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Thursday Volleyball — Sutter at Corning, 4 p.m. Volleyball —Westwood at Los Molinos, Tennis — Central Valley at Corning, 3:30 p.m. Swimming — Red Bluff Relays, 10:30 a.m. MLB— Athletics at Yankees, 10 a.m., CSNC NCAA — Southern Cal at Hawaii, 8 p.m., ESPN Sports 1B Thursday September 2, 2010 Fall Sports Preview Week 1 football Mercy Warriors 8-man football Red Bluff at Pleasant Valley Friday, 7:30 p.m. Mitchell Lopez and the Warriors return to football Red Bluff Spartans: 2009 (3-7, 1-6, seventh in Eastern Athletic League) Pleasant Valley Vikings: 2009 (8-4, 5-2, third in East- ern Athletic League) 2009 Pleasant Valley 39, Red Bluff 3 Trevor Gipson's impressive 44-yard field goal was the Spartans only score on homecoming as Brad Lohse threw for four touchdown passes. Derek Jones was in on 15 tack- les for Red Bluff. Players to watch Red Bluff - #11 Dillon Reid, #12 Cody Case, #30 Gabe Grabfelder Pleasant Valley - #2 Jordan Roach, #77 Jordan Rigsbee Notes: Roach ran for 630 yards as a sophomore...the road team has won this meeting the past three seasons...Pleasant Valley lost in the D-I semis in 2009 Corning at Las Plumas Friday, 7:30 p.m. Corning Cardinals: 2009 (8-3, 4-1, second in Northern Athletic League) Las Plumas Thunder- birds: 2009 (0-10, 0-5, sixth in Butte View League) 2009 Corning 49, Las Plumas 6 Thomas Marshall, Lucas East, Luis Piseno, Ryan Hen- derson and Gear McMillan manhandled the Thunderbirds as the Cardinals racked up 388 rushing yards. Cameron Nye had 99 of those and scored once on the ground and once with a reception from Andres Marquez who went 5-for-6 passing for 98 yards. Fontaine Richard- son had two rushing touchdowns and 89 yards. Marquez, Tyler McIntyre and Kevin Landavazo also scored on the ground. QUICK FACTS Division: VI League: California — North (8-man) Head coach:Paul Vietti OUTLOOK Coach Paul Vietti does- n’t want the chalk up Mercy’s return to football as just a learning experience — not for his group of seniors that have already given up a season of foot- ball. “I don’t want to take it as a rebuilding year or getting Mercy back on the map,” he said. Instead, Vietti wants his Warriors to challenge for a playoff spot. He says he knows it might take awhile for Mercy to find their rhythm in 8-man, but it’s something he believes can be accomplished this sea- son. It’ll all start with a pair of athletic players. Quarterback Mitchell Lopez is a solid athlete, who can both run and pass. Michael Uhalde is a speedster, who will line up at wide receiver and often motion into the backfield to help the running game. The pair will be guided by fullback Logan Baer. “He’s a load,” Vietti describes the 330-pounder. “And if he gets running downhill he’s tough to bring down.” Harlow Johnson, Steven Rodriguez and Nick Feser all should see action as well as Vietti hopes to utilize his entire bench. At wideout Uhalde will be joined by Michael Escalante and Matt Misener. Vietti said tight end play should be a strength of the Warriors offense. On defense the Warriors will utilize a 3-3-2 monster formation. Lopez and Uhalde will share time as the Warriors’ monster linebacker. Rodriguez has impressed the coaches with his end play and Jared Walters has been a recent surprise at nose guard. Lopez will handle the punting. As for kicking, that’s where an X-Factor may come into to play for the Warriors. The job would be Royce Crane’s, if and when he comes back from an injury. Crane would also give the Warriors a third legiti- mate threat on offense and 2 ROSTER Mitchell Lopez 7 Michael Uhalde 10 Brenten James 11 Matt Misener 14 Jose Rosales 17 Michael Escalante 22 Nick Feser 23 Harlow Johnson 24 Royce Crane 33 Steven Rodriguez 34 Juan Rosales 55 Chris Bartlett 63 Richard Munz 64 Mitchell Inman 72 Wesley Inman 75 Logan Baer 77 Jared Wlaters 88 Jordan Stasinowsky Tehama Tracker VOLLEYBALL Greenville 11 14 20 Los Molinos 25 25 25 The Lady Bulldogs opened their season, Tuesday, with a 3-game sweep of visiting Greenville. “Los Molinos played well tonight. We got everyone in the game and everyone played to their potential,” coach Chas Konopka said. Kiersten Seaman led the Lady Bull- dogs with 10 kills. Callie Carruth had 17 assists. Seaman and Carruth each had 16 points off of their service. Seaman had five aces and Carruth MLB American League Wednesday’s results New York 4, Oakland 3 Boston 9, Baltimore 6 Chicago 6, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 2, Detroit 1, 10 innings Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1 Texas 4, Kansas City 3 Los Angeles at Seattle, late Today’s games Oakland (Braden 9-9) at N.Y. (Sabathia 18-5),10:05 p.m.,CSNC Boston (Matsuzaka 8-4) at Baltimore (Bergesen 6-9), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 14-8) at Minnesota (S.Baker 12-9), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 2-3) at Seattle (Fister 4-10), 7:10 p.m. Tuesday’s late result Seattle 3, Los Angeles 1 four. Jessey Quirke made a pair of blocks and Seaman had 10 digs for the Lady Bulldogs, who host Westwood tonight. TENNIS Corning 8 West Valley 1 The Lady Cardinals rolled up their second victory to start the sea- son with an 8-1 win at West Valley, in what was also their league open- er. Corning swept all six singles matches. Victoria Owens beat Taylor MLB National League Wednesday’s results San Francisco 2, Colorado 1 Houston 5, St. Louis 2 Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 5, Los Angeles 1 Arizona 5, San Diego 2 Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 1 Atlanta 4, N.Y.Mets 1 Florida 16, Washington 10 Today’s games New York (J.Santana 10-9) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 15-5), 4:10 p.m., MLBN Philadelphia (Blanton 6-6) at Colorado (J.Chacin 7-9), 4:10 p.m. Tuesday’s late results San Francisco 5, Colorado 2 Arizona 7, San Diego 4 Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 4 NFL Preseason Week 4 Today’s games San Diego at San Fran.,7 p.m.,FOX-20 Seattle at Oakland, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 4 p.m. New England at N.Y.Giants, 4 p.m., NFLN Atlanta at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Baltimore at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Green Bay at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Miami at Dallas, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 5 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 7 p.m., NFLN Needham in a competitive No. 1 singles match with a 10-6 tiebreak- er after splitting the first two sets 7- 5 and 4-6. Elle Davis defeated Amanda Richards 6-3, 6-3. Sarah Drum han- dled Holly Dethers 6-3, 6-1. Cora Bryant beat Natalie McAuliffe 6-3, 6-3. Dorinda Walker won 7-5, 6-3 over Kaylin Minor. Monique Davis also won her match with a tiebreaker. Owens and Davis beat Needham and Richards 8-4 in doubles compe- tition. Drum and Bryant gave Corning one more win with an 8-5 victory in No. 2 doubles. NCAA Today’s Top 25 games No. 2 Ohio State vs. Marshall, 4:30 p.m. No. 13 Miami vs. Florida A&M, 4:30 p.m. No.14 Southern Cal at Hawaii, 8 p.m., ESPN No.15 Pitt.at Utah, 5:30 p.m., VERSUS Today’s other televised games S.Miss.at S.Carolina, 4:30 p.m., ESPN N. Illinois at Iowa State, 5 p.m., FSN would provide a presence on defense. Vietti said his team still needs to learn the differ- ences of 8-man football — especially when it comes to the mental aspect of getting over big plays that will no doubt happen over the course of a game. If things work out, the Warriors should like their new home in 8-man foot- ball. “I’m hoping to challenge for playoffs,” Vietti said. “They’re defiantly hungry enough. It might take us a little while to get there, but I think they are talented enough to make some noise in the playoffs.” SCHEDULE S Sept.4 — vs Champion Christian,Noon S Sept.18 — at Redding Christian,1 p.m. S Sept.25 — at Loyalton,1 p.m. F Oct.1 — at Dunsmuir,7 p.m. S Oct.9 — vs Butte Valley,Noon F Oct.15 — at Big Valley,7 p.m. F Oct..t 22 — at Hayfork,7 p.m. S Oct.30 — vs Liberty Christian,Noon S Nov.6 — vs Happy Camp,Noon Zane Petty picked off two passes, Austin Grootveld intercepted one as well and Casey Cleland made 12 tack- les. Players to watch Corning - #44 Tyler McIntyre, #33 Cameron Nye, #11 Ryan Holland Notes: The Cardinals should welcome not opening the season against Enterprise as Corning hasn't won an open- er since 2006...meanwhile Las Plumas has to go all the way back to 2001 for their last season opening win, it was also the last season in which they won more than two games... currently the Thunderbirds are on a 22-game los- ing streak dating back to Oct. 19, 2007 and a win over Winters Los Molinos at Portola Friday, 7:30 p.m. Los Molinos Bulldogs: 0-1 (Last week lost 28-0 to Williams) Portola Tigers: 0-1 (Last week lost 20-9 to South Tahoe) 2009 Portola 49, Los Molinos 0 Cliff Robinson returned the opening kickoff and the Tigers never looked back. Portola built up a 28-0 lead by the first quarter. Robinson scored four more times on two runs, a recep- tion from Damian Norden and an interception return. Cole Adams added two rushing touchdowns. Sean Higgins had 51 rushing yards for the Bulldogs and had an interception, as did J.C. Conrad. Players to watch Los Molinos — #44 Luis Camacho, #24 Bryer Whet- stone, #15 Ramon Avalos Portola — #13 Evan Hungerford, #3 Kyle Heskett, #33 Klint Williams Notes: After a tough start to the season it might be rough to find a tougher opponent for the Bulldogs to try to bounce back against then the defending D-IV champi- ons...Portola let a halftime lead slip away last week at South Tahoe...the Tigers completed just 3-of-16 passes last week Champion Christian at Mercy 8-man Saturday, Noon Sacred Heart Parish School Mercy Warriors: Did not compete in 2009 Champion Christian Mustangs: 2009 (2-8, 2-3, tied for third in California — South 8-man) WNBA Wednesday’s Conference Semifinals New York 77, Indiana 77 New York wins series 2-1 Today’s Conference Final Phoenix at Seattle, 7 p.m., NBATV Series tied 0-0 Players to watch Mercy - #2 Mitchell Lopez, #7 Michael Uhalde, #17 Michael Escalante Notes: Mercy returns to the gridiron for the first time since 2008