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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 Corning clubs Cubs Anderson 17 Corning 38 ByRICHGREENE DN Sports Editor CORNING — Overcoming a sluggish first quarter, the Corning Cardinals throttled Anderson 38-17, Friday night, to improve to 4-3 on the sea- son and even their Northern Athletic League record at 1-1. Perhaps they were still physically and emo- tionally drained from their slugfest the week prior with West Valley, but the Cardinals came out flat against Anderson. Corning senior captain Erik Miranda had a simpler answer. "They were more physical than we thought," he said. Whatever the reason the visiting Cubs (2-5) led 7-0 after the first quarter after Angelo Alle- gretto capped a 70-yard drive with a 1-yard run. Meanwhile, Corning's offense was held to just a single first down through the first 12 minutes. "We gotta' come out better than that," Corning quarterback Ryan Holland said after the game. While the second quarter would start with a Corning drive to tie the game, it wasn't until Anderson's next possession that the Cardinals snapped out of their funk. Linebacker J.D. Whited dropped back into coverage and picked off a Garrett Greenhaw pass and returned it 40 yards to the Anderson 5-yard line. The Cardinals sideline finally showed its usual enthusiasm and from that moment on it was the usual brand of Corning Union football — with a slight twist. After Holland took in his second of three rush- ing touchdowns the Cardinals for the second straight week turned to the pass. Holland finished the first half 6-of-8 passing for 89 yards and set up a Quentin McCormick 26- yard field goal just before halftime to give Corn- ing a 17-7 lead. "We opened it up," Holland said. "We made some big plays. We got a lot of guys who can catch the ball." Corning's new found aerial threat opened up Anderson for the usual Cardinals' ground and pound running game in the second half. Battling injuries and illness Whited picked up most of his 123 rushing yards in the second half, Daily News photo by Rich Greene Roy Madrigal and Erik Miranda sack Anderson quarterback Garrett Greenhaw. including a 2-yard touchdown run to put Corning up 24-7 Following an Anderson 26-yard field goal, Holland added his third score on the game on a nice read option play from 11-yards out. The touchdown capped a classic Corning drive of physical running form Whited and sophomore Thomas Lowe. The latter's efforts didn't go unnoticed by his teammates. "Our sophomore stepped it up right there — running down the field with 20 guys on him," Miranda said. John Lowe would add another Corning touch- down minutes later following a pair of sacks from the combined efforts of Madrigal, Cody Long and Roy Madrigal. Long also had a fumble recovery in the game. Anderson got one final score in the late going when Jeremiah Emershy took in a well-deserved touchdown. Emershy finished with a team-high 97 rushing yards for Anderson. When they weren't running Emershy or Dominic Allegretto the Cubs spent most of the night trying to burn the Cardinals' defensive backs on max protect fly routes. They could never complete one of the deep passes and at one point had thrown 12 consecutive incompletions. Greenhaw finished 3-for-17 for 32 yards. Holland meanwhile finished with seven com- pletions to five different receivers. John Lowe caught three balls for 72 yards. Martin Solano, Colton Conoly, Thomas Lowe and Cole Barnes also had receptions. Whited's 123 rushing yards led Corning. Hol- land added 62 on the ground. Thomas Lowe fin- ished with 43 yards on six carries. John Lowe had 26 yards on 10 carries. Fernando Gonzalez had a 10-yard carry, Ezekiel Rodgiuez had four yards on two carries, Nathan Fultz had a 5-yard carry and Conoly had six yards on two carries for Corning. Next up for the Cardinals is a visit from league foe Yreka. key for next week. The lesson learned from this week, will be the "Come out better in the first quarter. We can't have another first quarter like that," Holland said. "Then just play solid all the way through." Standings EAL — South League Overall Paradise 2 - 0 7- 0 2- 0 4- 3 0 - 1 0- 7 0 - 1 0- 7 Lassen Las Plumas Oroville Red Bluff 0 - 2 0-7 Week 7 Scoreboard Friday's results Corning 38, Anderson 17 Paradise 56, Red Bluff 26 Central Valley 32, Gridley 15 Chico 41, Enterprise 21 Colusa 22, Williams 14 Durham 44, Pierce 0 Foothill 35, Shasta 33 Hamilton 18, Esparto 6 Lassen 48, Oroville 14 Live Oak 35, Trinity 14 Maxwell 52, Biggs 9 Orland 44, Wheatland 7 Pleasant Valley 27, Las Plumas 13 Sutter 42, Winters 7 West Valley 20, Yreka 7 Willows 53, University Prep 24 East Nicolaus at Portola, late Etna at Modoc, late Weed at Burney, late Friday's 8-man results Butte Valley 35, Hayfork 14 Happy Camp 20, Redding Christian 18 Herlong at Westwood, late Liberty Christian at Big Valley, late Loyalton at Greenville, late Princeton at Champion Christian, late Saturday's 8-man game Dunsmuir at Mercy, Noon Northern Athletic League Corning Yreka Overall C. Valley Anderson West Valley 2 - 0 5- 2 1- 1 4- 3 1- 1 4- 3 0 - 1 4- 3 0 - 1 2- 5 8-Man North Butte Valley 5- 0 6- 0 Big Valley Dunsmuir 4 - 1 4- 1 League Overall Happy Camp 3- 1 4- 2 3- 1 5- 1 H Hayfork Liberty C. Mercy 2 -3 3- 4 1 -2 3- 3 Redding C. 1 - 3 1- 5 0 - 3 1- 4 Week 8 Schedule All games 7:30 p.m. except where noted Friday's games Spartans show toughness in loss at Paradise Red Bluff 26 Paradise 56 By JEFFLARSON MediaNews Group PARADISE — The Paradise Bobcats scored twice within the first two minutes of the game and went onto to defeat Red Bluff 56-26, Fri- day night. The Spartans fell to 0-7 on the season and 0-2 in Eastern Athletic League-South play. The first score for Paradise (7-0, 2-0 EAL-South) occurred on the second play from scrimmage. Junior quarterback Tom Hays hooked up with senior wide receiver Kyle Potthast on a 25-yard streak play up the middle that Potthast took the rest of the 42 yards for a 67-yard touchdown reception to put Paradise in front, 7-0 at the 11:10 mark of the first quarter. Three plays later, junior line- backer Izzy Welch stepped in front of a Taylor Figgs pass, hauled it in and scampered 54 yards to the end zone for a 14-0 lead with 10:35 on the clock. The Paradise quarterback had praise for the visiting Spartans, say- ing Red Bluff will be a force to be reckoned with late in the season. The Spartans scored 14 consecu- tive points to cut the deficit to 42-20 early in the fourth quarter. "That team is a tough team, I don't know how they are (0-7)," Hays said. Red Bluff coach John Miller said he liked the effort from his Spartans. "We played physical with them," Miller said "They weren't used to getting hit like that." The Spartans close out their tough four-game road trip when they visit Foothill next Friday. Jeff Larson is the sports editor at the Paradise Post. Daily News Sports Editor Rich Greene contributed to this report. MediaNews Group photo/Paradise Post Red Bluff quarterback Garrett Sandow is sacked, Friday. Red Bluff at Foothill Yreka at Corning Biggs at Chester Burney at Modoc Central Valley at Anderson Chico vs Pleasant Valley Durham at Live Oak Esparto at Quincy Etna at Fall River Gridley at Sutter Las Plumas vs Oroville Lassen at Paradise Maxwell at Weed Orland at Winters Portola at Colusa Shasta at Enterprise Trinity at Pierce, 7 p.m. University Prep at Mt. Shasta West Valley at Wheatland Williams at East Nicolaus Friday's 8-man games Elk Creek at Greenville, 6 p.m. Hayfork at Happy Camp, 7 p.m. Liberty Christian at Dunsmuir, 7 p.m. Redding Christian at Butte Valley, 6 p.m. Westwood at Champion Christian, 7 p.m. Saturday's 8-man games Big Valley at Mercy, Noon Herlong at Loyalton, 1 p.m.