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Wednesday Soccer — Enterprise at Red Bluff, 3:30 p.m. Field Hockey — Bella Vista at Corning, 3:30 p.m. Cross — NAL meet at West Valley, 3:30 p.m. Cross — Red Bluff at Oroville, 4 p.m. Volleyball — Los Molinos at Paradise Adventist, 5:30 p.m. MLB—OAK at LA, 12:30 p.m., CSNC; ARIat SF, 7 p.m., CSNB Sports 1B Wednesday September 29, 2010 McIlroy’s words spark Tiger Lady Spartans win on road VOLLEYBALL Oroville 13 19 21 Red Bluff 25 25 25 The Lady Spartans won their EAL South opener, Tuesday, in a three-game sweep at Oroville. Kaitlann Weber led the way with 29 assists and three aces. Riley Kittle had 10 kills and 10 blocks and Stevie Boone recorded five block assists. FIELD HOCKEY Corning 3 Yuba City 2 SO MCT file photos Rory McIlroy’s (left) comment about Tiger Woods (right) has added a spark to the 2010 Ryder Cup. Players practice for first time on specifically designed course Ryder Cup NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — The Ryder Cup is getting per- sonal for Tiger Woods. Interrupting an otherwise dull press conference Tuesday, Woods fired back at a comment Rory McIlroy made six weeks ago that ‘‘I would love to face’’ the world’s No. 1 player in the Ryder Cup unless his game rapidly improved. Asked for a reaction, Woods leaned into the microphone and said only, ‘‘Me, too.’’ The quote from McIlroy — the closest thing to bulletin board material at Celtic Manor — came the week after Woods’ golf reached a low point in a dismal season. He had the highest score of his career and beat only one player in the 80- man field at Firestone. McIlroy was not worried that he had given Woods or the U.S. team any more motivation. ‘‘I’m fine. I’m all right,’’ said the 21-year-old from Northern Ireland. ‘‘You’ve got to realize, I said those things the week after he had just shot 18 over at Akron, so he wasn’t playing too well at the time.’’ Woods was aware of the comment before arriving in Wales. He mentioned the quote two weeks ago at Cog Hill while talking about Stephen Ames, whom Woods had beaten 9 and 8 in the Match Play Champi- onship after Ames was quoted making fun of Woods’ accura- cy. ‘‘At least Rory said, ’Unless my game improves,’’’ Woods said in Chicago. There also were stories cir- culating at Cog Hill that Woods had said to McIlroy upon pass- ing him, ‘‘Careful what you wish for.’’ McIlroy, however, denied that ever happened. The singles matches on Sun- day, which decide the Ryder Cup, are a long way off. And because it’s a blind draw, there is no guarantee Woods and McIlroy would play each other. Singles rarely has been a problem for Woods or the other top American players. Woods, Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk — the core of the U.S. team since 1997 — collectively have won 125 times on the PGA Tour, including 19 majors. That hasn’t carried over into the Ryder Cup. In singles, they are 10-6-2, with Woods and Furyk losing only once. In fourballs and foursome matches, with differ- ent partners in the 18 Ryder Cups they have played, that trio is 18-34-9. Maybe that explains why they all have losing records, D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough is being good every day. — Willie Mays Daniel Gonzalez — Red Bluff Gonzalez helped pace the Spartans soccer team to a 9-3 win over University Prep. During the game the junior netted a hat trick and was a force linking Red Bluff’s midfielders and strikers together to create numerous scoring opportunities and control posses- sion of the ball. V Proud providers of Sports Medicine to Tehama County since 1986 alor PHYSICAL THERAPY & WELLNESS CENTER 2490 S. Main St., Red Bluff • 530-529-3636 Lonnie Scott MA ATC Ed Stroman PT ATC CSCS V ictory V Claudia Lopez — Corning Lopez helped key a defense that led the Lady Cardi- nals to a 2-1 win over River Valley and a 1-0 victory over rival Chico. The senior defender was aggressive in taking the ball away from the River Valley forwards and attack- ing up the pitch and had a solid game of tandem defense in the shutout of Chico. Tehama Family Fitness Center 2498 South Main St • Red Bluff • 528-8656 Tehama County’s foremost authority on strength training for athletic performance. We are a research- based facility with professional strength coaches. Dale Mendenhall MPT CSCS Jeff Crow ATC CSCS Troy Lalaguna BS CSCS Aubrie Stroman BS CSCS (Pending) and have played on losing teams. ‘‘It’s disappointing,’’ Furyk said. ‘‘But I guess we’ve got an opportunity to get closer back to square. Instead of looking at the past, I think right now you look ahead. You look ahead to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and not worry about what’s hap- pened. The bad news is the last 20 years, we haven’t won very often. Right now ... try to fig- ure out how we’re going to take the cup back home with us.’’ Tuesday was the first day of practice on the Twenty Ten course at Celtic Manor, designed specifically for the Ryder Cup. What began under a light drizzle soon gave way to mild sunshine, only for rain to arrive toward the afternoon. Based on the foursomes both captains sent out, there were no surprises. See TIGER, page 2B The Lady Cardinals pushed their win streak to three games, Monday, with a 3-2 penalty shootout victory at Yuba City. Shae Mesker tied the game at 1-1 in the second hand when she deflected a short corner at the post. After 10 minutes of scoreless 7-on-7 during overtime the game went to a penalty shootout. Anna Nelson and Karlie Jennings scored for Corning and Katlyn Huntley blocked four of five Yuba City shots to give the Lady Cardinals the win. “We overcame the obsta- cles of the heat and the tuft,” coach Teresa Lamb said. “It’s about five to 10 degrees warmer on a turf field.” Angelica Ramos held Yuba City’s top scorer in check and Julia Van Doorn had a solid game rushing defensively on short corners. Nelson moved the ball well for Corning across the field. Jennings played a focused game and held her composure. Kelsey Henderson con- tinued to improve.