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1B Sports 49ers' Smith arrested on suspicion of DUI SAN JOSE (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence in San Jose, police said. Smith was arrested by officers who received a call about a solo vehicle crash around 7 a.m., San Jose police Sgt. Heather Randol said. Officers proceeded to take a breath sample and to conduct other tests. ''They conducted an investigation and determined he was under the influence,'' Randol said. Calls to representatives for the 49ers seeking comment were not immediately returned. Smith has also been named in a lawsuit by a Northern California man who said he was shot during a party at Smith's house. In the suit filed earlier this month in Santa Clara County Superior Court, David Kleczek, an attorney for Ronndale Esporlas, claims that Smith and former Niners tight end Delanie Walker fired weapons illegally during a party at Smith's San Jose home on June 29, 2012. The players charged a $10 admission and $5 per drink, the lawsuit said. Smith, 23, and Walker, who is also named in the suit, were allegedly intoxicated on Smith's balcony when they later fired gunshots in the air while trying to end the party, the lawsuit said. Kleczek said they then moved to the driveway where he alleged more shots were fired. Esporlas, 21, was shot twice in the leg while he was ''caught in the crossfire between the two groups of people firing gunshots at each other,'' the lawsuit said. As a result, Esporlas, ''sustained serious, catastrophic and permanent injuries,'' the lawsuit said. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. Attorneys for Smith and Walker, 29, have said Esporlas ''freely and voluntarily exposed himself to all risks of harm'' by attending the party. They say injuries suffered by Esporlas, who was shot in the leg, were not caused by the defendants. Santa Clara County prosecutors have said they are considering criminal charges. Tehama Tracker Saturday's schedule VOLLEYBALL Corning, Los Molinos and Mercy at Red Bluff Tournament MLB: San Francisco at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Sunday's schedule NFL Indianapolis at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. MLB: San Francisco at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Monday's schedule CROSS COUNTRY Corning at Lassen, 3:30 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Corning at Chico, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Orland at Corning, 3:30 p.m. NFL Oakland at Denver, 5:40 p.m. MLB: Oakland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Sports on TV Saturday's schedule AUTO RACING • 4:30 p.m., ESPNEWS — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Kentucky 300, at Sparta, Ky. • 8:30 p.m., ESPNEWS — NHRA, qualifying for Fall Nationals, at Ennis, Texas (same-day tape) • 10 p.m., NBCSN — Formula One, qualifying for Singapore Grand Prix (delayed tape) COLLEGE FOOTBALL • 9 a.m., Big Ten Network — Florida A&M at Ohio State or Western Michigan at Iowa • 9 a.m., CBSSN — Wake Forest at Army • 9 a.m., CSNC — Middle Tennessee State at Florida Atlantic • 9 a.m., ESPN — North Carolina at Georgia Tech • 9 a.m., ESPN2 — San Jose State at Minnesota • 9 a.m., ESPNEWS — Vanderbilt at Massachusetts • 9 a.m., ESPNU — Marshall at Virginia Tech • 9 a.m., FS1 — Louisiana Tech at Kansas • Noon, FSN — Houston vs. Rice (at Reliant Stadium) • Noon, Pac-12 Network — Idaho State at Washington • 12:30 p.m., ABC — Utah State at USC • 12:30 p.m., Big Ten Network — Maine at Northwestern or Kent State at Penn State or South Dakota State at Nebraska • 12:30 p.m., CBS — Tennessee at Florida • 12:30 p.m., ESPN — Arkansas at Rutgers • 12:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Purdue at Wisconsin • 12:30 p.m., ESPNU — West Virginia at Maryland • 12:30 p.m., NBC — Michigan St. at Notre Dame • 1 p.m., FS1 — Louisiana-Monroe at Baylor • 3 p.m., NBCSN — Lehigh at Princeton • 4 p.m., ESPN2 — Colorado State at Alabama • 4 p.m., ESPNU — SMU at Texas A&M • 4 p.m., FOX — Arizona St. at Stanford • 4 p.m., FSN — Texas St. at Texas Tech • 4:30 p.m., CBSSN — Oregon State at San Diego State • 4:45 p.m., ESPN — Auburn at LSU • 5 p.m., Big Ten Network — Missouri at Indiana • 5:07 p.m., ABC — Kansas St. at Texas • 7:15 p.m., ESPN2 — Utah at BYU • 7:15 p.m., ESPNU — Wyoming at Air Force • 7:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network — New Mexico State at UCLA or Idaho at Washington State GOLF • 7 a.m., TGC — PGA Tour, TOUR Championship, third round, at Atlanta • 9 a.m., NBC — PGA Tour, TOUR Championship, third round, at Atlanta • 9 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Open d'Italia, third round, at Turin, Italy (same-day tape) • 3:30 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Hawaii Championship, second round, at Kapolei, Hawaii MLB • 9:30 a.m., FOX — San Francisco at N.Y. Yankees • 1 p.m., CSNC — Minnesota at Oakland • 1 p.m., WGN — Atlanta at Chicago Cubs SAILING • 12:30 p.m., NBCSN — America's Cup, race 17, at San Francisco (if necessary) SOCCER • 4:40 a.m., NBCSN — Premier League, Aston Villa at Norwich • 6:55 a.m., NBCSN — Premier League, Tottenham at Cardiff • 9:25 a.m., NBCSN — Premier League, Fulham at Chelsea • 5:30 p.m., NBCSN — MLS, Seattle at Los Angeles • 6 p.m., CSNC — MLS, San Jose at Real Salt Lake Sunday's schedule AUTO RACING • 4:30 a.m., NBCSN — Formula One, Singapore Grand Prix • 11 a.m., ESPN — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Sylvania 300, at Loudon, N.H. • 1:30 p.m., ABC — Global Rallycross Championship, at Concord, N.C. • 5:30 p.m., ESPN2 — NHRA, Fall Nationals, at Ennis, Texas (same-day tape) GOLF • 5 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Open d'Italia, final round, at Turin, Italy • 9 a.m., TGC — PGA Tour, TOUR Championship, final round, at Atlanta • 10 a.m., NBC — PGA Tour, TOUR Championship, final round, at Atlanta • 4 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Hawaii Championship, final round, at Kapolei, Hawaii MLB • 10 a.m., CSNB or TBS — San Francisco at N.Y. Yankees • 11:10 a.m., WGN — Atlanta at Chicago Cubs • 1 p.m., CSNC — Minnesota at Oakland • 5 p.m., ESPN — St. Louis at Milwaukee Time TBA NFL • 10 a.m., CBS — San Diego at Tennessee • 10 a.m., FOX — Green Bay at Cincinnati • 1:25 p.m., CBS — Indianapolis at San Francisco • 5 p.m., NBC — Chicago at Pittsburgh SOCCER • 5 a.m., CNBC — Premier League, Stoke at Arsenal • 7:55 a.m., NBCSN — Premier League, Manchester United at Manchester City WNBA • Noon, ESPN2 — Playoffs, first round, game 2, teams TBD • 2 p.m., ESPN2 — Playoffs, first round, game 2, teams TBD Monday's schedule NFL • 5:25 p.m., ESPN — Oakland at Denver WNBA • 7 p.m., ESPN2 — Playoffs, first round, game 3, Phoenix at Los Angeles (if necessary) Weekend Sept. 21-22, 2013 Colts, 49ers game will be 1 of reunions Colts, 49ers matchup will be 1 of reunions SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Andrew Luck kept San Francisco's prime-time loss at Seattle in the background once his workday ended disappointingly last Sunday in Indianapolis. The Colts quarterback knows plenty well what to expect from his old college coach, Jim Harbaugh, and a 49ers staff featuring several former Stanford coaches. Luck and Harbaugh face off for the first time Sunday at Candlestick Park, each trying to get his 1-1 team back on track. ''It's going to be tough. They obviously got to the Super Bowl last year,'' Luck said. ''I have a lot of respect for coach Harbaugh in my years at Stanford with him and coach (Vic) Fangio and the rest of the Stanford guys on their staff. They're a premier defense. It's going to be a great challenge but I think we're up for it. It'll be a fun week of work.'' For Harbaugh, facing Luck might have a similar feel to coaching against his brother in the Super Bowl. Luck helped Harbaugh turn around Stanford's program and propel him into the NFL coaching ranks. ''There's not a lot of weaknesses that he has,'' Harbaugh said. ''We're going to have to be very sound, very good. He's a top-notch quarterback in the NFL. Hopefully we'll be better for it as we play these top guys.'' Emotions aside for players and coaches on both sides, here are five things to watch for Sunday: REUNION TIME: Colts defensive lineman Ricky Jean Francois returns to face San Francisco after helping the 49ers reach the Super Bowl last season. Indianapolis tight end AP file photo In this Nov. 6, 2010, file photo, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, left, and coach Jim Harbaugh, smile after Stanford defeated Arizona 42-17. Coby Fleener, another former Stanford star, will be reunited with his college coaching staff, just like Luck. Francois showed up for work Monday and went looking for Luck. He will offer any insight he can to help the offense, knowing Harbaugh loves to mix up things and pull out new wrinkles from that thick 49ers playbook. ''If nobody else asks me something, I said I know it's got to be Andrew Luck,'' Francois said. ''I can give him some things, but I hope he don't ask for the signals because I'm on the front seven, I don't know nothing behind me. But I'm going to just help my offense the best I can, help my coaches to the knowledge of what I did, offense and defense-wise.'' 49ers tight end Vernon Davis will face cornerback brother Vontae for the first time — if big brother Vernon's tender hamstring allows it, that is. KAEPERNICK BOUNCING BACK: A week after Colin Kaepernick threw for a career-high 412 yards and three touchdowns in a win against Green Bay, he produced his worst performance as a pro in a 29-3 loss at division rival Seattle. Kaepernick went 13 for 28 for 127 yards with three interceptions and was sacked three times. ''The biggest thing is we have to go out and execute,'' he said. ''It's not really something they did, it's what we didn't do.'' How he bounces back will be a key factor considering he had very little failure in a breakthrough 2012 and impressive postseason run. ''He probably played the best; most productive person we had on offense,'' Harbaugh said. ''He did what he could.'' TALE OF TWO HALVES: Indianapolis amassed 315 yards in the first half and 133 over the final two quarters in a 24-20 home loss to Miami, Luck's first defeat on his home field. The Colts led 17-14 at halftime after falling behind 14-3. Coach Chuck Pagano is striving for improved consistency in all phases. ''We've got to play better,'' Pagano said. ''We've got to play 60 minutes of consistent football on both sides of the ball and on special teams. We'll continue to look for ways to make sure that we can do that.'' THE GORE FACTOR: Frank Gore wants to get on track, and now. The franchise rushing leader has 30 carries for 60 yards in two games, with his longest gain for 8 yards. He had nine carries for 16 yards at Seattle. An offensive line so dependable last year has struggled, while defenses have focused on stopping the run. ''We have to find a way, we have to get it done,'' Gore said. Indy wants to quickly incorporate new RB Trent Richardson into the offense. Raiders try to stop Manning, Broncos DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos have been playing without their best pass rusher, their best cornerback and, now, they'll be missing their best offensive lineman. A season in crisis? Hardly. Such is life with Peyton Manning under center. Manning is the first quarterback in NFL history to open the season with nine touchdown passes and no interceptions and the Broncos (2-0) have averaged 45 points in their first two games. They lost left tackle Ryan Clady to a foot injury this week and have been without linebacker Von Miller and cornerback Champ Bailey, though Bailey returned to practice and could see some action Monday night against the Raiders. The general consensus about all these Denver injuries: What difference does it make? ''The best part about this team is having depth,'' Broncos receiver Eric Decker said. ''I think we do have a lot of guys that can fill a position.'' Taking Clady's spot in the lineup will be fifth-year lineman Chris Clark, who played the role of Manning's blindside protector through much of offseason practice while Clady was overcoming a shoulder injury. The Raiders are tied for the league lead in sacks, with nine over the first two games, and will try to expose a Denver offensive line that shuffled around even before Clady's injury but has shown no signs of trouble so far. ''Being around him, even for the short time I was in Denver, I know they have all the confidence in the world that the man can go in there and do the job,'' said Raiders coach Dennis Allen, who was Denver's defensive coordinator for a season before taking the Oakland job. Despite the latest injury, the Broncos are 15-point favorites for the game against their AFC West rivals, the biggest spread of the NFL season so far. The Raiders (1-1), pegged as one of the league's worst teams, have fared a bit better than that, taking a lead against the Colts in the fourth quarter of the opener before falling, then beating one of the league's other worst teams, the Jacksonville Jaguars, at home last week. Now, the biggest test. A victory would put them in a tie with the Broncos and hand them their first regularseason loss in 14 games. Five things to watch when the Raiders and Broncos meet: PROTECTING THE FRANCHISE: Defensive backs have accounted for five of Oakland's nine sacks this season, meaning the Raiders aren't shy about bringing the blitz and mixing things up. Certainly, they'll try to confuse Clark, who will be making his first career start at left tackle. But Manning gets the ball out so quickly, it may be hard to get to him around the edges. A more subtle impact will be what the Broncos lose, protectionwise, in their attempts to help Clark handle Raiders defensive end Lamarr Houston and others who might come around the left side. They used to let Clady deal with his man by himself. Clark likely will need help. LEGIT OR NOT: The Raiders were almost universally pegged as either the worst or second-worst team in the league coming into the season. Their 19-9 win last week over Jack- sonville certainly gets them out of the cellar. They've even moved up to a tie for 29th in the latest AP Pro32 power rankings, tied with Tampa Bay and ahead of Cleveland. Now comes the biggest test: A road game against Manning and the defending division champions. Last season, Denver outscored the Raiders 63-19 in their two meetings. RUNNING AND STOPPING THE RUN: Denver's run defense ranks first in the league, in part because opponents have been forced to abandon the ground game after falling so far behind. The Raiders run offense ranks first in the league, mainly because Terrelle Pryor has 162 yards rushing — best among all quarterbacks — and running back Darren McFadden has an AFC-best 223 yards from scrimmage, including 177 on the ground. FORTY'S THE NEW THIRTY: According to STATS Inc., the Broncos could become the seventh team since 1990 to score 40 or more points in three consecutive games. Among those they would join: The 2000 St. Louis Rams, who became the first team to score more than 500 points in a season, along with the 2004 Indianapolis Colts, quarterbacked by you know who. PEYTON VS. D-BACKS: In the offseason, free-agent safety Charles Woodson made a visit to Denver, but ended up signing with Oakland, where he started his career. Oakland also signed cornerback Tracy Porter, whose one-year stay in Denver last season was a bust, filled with injuries and illness and only six games played. Will be interesting to see if Manning goes after Porter in this game. PREP ROUNDUP GOLF The Red Bluff Lady Spartans finished third in a league match Thursday at Riverview, shooting a team total of 262. The Spartans were led by Sofia Frantz, who shot a team low 46. Autumn Poole scored a 50 and Summer Frantz notched a 53. Yazmin Villalobos shot a 56, Michelle Mitchell added a 57 and Emilie Louisell shot a 60. Red Bluff stands at third in league, behind Pleasant Valley and Chico. TENNIS Red Bluff 5, West Valley 4 No 1. singles player Ginger Shaffer led the Spartans with a 7-5, 6-4 win over last year's Sac River League champion, Tatiana Pellow. Emmaline Iverson and Rylee DuFrain won their matches, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, and 6-4, 6-1, respectively. Shaffer teamed up with Aislynn Lair to win, 10-4. And Erika Ellis and Iverson prevailed, 10-6.