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AARONJOSEFCZYK—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr throws in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday in Cleveland. ByMichaelWagaman The Associated Press ALAMEDA OaklandRaiderscoach Jack Del Rio says the recipe for a good quarterback comes down to two things: decision-making and accuracy. Derek Carr has already shown significant progress in both areas, along with an increased willing- ness to throw the deep pass. Oakland's second-year quar- terback is coming off back-to- back 300-yard games in which he threw touchdowns to four differ- ent receivers while completing 64 percent of his passes. Carr's quar- terback rating of 102.4 is also the seventh-highest in the NFL, better than that of Russell Wilson, Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. Wide receiver Andre Holmes credits Carr's willingness to spread the ball around for the team's early success. "The offense is built so that's there's multiple options on every play," Holmes said Tuesday. "Most offenses are like that but we're just executing really well and finding our third read. DC's doing a great job of finding the open man due to his progression. So now you've got all of us making plays and that's helping him gain a lot of confi- dence." Carr has already completed passes to 13 different receivers. First-round pick Amari Cooper and veteran Michael Crabtree have gar- nered the most attention but back- ups like Holmes and Seth Roberts are also making an impact. Roberts spent all of 2014 on Oak- land's practice squad but came on to catch the game-winning touch- down with 26 seconds left in the Raiders' come-from-behind win over Baltimore in Week 2. He caught another touchdown last week against Cleveland and had a pivotal 36-yard catch and run to help set up a second score. "Seth's been making big plays all offseason and training camp so now he's gaining Derek's trust that he's going to make a play for RAIDERS Carrtakingadvantageofdepth QBhasthrownpasses to 13 different receivers The Corning Cardinals field hockey team took two losses re- cently, 5-0 to Chico and 2-1 to Yuba City. In the Yuba City game Monday Maggie Aulabaguh had 3 saves and Whitney Armstrong took 3 shots. Yuba City struck first, with the only score in the first. Corning then scored off a shorter Danny Zuppan hit to Armstrong, who drove it to the cage and Zuppan hit it in for the score. Maggie Miron and Annie Za- pian attacked the ball defensively and brought the ball up to the for- wards. Angela Diaz played aggressive on the outside and had some key passes. Against Chico, Kate Picha had 13 saves and Aulabaugh had 3. Brook Barr did a good job of stopping their leading scorer. Gabby Peterson moved the ball well. The team is scheduled to host Bella Vista at 5 p.m. today. FIELD HOCKEY Corning falls to Chico and Yuba City By John Marshall The Associated Press PHOENIX The college football season is just a month old, but it has had what feels like a season's worth of surprises already. Three FCS teams beat FBS teams on the opening weekend. Auburn needed overtime to beat Jacksonville State and quickly fell out of the Top 25. BYU won on a couple of last-second heaves from its backup quarterback. Arkan- sas, ranked No. 18 in the AP pre- season poll, has lost three games, including one to Toledo. But for all that's happened so far, some of the biggest surprises have come in the Pac-12, includ- ing several this past weekend. As a reminder, here's a run- down of some of the Pac-12 sur- prises early in the season: ROAD-FIELDADVANTAGE It hasn't paid to play at home in the Pac- 12 this season. Heading into this weekend's games, home teams are 0-6 in conference games. It started with Stanford's win at Southern California two weeks ago and kept going with road wins by USC, Cal UCLA, Utah COLLEGE FOOTBALL Pac-12 full of surprises a er just a month ustine Siegal became the first woman employed as a coach by a major league team when the A's announced Tuesday that she has been hired for a two-week stint as a guest instructor with their Instructional League club. BASEBALL A'shirefirstwoman coach in major leagues FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 By Janie McCauley The Associated Press OAKLAND Andre Iguodala has been doing more dunking this offseason, and that's rare for him when nothing is on the line. Even with fresh knees follow- ing a trip to Germany to receive special injections, Iguodala is expected to go from NBA Finals MVP back to his role as a key re- serve for the champion Golden State Warriors. He's OK with all that, just don't go mentioning anything about the Sixth Man of the Year Award. "So, the sixth man, the posi- tion I don't have a problem with, but the award, it's not that it's not important, but being sin- gled out, it's like affirmative ac- tion or something like that to me," Iguodala said. "So, it's like, whatever." The Warriors began training camp Tuesday with a tall task of trying to repeat after the fran- chise captured its first title in 40 years. The 31-year-old Iguodala, ac- quired in a trade from Denver on July 10, 2013, averaged 16.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals in 37 minutes on the way to Finals MVP honors. That included a 25-point perfor- mance in the Game 6 clincher against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Second-year coach Steve Kerr plans to stick with his starting lineup, meaning Iguodala will be coming off the bench. "The guy was the MVP of the Finals and won a cham- pionship," Kerr said Tuesday. "There's always a comfort level I would think that goes along with that. He's one of our best players, he set the tone last year with his unselfishness." Iguodala's 8-year-old son, An- dre Tyler II, is counting on his father to win the Finals' top honor again this season. "My son has higher expec- tations for me, that's the curse of that," Iguodala said with a grin. "'You're going to win it again next year.' He doesn't re- ally get it." At least the boy's father did all he could to prepare his body for the grind of another deep run after a playoff-shortened offseason. The 6-foot-6 swing- man recently traveled to Ger- many to receive injections in his achy knees. "The knees feel really good. I've been dunking a lot lately, which I normally don't do in the offseason," the 12th-year veteran said. Iguodala didn't even make his WARRIORS IGUODALA WILL DO WHAT TEAM NEEDS Finals MVP OK with still coming off bench BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State Warriors' Andre Iguodala gestures during an NBA basketball media conference Monday in Oakland. BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State Warriors' Festus Ezeli, le , and Andre Iguodala greet one another during an NBA basketball media day Monday in Oakland. The 49ers knew intoxicated fans were dangerous on long lines waiting to use the restroom but failed to provide adequate security, a lawsuit by two men assaulted last year in a bathroom alleges. 49ERS Men sue over stadium bathroom assault The cross country team will be at a Chico meet and girls' tennis at Pleasant Valley today. On Thursday, girls' golf will play Enterprise in Redding, girls' tennis and volleyball will face Foothill at Foothill. RED BLUFF Spartans on the road today, Thursday PAC-12 PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, Sudoku and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the lat- est advice doled out by Amy Dickinson. 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