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August 28, 2012

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Tehama Tracker Monday's results MLB Athletics Cleveland 0 3 Anderson: W, 7IP, 2 hits, 5 Ks Reddick: 2-4, HR Saturday's results FIELD HOCKEY League Jamboree Corning River Valley Bailey Jennings: Goal Keara Terras: Assist Corning Pleasant Valley Maria Diaz: Goal Corning Lassen Audrey Mora: Goal Corning Bella Vista Corning Chico Kaitlyn Huntley: 5 saves Corning Davis Tommi Hammons: 6 saves Today's games TENNIS University Prep 3:30 p.m. Corning MLB Athletics Cleveland OAK — Milone, 10-9 CLE — McAllister, 5-4 Giants Houston SF — M.Cain, 13-5 HOU — B.Norris, 5-11 On the tube MLB •4 p.m., CSNC—Oakland at Cleve- land •4 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, Chicago White Sox at Baltimore or St. Louis at Pittsburgh •5 p.m., CSNB—San Francisco at Houston •5 p.m., WGN — Milwaukee at Chica- go Cubs SOCCER • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, Braga at Udinese •5 p.m., FOX SOCCER — CONCA- CAF Champions League, Santos Laguna at Toronto FC TENNIS • 10 a.m., ESPN2 — U.S. Open, first round, at New York •4 p.m., ESPN2 — U.S. Open, first round, at New York WNBA •5 p.m., NBATV—San Antonio at Minnesota 5:05 p.m. CSNB 4:05 p.m. CSNC 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Sports CLEVELAND (AP) — Brett Anderson gave up two hits, one on a questionable call, over seven innings as the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0 on Monday night. behind Tampa Bay in the AL wild- card race and earned its ninth win in 11 games. Oakland came in one-half game The Indians lost starter Roberto Hernandez (0-3) after 2 1-3 innings with a sprained right ankle and fell to 5-24 since July 27. Brantley was ruled safe with an infield hit in the fifth inning. TV replays showed that umpire Jerry Meals missed the call. Grant Balfour worked the ninth for his 15th save in 17 chances. Ryan Cook worked a perfect eighth, striking out two, as Oakland recorded its 13th shutout of the sea- son. Cleveland was blanked for the seventh time. an instant before Brantley got there, but Meals ruled safe. argued with Meals. Anderson then got Shelley Duncan to hit into a double play. Manager Bob Melvin briefly Anderson (2-0), in his second start since returning from Tommy John surgery in July 2011, retired the first 13 batters until Michael Hot shots win gold Brent Lillibridge opened the sixth with a double for Cleveland's first legitimate hit. Anderson's bid for perfection ended with one out in the fifth. Brantley tapped a slow roller to the right of the mound that was fielded by first baseman Chris Carter. He flipped to second baseman Cliff Pennington, whose foot hit first base Until then, the only thing close to a hit for Cleveland was a line drive into the gap in right-center by Jason Donald with one out in the fourth. Right fielder Josh Reddick made a diving, backhanded catch to keep the perfect game hope alive. Hernandez, who pitched for six years in Cleveland as Fausto Car- mona, was making his third start since being reinstated from a three- week suspension for using the assumed name. It was his first start at Progressive Field since Sept. 25, but he dropped to 0-5 in his last five 1B Tuesday August 28, 2012 Anderson, A's shut out Cleveland home matchups with Oakland. The right-hander made 28 pitch- es in the first inning as Yoenis Ces- pedes ran up the right-hander's pitch count. Cespedes fouled off eight consecutive pitches and eventually doubled on the 13th offering. That sent Stephen Drew, who had singled with one out, to third. Drew scored on a sacrifice fly by Seth Smith. It took Oakland only three pitch- es to make it 2-0 in the second. Red- dick drove an 0-2 pitch over the wall in right for his 26th homer. Reddick came in mired in a 17-for-98 (.173) slump. Carter's RBI single made it 3-0 in the third. The hit came one out after Chris Seddon replaced Hernandez. Seddon gave up two hits over 4 2-3 scoreless innings. 49ers' cut 12, 6th Rd pick SANTA CLARA (AP) — Rookie center Jason Slowey was among the 12 players cut Monday by the San Francisco 49ers as they trimmed their roster to 75. Slowey, a sixth-round draft pick out of Western Oregon, struggled to make an impact during training camp for the reigning NFC West champions and was waived. In addition, San Francisco placed running back Jewel Hampton on the non-football Injury list and linebacker Darius Fleming on the physically unable to perform list. Neither is eligi- ble to return to practice until at least the Tuesday after the completion of Week 6 games. Courtesy photo The Tehama Hot Shots won the 2nd Annual North Valley Regional Softball Tournament over the weekend.The team is (from back left) Paul Slack, Cindy James, Hulda Fowler, Carolyn Daymen, Jeff Walker, Rene' Castro, Coach Ken Hess, Jerod Anderson, Jerry Thorton, Leilani Sheff,Teri Staley and Saige Powers. Tehama County Special Olympics hosted their 2nd Annu- al North Valley Regional Soft- ball Tournament Saturday with more than 100 Athletes compet- ing from Butte, Shasta and Tehama counties. The tournament was divided into 2 divisions competing in a Round Robin format. In Level 4, The Tehama Hot Shots brought home the Gold Medal going undefeated, fol- Shasta Roller Derby is hosting its first roller derby doubt in Red Bluff on Sept. 8 at the Tehama District Fair- grounds. It will be a double header with Shasta Roller Derby and the Nor Cal Mens Derby. The Red Bluff Derby Girls won't be playing because they have not started bouting yet, but they will be there recruiting and selling merchandise. lowed by the Shasta Bulldogs, Tehama Storm and the Shasta Wildcats. In Level 3 Action, The Shasta Giants came away with the gold followed by Butte Gone Fishin', Tehama Express and the Shasta Pirates. Tehama County Special Olympics would like to give very special thanks to J.B. Stacy, Cor- nerstone Bank and the Red Bluff Kiwanis Club for donating a BBQ and all the hot dogs and buns used for lunch to feed the athletes, coaches and caregivers. Thanks are also extended to St. Elizabeth Community Hospi- tal for donating the ambulance and EMT's that stood by in case of an emergency. many volunteers that worked throughout the day and made this such a very special event and a great time for all. Finally thanks to all of the Also cut Monday were fullback Cameron Bell, out- side linebacker Kourtnei Brown, defensive tackles Patrick Butrym and Matthew Masifilo, wide receivers Ben Hannula, Joe Hastings and Brian Tyms, cornerbacks Cory Nelms and Deante' Purvis, tight end Joe Sawyer and kicker Giorgio Tavecchio. Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said the 49ers would consider some of the players released for this year's practice squad. ''Obviously at this time See 49ERS, page 2B Around town Linebacker Philip Wheeler likes Raiders' defense ALAMEDA (AP) — When he hit the free agent market in the offseason, Philip Wheeler didn't gar- ner anywhere near the atten- tion his former quarterback with the Indianapolis Colts did. The bout is called EDUSKATE. NEXT Tehama is a sponsor for the event and Shasta Roller Derby will be donating a por- tion of the proceeds to Expect More Tehama to help support education in the community. This is a family friendly event as chil- dren under 10, teachers and active military get in free. While the pursuit of Pey- ton Manning turned into a national soap opera, Wheel- er flew under the radar and quietly signed with Oakland (tied for No. 23 in the AP Pro32). So far it's been one of the best moves made by first-year general manager Reggie McKenzie. Wheeler had five tackles last week against Detroit and has been the Raiders' most productive linebacker in the preseason in a defense similar to the one he played in college. ''He's actually provided a little bit more than what I would have anticipated after studying him in Indianapo- lis,'' Oakland coach Dennis Allen said. ''But we're ask- ing him to do a lot of things they didn't ask him to do there.'' DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 defensive-minded coach since John Madden, and defensive coordinator Jason Tarver scrapped the schemes favored by late owner Al Davis and replaced them with a blitz- Allen, the Raiders' first heavy concept featuring a variety of coverages in the secondary. It's a dramatic but wel- comed change from what Wheeler did in Indianapo- lis, where the defense's main job was to protect leads built by the Manning- led offense. There wasn't much need to blitz, so the Colts kept the concepts basically vanilla. ''I'm doing more than what I was doing with the Colts,'' Wheeler said Mon- day. ''We were just trying to hold the lead with Peyton at quarterback. This defense is an attacking, aggressive defense. It's made for everybody to be able to hang loose and make plays.'' improve a unit that was among the NFL's worst in numerous categories in 2011. The 6-foot-2, 240- pound Wheeler is a key part of that process. His showing in the pre- season not only solidified Wheeler's status as a starter, it's also provided a bright spot on a unit facing some serious questions heading into the regular season. Middle linebacker Rolando McClain is await- ing a jury trial in Alabama after appealing his convic- tion on assault and gun charges. Aaron Curry, pen- Oakland is trying to See OAK, page 2B MCT file photo Philip Wheeler has been a productive linebacker for the Raiders in the preseason.

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