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Labor Day MLB— Astros at Cubs, 11:10 a.m., WGN MLB— Giants at Diamondbacks, 1 p.m., CSNB MLB—Mariners at Athletics, 1 p.m., CSNC NCAA —Boise St. vs. Virginia Tech, 5 p.m., ESPN U.S. Open — Round of 16, 8 a.m., CBS, 4 p.m., ESPN2 PGA— Deutsche Bank Championship, 11 a.m., NBC Sports 1B Monday September 6, 2010 Good to be back Tehama Tracker FOOTBALL Los Molinos 0 Portola 30 Three 1-yard touchdowns in the first quarter helped Por- tola rolls past Los Molinos 30-0 Friday night. Kyle Heskett scored twice from a yard out on his way to 116 total yards and Evan Hungerford also scored in the first quarter as Portola took an early 20-0 lead. Portola added 10 more points in the fourth quarter off of a 2-yard Oscar Romero run and a 47-yard Mario Rodriguez field goal. The loss drops Los Molinos to 0-2. The Bulldogs open up their home schedule Friday night against 1-1 Weed. VOLLEYBALL High Sierra Tournament Reno, Nev. The Lady Spartans opened their season by going 2-6 at the High Sierra Tournament in Reno, Nev. Both of the wins came against Northern Section schools. Red Bluff defeated Foothill 25-21, 19-25, 15-6. Riley Kittle had five aces in the match and Kaitlann Weber had 10 assists. The Lady Spartans picked up their other win against Par- adise, 25-20, 16-25, 15-7. Weber had 22 assists. Franklin, from Elk Grove, beat Red Bluff 25-14, 25-16. The Lady Spartans lost to a pair of Reno schools, Wooster beat Red Bluff 25-8, 25-21 and Galena won 25-8, 25-21. In the Wooster match, Weber had 25 assists and Morgan Daily News photo by Rich Greene Mercy quarterback Mitchell Lopez races down the sideline, Saturday. 8-MAN Champion Christian 38 Mercy 55 By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor The Mercy Warriors learned even 20-point leads can be too close for comfort in 8-man football during a 55- 38 victory over Champion Christian that led to more nail biting than the score would indicate. Mercy returned to football, Satur- day, in a big way, led by quarterback Mitchell Lopez’s 277 rushing yards and strong contributions from up-and- down the roster. It took all of four plays for the War- riors to score their first 8-man points after Michael Uhalde burned the Mus- tangs’ defense for a 57-yard touch- down reception from Lopez. The Warriors scored again on their second possession with another big play as Lopez turned a keeper off of the left side into a 53-yard touchdown run. Mercy’s defense was stingy in the first half and after forcing a shanked punt, the Warriors were ready to roll up their lead even more. Lopez hooked up with Uhalde on a 35-yard pass play to set up first-and- goal on the Mustangs 10-yard line. Two plays later Lopez turned the right corner and had put Mercy up 20-0. Champion Christian finally responded by spreading their offense and embarked on a 17-play drive that took up most of the second quarter. Although the Mercy defense forced the Mustangs to run 10 plays inside the Warriors 21-yard line, Champion Christian eventually broke through when quarterback Luke Stephens found a sliver of space from four yards out. The Mustangs converted a 2-point conversion to make it 20-8. Mercy got the ball back with 18 sec- onds in the first half and nearly scored a remarkable touchdown. Coach Paul Vietti called a double pass from the Mustangs’ 47-yard line. Lopez tossed the ball backwards to Uhalde, who flung it up in the air for Jordan Stasinowsky. The Mercy tight end came down with the ball five yards short of the goal line as time expired. Champion Christian’s first drive of the second half ended when Mercy’s Matt Misener broke up a pass on fourth down. The Warriors then marched the ball to midfield, where once again Lopez snapped off a long touchdown run, when he bounced a keeper play to the outside to put the Warriors up 28-8. However Champion Christian’s NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Jason Day capped off an excit- ing day with a routine birdie to take the lead Sunday in the Deutsche Bank Championship, setting up a Labor Day finish with all sorts of possibilities. Day watched a three-shot lead evaporate in two holes, only to get it back on the par-5 Daily News photo by Rich Greene Mercy’s Royce Crane sticks a tackle, Saturday. 18th with a shot just off the back of the green, leaving him a simple two-putt for birdie and a 5-under 66. He had a one-shot lead over Brandt Snedeker, who made a mess of the 18th until chipping in for par and a 67. Just like so many other times at this tournament, the own offense began clicking, in part because Mercy’s first half defensive star Royce Crane was forced to the sideline with cramps. Colin Gawthrop opened the drive with a 60-yard run and three plays later Stephens once again found the end zone to cut the lead to 28-16. With the momentum shifting away from the Warriors, Lopez converted a third-and-13 despite a botched snap, but the play was called back on a Mercy penalty. Worse, for the War- riors, Lopez was shaken up on the play and headed to the sideline with Crane. Mercy opened the fourth quarter by punting to the Mustangs. Champion Christian then used one play, a 63-yard touchdown pass from Stephens to Mike Roberts to close the score to 28- 24. Lopez returned for the Warriors’ next drive, but Mercy faced a third- and-16 and was then backed up five more yards for a false start. On third-and-21 Lopez found Uhalde deep for the first down, but the play was called back for another Mercy penalty. Vietti called time out as an exhaust- ed and hurt Warriors bunch faced third- and-26 with their lead slipping away. Lopez took the snap and looked for a receiver, but found no one and began scrambling to the right sideline. He ran out of room and stepped backwards, before sprinting across field to the left sideline. He then tucked the ball and began dodging tackles up the left side- line and dived to convert an improbable first down. The Warriors had the momentum back and Crane returned as well. Four plays later, Crane took a pitch and scored from 15 yards out to give the Warriors a 34-24 lead. The Mustangs fumbled the result- ing kickoff, which was recovered by the Warriors. Uhalde then scored on a 10-yard end-around to put Mercy up by three scores, 41-24 with 6:20 remaining. But just as quickly, the Mustangs responded when Daniel Lee returned the kickoff 80 yards to cut the score to 41-32 and put the pressure back on Mercy. Champion Christian’s onside kick attempt went out of bounds at the Mercy 45-yard line. Lopez had yet another, huge run in him and took Mercy’s first snap to the end zone for a 48-32 lead. Champion Christian turned the ball over on downs and Mercy finally sealed the game with a 48-yard touch- down run from their speedster Crane. The Mustangs tacked on one final score when Stephens flipped a ball over the Mercy defense to Brian Wills from four yards out. Lopez finished with 277 rushing yards, 130 passing yards and five total touchdowns. Mercy gets a week of rest before their next scheduled game on Sept. 18 at Redding Christian. Weaver made 11 digs. Palo Alto defeated Red Bluff 25-9, 25-5 and Shasta beat the Lady Spartans 25-10, 25-23 Los Banos beat Red Bluff in a close match, 26-24, 25-22. Weber had 22 assists during the match, Brittney Men- donsa had 11 digs and Megan McColpin 10 digs. Weber finished the tournament with 111 assists. Kalynne Schoelen led Red Bluff with 32 kills. McColpin had a team-high 49 digs and Stevie Boone blocked six shots. Giants 1 back of SD LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Sanchez pitched seven crisp innings and Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer for the second straight game, leading San Francisco to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night that put the Giants within one game of first place in the NL West. The division-leading Padres lost 4-2 to Colorado earlier in the day for their 10th consecutive defeat. The Giants have picked up 5 1/2 games on San Diego during the Padres’ skid, going 5-4 during that span. It’s the closest they’ve been to first place in the division in the last 27 days. After hitting four home runs in a 5-4 comeback victory on Saturday night, the Giants got just enough offense to get by the slumping Dodgers, who dropped their third straight series to their rivals. Los Angeles has lost six of its last eight heading into a three-game series at San Diego beginning on Monday. Sanchez (10-8) yielded three hits, struck out nine and walked one to win for just the second time in his last six appearances. The left-hander was 0-5 with a 6.04 ERA in 13 previous appearances against Los Angeles. The only hits by the Dodgers were Jamey Carroll’s third- inning double, and singles by Rod Barajas in the fifth and Ryan Theriot in the sixth. Brian Wilson pitched a perfect ninth for his NL-leading 40th save. Abreu homers, drives in 3 runs in A’s defeat OAKLAND (AP) — Bobby Abreu and Mike Napoli helped the Los Angeles Angels find the power that’s been missing from their lineup. Abreu and Napoli each hit two-run home runs, lead- ing the Angels to a 7-4 vic- tory over the Oakland Ath- letics on Sunday, avoiding their first sweep by the A’s in six years. ‘‘This is the offensive day we’ve been looking for in quite some time,’’ Angels’ manager Mike Scioscia said. ‘‘It was a good day to get it.’’ Torii Hunter and Hideki Matsui also drove in runs for the Angels, who have still lost nine of their past 13 games. Ervin Santana (15-9) gave up three runs and six hits to improve to 7-2 over his last nine starts. He walked four and struck out three. ‘‘I know in years past I haven’t gotten run support,’’ Santana said. ‘‘I know the guys are trying to score. Maybe this is the year there’s a lot of run support for me. When you score first, it’s fun to pitch. It allows you to pitch better without adding too much pressure.’’ Jeff Larish drove in two runs for the A’s, who lost for the fifth time in seven games. Landon Powell and Jack Cust each added an RBI. Vin Mazzaro (6-8) lost his sixth straight decision after allowing five runs on six hits over 4 1-3 innings. He walked three and did not strike out a batter. Mazzaro, who pitched with a blister according to Powell, has given up 12 earned runs over his last eight innings and hasn’t won since July 24 against the Chicago White Sox. ‘‘He really hasn’t thrown the game that well in the last month or so,’’ A’s manager Bob Geren said. ‘‘The overall command of the strike zone is not where it needs to be.’’ Day sinks routine birdie to take lead going into the final day Deutsche Bank Championship could be up for grabs. And so could the No. 1 ranking. Tiger Woods could only manage one birdie over the last 11 holes and shot a 2-under 69, leaving him tied for 23rd and 10 shots out of the lead. That set the stage for Phil Mickelson or Steve Stricker to end his five-year run atop the world ranking. Stricker is closer to the lead. Mickelson has better odds. Both of them might have a tough time catching up to Day, the 22-year-old Australian who won the Byron Nelson Cham- pionship in May and is starting to play his best golf during the FedEx Cup playoffs. He was at 17-under 196, matching the 54- hole record at the TPC Boston set by Mike Weir two years ago. Luke Donald birdied the last hole for a 66 and was two shots behind. Mickelson (67) was in a group at 12 under.