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COURTESYPHOTO The Los Molinos Bulldogs volleyball team poses a er taking second place in the Beth Pilger Invitational tournament Saturday. Aftergoingundefeatedinthree matches on Thursday, the Los Mo- linos Bulldogs was the No. 1 seed out of Pool A going into play Sat- urday's cross pool play at the Beth Pilger Invitational tournament. The Bulldogs continued their streak Saturday, beating Portola 21- 25, 25-19 and 15-9, then Colusa 25- 8, 25-15 then finishing off by beat- ing a very good Redding Christian team 25-19 and 25-21. Seated No. 2 for bracket play, the Bulldogs went up against No. 3 Portola and won 25-17 and 25- 22 to move in to the championship game against Fall River. This was the second week in a row that the Los Molions Bull- dogs had to play the Bulldogs of Fall River in a championship game. Fall River won 25-15 and 25-19. Los Molinos went 7-1 and fin- ished second overall in the eighth annual tournament the school hosts. Sophomore Rachel Rogers, ju- niors Henna Acevedo and Liset Castillo and senior Vanesa Cota were All Tourney selections. Over Saturday's five matches, Rogers had 52 kills, 11 aces and 4 blocks; Acevedo 19 kills, 11 aces and 2 blocks; Castillo 26 kills, 10 aces and 2 blocks; Cota had 2 kills, 4 aces and 59 assists. The Bulldogs will go up against CORE Butte at home at 6:30 to- night, Sept. 22. Cardinals3-3attourney The Corning Cardinals started a weekend tournament Friday with a win in two sets over Mendocino, 25-20 and 25-29, followed by 25-13 and 25-21 losses to Enterprise. Facing Mendocino again Satur- day, the Cardinals won 25-18 and 25-17 and went on to beat Central Valley 25-21 and 25-20. Up against Anderson the Car- dinals lost 25-15 and 25-13 before dropping the final match 25-20 and 25-15 to Arcata. Standout performances over the course of the two days were by Kay- lee Shoemaker with 21 kills, 8 aces and 9 blocks; Mikayla Burreson with 10 kills, 3 aces and 31 blocks; Mariah Castle with 18 kills, 4 aces and 27 blocks and Brenna Johnson with 4 kills, 9 blocks and 34 assists. Corning is scheduled to face Sut- ter at 6:30 tonight, Sept. 22, at Sut- ter. VOLLEYBALLROUNDUP Bulldogsalmostperfectathometourney Cardinals split North State tournament Staffreport The Mercy Warriors eight- man football team took charge early Friday night against Loy- alton with 6 in the first and 13 in the second quarter, and never looked back. By the final whistle of the league road game, the Warriors had their first win of the season 39-14. Mercy named Teddy Ranberg the overall player of the game, Al House the offensive player, Noe Rodriguez defensive player and Richie Borges the special teams player of the game. Randberg posted 272 rushing yards, 20 passing, 35 on kick re- turns and 70 on punt returns. He also had 6 tackles and scored 5 touchdowns. House scored a rushing touch- FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Me rc y rolls at Lo ya lt on , 39-14 Los Molinos shut out at Elk Creek By Janie Mccauley The Associated Press SANTA CLARA Steelers owner Dan Rooney made his way to the visiting locker room at Heinz Field and tracked down Jim Tom- sula after Sunday's game to offer a few encouraging words. "It was obviously an honor," Tomsula said of the surprise greeting from the Hall of Famer. "He just wanted to come down and tell me I was a good kid, 'keep working, you're going to have good days and bad days."' This was one of the bad ones for Tomsula in his Pittsburgh homecoming as his San Francisco 49ers took a 43-18 beating just six days after a commanding season- opening win against Minnesota when much went right. Sure, there was plenty stacked against San Francisco (1-1): the short week, a cross-country flight and early kickoff time. "If it's a lopsided game, I'm not really into talking about all the positives, to be honest with NFL Tomsula takes blame for 49ers' loss at Steelers Contact with Jimmie Johnson led to a blown tire for Harvick that caused him to crash and finish 42nd Sunday at Chica- goland Speedway, where he had a brief post-race scuffle with Johnson. NASCAR Harvick on ropes a er crash with Johnson FULLSTORYONPAGEB4 By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter CORNING It's said that all bets are off when it comes to the Te- hama County Shootout, and Fri- day night the Cardinals and Spar- tans proved it with a high-scor- ing affair that came down to the final minute. Going into the annual rivalry Red Bluff had struggled against the run in its previous two games. Meanwhile, Corning's Alex Davila was racking up the rushing yards. Odds favored a blowout but, true to its name, a shootout en- sued and when the dust cleared Corning would remain Shootout champs for 2015 with a 56-49 win. "I'm emotional for the kids," Cardinal coach John Studer said after the game, his 19th Shootout. "It's a great thing for these kids to have a rivalry." The Cardinals got the scoring started with a 57-yard Davila run for a touchdown on the second play from scrimmage. After stopping the Cardinals on 4th and 2 on the next drive, the Spartans drove to the Corning 3 and Wes Clawson scored on a 4th down keeper, tieing it at 7 with 5:26 left in the first quarter. Corning scored again in the first and Davila got another with 8 minutes left in the half, bring- ing the score to 21-7. But Clawson and the Spartans weren't done. Clawson connected with Caleb Langley for a touchdown, bring- ing the Spartans back within a touchdown at 21-14 with 4:53 left in half. Davila scored twice more with another 57-yard run and a 42-yard catch and run to put the score at 35-14 with 2:14 left in the half. This would be the biggest mar- gin of the game. On the next drive the Spartans found success with a bit of trick- ery when Clawson threw to Lane Pritchard, who pitched to Conner SHOOTOUT DAVILA COMES UP BIG WITH CARDINALS WIN Spartans pull within 7 in final minute Wes Clawson breaks free for a run Friday night in a 56- 49Spartans loss to the Cardinals in the Tehama County Shootout in Corning. PHOTOS BY CHIP THOMPSON - DAILY NEWS Alex Davila breaks off a run Friday en route to a 56-49Cardinals win over the Spartans in the Tehama County Shootout at Corning. Spartans coach Corey Hein said he was happy his team played better on defense and that it came back to within a touchdown in the fourth. Girls' tennis will play at 3:30 p.m. today, volleyball at 7p.m., both at Shasta. Wednesday, girls' golf will face West Valley at Wilcox Oaks at 1p.m., swimming at 3:30p.m., cross country at 4p.m. in Red Bluff. SPARTANS THIS WEEK On the road Tuesday, home Wednesday If John Gibson ends up in the minors later this month, at least the goalie will take the comfort of a big contract with him to San Diego. Gibson agreed to a $6.9M contract extension Monday. NHL Ducks' goalie agrees to three-year extension Catch professional baseball, soccer, cycling, boxing, and basketball on your local ESPN, Fox Sports, and NBC sports channels. All event times are reported in Pacific Standard Time for your convenience. TV SCHEDULE Tune in and watch your favorite teams in action FULL SCHEDULE ON PAGE B4 SHOOTOUT PAGE 4 ROUNDUP PAGE 4 49ERS PAGE 4 SPORTS ยป redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, September 22, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B2