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Weekend Volleyball — Los Molinos at CCS Tournament Volleyball — Red Bluff at Roseville Invitational SAT —MLB— Giants at Phillies, 4:30 p.m., FOX SAT — NASCAR — Bank of America 500, 4:30 p.m., ABC SUN—NFL—Raiders at 49ers, 1 p.m., CBS SUN— MLB—Giants at Phillies, 5 p.m., FOX Sports 1B Weekend October 16, 2010 Paradise rolls by Spartans FOOTBALL Paradise 49 Red Bluff 14 By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor A three-touchdown spurt in the span of three minutes gave the Bobcats all the scoring they would need, Friday night, in a 49-14 win over the still winless Red Bluff Spartans. On the second play of the game Mathew Smoots bust- ed a 66-yard run to set Par- adise up at the Spartans 16- yard line. Red Bluff ended up hold- ing Paradise from scoring on the drive, the only time they would do so in the first half. Following a Spartans punt, Jordan Dobrich scored on Paradise’s next play from scrimmage on a 30-yard run. Red Bluff fumbled their next offensive play and Par- adise again needed just one play as Eric Patterson found Austin Thayer in the end zone for one of three first half passing touchdowns. Following another Spar- tans’ 3-and-out the Bobcats covered 53 yards in three plays, capped by a Dylan Franchi touchdown run. In a span of 3:05 the Bobcats had put up 21 points. “You just can’t spot a team 21 points in any game,” Red Bluff coach John Miller said. An even more impressive Paradise drive came next as the Bobcats used 18 plays to methodically go 84 yards. Once again Patterson found Thayer in the end Cards top Big Blue FOOTBALL Corning 58 Anderson 32 Tyler McIntyre scored four touchdowns as Corning beat host Anderson 58-32. McIntyre had 94 yards rushing. Ryan Holland led Corning with 130 yards and scored twice. Devan Whitlock also scored and had 68 yards rushing. Cameron Nye added 73 more on the ground. J.D. Whited was hurt during the victory. Mercy wins on the road 8-MAN Mercy 58 Big Valley 44 Mercy snapped a two- game skid and kept their playoff hopes alive with a 58-44 road win against Big Valley. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff quarterback Taylor Figgs is sacked by Taylor Palade during the third quarter, Friday. zone to end the drive. Patterson finished the game 9-for-14 for 133 yards and Thayer caught seven balls for 77 yards. Thayer capped a 35-0 first half for the Bobcats with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Trevor Edgecomb. Paradise outgained Red Bluff 361-45 in the first half. Despite that first half dis- parity, Red Bluff’s defense played well in the second half forcing two turnovers and the offense produced a pair of touchdowns. The hard running of Austin Wobbe helped lead the Spartans on a pair of touchdown scoring drives in the fourth quarter. The first was capped by a 34-yard burst from Tyler Demerath and the second by a 5-yard keeper up the mid- dle by quarterback Taylor Figgs. Ian Hill was back on the field to convert both extra points as Red Bluff outscored Paradise 14-0 in the fourth quarter. Wobbe finished the game with 11 carries for 48 yards. Demerath recovered one fumble for the Spartans and Garrett Spangler caused another. Paradise’s two second half scores came on a pair of third quarter miscues by the Spartans punting unit. A low snap helped lead to an Epa Rokoika block that was recovered for a touchdown by Brandon Lar- son. One possession and a high snap later gave Par- adise the ball at the Red Bluff 1-yard line to start the Bobcats’ final scoring drive, which resulted in a Luis Amaya touchdown run. Red Bluff (0-7, 0-2) hosts their final home game of the season and also their homecoming next week against No. 1 Foothill. A-Rod, Yankees rally in 8th, beat Texas New York 6 Game 1 Texas 5 NY 1-0 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nolan Ryan hollered from the front row, manager Ron Washington pumped his fist in the dugout and C.J. Wilson kept in control on the mound. Finally, a home playoff victory for the Texas Rangers was within reach. Even better, they were beat- ing their old nemesis, the New York Yankees. And then, Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees did what they do best. They rallied to win, using a five- run eighth inning to down Texas 6-5 Friday night in the AL championship series opener. ‘‘That was a classic example of us having a tough start for the first six innings,’’ said Rodriguez, who scooted home with the tiebreaking run soon after his two-run single that was nearly a double-play grounder. ‘‘Then a great at- bat and a great slide gets us going.’’ The Rangers still have never won a postseason game at home (0-7). This one hurt the most, since they led 3-0 in the first inning and knocked out CC Sabathia with a 5-0 lead after four. Robinson Cano hit a solo homer in the seventh to begin the Yankees’ come- back. Brett Gardner’s head- first dive for an infield hit the next inning started a string of seven straight hit- ters reaching base against Wilson and four relievers. ‘‘The first seven innings didn’t go too well for us,’’ Gardner said. ‘‘Just trying to get something going. Sometimes, I feel like I can get there faster, depending on how my body’s lean- ing.’’ After a majors-best 48 come-from-behind wins in the regular season, the defending World Series champion Yankees have done it three more times in the postseason. The latest left Washing- ton and everyone else in the Texas dugout looking on in disgust. Ryan sat with his arms crossed, shoulders slumped for the Rangers part-owner. Texas had a runner picked off in the eighth, then threatened in the ninth against Mariano Rivera by putting a runner on second with one out. But Rivera struck out Michael Young and retired Josh Hamilton on a grounder. New York has won 10 consecutive postseason games against the Rangers, who were knocked out of the playoffs by the Yankees in their only three previous playoffs appearances (1996, 1998 and 1999). ‘‘I don’t know if we gave it away. We just didn’t execute,’’ Washington said. ‘‘It certainly was our ball- game. We needed six outs. We just didn’t get it.’’ The Yankees became the first team to win a postsea- son game after trailing by at least four runs in the eighth since the 2005 Astros, according to STATS LLC. Houston was behind Atlanta 6-1 in the eighth of NL division series Game 4 and went on to win 7-6 in 18 innings. ‘‘I’m never surprised at what our guys do. Maybe thrilled, but never sur- prised,’’ Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. ‘‘They stay on each other about grinding out at-bats. Chip away. There’s a talented group in there that plays with a lot of passion.’’ Right-hander Phil Hughes starts Game 2 for the Yankees on Saturday against right-hander Colby Lewis. MCT photo Mark Teixeira celebrates scoring a run in the eighth inning. Hamilton’s three-run homer in the first put Texas ahead, and only a fortunate bounce on what could’ve been a bases-loaded wild pitch later in the inning stopped the Rangers from getting more. Wilson, the crafty lefty reliever-turned starter, blanked the Yankees through six innings. The home run by Cano started things going awfully wrong for the Rangers. Gardner, the speedy ninth-place hitter, led off the eighth with an infield hit and Derek Jeter followed with an RBI double to chase Wilson. Darren Oliver, the only player who had been in a playoff game with Texas before this season, came in with a 5-2 lead and walked the only two batters he faced. Rodriguez, who had already struck out twice and made a fielding error to the delight of his former Texas fans, hit a hard grounder that hopped over Young’s glove at third base. The single came against submarining right-hander Darren O’Day, who faced only one batter and took the loss. Cano then had an RBI single off lefty Clay Rapa- da, who didn’t face another batter. Marcus Thames fol- lowed with the single off Derek Holland that drove home A-Rod. Dustin Moseley, the sec- ond of four Yankees’ reliev- ers, struck out four in his two perfect innings. Rivera worked the ninth for his 42nd career postsea- son save, extending his major league record. He has allowed only one earned run over his last 21 postseason appearances (28 innings). Things had started so well for the Rangers in their first-ever ALCS game, and the first time playing a post- season series opener at Rangers Ballpark. Ryan, the Hall of Famer and team president, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The all-time king of strikeouts and no-hitters fired a heater to Jim Sund- berg that drew maybe the loudest pregame cheer under the Friday night lights that in the Texas fall are usually dominated by high school football. Ryan was ready for an ALCS game. So were the Rangers. Sabathia, not so much. With Hamilton’s three- See YANKS, page 2B Mitchell Lopez ran for four touchdowns and passed for one to Michael Uhalde. Royce Crane scored, Matt Misener and Lopez had interceptions. Logan Baer and Wes- ley Inman played strong defensive games as the Warriors put together a full four quarters of strong football. FOOTBALL Week 7 Schedule Thursday’s 8-man result Dunsmuir 59, Liberty Christian 36 Friday’s results Corning 58, Anderson 32 Paradise 49, Red Bluff 14 Chester at Los Molinos, late Chico 24, Enterprise 7 Durham 33, Pierce 20 East Nicolaus 26, Portola 21 Ferndale 28, Quincy 12 Foothill 33, Shasta 32 Gridley 28, Central Valley 19 Lassen 49, Oroville 0 Maxwell 50, Biggs 6 Pleasant Valley 49, Las Plumas 6 Sutter 35, Winters 7 Trinity 30, Live Oak 14 West Valley 42, Yreka 21 Wheatland 34, Orland 7 Williams 37, Colusa 8 Burney at Weed, late Esparto at Hamilton, late Fall River at Tulelake, late Modoc at Etna, late University Prep at Willows, late Friday’s 8-man results Mercy 58, Big Valley 44 Hayfork 56, Happy Camp 0 Champion Christian at Westwood, late Greenville at Elk Creek, late Happy Camp at Hayfork, late Saturday’s 8-man game Loyalton at Herlong, 1 p.m. Tehama Tracker VOLLEYBALL Mercy 19 10 23 R. Christian 25 25 25 Redding Christian stayed perfect in Tri-Cities League play, Thursday, with a three- game sweep of visiting Mercy. Diana Van Ert and Alex McFadyen each had four kills and 13 digs for Mercy, who fell to 2-5 in league play. Maggie Keller record- ed nine assists. TENNIS Corning 5 Willows 3 Victoria Owens kept rolling, Thursday, and the Lady Cardinals defeated Willows 5-3 in a non-league match. Owens defeated Kylie Gammon 6-0, 6-1 and teamed with Elle Davis to defeat Kaylen Wilson and Mikayla Boer 9-7 in dou- bles. Sarah Drum defeated Boer in singles 6-3, 6-0 and won a doubles match with partner Cora Bryant. Bryant picked up Corn- ing’s other win, defeating Mackenzie Gomes 6-3, 7-6.