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BIEBER TheBigValleyCardinals were just too much for the Mercy Warriors Friday night in the CIF Northern Section 8-Man Football semi-final match up, which ended with the Cardinals on top 64-27. The Cardinals went up early with 14 in the first quarter. The Warriors struck back with 14 of their own in the second, but the Cardinals would rack up another 26 before the half, putting them up 40-14. Mercy put 13 on the board in the third and held the Cardinals to just 8, but the Warriors were shut down in the final quarter while Big Valley scored 16 insur- ance points. Al House was named overall player of the game, with a 30-yard pass for a touchdown, 201 yards on 18 carries and a touchdown and a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. House led the team with 11 tackles. Teddy Ranberg completed a 25- yard pass and ran for 114 yards on 15 carries. Kavin McClellan caught a 30- yard touchdown pass, had 7 tack- les and returned a kickoff for 85 yards and a touchdown. Travis Gordon had 9 tackles on the night and a sack. Dartagnan Kingwell also recorded a sack for a loss of 22 yards. Rickie Borges made 3 of 4 extra point attempts, recovered a fum- ble and blocked a punt. The Warriors finished the sea- son perfect in league play at 7-0, and were 8-2 overall. They beat Butte Valley 76-16 at home to open the playoffs Nov. 6. House led the league in rush- ing yards at 1,715 and total points with 194, was third in passing yards with 494 and tied for third in interceptions with 3. Ranberg was second in rush- ing with 1,594 and third in points with 126. Borgeswassecondinsackswith 11.5 and fifth in passing yards. No. 1 seed Redding Christian, which sneaked past No. 3 Hayfork 30-26 Friday, will host No. 2 seed Big Valley at 7 p.m. Friday. In 2014, Big Valley beat Red- ding Christian 36-20 in the championship game, but the win was later vacated due to a rules violation. FOOTBALL WarriorsfalltoBigValleyinsemis Mercy was shut down in the final quarter By Jerry McDonald BayAreaNewsGroup ALAMEDA Statistics suggest the Raiders have become a pass-first team which wins or loses largely on the performance of quarter- back Derek Carr. Which begs a question the day after a 30-14 loss to the Minnesota Vikings: Did the Raiders abandon the run? By game's end, Carr had com- pleted 29 of 43 passes for 302 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. In a game which was 20-14 into the fourth quar- ter, the Raiders had only 19 rush- ing attempts for a 84 yards, a re- spectable 4.4 yards per carry. Two of those came on called pass plays where Carr scrambled for 12 yards. At his weekly press conference, coach Jack Del Rio wasn't going to criticize the play selection. "Each week we put together a plan," Del Rio said. "We started the game with two rushes, so cer- tainly the intent was to run it, try and run it. I thought we were OK at it. I'm not going to sit here and question the way the game un- RAIDERS Pa ss -h ap py Oakland abandon the run? By Can Inman Bay Area News Group As quarterback Blaine Gabbert approaches his second straight start, coach Jim Tomsula isn't committing beyond that, not with Sunday's daunting trip to the Se- attle Seahawks commanding the 49ers' focus. "I want to move forward with Blaine and we'll go from there. That's all I have for you," Tom- sula said Monday. —... He's doing all the things we ask him to do, and more." What the 49ers are doing is wrong, according to ESPN ana- lyst and former NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck. "If they think he's the guy, just name him the starter all the way," Hasselbeck said in a phone inter- view Monday. "There's no other reason to commit to a guy on a weekly basis. You know it's not the right decision. "If they really thought it was the right decision, they would have named him the starter ... 'un- til we deem otherwise.' " Hasselbeck was among several critics who panned the 49ers' de- cision to start Gabbert ahead of 49ERS Tomsula sticking week-to-week with QB call By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter COTTONWOOD The key to the Cardinals' offense all season has been the run game, so it makes sense that's where the West Val- ley Eagles turned their attention Friday night and the strategy worked, giving the Eagles a 49- 10 victory over Corning. "If we can't run the ball con- sistently, we're in trouble," Cardi- nals coach John Studer said af- ter the loss. With the running game stalled, the Cardinals took to the air and had some success in the first half. It didn't take the Eagles long to key on the passing game and shut it down. Thanks to some big plays the Cardinals kept it close and went into halftime down 14-10. The Eagles ran the ball well from the start, including a 62- yard run to the house on their first play from scrimmage, so in the second half they found suc- cess with play action and swelled their lead. At the same time, the Cardi- nals couldn't sustain drives and the defense was gassed. Corning got on the board first when Drew Fissori broke through the line for 42 yards to the West Valley 14. Junior Gonzalez split the uprights for a field goal with 7:35 left in the first. The Eagles struck back imme- diately with a touchdown. The Cardinals defense stepped up first with a Mathew Arriaga sack that stopped an Eagles drive at midfield, and the Cardinals took over at their own 5 after a punt near the end of the first. The Eagles' next possession was cut short with a pick by soph- omore Curtis McCoy at the Car- dinals 5 yard line. Cole Parker would pick up 27 on a run and later take the ball into the end zone from the 13 to put Corning back on top 10-7 with 6:46 left in the half. The Eagles struck back with 2:52 left in the half to go up 14-10. The Cardinals fumbled at their own 25 on the next position and the Eagles had a chance to go into the half with a big lead, but the Cardinals' defense held and a 38- yard field goal attempt was no good. To open the second half, the Ea- gles went to the air and found the end zone with a 37-yard pass to go up 21-10. The Cardinals muffed the en- suing kickoff and the Eagles took over at the Corning 10. But the Cardinals' defense held again and FOOTBALL CARDINALS' RUN GAME SHUT DOWN IN LOSS Cardinals took to the air, kept it close in first half TheCardinals'WyattHaydonlooksforareceiverFriday night against West Valley in Cottonwood. PHOTOS BY CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS The Cardinals' Drew Fissori (22) breaks off a run Friday night against West Valley in Cottonwood. Online: Be the first to get results from local athletes and teams at REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/SPORTS. "You went out fighting like warriors. They're a better football team, but we made them prove it. When you go out fighting, I can live with this." – John Studer, Cardinals coach The top seeded Los Molinos Bulldogs will host No. 8Etna at 6tonight and the No. 5 Mercy Warriors will travel to No. 4Greenville for a 7p.m. start in Division 6second round playoff action. VOLLEYBALL Bulldogs,Warriors playoff games tonight The Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament will run Dec. 17-19and sponsors are being sought. Donor levels are $250and $350. For more information or to donate, call Nancy Mackey at 200-0283. BASKETBALL Sponsors sought for Holiday Classic Tourney WEST VALLEY PAGE 2 Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, 7Little Words and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the latest advice doled out by Amy Dickinson. YOUR DAILY BREAK Fun and games inside today PAGES B3 Martin Jones is still learn- ing what it takes to be a No. 1goalie in the NHL. But he's mastered one aspect of the job. "It's important to stay even-keeled," Jones said. "Try not to get too high or too low." SHARKS Jones riding ups and downs as starting goalie FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 RAIDERS PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, November 17, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1