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Tehama Tracker Monday's results NBA New Orleans Kings 100 92 Cousins: 28 points, 19 rebounds Evans: 20 points Friday's results BOYS HOOPS Red Bluff Lassen 46 48 Red Bluff trailed 17-2 in 2nd Taylor Blaser: 16 points Evan Sinclair: 9 points West Valley Corning 37 50 Michael Shoemaker: 11 pts, 13 rebs Ryan Holland: 10 pts, 6 rebs, 5 asts E Los Molinos Esparto 22 62 Dom Ceja: 20 points, 10 rebs Sean Conrad: 15 pts, 6 assists Ryan Mekech: 15 pts, 10 rebs GIRLS HOOPS Corning West Valley E Los Molinos Esparto Today's games GIRLS HOOPS 2012 PinkOut! Red Bluff Paradise Varsity: 7:30 p.m. JV: 6 p.m. Freshmen: 4:30 p.m. Central Valley Corning Los Molinos East Nicolaus Chester Mercy BOYS HOOPS Central Valley Corning Los Molinos East Nicolaus Chester Mercy 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 37 47 28 67 Courtesy photo The Red Bluff Union High School girls basketball program is asking the community to join them in wearing pink, today, to raise cancer awareness.The freshman girls play at 4 p.m. followed by the junior varsity team at 6 p.m. and finally the Lady Spartans varsity squad facing Paradise at 7:30 p.m.The gym will feature a variety of cancer information booths. By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor No knock on green and gold, but more and more those at Red Bluff Union High School think pink. In 2010, then sophomore Jessica Macdonald suggested to her junior varsity basketball team that they adopt the color to raise cancer aware- ness. What's transpired since is a movement draw- ing an even closer tie between school and com- munity. Tonight, the Lady Spartans hit the court for their second annual Pink Out! event — a high- light, but certainly not the only program geared toward the cause of stamping out cancer. Last year Macdonald's idea led to the first ever Pink Out! 6 p.m. The freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams asked the community to come to their games dressed in pink and donated the gate to cancer fighting organizations. 6 p.m. The idea not only bonded the three teams clos- er, but was successful enough to trigger an expan- sion of the Think Pink idea. The school has been working for weeks to raise money for St. Elizabeth's Imaging Center through their campaign and ideas such as Coins for Cancer. The high school will host a rally the last 30 minutes of the school day, today, before the girls take to the court against league rival Paradise. From the freshman game set to tip off at 4:30 p.m. through the varsity game at 7:30 the gymna- sium's lobby will be filled with agencies handing out cancer related information and Think Pink products will be sold. So far this year the school has raised more than $300 in its efforts and school officials expect the number to rise by the end of tonight's event. As for the games themselves the Lady Spar- tans program is in the midst of one of it's best sea- sons across the board in recent years. The varsity Lady Spartans (13-9) will have a special surprise when they take the floor against Paradise in what will be a battle of two teams tied for first place in the Eastern Athletic League- South. The Lady Spartans come into the game riding a four-game win streak. The junior varsity Spartans are undefeated in league and 17-1 overall. They play at 6 p.m. The freshmen Spartans enter their game also with a perfect 9-0 record in league play and are 20-1 overall on the season. Varsity Roster 11 Ashley Brown 12 Jessica Macdonald 14 Lottie Jones 15 Taylor Wood 21 Alana Hinkston 22 Lily Brose 23 Rachel Ward 24 Krista Rodriguez 32 Mariah Smith 34 Alex Dahnke 43 Cori Schatz 44 Sarah Brown Junior Varsity Roster 12 Calisha Cruise 14 Mayson Trujillo 15 Emily Gallagher 21 Sarah Jordan 22 Daisy Brose 24 Chelsey Bushnell 32 Brittany Clatty 33 Jessica Curl 34 Marissa Chase 42 Hannah Woodall 43 Adrienne Hinkston Cruise, Calisha Freshmen Roster 12 Allison Winning 14 Alex Funk 15 Ashley Exum 21 Ashlyn Griffis 22 Hannah Scholzen 23 Samantha Winning 24 Abby Brown 32 Cara Hencratt 43 Hailey Pritchard 44 Jami Matheson 50 Brittany Manner Raiders hire Stanford's Tarver to lead defense 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. SOCCER Lassen Corning 3:15and 5:15 p.m. Los Molinos Pierce Williams Mercy NBA Minnesota Kings On the tube Lassen View and Richfield meet on NBA court Oklahoma City Warriors 7:30 p.m. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN — Florida at Ken- tucky •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Iowa St. at Okla- homa St. •6 p.m., ESPN — Purdue at Ohio St. NBA •4 p.m., NBATV — Utah at Indiana •5 p.m., CSNC — Sacramento at Minnesota • 7:30 p.m., CSNB—Oklahoma City at Golden State NHL • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Los Angeles at Tampa Bay 5 p.m. OAKLAND (AP) — The Oakland Raiders didn't look far to find a defensive coordinator. 3:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. The Raiders on Monday hired Stanford's Jason Tarv- er, who helped shape one of the Pac-12's top defenses while serving as co-defen- sive coordinator and over- seeing the linebackers under rookie head coach David Shaw last season. Tarver had spent the pre- vious decade as a 49ers assistant, including the final six seasons (2005-2010) coaching the outside line- backers. After the 49ers hired Jim Harbaugh, Tarver went back to the college ranks to team with co-defen- sive coordinator Derek Mason at Stanford. Tarver returns to the NFL with an even more monu- mental task. Despite having many high-priced players on that side of the ball, the Raiders struggled mightily on defense last season. Oakland 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. Just last offseason, cor- nerback Stanford Routt, linebacker Kamerion Wim- bley, defensive tackle Richard Seymour and safety Michael Huff received con- tracts worth more than $160 million combined. That quartet joined former top 10 pick Rolando McClain, who signed a $40 million, five- year deal when he was draft- ed 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. And least productive. 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 distinction last reached by the 1952 Dallas Texans. The Raiders, who finished 8-8 last season, 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. That prompted new gen- eral manager Reggie McKenzie to fire Hue Jack- son after one season as coach and hire Dennis Allen, the former Denver Broncos defensive coordi- nator. Allen and Tarver will share the task of fixing two long-standing problems on defense: stopping the run and reducing penalties. The Raiders set an NFL record last season with 163 penalties for 1,358 yards. The 37-year-old Tarver received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Santa Clara in 1997. He also earned his master's degree in biochemistry and molecu- lar biology from UCLA and the departmental prize for distinguished teaching in 1998 and 2000. Under the tutelage of Tarver and Mason, Stan- ford's defense ranked either first or second in the Pac-12 in eight categories last sea- son. That included first in total defense (331.4 yards) and rushing defense (107.8 yards) per game in the offense-oriented league. Stanford also lost 53-30 at home to Oregon, costing the program a shot at the Pac-12 and BCS champi- onships. The Cardinal fin- ished with an 11-2 record, including a 41-38 overtime loss in the Fiesta Bowl to Oklahoma State. The Raiders now have all three coordinators in place. Greg Knapp replaced Al Saunders on offense and Steve Hoffman is taking over for John Fassel as spe- cial teams coordinator. There are still some position coaches and lower-level assistants to fill out. Sports 1B Tuesday February 7, 2012 Red Bluff goes pink Follow us on Twitter: @TehamaSports Courtesy photo The Lassen View and Richfield "A" girls and boys basketball teams squared off Saturday night at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento. In the games, the Richfield Girls and the Lassen View Boys came away winners. All players and parents then enjoyed the Sacramento Kings' overtime win against the Golden State Warriors.