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Tracker Thursday's results Tehama GIRLS TENNIS Red Bluff Shasta Singles Josie Clements: 1-6, 0-6 Ginger Shaffer: 6-2, 6-0 Merideth Lord: 6-0, 6-1 Jennika Alexander: 6-0, 6-0 Aislyn Lair: 6-0, 6-0 Emmaline Iverson won by default Doubles Josie Clements, Ginger Shaffer: 8-4 Merideth Lord, Jennika Alexander: 8-1 Aislyn Lair, Emmaline Iverson: won by default VOLLEYBALL Los Molinos GIRLS Paradise Ad. 0 3 Los Molinos wins to improve to 2-0. Next game: 5 p.m. Aug. 30 at Corning MLB Athletics Tampa Bay OAK — Drew, 2-3 TB — Joyce 1-4, 2 RBI Today's games Varsity Football Mercy Dunsmuir Los Molinos Williams 7:30 p.m. @Dunsmuir 7:15 p.m. @Williams Follow @TehamaSports on Twitter for live game coverage. MLB Athletics Tampa Bay OAK — Parker, 8-7 TB — Moore, 10-7 Atlanta Giants ATL — Sheets, 4-3 SF — Vogelsong, 10-7 On the tube CYCLING • 1 p.m. NBCSN — U.S. Pro Chal- lenge, stage 5, Breckenridge to Col- orado Springs, Colo. GOLF • 6:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Johnnie Walker Championship, second round, at Perthshire, Scotland • 11 a.m.TGC — PGA Tour, The Bar- clays, second round, at Farmingdale, N.Y. • 3:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Boeing Classic, first round, at Sno- qualmie, Wash. • 10:30 p.m.TGC — LPGA, Canadian Women's Open, second round, at Coquitlam, British Columbia (delayed tape) MLB • 11:10 a.m. WGN — Colorado at Chicago Cubs • 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, St. Louis at Cincinnati or L.A. Angels at Detroit NFL • 5 p.m. CBS — Preseason, Chicago at N.Y. Giants PREP FOOTBALL • 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Good Counsel (Md.) at Bishop Gorman (Nev.) SOCCER • 4:30 p.m.NBCSN — MLS, Salt Lake at Philadelphia TENNIS • 10 a.m.ESPN2 — WTA, New Haven Open, semifinal, at New Haven, Conn. • Noon ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Winston-Salem Open, semifinal, at Winston-Salem, N.C. • 4 p.m. ESPN2 — WTA, New Haven Open, semifinal, at New Haven, Conn. Around town Special Olympics softball tourney Tehama County Spe- cial Olympics will be host- ing its second annual North Valley Regional Softball Tournament Sat- urday at Frey and Tosh Fields. Opening cere- monies start at 8:30 a.m. and competition runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 7:15 p.m. myTV 4:10 p.m. CSNC Daily News photo by Andre Byik Members of the Bulldogs junior varsity and varsity football teams practice Thursday.The varsity team plays Williams tonight. Bulldogs are back in action By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor After the Los Molinos Bulldogs' season was cut short after one game last season, the team is back on the field with a new head coach and more than few new faces. Hamer, who has been coaching at Los Molinos for about 17 years, has taken over the football program that was forced to cease playing. Head coach Todd Hamer is the fourth var- sity coach in as many years, but he's coached junior var- sity before, from 2005 to 2008. the Williams Yellowjackets, last season. With 12 players in the Bulldogs opener last year, the team suffered an injury in the second half that forced the Bulldogs to play with 11 players. They lost that game 24-0 after exhaustion kicked in from playing offense, defense and special teams. And right now, Hamer said, conditioning will be the biggest test in the game tonight. 2 defense, which is a read- and-react defense, and look for plays that are working on offense tonight. 2012 BULLDOGS ROSTER (For Williams game) He added that players can still sign up to play for the team, and miss only two of the eight games sched- uled this year. The team, which opens its season at 7:15 p.m. tonight at Williams High School, has 15 players on its roster after calling up a few players from the JV team, Hamer said. Next week, after two varsity players will become eligible to play, the varsity team will have 13 players. That's one more than the team opened with, against RAIDERS He added that tonight's game, while not being treat- ed like a scrimmage per se, will be treated like the prac- tice game it is. Scoreboard watching won't be a priori- ty, but working on what the team can do best will be. The Yellowjackets, whose only win last season came against Los Molinos, can be counted on to do a few things well, Hamer said. They have speed and will go long if teams allow them to. After missing out on a football season last year, Hamer said completing the season this year is part of his definition of a successful year. rebuild job," Hamer said as he ran kicking drills on the Los Molinos sideline Thursday. "We just started it from the absolute basics." Hamer said he'll run a 5- "I know it's the ultimate But Hamer said a few Bulldogs are emerging as leaders on this year's squad, such as left-handed quarter- back Eric Haley and offen- sive guard Justin Rodgers. Additionally, Hamer said, senior tailback Andrew Surtees, one of three seniors on the team, will be a player to watch. Surtees also brings experi- ence on the field. He played two years of JV ball. 2 Eric Haley 3 Rudy Martinez 5 A.J. Long * 10 Brandin Dodd 12 Chris De La Cruz 22 Andrew Surtees * 30 Jorje Ceja 33 Ramon Pena 44 Chyle Gillett 52 Justin Rodgers 61 Shane Spencer 65 Al Torres 68 CJ Quilling 77 Eric Munoz 79 Matt Isacson 81 Jase Northup ——— (*) Denotes inactive for game 2012 BULLDOGS SCHEDULE Aug. 24: @Williams Aug. 31: Biggs Sept. 21: @Trinity Oct. 5: Maxwell* Oct. 12: @University Prep* Oct. 19: @Chester* Oct. 26: Portola* Nov. 2: @Biggs* ——— (*) Denotes league game RAYS 5, A'S 0 Surging Rays defeat Oakland ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tyson Ross is headed back to the minors in a new role after mak- ing one start for Oakland in place of suspended Bartolo Colon. Matt Joyce hit a two-run double in a five-run fifth inning against Ross, and Tampa Bay beat the Athletics 5-0 on Thursday night. Alex Cobb pitched a four-hitter for his first major league shutout as the surging Rays pulled within 2 1/2 games of the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East. Eight teams are com- peting in two divisions from Shasta, Butte and Tehama counties. Tehama County Shootout The Red Bluff Jr. Spar- tans and Corning Lions kick off their seasons against each other this weekend in Northern Cali- fornia Federation of Youth Football action in Red Bluff. MCT file photo Raiders quarterback Matt Leinart (7) throws at camp in Napa on July 30. Camp breaks after more than 3 weeks The games start with the Mighty mites at 8:30 a.m. The Jr. Peewees hit the field at 10 a.m. with the Pewees playing at noon. The Jr. Midgets are up at 2 p.m. and the day is capped by the Midgets game at 4 p.m. NAPA (AP) — Carson Palmer is running out of time to get the Oak- land Raiders first-team offense into the end zone in the preseason. The Raiders (tied for No. 23 in the AP Pro32) broke camp Thursday after spending more than three weeks in Napa, still looking for their first win and first-team touchdown of the preseason. Palmer has been able to move the Oakland offense at times in the first two exhibition games. But a pair of interceptions, a hand- ful of dropped passes and an inabili- ty to punch it in from close to the goal line has plagued Oakland so far in losses to Dallas and Arizona. With the starters expected to get their most extensive playing time of the preseason on Saturday against Detroit (tied for 11th in the AP Pro32), the Raiders hope to clean up those mistakes before the regular season begins. ''Obviously we haven't done what we expected to do, but it's not a con- cern,'' Palmer said. ''We just need to keep working, keep grinding. They'll come. We just need to clean some things up. We've made a handful of See RAIDERS, page 2B After the game, Ross was told he was being sent back to Triple-A Sacramento to work out of the bullpen and that he will rejoin the team when ros- ters expand in September. ''Now I've just got to move forward,'' Ross said. 5 0 1 8 Sports PREP FOOTBALL | LOS MOLINOS VARSITY PREVIEW 1B Friday August 24, 2012 ''Learn as much as I can about relieving, and be ready come September. I'm excited about the opportunity. Out of the 'pen, I think I have a chance to help this team win some games.'' Luke Scott also doubled for the Rays in the fifth against Ross (2-9), recalled from Sacramento when Colon received a 50-game suspension Wednesday for testing positive for testosterone. The Rays bat- ted around in the big inning, which also included RBI singles by Sam Fuld and Evan Longoria. Ryan Roberts broke the scoreless tie with a sac- rifice fly. ''I felt good out there,'' Ross said. ''Felt like I was throwing the ball well. Obviously, the one inning bit me. It's a situation I'm going to have to pitch out of.'' Ross, making his first start for the A's since June 28, pitched six-plus innings. He gave up nine hits while striking out six. See A's, page 2B