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ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter CORNING Freshoffanemotional come-from-behind win over the Red Bluff Spartans Friday in the Tehama County Shootout, the Corning Cardinals return home this week to host the West Valley Eagles (5-3 overall, 2-2 league) for their homecoming game. The key for the Cardinals will be stopping the Eagles' lead rusher Bailey Sulzer, who has 619 yards on 113 carries for 6 touchdowns. He and Craig Eaton — 490 yards on 64 carries for 3 touchdowns — make up a one- two punch, and two other Eagles backs have posted more than 250 yards on the year. Another threat is the arm of quarterback Alex Hight, who's thrown for 464 yards and 6 touch- downs with 3 picks on the year. Top targets are Kinton Langlo, Jusiah gabel and Jake Chaney, each with 92 receiving yards on the season. The Cardinals have a potent of- fense, though, averaging 39 points per game on the season compared to just 20 for the Eagles. Quarterback Devin Wun- sch has 631 passing yards on the season, 3 touchdowns and 3 picks and 258 rushing yards for 3 scores. Oscar Garcia leads the league in touchdowns with 13, not to mention 558 rushing yards on 69 carries. Joining Garcia in the Cardinals backfield will be Nolan Peterson, with 458 rushing yards on 54 car- ries for 6 touchdowns, Cole Parker with 218 yards and 5 touchdowns and Curtis McCoy with 213 yards and 3 scores. West Valley's defense is stingy, allowing just 14 points per game on average, which will be a test for the Cardinals. Corning has given up an average of 22 points per game and will have to tighten up to keep Hight and the Eagles out of the end zone. Kickoff is scheduled for around 7:30 p.m. Friday at Corning High School. WarriorsatBranson ROSS The Mercy Warriors travel to Marin County Saturday for a non-conference match up with the Branson Bulls. The Warriors should be pumped up after a big home win Oct. 15 over cross-county rivals the Los Molinos Bulldogs 68-0, but it's hard to know what to ex- pect from the Bulls, who lead the North Coast Section 8-man stand- ings as a freelance team without a league. The Bulls are 4-0 on the season, having scored between 50 and 80 points in all four games. At the same time, the Bulls gave up 54 points twice and 42 points once in the course of those victo- ries, meaning the Warriors' could prevail in a shoot out. The Warriors certainly have the weapons, with quarterback Kavin McClellan rushing for 1,185 yard and 16 touchdowns and throwing for 307 yards and 3 touchdowns on the season. Backing up McClellan are Noe Rodriguez with 342 yards and 5 touchdowns and Carlos Rosales with 262 yards. The Warriors have been known to give up the big game this sea- son, allowing 72 points against Greenville and more than 50 each to Redding Christian and Prince- FOOTBALL Corningseekshomecomingwin CardinalshostEagles; Warriors, Bulldogs take long road trips By Curtis Pashelka Bay Area News Group PITTSBURGH The San Jose Sharks simply unraveled in the third period of their Stanley Cup Final rematch against the Pitts- burgh Penguins. The Sharks let slip a two-goal lead and gave up the winner on the power play with 5:58 to go as the Penguins roared back for a 3-2 victory at a raucous PPG Paints Arena on Thursday. Patrick Hornqvist had the win- ner for Pittsburgh, as his shot went off Paul Martin's skate and behind goalie Martin Jones after the Sharks defenseman's clear- ing attempt went off Joel Ward's skate. Marc-Edouard Vlasic was in the box for slashing with 7:06 to go in the third. Tomas Hertl and Patrick Mar- leau scored for the Sharks, who fell to 2-2 on their five-game road trip. The Penguins seized momen- tum in the early stages of the third period. The Sharks were unable to make the Penguins pay for Evgeni Malkin taking a tripping penalty 4:10 into the third, Mikkel Boed- NHL SHARKS FALL FLAT, BLOW 2-GOAL LEAD San Jose can't hold onto early advantage, loses to Penguins in rematch of Stanley Cup Final PittsburghPenguinscenterMattCullen(7)hooksSanJose Sharks right wing Joonas Donskoi (27) during the first period Thursday in Pittsburgh. No penalty was called on the play. PHOTOS BY FRED VUICH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pittsburgh Penguins le wing Chris Kunitz (14), center Evgeni Malkin (71) and right wing Patric Hornqvist (72) celebrate the winning goal in front of San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones (31) during the third period Thursday in Pittsburgh. The Penguins defeated the Sharks 3-2. PENGUINS3,SHARKS2 Up next: San Jose Sharks at Detroit Red Wings, 4p.m. Saturday, TV on CSN-CA. THESCORE The District 1 California High School Rodeo No. 2 was held Oct. 15-16 in Cottonwood. Fol- lowing are the results. ALL AROUND COWBOY: Tanner Meigs, Taylorsville 55.5 pts Reserve AA: Tanner Darst, Gerber 50 2nd runnerup: Cauy Pool, Long Creek, OR 46 3rd runnerup: Bailey Small, Burney 41 4th runnerup: Corte Smith, Crescent Mills 40 ALL AROUND COWGIRL: Masey Minton, Witter Springs 104 pts Reserve AA: Kaycie Tidwell, Montague 71 2nd runnerup: Mackenzie Moore, Red Bluff 61 3rd runnerup: Chaney Tidwell, Montague 59 4th runnerup: Faith Ann Cas- sol, Greenville 56 SADDLE BRONC RIDING — 3 entered 1 Bailey Small, Burney 64/1 BAREBACK RIDING — 1 en- tered 1 Cauy Pool, Long Creek, OR 123 BULL RIDING — 9 entered 1 Levi Gray, Dairy, OR 82/1 2 Bailey Small, Burney 78/1 3 Mason Meadows, Red Bluff 76/1 4 Cauy Pool, Long Creek, OR 72/1 5 Blake Shephard, 65/1 STEER WRESTLING — 2 en- tered No scores recorded TIE DOWN ROPING — 12 en- tered 1 Corte Smith, Crescent Mills 29.46 2 Tanner Darst, Gerber 29.72 3 Kolton King, Red Bluff 37.66 4 Tanner Meigs, Taylorsville DISTRICT 1 California High School Rodeo weekend results By Jeff Faraudo The Associated Press BERKELEY The last time Oregon traveled south to play California, the teams wound up scoring a combined 100 points. Two years later, it's hard to imagine the scoreboard getting much less of a workout when the defense-challenged Ducks (2-4, 0-3 Pac-12) and Bears (3-3, 1-2) meet Friday night. Oregon is surrendering 41.8 points per game — 125th nation- ally out of 128 FBS teams — and is coming off a 70-21 loss two weeks ago to No. 5 Washington. Cal ranks 123rd, allowing 40.0 points per game, and has not held the Ducks under 43 in a game since 2010. Cal coach Sonny Dykes, whose Bears lost 59-41 to Oregon at Levi's Stadium in 2014, can relate to the Ducks' defensive downturn. "Sometimes when you can't stop the run, it makes it hard to play good defense," he said. "We've dealt with that at times this year. It's hard the way peo- ple play offense now." For Oregon, which began the season ranked No. 24 but hasn't won since Sept. 10 against Vir- ginia, getting a win over anyone would provide an "immeasurable" boost to the team's confidence, coach Mark Helfrich said. Helfrich wants practices to be tougher than games, convinced that will lead to success. "Now it's a matter of, 'Hey, when you're going against this guy who's a fifth-year senior and you're a redshirt freshman, or there's 50,000 screaming people — whatever the situation — you execute exactly how you prac- tice,' " he said. "That's all we need. Nothing more, nothing less." Cal's tendency is to throw the ball, but the Bears ran for a sea- son-high 317 yards two weeks ago at Oregon State. That has the Ducks' attention. "We can't stop the run very well right now," cornerback Ar- rion Springs said. "They've got some really good running backs and they're going to want to run the ball. Everyone wants to run the ball on us." Dykes is convinced there is a good Oregon defense waiting to show itself. "They have a lot of players who have been successful. They know how to win," he said. "It's a good football team that hasn't played their best. I'm sure they will." Webb yes, Hansen maybe Quarterback Davis Webb, who leads the Pac-12 with 2,256 yards passing and has thrown 22 touch- downs, will start for the Bears. Webb injured the thumb on his throwing hand two weeks ago, but returned to practice Sunday after the bye week and said he is feeling fine. Less certain is the status of wideout Chad Hansen, the Pac-12's leading receiver, who sprained his ankle against Oregon State. Dykes said he expects Han- sen to play, but acknowledged he's not sure how effective he will be. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Oregon to visit Cal, two poor defenses RODEO PAGE 2 FOOTBALL PAGE 2 SHARKS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, October 21, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1