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Weekend Volleyball — Los Molinos at Fall River Tournament Volleyball — Red Bluff at Pleasant Valley Tournament Soccer — Red Bluff v. Pleasant Valley, 11 a.m. in Redding Field Hockey — Corning at Willow Glenn Jamboree Cross — Red Bluff at Concord-Martinez meet MLB—Giants at Padres; Sat, 1 p.m., FOX; Sun, 1 p.m., CSNB Sports 1B Weekend September 11-12, 2010 Cards good enough FOOTBALL Week 2 Schedule Friday’s results Corning 35, Orland 27 Shasta 53, Red Bluff 14 Weed at Los Molinos, late Burney 34, University Prep 0 Central Valley 27, Henley 0 Chico 35, Las Plumas 9 Esparto 35, Rio Vista 28 Etna 13, Chiloquin 8 Foothill 48, River Valley 21 Hidden Valley 34, Mt. Shasta 0 Lakeview 27, Modoc 19 Mazama 34, Yreka 32 Oroville 6, Anderson 0 Pleasant Valley 54, Gridley 0 West Valley 28, Enterprise 21 Willows 21, Winters 19 Chester at Fall River, late Clear Lake at Durham, late Kelseyville at Hamilton, late Lindhurst at Live Oak, late Marysville at Wheatland, late Maxwell at Colusa, late Williams at Biggs, late Friday’s 8-man results Big Valley 48, Elk Creek 0 Hayfork 56, Princeton 28 Happy Camp at Grennville, late Saturday’s games Paradise at Lowell, 2 p.m. Quincy at North Tahoe, 1 p.m. Saturday’s 8-man games Dunsmuir at Loyalton, 1 p.m. Liberty Christian at Herlong, 1 p.m. Tehama Tracker FOOTBALL Red Bluff 13 Shasta 53 Daily News photo by Rich Greene Cardinals running back J.D. Whited follows his blocks, Friday night. FOOTBALL Orland 27 Corning 35 By RICHGREENE DNSports Editor CORNING— It wasn’t the most impressive Cardinals’ victory, but a win’s a win. Corning overcame a sloppy first half and some key injuries, Friday night, to top the Orland Trojans 35-27 in the Cardinals’ home opener. Corning (2-0) committed five penalties, turned the ball over twice and muffed three punt returns in the first half. Injuries held out Cameron Nye (thumb), Tyler McIntyre (cramps) and Tyler Price (shoulder) for significant portions of the game. Coach John Studer said he was concerned about the early mistakes, but saw positives in the way his team overcame the injuries. One player who stepped up for the Cardinals was J.D. Whited. Even before the injuries to Nye and McIntyre left him as the primary ball carrier, Whited was on his way to a huge game on the ground. The junior running back racked up 180 yards on 16 carries and scored twice. “That’s a big philosophy of our offense — multiple weapons,” Studer said. Whited said the Trojans’ defense was overloading the strong side to stop Nye in the first half, leaving plenty of room for him on the weak side. The Trojans didn’t shut down Nye entirely either. After a scoreless first quarter, Nye broke through for the game’s first score in the second half from four yards out. Corning then forced an Orland punt, but fumbled the return, giving the Trojans the ball deep in Cardinals’ territory. On fourth-and-16 from the Corning 16, Andrew Hutchins made a diving catch of a Brandon Smith pass in the end zone. Orland missed the extra point. Corning came back behind the run- Daily News photo by Rich Greene Tyler McIntyre fights for yardage after a first quarter reception. Kim Clijsters beats Venus Williams in Open semis NEW YORK (AP) — No foot-fault calls, no con- troversy. Instead, simply quite a comeback for Kim Clijsters, and another victo- ry over a Williams sister in the U.S. Open semifinals. Defending champion Clijsters extended her win- ning streak at Flushing Meadows to 20 matches and returned to the final by eras- ing an early deficit to beat Venus Williams 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 Friday. ‘‘I just wish,’’ Williams said, ‘‘I could have played the bigger points a little bet- ter.’’ Williams is 52-2 after taking the first set at the U.S. Open — and both of those losses came against Cli- jsters, who will face No. 7- seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia in Saturday night’s final. If Clijsters wins the championship, she will be the first woman with two consecutive U.S. Open titles since Williams in 2000-01. ‘‘Obviously, this is what you try to achieve,’’ said the No. 2-seeded Clijsters, also the 2005 U.S. Open champi- on. ‘‘I never expected I’d come back in this position. I was trying to do it. It wasn’t easy, but I stuck with it.’’ The 30-year-old Williams, trying to reach her first U.S. Open final since 2002, hurt herself with seven double-faults, includ- ing two in the second-set tiebreaker, and then one to set up a break point for Cli- jsters in the match’s next-to- last game. Clijsters broke to go ahead 5-4 in the third set with a perfect lob that curled over the 6-foot-1 Williams and landed right at the base- line. Williams stopped chas- ing and watched the ball fall, then hung her head and put a palm up, as if to say, ‘‘How am I supposed to get to that?’’ Clijsters’ take: ‘‘It worked. It was an important point. ... That was a big game there.’’ Earlier Friday, Zvonare- va reached her second Grand Slam final in a row by upsetting top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Den- mark 6-4, 6-3. A year ago in New York, Clijsters — play- ing in only the third tourna- ment of her return after more than two seasons away from the tour — beat Woz- niacki in the final, after get- ting past Williams’ younger sister, Serena, in the semifi- nals. The latter forever will be remembered for Serena’s racket-shaking, expletive- laden outburst at the lineswoman who made a late foot-fault ruling. ning of Whited and McIntyre, with Whited punching it home from 10 yards out to give the Cardinals a 14-6 lead. After an Orland three-and-out, the Cardinals made their second turnover of the first half when Whited fumbled at the Corning 34. But on the Trojans first offensive play, Ryan Holland stepped up to intercept Smith’s pass and returned it 80 yards to stop Orland’s momentum and give the Cardinals a 21-6 lead to take into halftime. Although drop passes hurt the Tro- jans’ offense in the first half, Orland stuck with the passing game in the sec- ond half and started to find success. The Trojans moved the ball down- field on their first drive and Smith scored on a keeper to close the game to 21-13. McIntyre returned from his cramp- ing problem on the Cardinals next drive and scored from five yards. After a defensive stop, Whited scored his second touchdown and the Cardinals had what appeared to be a comfortable 35-13 lead. However, the Trojans responded on their next offensive play. Jose Huerta caught a tipped ball and broke free for a 65-yard touch- down reception. The Trojans’ two- point conversion failed, but Orland had made it a game again. Corning then drove the ball down to the Trojans' 1-yard line, but failed to punch it in. Smith, who finished 10-for-26 for 207 yards, then drove the Trojans down the field to close within a score as Huerta ran in a touchdown from 11 yards out to make it a 35-27 game with 2:04 remaining. However, the Trojans onside attempt went out of bounds and Corn- ing ran out the clock with Whited and McIntyre. A week after not converting one extra point attempt, the Cardinals got a lift went Mikey Simcox went 5-for-5 on extra point tries. Corning travels to Red Bluff for the annual Tehama County Shootout on Sept. 17. Red Bluff suffered their second-straight tough road loss to open the season, Friday, as Shasta pounded an injured Spartans team 53-13. Shasta quarterback Clay Cavender accounted for six total touchdowns. “We couldn’t emulate his speed during practice and it showed,” coach John Miller said. Shasta jumped on Red Bluff early for a 28-0 lead. The Spartans finally got on the board when Jeff Foster made a great run to set up a 1-yard keeper from Cory Lyon. Unfortunately, Lyon, who had just returned from a knee injury, re-injured the same knee soon after. Anthony Ragone also suffered a serious leg injury. Cody Case played well at quarterback in Lyon’s place, but the Spartans dropped too many passes to mount a come- back. Red Bluff got on the board one last time when Tyler Demerath broke off a 56-yard run up the gut and then scored a couple of plays later. Miller said Demerath also played well on defense as did Benny Goodman. VOLLEYBALL Pleasant Valley Tournament The Lady Spartans went 2-1 on the first day of the Pleas- ant Valley tournament Red Bluff beat Yuba City 24-26, 25-13, 17-15. Riley Kittle had seven kills and three aces in the victory. Kaitlann Weber had 18 assists and Megan McColpin record- ed eight digs and eight aces. Red Bluff beat Providence Christian 25-13, 25-11. Stevie Boone had 1.5 blocks and seven kills to lead the Spartans. Bayli Johnson also blocked 1.5 shots and Weber had 13 assists. Aubrey Lair added three aces. Enterprise handed Red Bluff their loss 25-22, 25-23. Kittle had six kills and 11 digs in the defeat to go along with two aces. Kalynee Schoelen and Morgan Weaver each had five kills and Weber had 19 assists. Red Bluff continues play at the tournament today. Giants pull even Giants 1 San Diego 0 SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres’ lead in the NL West is all but gone. San Francisco pulled into a virtual tie with San Diego atop the NL West with a 1-0 victory on Friday night when Aubrey Huff hustled his way to the game’s only run in the seventh inning. The Padres (79-61) hold the slimmest possible lead over the Giants (80-62), .564-.563. San Francisco has won nine of 12 while the Padres have lost 12 of 15. The Padres’ recent 10-game losing streak trimmed 5 1/2 games off their lead, which was 6 1/2 games on Aug. 25. They rebounded with a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers but have lost the first two of this four-game series against the Giants. ‘‘Awesome,’’ said Huff, who scored despite what he called a ‘‘dumb play’’ on his part. ‘‘That’s what we play all year for, the grind, all the stuff you go through all year long. It’s what you wait for, to be within striking distance at the end of the year. That’s where we are. We’ve got a lot of ball left, though. We haven’t won anything yet.’’ Said Padres shortstop Miguel Tejada: ‘‘Now we are tied and it’s a 22-game season.’’ The Colorado Rockies are just 2 1/2 back after winning their eighth straight, 13-4 against Arizona. It was the 14th straight game in which the Padres were held to four or fewer runs. ‘‘That’s tough,’’ losing pitcher Clayton Richard said. ‘‘We are fortunate to be where we are at right now with the way we have played the past three weeks. You have to look at it that we are still in first and we have played pretty poor- ly in the past three weeks.’’ Lefty Jonathan Sanchez and five relievers combined on a three-hitter. Brian Wilson finished for a five-out save, his career-high 42nd in 46 chances. He’s tied with Tampa Bay’s Rafael Soriano for the major league lead. Tejada’s decision to try to throw out Huff at third base See GIANTS, page 2B