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Sophomores Bryanna DeLuicia and Caitlin McCoy, a 2013 Corning Union High School graduate, battle for the ball in Thursday's final camp practice. ByRickSilva ParadisePost @Post_RickSilva on Twitter BUTTE VALLEY The Butte Col- lege women's soccer team hopes to kick off a successful 2014 sea- son when it takes on Mendocino College at Butte College on Friday. And from the sounds of it, the Roadrunners are off to a good start, wrapping up their summer camp that accomplished what two of their sophomore leaders hoped they would. Co-captain and Paradise High grad Lauren LeDuc and last year's leading scorer Corning High School graduate Cynthia Ramirez, said their goal soon af- ter the season ended was to get everyone on the same page. "We really worked on that this year," said LeDuc. "Our number one goal this year was to make sure we were all friends." Rameriz said that all summer they worked on making the team more together on and off the field. "I am looking forward to more teamwork, more communication and hopefully more success in the end," Ramirez said. "Being there for each other and having each other's back." For his part, coach Tony Salin- dong, who is entering his ninth year as the Roadrunner head coach, doesn't like looking back at previous years, saying each team has its own identity, its own set of challenges and its own legacy to build. "What I would say is if they learned some valuable lessons from 2013 that they wanted to apply to this year on and off the field, that's certainly fantastic," he said. The Roadrunners are coming off a 7-9-5 record, where they fin- ished fourth in the Golden Valley Conference with a 3-4-5 record. "I think we have a strong group of returners, and the fresh- men that we have this year have bought into the program," Salin- COLLEGE SOCCER Roadrunnersreadyforsuccess Corning grad Ramirez leads Butte College soccer into new season By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter CHICO The Corning Lady Car- dinals went 3-4 Saturday at the Eastern Athletic League pre- season jamboree. "We improved throughout the day," coach Teresa Lamb said. "Whitney Armstrong has vision on the field. Her and Grace Mora work well together." Armstrong scored on hard drives in each of Corning's last two games, a 1-0 win over River Valley and a 2-1 defeat to Pleas- ant Valley. Corning opened with a 2-0 loss to Bella Vista. The Lady Cardinals bounced back when Gabriele Peterson scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Lassen. Corning crushed Yuba City 3-0. Kobye Rezendes scored on a nice reverse and Kaitlin Cox pro- vided a pair of assists setting up FIELD HOCKEY LadyCards open season at EAL jamboree Corning finishes 3-4; Armstrong scores twice By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF More than 100 ath- letes on nine different teams participated Saturday at Trainor Park in the Northern California Special Olympics 2014 Northern Regional Softball Tournament. The Butte Bombers went 3-0 to capture the gold medal in Level 3 Competition. The Shasta Giants took sil- ver with a 2-1 record and the Te- hama Express won bronze with a 1-2 record. The Butte Bushwackers took fourth place. In the Level 4 Competition both the Tehama Hot Shots and Shasta Pirates went 2-0, but the Pirates edged the Hot Shots for gold based on run differential. The Tehama Storm went 1-1 for the bronze medal. The Shasta Bulldogs and Shasta Camps were fourth and fifth. Tehama County Special Olym- pics officials extended thanks to SPECIAL OLYMPICS Fun day at regional so ball tournament Gen. Martin Dempsey says that once he determines the Islamic State militants in Iraq have become a direct threat to the U.S. homeland, he will recommend the U.S. military move directly against them. WORLD Dempsey:Wewillactif group threatens US FULLSTORYONPAGEB4 The Daily News is putting to- gether our college sports local alumni list and need help. If you know of a Tehama County graduate playing college sports this fall email sports@ redbluffdailynews.com. ALUMNI Daily News needs readers' assistance The Corning Lady Cardinals open the 2014girls tennis season at 3:30p.m. today when they host visiting An- derson. Corning is the defend- ing Northern Athletic League champions. TENNIS Lady Cardinals host Anderson in opener By Kristie Rieken The Associated Press HOUSTON Jeff Samardzija pitched eight solid innings and Josh Donald- son drove in three runs to lead the Oakland Athletics over the Houston Astros 8-2 Monday night. Samardzija (4-3) allowed six hits, two runs and tied a season high with 10 strikeouts to bounce back from a two-game skid in which he yielded 11 runs combined. The right-hander was 2-7 with the Chicago Cubs be- fore an early July trade. Josh Reddick hit a two-run homer and Donaldson had three hits after sitting out Sunday with a knee in- jury. Donaldson doubled twice for his first extra-base hits and RBIs in his last nine games. Reddick's 10th home run sailed into the seats in right field to push Oakland's lead to 3-0 in the fourth. Chris Carter hit an opposite-field, two-run homer in the eighth to pull the Astros within one, but the A's added five runs in the ninth to ex- tend the lead to 8-2. Scott Feldman (7-10) allowed seven hits and three runs in seven innings. The Astros couldn't string any- thing together against Samardzija through the first seven innings. They didn't have more than one hit in an inning until the eighth, when Jose Altuve singled before Carter's homer. Houston reliever Tony Sipp, who had allowed just 10 walks in his pre- vious 41 innings, walked all four bat- ters he faced in the ninth to push Oakland's lead to 4-2. Donaldson's bases-loaded double off Jose Veras sent two more home, and Derek Nor- ris wrapped up the scoring with a two-run single. Eric Sogard doubled to start the third and scored on Donaldson's first hit — a two-out double — to put Oakland up 1-0. Brandon Moss singled in the fourth before Reddick homered. Carter's 31 home runs rank third in the American League and his 18 homers and 44 RBIs since July 1 lead the majors. Altuve's hit gave him 179 this season, which leads the AL. The pair has carried Houston's offense since the All-Star break while the AMERICAN LEAGUE SAMARDZIJA PITCHES OAKLAND TO VICTORY Pitcher bounces back from two-game skid Oakland's Josh Donaldson swings for a two-run double against the Houston Astros in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Houston. PHOTOS BY PAT SULLIVAN – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oakland's Jeff Samardzija delivers a pitch against the Houston Astros in the first inning of a baseball game on Monday in Houston. Thousands of mourners filled the massive Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis for the funeral of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by a police officer. FULL STORY ON PAGE B8 FUNERAL Michael Brown's family says goodbye JAMBOREE PAGE 2 SOFTBALL PAGE 2 SOCCER PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, August 26, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1