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Tehama Tracker Today's games VOLLEYBALL West Valley Red Bluff Yreka Corning 7 p.m. Pearce wins silver Sports 7:30 p.m. Redding Christian Los Molinos Liberty Christian Mercy TENNIS University Prep Corning Colusa Mercy 3:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. MLB Texas Athletics 7:05 p.m. CSNC TEX — M.Harrison, 18-10 OAK— Blackley, 5-4 Giants L.A. Dodgers 7:10 p.m. CSNB SF — Zito, 14-8 LAD— Capuano, 12-11) On the tube BASEBALL •4 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, Boston at N.Y. Yankees or Baltimore at Tampa Bay •7 p.m., CSNC—Texas at Oakland •7 p.m., CSNB—San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers SOCCER •9 a.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, Celtic FC vs. FC Spartak Moskva • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, Manchester Unit- ed at CFR 1907 Cluj •2 p.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, Chelsea at FC Nordsjaelland (same-day tape) •4 p.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, Barcelona at SL Benfica (same-day tape) WNBA •4 p.m., NBATV ‚ Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 3, Atlanta at Indiana •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Playoffs, confer- ence semifinals, game 3, Seattle at Minnesota — Keith Smart believes changing the attitude of the Sacramento Kings starts with taking the team out of Northern California. No, not that kind of Kings Media Day SACRAMENTO (AP) Red Bluff 17-year-old Paige Pearce returned home from Val D'Isere, France toting her silver medal from the Fita Field World Championships. Back in May, Pearce secured the No. 1 position on the U.S. Senior Women's Compound Team at the Fita Field World Team Trails held in Spokane, Wash. The Spokane tourna- ment was the first time Pearce had ever shot this type of tournament and the World Championships would be the second. Pearce won the individual gold at the 2009 Youth World Cham- pionships and has won many team gold medals, but this would be Pearce's first World Championships in the Senior Division. move. With no arena solu- tion in sight and relocation still a real possibility next summer, Smart and his players aren't paying any attention to the uncertainty that hovers over the fran- chise again this season. He will begin his first full year as an NBA head coach Tuesday with a short morning practice before taking the Kings to Col- orado Springs, where the team will work out for the first week of training camp. Smart not only hopes to gain a condition- ing edge in the altitude but for players to form a tighter bond, which has been absent on and off the court over six straight los- ing seasons. ''As I keep feeding them the idea of where we're trying to go with this team, obviously, your way has not worked,'' said Smart, who took over for the fired Paul Westphal after a 2-5 start last season. ''So let's try it another way, another approach, and see how it goes.'' The similarities for Sacramento this year are still everywhere except the coach's chair. DeMarcus Cousins, Tyreke Evans and Marcus Thornton headline a young team that is loaded with athleticism but has yet to show signs it can mesh — or play defense. Standout point guard Isaiah Thomas is back after a sensational rookie season and so is former BYU standout Jimmer Fredette, who had a mostly disappointing debut trying to play in a structured system but has vowed to be more aggres- sive his second time around. The Kings also added free agent guard Aaron Brooks and fifth overall pick Thomas Robinson. in Geneva early Sunday morning, but unfortunately, her equipment did not. Fellow team mates arriving on Mon- day agreed to pick up her equipment. Pearce boarded the bus with fellow teammate, 17 year-old Hunter Jack- son, from Michigan, and headed to the small ski resort town of Val D'Isere, France located in the French Alps. "The unbelievably, massive moun- Pearce arrived tains towering over the quaint little town was breathtaking," Pearce said. "We rode a chairlift up the mountain and then hiked the rest of the way to the top. It was like standing on top of the world!" Paige Pearce competes at the Fita Field World Championships in Val D'Isere, France. gets." Pearce finished day one in 12th, 16 points behind first place. Fita Field is much more difficult than your average field course. With the unmarked yardages, the steep angles, side hill cants, sometimes up to 70 degree angles, it is very difficult to know the distance to the target, even on a marked range. After a delay in San Francisco, Pearce barely made it to the gate in Newark, N.J. to catch her flight to Geneva, Switzerland. allowed to use clinometers, calcula- tors, or any type of printed cut chart to help them determine the distances. An uphill target at 60 meters with a 55 degree angle would actually be shot for 34 meters. Unless an archer has had a lot of experience shooting this type of tournament, figuring out the distance to the target is very tricky. Day 2 consisted of 24 marked tar- Archers are not Courtesy photo finished second with a 123, Petra Goebel of Austria finished third with a 119 and Sjowall just slipped into the fourth position with a 116. In the semi-finals, archers shot four targets to decide who would be squar- ing off in the medal matches. wind was tricky and the hills were steep. gets. Pearce turned it on, shooting the highest scoring round of the tourna- ment, which moved her into tie for 3rd place in the qualification round with Sandrine Frangilli of France with a 767. Silke Hoettecke of Germany qualified first with a 784 and Ivana Buden of Croatia finished second with a 775. USA Teammate Hunter Jack- son finished 15th with a 720. Only the top 16 archers move on to the elimina- tion rounds. Day 1 of the competition consisted of 24 unmarked targets ranging from 10 to 55 meters. The targets have an X ring in the middle of the yellow spot, which scores a 6. The spot scores a 5 and the next black ring scores a 4, out to 1 point for the outermost ring. "I worked on a system to help judge my yardage, but it was almost impos- sible to tell the difference between the 60 cm and the 80 cm target because they used two different size target butts. The steep, uphill angles also made it difficult," Pearce said. "I think I misjudged every one of those tar- The elimination rounds took place on day three. The top 16 finishers in the qualification round shoot 12 marked targets and the top 8 move into the second elimination round. It was quite chilly and the wind was blowing. Pearce finished seventh, just making the cut with a score of 181. Right behind her was a three way tie of 180. Pearce's teammate, Hunter Jackson, finished 14th and was eliminated. After the shoot off for the eighth position, which was taken by Ulrika Sjowall of Sweden, the archers went right into the second elimination round where they shot eight marked targets. Previous scores are erased and all archers are given a fresh start. Only the top four proceed into the semi- finals. Pearce turned up the heat fin- ishing first with a score of 127. Buden SANTA CLARA (AP) — San Francisco's defense has a little inside game of its own going on in practice each week: ''Takeaway Thursday.'' Force as many turnovers as pos- sible to prepare for more of the same come Sunday. Linebacker NaVorro Bowman claims his unit had nine turnovers during one such session recently — though quarterback Alex Smith begs to differ, calling that number inflated. The total hardly matters, it's the principle. ''We go out and try to make as few mistakes as we possibly can,'' Bowman said. ''We work on it every single day. We see where we end up and go into the game with that type of mindset.'' keeping track of turnovers in prac- tice, though he loves the intense competition by his players leading up to games — and he's certainly thrilled that his defense delivered once again with an interception and forced the New York Jets into three 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh isn't lost fumbles in Sunday's 34-0 win at the Meadowlands. ''It's the practice of the funda- mentals of recovering footballs, div- ing on mistakes, clubbing, ripping, jarring the ball loose,'' Harbaugh said Monday of what goes into the preparation. ''They treat each other with a great amount of respect, which I've always admired about our team. They enjoy the competi- tion. It's competitive but not self- centered.'' defensive coordinator Vic Fangio's crew kept the Jets out of the red zone all day, and further established the 49ers (3-1) as one of the NFL's elite teams even after that blip at Min- nesota in a 24-13 Week 3 loss.Har- baugh said the 49ers had prepared for Tim Tebow's signature jump pass even though New York had yet to run it, so San Francisco had no film of the play. In New York's first drive of the second quarter, Tebow completed a 9-yard pass to Dedrick Epps, who wound up fumbling as safety Dashon Goldson forced it and recovered. It was the first turnover of three in a four-series stretch by the The dominant performance by Pearce. "I could hardly see the target through my lens. I had to peek around my peep sight to make sure I was on the target. It was brutal." After the first target, Pearce was leading by two. Going into the fourth and final target all four archers were tied with 41 points each. Goebel and Sjowall step up to the target and shoot a 14 and a 16 respectively. With eigh- teen points possible per target, Pearce had to shoot a 17 or an 18 to win. Pearce and Goebel step up to the line. "I was so relieved when I looked at "The sun was blinding us," said the target. It was a 60 meter target, but we were standing in the shade. I could actually see the target." Pearce dominated once again, shooting a perfect 6-6-6, defeating Sjowall 59 to 57, moving her into the gold medal match. Buden defeated Goebel 57 to 55 moving her into the Gold medal match to face Pearce. Two days later Pearce and Buden squared off in the Gold Medal match. They shot four targets for a total of 12 arrows. After days and days of shoot- ing, it comes down to 12 arrows. "The course couldn't have been set The 1B Tuesday October 2, 2012 Raiders look to use bye week to fix problems For the Oakland Raiders, the bye is coming at just the right time. With the Raiders reeling ALAMEDA (AP) — following a 37-6 loss to Denver on Sunday that was their most lopsided in this series in a half-century, first- year coach Dennis Allen is looking to use this week off to fix the problems that have hurt Oakland (1-3) during the first quarter of the sea- son. There are many issues to deal with, starting with a running game that has been shut down in three of the first four games, problems on third down on both sides of the ball, a nonexistent pass rush and a banged-up secondary that has struggled to stay with receivers. ''We've got a lot of work to do,'' Allen said Monday. ''We've got a lot of areas that we've got to improve on. I think this bye week comes at a good time for us, gives us a chance as coaches to look at and evaluate what we're doing, who we're doing it with and come up with solutions that can help us get better and help us win some games.'' anything positive from the first four games, hemming and hawing before praising the players' competitiveness during a fourth-quarter comeback against Pitts- burgh for the team's only win. Allen struggled to find The negatives have been much more plentiful, lead- ing the coaching staff to do a major evaluation of every- thing to determine whether any scheme changes are needed, included whether to use less of the zone blocking system that hasn't clicked in the running game. ''We're going to evaluate up any more difficult for me," said Pearce. "All of the targets were steep uphill angles with a left cant. A right cant would have been much better." Goebel beat Sjowall in the bronze medal match 55 to 52. Buden beat Pearce 61 to 58 in the gold medal match. "It was such a great experience and the country was so beautiful. After shooting so well, I was disappointed when I didn't win the gold. But then again, the silver is not too bad for my first Senior World Championships." Jets. The Buffalo Bills will try to clean things up in a hurry to avoid another ugly loss Sunday when they visit Candlestick Park. They com- mitted six turnovers and blew a 14- point third-quarter lead in losing 52- 28 at home to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on Sunday. Harbaugh's defense will be ready to pounce on any error. ''That was a gem our defense everything,'' Allen said. ''We're not going to stick our head in the sand. We're going to evaluate everything and see what things we need to improve on and where we can get better, and there's a lot of things that go into that. And we're going to go from A to Z. We got a lot of get- ting better to do, and that's what we plan on doing.'' Darren McFadden is averaging just 3.5 yards per carry and has totaled just 88 yards in the three losses, down significantly from the 5.3 yards per carry he aver- aged the past two years with Hue Jackson calling plays. The lack of a consistent running game has con- tributed to the team convert- ing just 27.5 percent of third downs, the lowest for the franchise since at least 1991. 49ers defense dominates again in shutout of Jets three sacks, and a dismal 39.9 quar- terback rating. ''Defensively, we knew how we came and played last week,'' corner- back Carlos Rogers said. ''Coach Vic talked this week and told us to play 49ers ball and play how we should play. turned in,'' Harbaugh said, back in the Bay Area for the first time in more than a week after practicing in eastern Ohio ahead of Sunday's game. ''Every guy played within the framework of the defense, playing their ace they had individually.'' Mark Sanchez threw an intercep- tion and lost a fumble. He was sacked by Aldon Smith late in the first half and fumbled, with Justin Smith recovering. That play gave the 49ers another chance before half- time, and David Akers kicked a 36- yard field goal to make it 10-0. New York's longest drive was 30 yards — to open the game — and it ended in a punt. Sanchez finished his disappointing day 13 for 29 for 103 yards and an interception with shutout? No, but we finished plays, got turnovers, and got off the field on third down. We got some gifts on defense and we got in the end zone.'' Rogers, who shared the team lead with six interceptions last sea- son, recovered a fumble by Santonio Holmes after the receiver's short catch on the first play of the fourth quarter and returned it 51 yards for a touchdown. Holmes injured his foot on the play. Rogers also recovered another fumble. He scored his first career touchdown off a fumble recovery and third ever. The 49ers made keeping their defense together a top priority dur- ing the offseason. All 11 starters from last season's 13-3 team returned, though linebacker Parys Haralson was lost for the season early last month with a torn left tri- ceps muscle. Did we imagine a