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Friday Football — Corning at Red Bluff, 7:30 p.m. Football — University Prep at Los Molinos, 7:30 p.m. Volleyball — Los Molinos Beth Pilger Tournament Soccer — Chico at Red Bluff, 4:30 p.m. Field Hockey — Corning at Leigh Tournament Cross — Corning at Las Plumas Invitational, 3 p.m. Sports 1B Friday September 17, 2010 Fall Sports Preview Red Bluff Spartans soccer Shasta 26 25 25 Corning 24 7 23 A day after knocking down one Redding school, the Lady Cardinals fell victim to Shasta in a sweep, Wednesday night. Mariah Gibson had 14 kills for the Lady Wolves, who made 12 aces against the Lady Cardinals. Corning, which beat Enterprise on Tuesday, fell to 3-6 on the season. BOYS SWIMMING Red Bluff 145 U-Prep92 Anderson 32 American Christian 15 Redding Christian 8 Red Bluff had a strong showing, Wednesday, at a five-team meet hosted by the Spartans. Red Bluff swept all three relay events. Greg Wilson, Larsen Dahl, Paul Hendricks and Courtesy photo The senior class hopes to carry the Red Bluff Spartans soccer team to new heights this year. to this season. QUICK FACTS Head coach: Claudio Martinez 2009 record: 1-10-1 Top returners: Kyle Davis, Skylar Garcia, Daniel Gonzalez, Carlos Mendoza, Cody Yarbrough If there was going to be a year the Red Bluff Spartans became a factor in the Eastern Athletic League this may be it. Red Bluff brings back a roster loaded with seniors, including: Ryann Almeida, Enrique Ascencio, Kyle Davis, Skylar Garcia, David Gonzalez, Mario Gonzalez, Cullen Groom, Fredy Herrera, Martin Hlinka, Carlos Mendoza, Richard Penne, Eddie Quezada, Rogelio Velaquez and Cody Yarbrough. The senior class may not have had much success in its first three years, but that’s something they want to change with their last opportunity. OUTLOOK “Losing sucks,” forward Skylar Garcia said. “”It motivates you.” The Spartans started condition- ing training in July and are using a team first approach entering this year. That’s welcomed by returning goalie Carlos Mendoza, who said communication is one of the keys San Francisco 49ers SANTA CLARA (AP) — San Francisco offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye stood up Thursday and took responsibility for the prob- lems the 49ers had getting plays in on time in their lop- sided season-opening loss at Seattle. He defended himself, too, and insists things can be fixed before Monday night’s game against the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. Raye spent nearly 20 minutes Thursday address- ing San Francisco’s offense — and coach Mike Single- tary sat on the ground five feet away to hear it, and surely lend his support. He later stretched himself out to get comfortable. ‘‘It’s my responsibility. I bear all the responsibility for the way we operate on offense,’’ Raye said on the heels of the embarrassing 31-6 defeat to the Sea- hawks. ‘‘I’m the leader. It’s my watch. I have the responsibility for the things that occur where it concerns the offense.’’ Raye’s media availabili- ty was moved up by a day so he could publicly discuss the offensive matters. Several times quarter- back Alex Smith didn’t get the entire play in his ear before his headset cut off with 15 seconds left on the Coach Claudio Martinez said Mendoza has become a real strong goalkeeper. Supporting him will be defend- ers Kyle Davis, Cullen Groom, Enrique Ascencio and Cody Yarbrough, who has moved back to defense. The midfield hopes to keep pos- session more this season than they have in the past with lots of touch- es and passes. A couple of underclassmen will ROSTER 1 Martin Hlinka 2 Garrett Ward 3 Kyle Davis 4 Connor Ross 5 Richard Penne 6 Cullen Groom 7 Cody Yarbrough 8 Daniel Gonzalez 9 David Gonzalez 10 Skylar Garcia 11 Rogelio Velaquez 12 Carlos Mendoza 15 Ramiro Aguilar 17 Jorge Garcia 18 Marcos Ramirez 20 Luis Garcia 21 Ryann Almeida 27 Fredy Herrera 28 Mario Gonzalez 72 Eddie Quezada 99 key the strike force. Daniel Gonza- lez led the team in goals last season and Connor Ross is being moved up top. Both will work with Garcia. Martinez said he will rotate his strikers more this season in an effort to keep them fresh. The overall key for the season goes back to team work. “The key is passing as a team and communication,” Martinez said. “They have the skills. They know how to play. We just have to do everything as a team.” Martinez, who has coached the seniors for all four years, said they are as academic and a good group of kids as he’s had. Now it’s time to add the victo- ries. SCHEDULE Cesar Santana Maldonado 100 Enrique Ascencio Cristobal Ubaldo Redding Rotary Tournament — 0-2-2 W Sept. 15 — at Shasta, L 2-0 F Sept. 17 — vs Chico, 4:30 p.m. F Sept. 24 — at Foothill, 3:30 p.m. W Sept. 29 — vs Enterprise, 3:30 p.m. F. Oct.1 —vs Pleasant Valley, 3:30 p.m. W Oct.6 —at Paradise, 3:30 p.m. F Oct.8 —vs Chico, 4 p.m. W Oct. 13 — at Chico, 4:30 p.m. W Oct. 20 — vs Foothill, 3:30 p.m. F Oct. 22 — at Enterprise, 3:30 p.m. W Oct. 27 — at Pleasant Valley, 3:30 p.m. F Oct. 29 — vs Paradise, 3:30 p.m. 49ers offensive coordinator Raye will take heat Curtis Twitchell won the 200 medley with a time of 1:55.80. Dahl, Bryce Eggert, Joshua Jackson and Jordan Johnson took home the win in the 200 freestyle at 1:48.52. Twitchell, Wilson, Hendricks and Jackson won the 400 freestyle at 4:04.36. The Spartans also won six of the eight individ- ual events. Wilson won a pair of events — the 200 individ- ual medley (2:31.07) and the 100 backstroke (1:06.23). Dahl also won two events — the 100 butterfly (1:0513) and 100 breaststroke (1:13.72). Twitchell picked up a win in the 200 freestyle (2:09.85) and Brad Dufour won the 50 freestyle (26.44). Eddie Samay also had a strong meet for the Spartans. GIRLS SWIMMING Red Bluff 100 University Prep 94 Anderson 60 Redding Christian 28 The Lady Spartans edged out a four-point win over University Prep on the girls side on Wednes- day’s meet in Red Bluff. Mayson Trujillo scored wins in the 100 butterfly (1:14.76) and 100 breaststroke (1:23.91) and was part of the Spartans winning 200 freestyle relay team. Laura Schreter, Samara Robinson and Cheyene LaBorde joined Trujillo in swimming the 200 in 2:00.29. Schreter also won the individual 200 freestyle (2:23.58) and Joelene Donaldson gave Red Bluff one more win in the 100 backstroke (1:20.54). BOYS CROSS COUNTRY West Valley 29 Red Bluff 26 Red Bluff’s depth and a strong race by Ben Wat- land helped edge out the West Valley Eagles by three points, Wednesday. Watland’s 17:58 time was good for first place. Red Bluff’s Eric Espinosa was fourth at 18:59, but the Eagles took the other three Top 5 spots. However, Garritt Sanders, Jordan McManus and Kyle Rodriguez grabbed the sixth, seventh and eighth spots for the Spartans, which proved to be enough. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY West Valley Red Bluff The Lady Eagles took the Top 3 spots, but only had four runners competing. Red Bluff was led by Erin Eicholtz, who fin- ished fourth with a time of 22:36. Ashley Brown, Katie Parks, Jessica Taylor and Gina Cosentino were the next four Red Bluff run- ners. TENNIS Enterprise 5 Red Bluff 4 MCT photo Frank Gore is stopped at the line during the 49ers loss at Seattle. play clock. Smith now has a wrist- band with plays on it and that is one thing under con- sideration to help alleviate the issues, which led to three burned timeouts and Smith being forced to improvise at last second. Raye also could come down to the field from the booth and give the plays directly to Smith, rather than slow- ing the process down by going through middle man and quarterbacks coach Mike Johnson. Raye prefers to be in the box, without dis- traction. Also Thursday, Single- tary, Raye and Smith shot down a Yahoo! report from See 49ERS, page 2B The Lady Spartans battled hard, Thursday, dur- ing a 5-4 loss to Enterprise. Red Bluff’s bottom ladder came through with three wins in singles competition. Samantha Clements defeated Tatiana Carrillo 6- 1, 6-4 in No. 4 singles. Dina Menendes defeated Sara Rose 7-5, 6-1 in No. 5 singles. Merideth Lord beat Tiffany Wagner 6-4, 6-1 in No. 6 singles. The Clements sisters, Samantha and Josie, picked up Red Bluff’s other win in No. 2 doubles by besting Cinthia Villalobos and Wagner. The Lady Spartans travel to Chico on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Golf tourney set for Oct. 9 The First Annual Corning Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament is slated for Oct. 9 at Oak Creek golf course in Red Bluff. The cost to participate in the event is $50 per per- son and includes cart and tri-tip sandwich and sides. Proceeds will benefit high school scholarships and the Immaculate Conception church building fund. For more information please call Bill at 824-3530. Tehama Tracker VOLLEYBALL