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Saturday mornings online at redbluffdailynews.com • reprinted in Monday's print edition D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Double Coverage Jackets sting Los Mo 24 Los Molinos 0 Williams By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor LOS MOLINOS — The 12- man Los Molinos Bulldogs roster gave a gutsy performance in their home opener Friday, but eventual- ly their lack of numbers caught up to them in a 24-0 loss to the visit- ing Williams Yellowjackets. The season opener for both schools was marred by dozens upon dozens upon dozens of penalty flags. The majority went against the Yellowjackets and also provided the saving grace for the Bulldogs in the form of glimpses of rest. Just minutes into the second half, Los Molinos lost their athlet- ic star Dom Ceja to injury and were forced to play the rest of the game with just 11 players. The Bulldogs trailed only 6-0 at halftime, but the exhaustion caught up with them in the second half as their offense found difficulty mov- ing the ball. Los Molinos netted eight yards of offense in the sec- ond half. Ceja finished as the team's lead- ing rusher with 22 yards on seven carries. Williams' quarterback Ben Mayes completed 6-of-19 passes for 124 yards, but three went for touchdowns. One went to Max Santos and a pair to Erik Knight, who finished with three catches for 74 yards. Antonio Boites added 120 yards on the ground on 16 carries for the Yellowjackets. It could have been worse for the Bulldogs. The Yellowjackets had two touchdowns called back for penal- ties and turned the ball over three times in the end zone, including a fumble into the Los Molinos end zone. Gilbert Zamora had the inter- ception for Los Molinos and Wyatt Redamonti made a fumble recov- Week 0 Scoreboard Friday's results Williams 24, Los Molinos 0 Durham 35, Biggs 7 East Nicholas 55, Stone Ridge C. 12 Enterprise 17, Del Campo 10, OT Fall River 36, Burney 6 Foothill 60, Dixon 0 Modoc 27, Mt. Shasta 6 Orland 40, Hamilton 0 Paradise 20, Merced 13 Shasta 27, Lassen 17 South Tahoe 35, Portola 12 Sutter 7, West Valley 0 Trinity 30, Yreka 0 Willows 40, Colusa 19 Esparto at Pierce, late Weed at Etna, late EAL — South Las Plumas Oroville Lassen Paradise 0 - 0 1- 0 0 - 0 0- 0 0 - 0 League 0- 0 Red Bluff 0 - 0 0- 0 0 - 0 0- 1 Daily News photos by Rich Greene The Bulldogs' were outmanned, Friday night, but gave a gutsy performance in their opener. ery. While the score and lack of offensive production weren't pret- ty, Los Molinos coach George Wil- son had every reason to tell his Bulldogs' he was proud of their effort. "We outplayed them in the first half — just two long passes," Wil- son said afterward. The first long pass of the game proved to be critical, when on the Yellowjackets' second possession of the game Knight burnt the Los Molinos secondary on a post rout to score a 63-yard touchdown reception. Behind Ceja, Edward Garnica and Trevor Morton the Bulldogs were finding some success moving the ball in the first quarter, but twice their drives stalled when they missed a fourth down by sure inch- es. Williams didn't help itself out with their constant parade of penalties and the Bulldogs' defense kept the game 6-0 headed into the half. The Yellowjackets' started the second half with a pair of turnovers, but the Bulldogs' offense without Ceja couldn't take advantage. Midway through the third quar- ter Williams took over the ball at the Bulldogs' 40-yard-line follow- ing a punt. Behind Boites the Yel- lowjackets moved the ball down to the Los Molinos 15, before once again penalties took their toll. Consecutive flags backed them up the 30-yard-line, but for the first time in the game Williams' over- came their self-induced troubles when Mayes found Santos down the right sideline for a touchdown. Williams then took control of the game on their next possession when they marched 43 yards and Boites popped in a touchdown run from two yards out. In what would epitomize the D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 When it comes to prep football, we've got you DOUBLE COVERED Extended coverage Saturdays online at www.redbluffdailynews.com The weekend's best action reprinted every Monday on a special page Northern Athletic 0 - 0 0- 0 League Anderson C. Valley 0 - 0 0- 0 Corning Yreka West Valley 0 - 0 0- 1 0 - 0 0- 0 0 - 0 0- 1 Mountain Valley League Chester Maxwell Biggs Overall Overall Overall 0 - 0 0- 0 0 - 0 0- 0 0 - 0 0- 1 Los Molinos 0 - 0 0- 1 8-Man North Big Valley 0 - 0 0- 0 League Overall Butte Valley 0 - 0 0- 0 Happy Camp 0 - 0 0- 0 H game. The conversion attempt fol- lowing the touchdown would have to be played four times before it happened penalty-free. Williams' didn't convert. Boites and Knight hooked up on a 10-yard touchdown pass on Williams' final possession game of the game. The Division-III Yellowjackets (0-1), who were playing down a division against Los Molinos, will have their work cut out for them next week when they host defend- ing Division-IV champion Maxwell. Assuming Los Molinos (0-1) can keep enough players healthy to continue their season, the Bulldogs will host Portola. "If we're going to play, we're going to play hard," Wilson said. Hayfork Liberty C. Mercy Dunsmuir 0 - 0 0- 0 0 - 0 0- 0 0 - 0 0- 0 Redding C. 0 - 0 0- 0 0 - 0 0- 0 2010 Section Champs D-I D-II D-III D-IV H D-VI Paradise Lassen Durham Maxwell Hayfork Week 1 Schedule All games 7:30 p.m. except where noted Thursday's 8-man game Mercy at Champion Christian, 7 p.m. Friday's games Las Plumas at Corning Pleasant Valley at Red Bluff Portola at Los Molinos Chester at Quincy Colusa at Live Oak Enterprise at Anderson Etna at Hoopa Valley Gridley at Willows Lassen at Chico Maxwell at Williams Orland at Lindhurst Pierce at Hamilton Rio Vista at East Nicholas River Valley at Sutter Trinity at Central Valley Tulelake at Lakeview-Paisley, 7 p.m. Weed at University Prep West Valley at Shasta Wheatland at Oroville Winters at Esparto Yreka at Mt. Shasta Friday's 8-man games Dunsmuir at Princeton, 4 p.m. Happy Camp at Elk Creek, 6 p.m. Hayfork at Greenville, 7 p.m. Herlong at Pyramid Lake Westwood at Redding Christian Saturday's games Foothill vs Deer Valley at Paradise, 5:30 p.m. Paradise vs Edison at Foothill, 8 p.m. Saturday's 8-man game Butte Valley at Loyalton, 1 p.m.