, first round, at Scottsdale, Ariz. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN — Duke at Virginia Tech • 4 p.m., ESPN2 — Nebraska at Northwestern •6 p.m., ESPN — UCLA at Washing- ton • 6 p.m., ESPN2 — South Carolina at Florida •8 p.m., ESPN2 — Gonzaga at BYU •8 p.m., FSN — Arizona at California NBA •5 p.m., TNT — Chicago at New York •7 p.m., CSNC — Portland at Sacra- mento • 7:30 p.m., CSNB —Utah at Golden State • 7:30 p.m., TNT — Denver at L.A. Clippers NHL •4 p.m., NHL NETWORK — Caroli- na at Boston WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •6 p.m., FSN — Stanford at Arizona St. Rec Leagues Red Bluff Basketball Tuesday's results Orient Express 65, McGlynn 43 Justin Kingsley: 21 points Derek Nooner: 14 points Vineyard 71, Mt. Lassen 49 Jon Smith: 24 points Steve Novo: 17 points Team Sharp 74, Brewers 40 Colter Hedden: 22 points Cameron Merchant: 20 pts Red Bluff Volleyball Tuesday's results Spongebobs 15 5 15 Happy Heifers 4 15 13 Joanne's Team 7 4 16 Rae C's Team 15 15 14 Monday's results Wendi's Team 7 15 15 Spiked Punch 15 12 6 The Attack Pack 1 15 15 Wendi's Team 15 13 11 Kill Zone Follow us on Twitter: @TehamaSports 6 9 8 Digg What?? 15 15 6 CSNC 7 p.m. CSNB 7:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 5 0 7 0 Sports By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor George Utley is known around Red Bluff for many reasons. From his leadership roles with the Red Bluff chapter of the Widowed Persons of California and Senior Citizens Inc. to his years working at vari- ous car dealerships around town, Utley became a friendly face since moving to Red Bluff in 1968. But this isn't a story about his work on the Tehama County Grand Jury or even his eight years in the U.S. Army. T This is a football tale. One that dates back to 1932 and one Utley remembers "like it was yes- terday." Utley was a junior at Lebanon High School in Oregon and was the starting right tackle on the Warriors football team. With four fast and experienced seniors return- ing in the Warriors backfield, Utley and his team- mates knew the upcoming season was going to be promising, especially after a 29-0 victory to start they year. "We had a feeling things were going to be good," the 95-year-old Utley recalled recently. Utley said football back then was more geared toward the running game — although some things never change. "Football is blocking and tackling," he said. The Warriors would eventually march on to the Oregon state championship game where they met up with the Wood River Blue Dragons in Portland. For the tiny town it was a big happening and one that grew in importance when the Warriors pulled out a 13-6 win to bring Lebanon it's first championship team. Utley, known as Truck back then, said the key to the game was his team captain calming down the Warriors in the huddle after Wood River struck first. Eighty years later the championship still means a great deal to Utley and for an unselfish reason that's usually found within great teams. "You're with the championship team, you're not an individual," he said. "You think about the team." Utley said he recently read a Daily News arti- cle about Clarence "Bud" Adams being honored for being a part of the 1946 Oregon high school football championship team and thought what a coincidence it was to have two former champs end up in a city he has made his own. "Ever since I've come to Red Bluff, things have been good for me," Utley said. Bulldogs top Portola STAFF REPORT Los Molinos pulled out a 62-56 win over a strong Portola side, Tuesday night, to improve to 9-8 on the season as four Bulldogs reached double figures. 3:15 p.m. Dom Ceja and Isidro Madrigal each had 13 points to lead Los Moli- nos. Ceja also pulled down 10 rebounds. while Madrigal dished out seven assists. Ryan Mekech had a double-double as well with 12 points and 10 rebounds. He had five assists. Sean Conrad scored 11 points and had six assists. Edward Garncia racked up five steals to go along with four points. Gilbert Zamora chipped in with five points and Rudy Martinez had four. The Lady Bulldogs lost their game to Portola. Los Molinos will honor its 1982 section champion boys basketball team on Friday when the Bulldogs host Esparto for a boys-girls doubleheader. The ceremony will take place between games, around 6:30 p.m. Los Molinos then con- tinues its home stand when they host East Nico- laus on Feb. 7 1B Thursday February 2, 2012 1932 state champion recalls game George Utley Raiders bring back Greg Knapp ALAMEDA (AP) — Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen made the first hire for his new staff on Wednesday, bringing back Greg Knapp as the team's offensive coordinator. Knapp spent the past two seasons as quarterbacks coach in Houston but was coordinator in Oakland under Lane Kiffin and Tom Cable in 2007-08. Knapp has 17 years of experience as an NFL assis- tant, including stints as a coordinator in San Francis- co, Atlanta, Oakland and Seattle. He helped the Tex- ans make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history in 2011 despite losing start- ing quarterback Matt Schaub to a season-ending foot injury after 10 games. Backup Matt Leinart also got hurt and Knapp groomed rookie T.J. Yates, who helped the Texans beat Cincinnati in the first round of the playoffs before Hous- ton was eliminated by Balti- more. Knapp had been on a staff with Allen in Atlanta. With Allen having never coached offense and having no previous head coaching experience, his hiring of coordinators is a crucial step Courtesy photo by Larry Long Los Molinos forward Ryan Mekech (No. 12) blocks a Portola shot. See KNAPP, page 2B Egypt soccer fans rush field after game, 74 dead CAIRO (AP) — At least 74 people were killed and hundreds injured after soc- cer fans rushed the field in the seaside city of Port Said Wednesday following an upset victory by the home team over Egypt's top club, setting off clashes and a stampede as riot police largely failed to intervene. It was a bloody reminder of the deteriorating security in the Arab world's most populous country as insta- bility continues nearly a year after former President Hosni Mubarak was swept out of power in a popular uprising. The melee — which fol- lowed an Egyptian league match between Al-Masry, the home team in the Mediterranean city, and Al- Ahly, based in Cairo and one of Egypt's most popular teams — was the worst case of soccer violence in Egypt and the deadliest worldwide since 1996. One player said it was ''like a war.'' In Cairo, fans angered that another match between Al-Ismaili and Zamalek was halted because of the Port Said violence set fire to the bleachers at the main stadi- um in the Egyptian capital, authorities said. No injuries were reported, and employ- ees said firefighters extin- guished the blaze before it caused much damage. The clashes and ensuing stampede did not appear to be directly linked to the political turmoil in Egypt, but the violence raised fresh concerns about the ability of the state police to manage crowds. Most of the hun- dreds of black-uniformed police with helmets and shields stood in lines and did nothing as soccer fans chased either, some wield- ing sharp objects and others hurling sticks and rocks. Security officials said the ministry has issued direc- tives for its personnel not to ''engage'' with civilians after recent clashes between police and protesters in November left more than 40 people dead. The violence also underscored the role of soccer fans in Egypt's recent protest movement. Orga- nized fans, in groups known as ultras, have played an important role in the revolu- ''There were people dying in front of us. It's over. We've all made a decision that we won't play soccer any more. How will we play soccer after 70 people died? We can't think about it.'' —Al-Ahly goalkeeper Sharif Ikrami tion and rallies against mili- tary rule. Their anti-police songs, peppered with curses, have quickly become viral and an expression of the hatred many Egyptians feel toward security forces that were accused of much of the abuse that was widespread under Mubarak's regime. Egypt is not immune to soccer violence. In April, the ineffectiveness of the police force also was on display when thousands of fans ran onto the field before the end of an African Champions League game between local club Zamalek and Tunisia's Club Africain. The hun- dreds of police on duty at Cairo International Stadium could not stop the violence then, either. Activists sched- uled rallies Thursday out- side the headquarters of the Interior Ministry in Cairo to protest the inability of the police to stop the bloodshed. Many gathered outside Al-Ahly club in Cairo, chanting slogans against military rule, and hundreds filed into Cairo's main train station to receive the injured arriving from Port Said. ''We die like them, or we ensure their rights,'' the crowd chanted, along with slogans denouncing the mil- itary rulers. As the train arrived, scores jumped on top of the train and raised Egyptian flags. ''They came at us with machetes and knives...they threw some of us from the fourth floor,'' one returning fan told the private TV sta- tion ONTV. ''Everyone was beating us. They were beating us from inside and outside, with fireworks, stones, metal bars, and some had knives, I swear,'' another fan told the station, which did not give their names. In Port Said, residents marched early Thursday, denouncing the violence and saying it was a conspiracy by the military and police to cause chaos. Army tanks and armored vehicles joined police patrolling near hospi- tals and morgues. Police were not to be seen in the streets after the violence and were unavailable to break up fights that followed. The tension also spread to the nearby Suez province. About 500 protesters, including soccer fans and activists, gathered outside the main police headquar- See EGYPT, page 2B