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Wednesday Volleyball — Mercy at Dunsmuir Cross — Oroville at Corning, 3:30 p.m. MLB— Pirates at Cubs, 11 a.m., WGN MLB— Athletics at Yankees, 4 p.m., CSNC MLB— Rockies at Giants, 6:15 p.m., CSNB U.S. Open — First and second rounds, 10 a.m., 4 p.m., ESPN2 Sports 1B Wednesday September 1, 2010 Fall Sports Preview Corning Cardinals football QUICK FACTS Division: I League: Northern Athletic 2009 record: 8-3, lost in first round of D-I playoffs Head coach: John Studer Top returners: Ryan Henderson, Tyler McIntyre, Cameron Nye, Tyler Price You could call them Thunder and Lightning. Tyler McIntyre is more of the power back and Cameron Nye has more quick- ness, but to hear their coach talk about them, you may need to come up with a better nickname. “Nye has always been fast and has added more bulk this year and McIntyre has always been big and strong and he’s added a bit more speed this year,” coach John Studer said. OUTLOOK It seems both of Corning’s returning three-year varsity backs have their minds set to hurt teams anyway they have to. So instead of the clever nickname for now, let’s just say Studer and the Cardi- nals start with a pair of pocket aces in their backfield this season. The duo have a combination of senior leadership, speed, power and perhaps most often overlooked — intelligence. Nye carries a 4.0 GPA and McIntyre a 3.8 and both seniors also have sports smarts. While pocket aces is a nice starting hand, it’ll take some more cards for Corning to continue building upon their successful move to Division I last sea- son. Last year McIntyre and Nye were joined by Fontaine Richardson in the backfield. Richardson, who was proba- bly the most athletic of the three, led the Cardinals in rushing. This season that dimension might be filled by junior quarterback Ryan Hol- land, who’s own athleticism should get a chance to shine in Corning’s Wing-T offense. The Cardinals simply had no need to pass the ball for most of last season, but that’s not to say they don’t want to. “I’d always like to keep that as part of our arsenal. I’d like to throw more just so when we need it, it’s there,” Studer said. Austin Grootveld and John Lowe have emerged as Corning’s top receivers in practice. The Cardinals will also utilize tight end Tyler Price when a pass is needed and will throw to their running backs coming out of the backfield. One concern for Corning, may be their offensive line. It’s young, with just senior Ryan Henderson returning. Henderson will play right guard, but has the ability to play all the positions and knows what’s expected at each. On the other side junior Roy Madri- gal has stepped up at left guard and made himself a presence. On defense, Studer said he’s looking for big things from Dennis Womack, a big, athletic, tight end-size player. At defensive end, Price will be relied upon to anchor the strong side of oppos- ing offenses. The linebackers will almost have another coach on the field with McIn- tyre. “Kind of at this point, we’re willing to let him run the defense. He has the experience at this point. He knows what we’re trying to do and he knows every- one else’s responsibility,” Studer said. The Cardinals also like J.D. Whited at linebacker, a position he was recently moved to because of his size and aggres- siveness. Nye will captain the secondary. As for special teams, Studer said like- ly Price will handle most of the kicking and punting for the Cardinals after sur- prising coaches with leg strength they didn’t know he had. The Cardinals face tough challenges early in Weeks 3 and 4. Corning handled Red Bluff last season, but the Spartans will certainly be eyeing their county rivals to show they are back when they host the Cardinals on Sept. 17. The Cardinals then return home to play Shasta the following week, which should be a meaningful game when it comes to playoff points and ultimately playoff seeding. The goal this year — build upon last season’s, says Studer. That means not just reaching the playoffs or hosting a game, but winning one as well. The Cardinals are likely to go under the Northern Section radar again, but that’s often the best place to be when you’re holding pocket aces. SCHEDULE F Sept. 3 — at Las Plumas, 7:30 p.m. F Sept. 10 — vs Orland, 7:30 p.m. F Sept. 17 — at Red Bluff, 7:30 p.m. F Sept. 24 — vs Shasta, 7:30 p.m. F Oct. 1 — at Oroville, 7:30 p.m. F Oct. 8 — vs West Valley, 7:30 p.m. F Oct. 15 — at Anderson, 7:30 p.m. F Oct. 22 — at Yreka,. 7:30 p.m. F Oct. 29 — vs Central Valley, 7:30 p.m. F Nov.5 — at Winters, 7:30 p.m. Wilcox Oaks Sadie Hawkins Day A’s Tyler McIntyre and Cameron Nye ROSTER 3 Quintin Flores 4 Ezekiel Rodriguez 6 Cole Barnes 7 9Austin Grootveld 11 14 Alexis Angeles Ryan Holland Tyler Price 23 John Lowe 28 Austin Groves 29 Chris Schloeder 30 Fernando Gonzalez 32 David Collins 33 Cameron Nye 34 Parker Johnson 36 Martin Solano 38 J.D. Whited 42 Devan Whitlock 44 Tyler McIntyre 50 Mikey Simcox 51 Dennis Womack 54 Jonathan Jones 56 Ramon Lopez 58 Carl Brownfield 60 Logan Peirce 62 James Jensen 66 Angel Sanchez 68 Roy Madrigal 70 Raul Miron 72 Ryan Henderson 74 Daniel Padilla 75 76 Austin Mallon 78 79 Raul Carillo 80 Alex Costa 82 Sean Lowe 83 Cody Hoag Seth Maldonado Erik Miranda MLB West Division Texas American League WL Pct GB 74 58 .561 — 65 66 .496 8.5 Angels 64 68 .485 10 Seattle 51 80 .389 22.5 East Division WL Pct GB New York 82 50 .621 — Tampa Bay 81 51 .614 1 Boston 74 58 .561 8 Toronto 69 63 .523 13 Baltimore 49 83 .371 33 Central Division WL Pct GB Minnesota 76 56 .576 — Chicago 72 60 .545 4 Detroit 65 67 .492 11 Kansas City 56 76 .424 20 Cleveland 53 79 .402 23 ————————————————— Tuesday’s results New York 9, Oakland 3 Baltimore 5, Boston 2 Chicago 4, Cleveland 3 Minnesota 4, Detroit 3 Kansas City 10, Texas 9 Toronto 13, Tampa Bay 5 Los Angeles at Seattle, late Today’s Games Oakland (Bre.Anderson 3-5) at N.Y. (A.J.Burnett 9-12),4:05 p.m.,CSNC Chicago (F.Garcia 11-5) at Cleveland (Carrasco 0-0), 9:05 a.m. Boston (Lester 14-8) at Baltimore (Arrieta 4-6), 4:05 p.m. Courtesy photo Wilcox Oaks Golf Club held their annual Sadie Hawkins Day Tournament on Sunday with 100 Wilcox members participating. The tournament called for players to compete with partners other than their spouses. The theme asked for players to dress in a man- ner that would hark back to “Dog Patch” days and many wore appropriate attire. The format was better ball of two on the front nine and a scramble on the back. Winners of the tourna- ment were: 1st — Joe Froome and Tina MacDon- ald, 59; 2nd — Michael Rahn and Karen Fleury, 60; 3rd — Teresa Connor and Robert Wierzbicki, 61; 4th — Ted Shea and Dianne Kirchner, 61; 5th — Beth Pilger and Glen Cox, 62; 6th — Tina Hill and Manuel Zavala, 62; 7th — Dave Pil- ger and Cathy Cox, 62; 8th — Shaun Slaugenhaupt, 63; 9th — Pam Deacon and Mike Smith, 63; 10th — Loretha Harrah and Jack Martin, 64; 11th — Julie Smith and Peter Deacon, 64; 12th — Tim Kuhn and Susan Funk, 64; 13th — Devan Leitem and Tammy Gallegos, 64 and 14th — Glen Gallegos and Suzette Leitem, 64 Closest to the pin: No. 4 — Bill Spaletta; No. 8 – D. McDonald Joe Dominick; No. 15 — Bev Gillaspy and Loretha Harrah and No. 18 — Marie Simmons and Irene Winters. Toronto (Marcum 11-7) at Tampa Bay (Price 15-6), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 10-9) at Minnesota (Liriano 12-7), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Tom.Hunter 11-2) at Kansas City (Bullington 1-3), 5:10 p.m. Los Angeles (T.Bell 1-4) at Seattle (J.Vargas 9-7), 7:10 p.m. Monday’s late result Los Angeles 5, Seattle 3 MLB West Division National League WL Pct GB Padres 76 54 .585 — GIANTS 72 60 .545 5 Colorado 69 61 .531 7 Dodgers 68 64 .515 9 Arizona 53 79 .402 24 East Division WL Pct GB Atlanta 77 55 .583 — Philadelphia 73 58 .557 3.5 Florida 66 65 .504 10.5 New York 65 67 .492 12 Washington 57 76 .429 20.5 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 77 55 .583 — St. Louis 69 61 .531 7 Milwaukee 62 70 .470 15 Houston 61 71 .462 16 Chicago 56 77 .421 21.5 Pittsburgh 44 88 .333 33 ————————————————— Tuesday’s results Colorado at San Francisco, late Atlanta 9, New York 2 Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 4 Florida 1, Washington 0, 10 innings Houston 3, St. Louis 0 Pittsburgh 14, Chicago 7 San Diego at Arizona, late Philadelphia at Los Angeles, late Today’s Games Colorado (Jimenez 17-5) at S.F.(Lincecum 11-9),6:15 p.m.,CSNB St. Louis (Suppan 1-6) at Houston (Figueroa 3-2), 11:05 a.m. Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 2-4) at Chi.(Gorzelanny 7-8), 11:20 a.m., WGN Philadelphia (Oswalt 9-13) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 11-8), 12:10 p.m. San Diego (Latos 13-5) at Arizona (Enright 5-2), 3:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Narveson 10-7) at Cincinnati (Cueto 12-4), 4:10 p.m. New York (Pelfrey 13-7) at Atlanta (Hanson 8-10), 4:10 p.m. The Lady Bulldogs beat Greenville 25-11, 25-14, 25-20 Tuesday. More information in Thursday’s edition. Washington (Olsen 3-7) at Florida (Volstad 8-9), 4:10 p.m. Monday’s late results Colorado 2, San Francisco 1 Arizona 7, San Diego 2 Los Angeles 3, Philadelphia 0 Washington 9, Florida 3