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2B Daily News– Wednesday, July 25, 2012 TRITONS (Continued from page 1B) brought back a 2nd-place trophy for the 7-8 year-old- boys group. meets of being disqualified in the butterfly stroke for his arms not breaking the surface of the water, Humphrey discovered that bringing his arms above the surface the water (Super- man-style) might be an option that works for him. He succeeded and complet- ed his first legal finish in the 100 Individual Medley. Jasmine Atencio con- tinued to improve her swim times in eight of her nine events. Atencio broke a record set in 2009 for the 50 yard butterfly in 36.82 seconds, which also earned herself an A-time medal. Atencio has set her next goals to earn two more A- time medals for the 50 free and the 100 free because they are the events with times closest to meeting the time standard. Points from only five of the nine events were applied to her overall score, but she was able to swipe a 3rd place overall trophy for the girls group of 9 -10 year olds. Sevee Johnson earned a 3rd place trophy for the events he swam over the weekend against 11-12 year olds. Jordan Johnson had a successful meet and won a 2nd place trophy in the 15- 16 year old boys division. He also set a pool record time for his 200 yard back- stroke. After several Hannah Huhn swam her personal best in five events and is hoping to earn a "B" time for the 50 yard freestyle. Huhn has already shaved off 2.53 seconds. Kaylee Humphrey, 10, achieved two "A" times at the invitational. the 50 freestyle (24.73 sec.) and 100 freestyle (54.51 sec). Jackson beat his 100 freestyle "A" time and earned 4th place. Joshua took 2nd place in the boys 15-16 100 butterfly, shav- ing two seconds off his "B" time to earn himself a "BB" time of 102.52. Jackson placed 3rd in the 500 freestyle by swimming in a "BB" time of 5:44.54. Improvement was also made for his 200 Individual Medley. He earned a "BB" time of 2.25.74. Jackson's final points were enough to give him 4th place out of all 15-16 year old boys at the meet. Joshua Jackson One for same event during the North Valley Aquatics League championship meet in two weeks held in Red- ding. Rosser had 2nd-place finishes in the 100 yard but- terfly and 100 yard back- stroke, 3rd place for the 200 Individual Medley (which she swam for the first time) and 4th-place finishes in the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard breaststroke. RAIDERS swam her best meet in Anderson that she has had since joining the team as a 5 year old. She finished 4th overall for her age group. Micah Jackson took one second off his "B" time in the 25 free in 25.67 sec- onds. Micah achieved his "B" time in the 100 freestyle in 2.16.55 sec- onds. Micah shaved off four seconds in the 100 Individual Medley with a "B" time of 2.52.02. His dives have improved great- ly this season, contributing to taking an advantageous lead against his other 7-8 year old opponents. Blake Jones earned "B" times in Anderson for the 50 yard freestyle (4th place), 100 yard freestyle, 200 yard freestyle, and the 100 yard backstroke (3rd place). Broc Jones improved his times in four out of seven events he swam dur- ing the weekend. His best finish was 4th place in the 100 backstroke and had Top 10 finishes for the 100 yard freestyle, 100 yard Individual Medley and 50 yard freestyle. Haley Rosser finished 4th place overall for her age group of 15-16 year-old girls. Rosser had her best finish with her first "BB" time of 29.07 seconds in the 50 freestyle. She already has her eyes on earning an "A" time in the as a Triton for the 11-12 age group and earned a Personal Record with a time of 50.81 seconds in the 50 backstroke. Claire Tobin com- petes as a nine year old against 10 year olds and was able to win her heat in six out of nine events. Tobin finished eight of those events with times fast enough to earn Top 5 awards for the 50 freestyle ("B" time), 100 freestyle, 100 IM, 50 breaststroke, 200 freestyle, 50 backstroke, and 100 backstroke. Her times earned points to have a 7th place over- all position. Katelyn Tobin huge- ly improved all of her times with heat ribbons in 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke, and 100 backstroke. The Tritons will host a tuition free home Dual with the Corning Manta Rays at 6 p.m. Wednes- day at the Red Bluff High School pool fol- lowed by one more invi- tational hosted by Yreka Splash Swimmers Fri- day through Sunday before the North Valley Aquatic League Cham- pionship August 3-5 in Redding. Anyone interested in Quinn Rosser swam MCT file photo Al Davis, center, is flanked by quarterback Marc Wilson, left, and aide Tom Walsh at a Raiders practice in 1982. Legacy seen in team By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer ALAMEDA (AP) — The uniforms are the same familiar silver and black the Oakland Raiders have worn for decades. The roster con- tains the fastest collection of players in the NFL. And the offense features a quarter- back who wants to throw the ball deep. the many familiar standards that still exist as the Raiders head to their first training camp since death of owner and architect Al Davis. But make no mistake, Those are just some of everything. He was very involved with every decision and now it's a chain of com- mand.'' McKenzie is in charge of the front office and Allen has quickly seized the reins on the field. The longtime assistant has adjusted well to his first head coaching job at age 39. showed signs of being the elite quarterback he was a few years ago in Cincinnati but was far too inconsistent with 16 interceptions in 10 games. He has earned the respect during the offseason of vet- erans like Richard Seymour, who praised Allen's teach- ing skills, and young players as well. following the Red Bluff Tritons may "like" their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/RB Tritons and visit their website at www.red- blufftritons.com. Courtesy photo Jayne Brandt swims at the Sierra Nevada Junior Olympics in Roseville. SOAR (Continued from page 1B) "AAA" time and a 4th place. He also placed 4th in the 100M Fly, "AA",1:25.84. Balken was 5th in the 100M Back, 7th in the 100M Breast, A, 1:41.92, and 8th in the 50 Fly, "AA", 38.87. The relay teams he compet- ed on finished 4th and 6th as well. Balken will be joining Brandt at the Far Western Championships. Julia Brandt, 12, who is also headed to the Western Zone Championship in Col- orado, enjoyed swimming to four new "AAA" times at the Junior Olympics and earned 12 points for her team. Julia made her first ever zone cut in the 50M Fly, 31.92. The competition was tough as that zone cut only earned her 7th place in that event. In the 100M Free Julia placed 5th, 1:05.91, "AAA" and in the 50M Breast she finished 6th, 38.76, "AA." She earned a "AAA" in the 100M Fly, 1:14.21 which was good enough to finish RAYS (Continued from page 1B) Owen Ritter (15-16 year old boys): Ritter took 5th in 100 breast- stroke, 6th in 100 back- 7th. In the 100M Breast Julia was 8th, 1:26.91, "AA" and in the 200M Breast she dropped five seconds and placed 9th, 3:07.11, "AA". Julia's final AAA time came in the 50M Free, 30.76 which placed her 10th. Another highlight for Julia was in the 200 Free Relay where her team finished 2nd, but she swam a blistering 29.60 in the 50M Free. Julia was a part of four 2nd place relay finishes. She will also be competing at the Far Western Championships. Abbey Lair, 9, relished the opportunity to swim against such fast swimmers. This was her first Junior Olympics and she performed well. She finished 17th in the 100M Breast and shaved off 5 seconds to a swift 1:50.28, "BB". In the 50M Breast Abbey placed 19th and got a new personal best time of 51.57, "BB." She was also part of two relay teams that finished 8th and 9th. Holiday Rider, 12, fin- ished 18th in the 50M Fly, 37.67 and 20th in the 100M stroke, 5th in 200 breaststroke, 6th in 100 freestyle and 7th in 50 freestyle. Tyler Grine (13-14 year old boys): placed 8th in 200 breast- stroke, 6th in 100 freestyle, 4th in 200 IM, Tyler Fly 1:27.59. In the 50M Back, 39.86, and 100 Back, 1:27, 33, he earned 21st place. Holiday was 31st in the 50 Free, 34.71. He helped his relay teams to 6th, 9th, 11th, and 11th place fin- ishes. eleven seconds in the 200M Breast to finish 22nd and was right on her 100M Breast time, 1:40.93, which placed her at 28th. She was part of an 11th place relay team. Ellie Fletcher, 12, cut off swam a super fast back stroke leg of the 200M Med- ley Relay team and helped her team to an 8th place fin- ish. Sophie Fletcher, 10, These swimmers are looking forward to compet- ing at the last meet of the year in two weeks. Jaxon Balken, Julia and Jayne Brandt will be traveling to the Far Western Champi- onships in San Jose, while Holiday Rider, Abbey Lair, Ellie and Sophie Fletcher will get to compete in the NVAL Championships in Redding. 9th in 100 breaststroke, 9th in 100 butterfly, 4th in 200 freestyle, 7th in 50 freestyle. Logan Trouvell (15- 16 year old boys): Trou- vell Placed 6th in 100 butterfly, 6th in 200 freestyle. there's a different vibe around the Raiders as they begin preparations for their first season in a half-century without Davis at the helm. ''The newness has started to dwindle, but every day is something because things have been done a certain way for so long. It's just the way it is,'' general manager Reggie McKenzie said. ''Changes are going to con- tinue to be made through this time next year because you can't build Rome overnight.'' But McKenzie has made progress on a complete overhaul since being hired by Davis' son, Mark, in Jan- uary to run the football side of the organization that had been under Al Davis' purview ever since he arrived as coach in Oakland in 1963. McKenzie hired Dennis Allen as the team's first defensive-minded coach since John Madden roamed the sidelines during the 1970s, overhauled the scout- ing and personnel depart- ments, made significant ros- ter changes by jettisoning some big-money players and modernized the out-of- date infrastructure. ''It's definitely different. You don't see the same faces around here anymore,'' said defensive tackle Tommy Kelly, entering his ninth sea- son with the Raiders. ''Al D was almost hands on with MLB West Division Texas Angels A's Seattle East Division New York Baltimore American League WL Pct GB 57 38 .600 — 53 44 .546 5 52 44 .542 5.5 42 56 .429 16.5 WL Pct GB 58 38 .604 — 51 46 .526 7.5 Tampa Bay 50 47 .515 8.5 Toronto Boston Central Division Chicago Detroit WL Pct GB 52 45 .536 — 52 45 .536 — Cleveland 49 48 .505 3 Kansas City 40 55 .421 11 Minnesota 40 57 .412 12 —————————————————— Tuesday's results Cleveland 3, Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1 Oakland 7, Toronto 2 Boston at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox 11, Minnesota 4 Kansas City at L.A. Angels, late N.Y.Yankees at Seattle, late Today's games Minnesota (Blackburn 4-5) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 7-7),11:10 a.m. Kansas City (Hochevar 6-8) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 12-1),12:35 p.m. N.Y.Yankees (Nova 10-4) at Seattle (Iwakuma 1-2), 12:40 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 9-5) at Cleveland (D.Lowe 8-8), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 13-4) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Oakland (Griffin 2-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 8-6), 4:07 p.m. Boston (Beckett 5-8) at Texas (D.Holland 6-5), 5:05 p.m. Thursday's games Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 9:35 a.m. Oakland at Toronto, 9:37 a.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. 48 48 .500 10 48 49 .495 10.5 defensive coordinator has also installed a new defense in Oakland after years of running Davis' preferred style of man-to-man cover- age on the outside and little blitzing up front. The former Denver he's happy to be playing a ''real defense'' in his sev- enth season with the Raiders. ''Nothing personal but, Safety Michael Huff said But with a full offseason to learn a new offense that will feature plenty of bootlegs and rollouts and to build a rapport with a speedy, young receiving corps, Palmer feels rejuve- nated after being ready to retire a year ago rather than play with the Bengals. ''It's a completely new obviously, before with Al, rest in peace, he had his hands in all the defense.'' Huff said. ''He had all his lit- tle things he liked to do. Now with D.A. out there, we got all kinds of blitzes, we got 3-4, 4-3 fronts, just a lot of different variety and a lot of different things going on. So, I'm going to love it.'' The defensive schemes are far from the only changes. Barely one-third of the roster headed to camp played a single game with the Raiders before Davis' death last Oct. 8. The new- comers are at crucial spots, most notably at quarterback where Carson Palmer pre- pares for his first full season in Oakland. offense,'' he said. ''There's really no similarities to any- thing I've done before, but I love all the boots and play- actions and all the nakeds and keepers. I'm excited to do that and really those are the things that are going to help the run game. The more the running game moves the chains and the better the run game is, the better everyone else is on the entire team.'' After decades of domi- nance under Davis, the Raiders have not been very good of late. They have not made the playoffs or had a winning record for nine straight seasons, going 8-8 the past two years. Acquired last October from Cincinnati in a bold deal by former coach Hue Jackson for a 2012 first- round pick and 2013 sec- ond-rounder, Palmer MLB West Division GIANTS Dodgers Arizona East Division WL Pct GB Washington 57 39 .594 — Atlanta New York Miami 53 44 .546 4.5 47 50 .485 10.5 45 52 .464 12.5 Philadelphia 44 54 .449 14 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 57 40 .588 — Pittsburgh 54 42 .563 2.5 St. Louis 51 46 .526 6 Milwaukee 44 52 .458 12.5 Chicago Houston 40 56 .417 16.5 34 64 .347 23.5 —————————————————— Tuesday's results Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 7, Milwaukee 6 Atlanta 4, Miami 3 Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Cincinnati 4, Houston 2 St. Louis 8, L.A. Dodgers 2 Colorado at Arizona, late San Diego at San Francisco, late Today's games Washington (Strasburg 10-4) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 1-3), 9:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Dempster 5-4) at Pittsburgh (Correia 7-6), 9:35 a.m. Atlanta (Hanson 10-5) at Miami (Nolasco 8-8), 9:40 a.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 0-4) at Philadel- phia (Worley 5-6), 10:05 a.m. San Diego (Marquis 3-5) at San Fran- cisco (Lincecum 4-10), 12:45 p.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 9-6) at Houston (B.Norris 5-8), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Harang 7-5) at St. Louis (Lohse 10-2), 5:15 p.m. Colorado (Francis 2-2) at Arizona (Cahill 8-8), 6:40 p.m. Thursday's games L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 10:45 a.m. Pittsburgh at Houston, 5:05 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. National League WL Pct GB 54 42 .563 — 53 45 .541 2 48 48 .500 6 San Diego 41 57 .418 14 Colorado 36 59 .379 17.5 But the Raiders still set a standard of excellence earli- er during Davis' run that the new regime hopes to match. ''I think what he did here with the Raiders organiza- tion and how he built the organization, the loyalty that he's created within the orga- nization, makes this one of the best organizations in sports to get an opportunity to work for.'' Allen said. ''I'm excited about trying to meet the standards that are here in the Bay Area for the Raiders. We won't do every- thing exactly the way it's done before. We'll put our own stamp on it, but I'm excited about working for the Raiders.'' NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders 1. Matt Kenseth 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3. Greg Biffle 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Denny Hamlin 6. Kevin Harvick 7. Tony Stewart 8. Martin Truex Jr. 9. Clint Bowyer 10. Brad Keselowski 11. Carl Edwards 12. Kasey Kahne 13. Kyle Busch 14. Ryan Newman 15. Paul Menard 16. Joey Logano 17. Jeff Gordon 18. Marcos Ambrose 19. Jeff Burton 20. Jamie McMurray 707 691 667 656 628 622 618 617 614 613 567 547 545 536 534 533 524 495 493 486 21. Juan Pablo Montoya 452 22. Aric Almirola 23. Bobby Labonte 24. A J Allmendinger 25. Kurt Busch 26. Regan Smith 27. Casey Mears 28. Mark Martin 29. David Ragan 30. David Gilliland 31. Travis Kvapil 32. Landon Cassill 447 408 400 386 377 358 341 322 311 298 273 33. David Reutimann 263 34. Dave Blaney 35. Brian Vickers 36. David Stremme 37. J.J.Yeley 38. Michael McDowell 39. Ken Schrader 40. Josh Wise 41. Michael Waltrip 42. Terry Labonte 43. Tony Raines 44. Stephen Leicht 45. Brendan Gaughan 46. Scott Speed 47. Scott Riggs 48. Boris Said 49. Bill Elliott 50. Hermie Sadler 255 135 125 122 94 86 80 75 66 61 54 50 36 31 15 14 13 Upcoming Schedule July 29 — Crown Royal Presents The Your Hero's Name Here 400 at The Brick- yard, Indianapolis Aug. 5 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 12 — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 19 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.