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BIEBER TheMercyWarriorsfell 58-14 on the road Friday night to undefeated Big Valley. It was a non-league game for the Warriors who dropped to 3-4 overall in the season, but are 2-1 in league play. Mercy's four losses have come against teams who are a com- bined 22-4. William Gentry ran for 99 yards in the loss and caught a pair of touchdown passes. Al House racked up 113 rushing yards and Noe Rodriguez had 26 on the ground. Mercy returns home Saturday to host Loyalton in a league game. 8-MAN FOOTBALL Big Valley whips visiting Mercy Aspringcampforplayersin grades 1-12will be held Jan. 18through Feb. 22in Redding. For more information visit usbaseballacademy.com. Last year's camps sold out, regis- tration is recommended. YOUTH BASEBALL USBaseballAcademy Spring Training 2015 The Red Bluff Lady Spartans host Paradise at 7p.m in a Eastern Athletic League tilt. Mercy hosts Chester at 6:30 p.m. Corning visits Lassen at 7p.m. for a Northern Athletic League match. VOLLEYBALL Red Bluff, Mercy host league matches tonight By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter CORNING Salvador Mora con- nected on a 36-yard field goal in overtime to lift Corning to a 17-14 upset over West Valley on Home- coming Friday night. The Cardinals defense domi- nated for most of the game, but West Valley drove 74 yards in 1:55 to tie the score 14-14 with eight seconds remaining in the game when Giovanni Lakmann hauled in a Kody Karpinski touchdown pass. On the first play in overtime West Valley coughed over the foot- ball, which was recovered by Coy Parker for Corning. That left Corning with four plays from their 10-yard-line to win it. However penalties pushed Corning back and the Cardinals faced fourth-and-19. Despite several bad snaps in the kicking game, Corning turned to its field goal unit. Mora hit a low liner that squeaked over the cross bar and the celebration in front of the alumni was on. "I was pretty nervous, the whole game was on the line," Mora said afterward. It was the Northern Athletic League opener for both teams, who are both now 4-2 overall. Considering the circumstances of a large Homecoming crowd, coming off of a tough loss to ri- val Orland, having star Alex Da- vila miss the game with injury and having lost their overtime game to Lassen, Corning coach John Studer ranked it as one of the best wins in his career. "I can't remember as being as excited for our kids as I was to- night," Studer said. The Cardinals took the lead on a play Corning fans haven't seen much of over the years. The run-first Cardinals sent Chance Nelson on a go route and Wyatt Haydon found him per- fectly for a 62-yard touchdown on their second drive of the game. It was 7-0 Corning. The Cardinals defense kept forcing punts until late in the first half when Brody Jones took a shovel pass and ran 52 yards un- touched to tie the game 7-7 before halftime. Corning mixed in 15 pass at- tempts with their usual running, led by Chance Nelson who carried 25 times for 76 yards. His best run came midway through the third quarter when he darted and weaved through tackles on a 33-yard run down to the West Valley 6. Two plays later Nelson took the snap himself and found Aiden Nye for a 4-yard touchdown pass and a 14-7 lead. FOOTBALL CardinalsupsetWestValley Mora's field goal in OT li s Corning 17-14 By R.B. Fallstrom The Associated Press ST. LOUIS Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers answered St. Louis' fast start with a big fin- ish. Kaepernick threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns, helping the 49ers erase an early 14-point deficit and beat the Rams 31-17 on Monday night. Brandon Lloyd, Anquan Boldin and Michael Crabtree each caught a scoring pass for the 49ers (4-2), who have won three in a row. Ah- mad Brooks and Dan Skuta had two sacks apiece for a stifling de- fense that sacked Austin Davis five times and permitted one first down on St. Louis' first six posses- sions of the second half. "Our receivers did a great job today," Kaepernick said. "Our of- fensive line did a great job, pro- tecting us and giving us time." Kaepernick found Boldin zip- ping across the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown pass, capping a go-ahead 80-yard drive to start the second half. As the Niners were taking the 17-14 lead, sev- eral fans in the upper deck un- furled a large banner above the videoboard on the opposite end of the stadium as part of ongoing protests about the Michael Brown shooting in suburban Ferguson in August. San Francisco then added to its advantage when Kaepernick connected with Crabtree for a 32- yard score with 13 seconds left in the third. The Rams had one last chance to tie the game, but Dontae John- son returned an interception 20 NFL 49ers rip Rams for 3rd straight victory Soon a er taking over as interim coach of the Oakland Raiders, Tony Sparano had a simple message to deliver to quarterback Derek Carr: This is your team. RAIDERS Sparano puts trust in rookie quarterback Carr FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 By Travis Souders tsouders@chicoer.com @travissouders on Twitter CHICO Two teams trending in different directions each took a step further on Friday night. Clayton Welch threw for 192 yards and four touchdowns and Shawn Ray ran it 15 times for 153 yards and two scores and the Chico High football team routed Red Bluff 61-7 at Asgard Yard in a game that saw the Panthers drop 30 second-quarter points. Cameron Alfaro was an all-purpose stud for the Pan- thers (4-2, 2-1 Eastern Athletic League), racking up 155 yards from scrimmage, including a 73-yard touchdown carry, his only tote of the night. He also hauled in five passes, including two touchdowns from Welch. What looked to possibly be a game of some surprise or in- trigue in the first quarter, af- ter Red Bluff held a 7-6 lead on Walker Dodero's 16-yard touch- down pass to Lane Pritchard, quickly got out of hand as Chico scored every other point there would be in this one — and there would be a lot. From Ray's 33- yard touchdown rush just a min- ute after the only score for the Spartans (2-5, 1-2), to the final score of the game — Nicholas Maximov's 23-yard fumble re- covery for a touchdown — the Panthers were in the end zone all night long. Chico held Red Bluff to just 56 yards rushing in a game that pushed on deep into the night. Those who stuck around til the bitter end got to enjoy a bit of a rarity, however, when female player Mikaela Hassenzahl not entered the game (to a round ovation), but even was targeted, though the pass fell a good 3 yards in front of her on a quick swing route. The Panthers got team-wide contributions from everyone, but the trio of Welch, Ray and Alfaro did most the damage. It helped the Panthers' cause that they forced five turnovers, pick- ing off Red Bluff quarterback Walker Dodero thrice and forc- ing two fumbles. Hunter Mootz hauled in a 35-yard touchdown pass from Welch, and Chris- tian Click had two catches for 40 yards, one a 34-yard bomb he caught in stride in the back of the end zone. Pritchard led the Spartans with four catches for 97 yards, including a 61-yard deep bomb in the first quarter, and Dodero finished having completed only 5 of 21 passes for 151 yards and a score, but also the three picks. He was also injured late in the game, with the score 54-7, and was replaced. He limped off the field, appearing to favor his knee or his ankle. FOOTBALL CHICO DOES IT ALL IN RED BLUFF ROUT Trio of Welch, Ray and Alfaro does damage, forcing turnovers, fumbles PHOTOS BY DAN REIDEL — ENTERPRISE-RECORD Chico defensive end Nicholas Maximov grabs Red Bluff's KJ Hinkston in the backfield during a football game Friday at Asgard Yard in Chico. Chico's Hunter Mootz (front) and Red Bluff's Lane Pritchard battle for a pass. RED BLUFF PAGE 2 CORNING PAGE 2 Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, Sudoku and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the lat- est advice doled out by Amy Dickinson. YOUR DAILY BREAK Fun and games inside today PAGE B3 49ERS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, October 14, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1