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ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter LOS MOLINOS After falling to the top teams in the section in weeks 2 and 3, the Los Molinos Bulldogs re- turned to their winning ways Friday night with a 42-0 rout of the Loyal- ton Grizzlies in the first league game of the year. Coach Jake Daricek said the keys this week were the ability to view film of the opponent in preparation and several players stepping up. Freshman Hunter Landingham impressed on both sides of the ball, in addition to Kyle Wood and Henry McHale, who has been battling an injury. On defense Daricek said he liked what he saw from Kyle Wood and Al- len Garman, both of whom also con- tributed on offense. It didn't take long for the Bulldogs to put their stamp on the game, with quarterback Alex Russell taking it to the house on Los Molinos' first play from scrimmage. The Grizzlies would turn it over on downs at midfield and on the next play Russell would break free for another score. Landingham con- verted to put Los Molinos up 14-0 just minutes into the game. After another stop the Bulldogs started their third drive and got sloppy. A series of bad snaps and false start penalties had them mov- FOOTBALL BULLDOGS BACK ON TRACK WITH BIG WIN LosMolinos'HunterLandinghamcarriestheballFriday night against Loyalton. Staff report LOS MOLINOS The Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs fell to a power- ful Fall River team in the cham- pionship game Saturday at the Beth Pilger Tourment, which they hosted. After opening the tourna- ment perfectly Thurday, beat- ing Williams, Colusa and Princ- eton, the Bulldogs would resume play Saturday with win over the Redding Christian Lions, 25-13, 25-18. Next the Bulldogs easily beat the Chester Volcanoes 25-6, 25-3 before taking the Portola Tigers 25-14, 25-14 and again facing the Tigers in the semi-finals, win- ning 25-13, 25-15. This Bulldogs up against the Fall River Bulldogs, who were also perfect in the tournament. Los Molinos would come up short, though, with Fall River taking the match 25-9, 25-18. Three members of the Los Molinos team were selected to the all-tourney team — Li- set Castillo, Rachel Rogers and Henna Acevedo. The Bulldogs (16-8) are sched- uled to host the Oroville Tigers (1-9) at 6:30 tonight. Spartansundefeatedin tourney ANDERSON The Red Bluff Lady Spartans finished perfect at the Battle of the North State volley- ball tournament Friday and Sat- urday, going 5-0. The Spartans kicked off with a 3-set win over the Willows Honkers, 26-24, 16-25, 15-9, be- fore taking an easy win over the Central Valley Falcons 25-5, 25- 12. Saturday the Spartans edged out the Arcata Tigers 25-21, 25- 21 and the Del Norte Warriors 16-25, 25-14, 25-13. In the final match of the day, they beat Wil- lows again 25-22, 25-18 to cap off a perfect tournament. The Spartans (10-3) are sched- uled to travel to Sutter to face the Sutter Huskies (2-8) Friday. Cardinals split at tourney ANDERSON The Corning Lady Cardinals went 2-2 in the Battle of the North State tournament Friday and Saturday. The Cardinals got started with a win over the Mt. Shasta Bears 25-19, 20-25, 15-11 Friday before falling to the Arcata Ti- gers 25-16, 26-16. On Saturday the Cardinals again started out with a win over the Westwood Lumberjacks 25-12, 25-21 but lost to host An- derson Cubs 25-16, 25-15. Mariah Castle had 30 kills, 3 aces, 31 digs and 3 blocks; Nicole Berry had 7 aces and 26 digs; freshman Ardi Safford had 7 aces and 40 assists; Sam Hay- don had 7 digs and 2 blocks and Becca MacKintosh had 5 kills. The Cardinals (9-7) are sched- uled to host the West Valley Ea- gles (11-5) at 6:30 tonight. Mercy to face Dunsmuir DUNSMUIR The Mercy Lady Warriors (4-8) are scheduled to travel to Dunsmuir to face the Tigers (0-3) at 5:30 tonight. VOLLEYBALL La dy B ul ld og s ta ke s ec on d in h om e to ur ne y PHOTOS BY CHIP THOMPSON - DAILY NEWS Los Molinos' Alex Russell makes a stop Friday night against Loyalton. Staff report OROVILLE The Corning Cardi- nals football team took a big win Friday night on the road over the Oroville Tigers 53-6. Quarterback Devin Wunsch went 4-8 passing for 71 yards a touchdown and an interception and ran for 25 yards on 6 carries with a touchdown. Nolan Peterson and Oscar Garcia led the Cardinals on the ground with 87 yards each. Garcia scored twice and Peterson once. Oscar Torres put up 78 yards on just 2 carries and, including a 66- yard touchdown run. Leading receivers were Tyler Grine with 34 yards on 2 catches and Curtis McColy with a 28-yard touchdown grab. Angel Leal and Andrew Her- nandez led the Cardinals in tackles with 7 each, and Ramses Ortiz and Griffin Dalske each re- corded a sack. Garcia and Bren- dan Stewart each had a pick and Garcia and Leal each recovered a fumble. Kicker Junior Gonzalez was a perfect 6-6 on extra points and Tanner Ashcraft scored a con- version. The Cardinals (3-1) are sched- uled to host the Central Valley Falcons (0-3) Friday, with kickoff estimated to be around 7:30 p.m. Spartans 10, Orland 24 ORLAND The Red Bluff Spar- tans, playing without starting quarterback Wes Clawson who went out with a broken leg Sept. 9 against Foothill, lost to the Or- land Trojans Friday 24-10. The Trojans jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter and each team scored in the sec- ond, sending the Spartans into the half down 17-7. The Trojans put up another touchdown in the third and a Spartans field goal in the fourth wouldn't ne enough. As of 6 p.m. Monday no indi- vidual stats had been posted for the team. The Spartans (0-4) are sched- uled to travel to Susanville Fri- day to face the Lassen Grizzlies (3-1) with kickoff estimated around 7:30 p.m. Warriors 12, Princeton 56 PRINCETON The Princeton Ea- gles got out to a big lead Fri- day night, putting up 32 unan- swered points in the first quar- ter against the Mercy Warriors, eventually winning 56-12. The Warriors would score in the second and third quarters, but the deficit was too large to overcome. Noe Rodriguez was named the overall player of the game and Andrew Contreras the spe- cial teams player of the game. Rodriguez put up 135 yards on 11 carries and a touchdown and 52 yards on kick returns. He re- covered a fumble and took it 25 yards in for the Warriors other touchdown and led the team with 10 tackles. Kaven McClellan put up 98 yards on 14 carries and Andrew Contreras had 30 yards on 3 carries and 60 yards on kick re- turns. The Warriors (1-2) are sched- uled to travel to Westwood Fri- day to face the Lumberjacks (0- 3) with kickoff set for 7 p.m. FOOTBALL CardinalsoverpowerOrovilleforwin SANTA CLARA Blaine Gabbert is Chip Kelly's starting quar- terback until he isn't, and right now Kelly is saying that he is. Right now. For a little while lon- ger. Probably. But I wouldn't mark down any- thing in perma- nent ink this 49ers season, and if I were Co- lin Kaepernick, I'd probably make sure I was extremely ready to start by late-October, if not sooner. In fact, if you trace the whole, weird 49ers QB picture back to Kelly's hiring last January, you might guess that Kelly had it sort of planned this way: 1. Go along with general man- ager Trent Baalke's wishes and start Gabbert in the rough early few weeks of the regular season, giving Gabbert the first shot to take command. So far: Two starts, 1-1 record, Gabbert has been ordinary at best, and the 49ers are averag- ing only 4.4 yards per play, sec- ond-to-last in the NFL. 2. Let it play out for a while, don't pull Gabbert too quickly, and make sure Baalke is rela- tively placated. Plus, giving Gabbert several more games (starting with a trip to Seattle this Sunday) means that Kaepernick will have more time to get fully healthy after his three winter surgeries pre- vented him from weight train- ing and left him well below his regular playing weight. So far: The blowback over Kaepernick's national anthem protest seems to have calmed down a bit, Kaepernick has been the backup for the first two games, and Kelly says he's slowly regaining weight. 3. By slow-playing it, Kelly has the option to switch to Kaepe- rnick possibly without Baalke's extreme objection, and maybe owner Jed York is already OK with the idea. Remember, Kaepernick's $14.5 million salary for 2017 is guaranteed only if he suffers a major injury, so there's motiva- tion for the 49ers to keep him on the sidelines. But there's also motivation for Kelly and the 49ers to get a chance to see what Kaepernick can do at some point this sea- son, and I think that side will win out. So, Gabbert will start in Seat- tle and, if he's still healthy, the next weekend at Levi's against Dallas, and he'll probably also NFL COMMENTARY Gabbertfor now, Kap maybe a er 5 or 6 games MIKE MCCARN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The 49ers' Blaine Gabbert looks to pass under pressure from a Carolina defender on Sunday. Tim Kawakami BULLDOGS PAGE 2 KAWAKAMI PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, September 20, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1