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REDBLUFF TheRedBluffLady Spartans tennis team beat the Enterprise Hornets at home Thursday 6-1. "Cleo DuFrain played a very smart match against a very good opponent at No. 2 with Megan Boone, Victoria Yates, Rylee DuFrain and Audra Brown continuing their great play against the Hornets," said coach Dennis Poulton. "Mag- gie Winning competed well against a very accomplished player from Slovakia." In the No. 1 match, Winning fell 0-6, 0-6, but each of the re- maining singles matches and both doubles matches were Red Bluff wins. Cleo DuFrain beat Ashley Main Gould 6-2, 6-4; Boone beat Chleo Lee 6-0, 6-0 and Yates beat Monica Perry 6-0, 6-0. In doubles play, Rylee Du- Frain and Audra Brown beat Cindy Pham and Ashley Wang 6-0, 6-0. Ellie Chritenson, An- gela Ferrell, Joelle Alexander and Lindsay Harrison won by default. Red Bluff was scheduled to face the Chico Panthers Tues- day afternoon in Chico. Re- sults will be published when received. The Spartans will host the Foothill Cougars at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. TENNIS LadySpartanshandleEnterprise By Jerry McDonald BayAreaNewsGroup ALAMEDA Karl Joseph has waited his turn and resisted the urge to put hand up and volun- teer for active duty. The Oakland Raiders first- round draft pick and rookie safety figures to get his first chance to play on defense Sun- day when the Raiders visit the Tennessee Titans in Nashville. Through the first two games, Keith McGill has taken every snap at strong safety while Jo- seph has been relegated to spe- cial teams duty. "Right now we're going to be sharing reps through the week, so we'll see how it goes," Jo- seph said Tuesday. "My mindset never really changes. I'm hun- gry. I want to be out there. It hurt me not to be out there. (I'll) keep preparing like I'm starting, like I'm going to play every sin- gle snap." It's unclear whether Joseph will start, but Jack Del Rio made it sound Monday as if he certainly will play, an assertion he later repeated on the Raiders flagship station 95.7 The Game. "I think you can anticipate him getting some action this week," Del Rio said. From a distance, the Raiders handling of Joseph has been hard to read. He wound up play- ing with the first team right away in the preseason, even when Joseph himself thought he'd probably sit the first two games while continuing to re- cover from knee surgery that ended his senior year. Then as the regular-season began, it was Nate Allen who was listed first on the depth chart, only for McGill, a con- verted cornerback, to emerge as the surprise starter in New Orleans. Joseph said everything laid out to him before the first game. "He just wanted to give me some reps to get used to it, so it was nothing I was mad about," RAIDERS JOSEPH PATIENTLY AWAITS HIS TIME First-rounddra pickhasn'tgottenasnapatsafety JANETYSKA—BAYAREANEWSGROUP In college at West Virginia, Raiders' Karl Joseph (42) started every game in which he played for three seasons before an ACL tear ended his senior year a er five games. RALPH FRESO — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Karl Joseph is eagerly awaiting his chance to play at safety Sunday against Tennessee. CORNING The Flex Fast- pitch softball team of Corn- ing, competing in the US Spe- cialty Sports Association, took first place in the FAB 5 Tournament Aug. 27-28 and the Queen of the Hill tourna- ment Sept. 10-11, both in Sac- ramento. In the Bee Sting tournament in Elk Grove in mid August, Flex Fastpitch came in sec- ond place out of more than 12 teams from Sacramento, Reno, the Bay Area and Modesto. Flex Fastpitch players are Lillee Olague, Shelby Flournoy, Lynnea Swear- inger, Lyndee Flournoy, Ma- cie McGregor, Jessica Diggs, Mckenzie Huntley, Bree Bat- tiato, Cabria Childers, Marly Maeder and Alexia Bond. Coaches are Anthony Olague, Becky Flournoy and Matt Swearinger. SOFTBALL Corning fast pitch team is dominating By Carl Steward Bay Area News Group SANTA CLARA Linebacker Ray- Ray Armstrong, who emerged as a significant factor in the San Francisco 49ers defense over the first two weeks of the season, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with a pectoral injury. Armstrong, 25, suffered the in- jury during the 49ers' 46-27 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sun- day. Now in his fourth year, Arm- strong was claimed off waivers from the Raiders last year and signed by the 49ers to a one-year extension in March. While he didn't start, Arm- strong saw considerable action in the first two games at inside line- backer alongside NaVorro Bow- man and had an interception in the 28-0 season-opening win against the Los Angeles Rams. "It sucks," said 49ers defen- sive coordinator Jim O'Neil. "I thought he was playing his butt off. He was playing a really good game for us and made some splash plays in the Carolina game. It's just one of those unfortunate deals that happens in this league. You've got to move on. I feel bad for the kid, though, because I know how hard he's worked to get to this point and have an op- portunity to be a starter in this league, and two games in he loses his season." O'Neil said Michael Wilhoite and Eli Harold will compete to assume Armstrong's game work- load. "I've said all along, we're going to need Wilhoite and Harold to help us win football games, and those guys will step up and do a great job in that role," the coach said. The 49ers have not yet an- nounced a corresponding move to replace Armstrong on the roster. Shayne Skov and Marcus Rush are candidates to be promoted off the practice squad, especially Skov with his potential to replace Armstrong on special teams. 49ERS Season ends for injured linebacker By John Marshall The Associated Press PHOENIX The Pac-12 season kicked off last week with No. 7 Stanford's dominating win over Southern California in a rematch of last season's conference title game. This week, the conference sea- son kicks into full gear, with ev- ery team but Oregon State play- ing another Pac-12 team. With that in mind, we thought it would be a good time to make a few predictions in the two Pac- 12 divisions, based upon what the teams have done through the sea- son's first three weeks. Take a look: NorthDivision FAVORITES Stanford, No. 9 Washington. The seventh-ranked Cardinal (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12) have al- ready established themselves as a team to beat by manhandling USC, a team expected to contend in the South. The Cardinal have COLLEGE FOOTBALL Predictions for Pac-12 league play CONTRIBUTED The Flex Fastpitch so ball team is Lillee Olague, Shelby Flournoy, Lynnea Swearinger, Lyndee Flournoy, Macie McGregor, Jessica Diggs, Mckenzie Huntley, Bree Battiato, Cabria Childers, Marly Maeder and Alexia Bond. Coaches are Anthony Olague, Becky Flournoy and Matt Swearinger Took first place in several Sacramento tourneys RAIDERSATTENNESSEE When: Sunday, 10a.m. TV: CBS TUNEIN RAIDERS PAGE 2 49ERS AT SEATTLE When: Sunday, 1:05p.m. TV: FOX TUNEIN NHAT V. MEYER — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with a pectoral injury. COLLEGE PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, September 21, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1