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CHRISTINAMEEDS—CONTRIBUTED Corning's Nolan Peterson takes off on a run Thursday night against the Anderson Cubs. BySharonMartin smartin@chicoer.com @SharonBMartin on Twitter CORNING Both the Anderson and Corning high football teams were locked in a scoreless tie up until sec- onds before halftime. But a missed extra point in the fourth quarter was the difference in a defensive battle as sixth-seeded Anderson upset No. 3 seeded Corning 14-13 Thursday night at Cardinal Stadium. The Cubs (6-5) move on to the Northern Section Division III semi- finals against No. 2 seed Lassen. Lassen defeated Wheatland 48-0 on Thursday. The Cardinals defense stopped the Cubs with 30 seconds remaining in the game on fourth down and 3. But Corning was flagged for running into the punter which resulted in an An- derson first down to end the game. "Well it was a roller coaster ride at the end," Anderson head coach Don Trotter said. "We've been making so many mistakes over the last three or four weeks. We had to cut down on the mistakes and we didn't have any tonight. That's the bottom line." Corning's (8-3) offense was slow to get started as Anderson staggered the Cardinals' running game. "Our defense was great," Corning head coach John Studer said. "They were on the field three quarters of the game. Our offense was pretty slow. We couldn't get much going offensively for the majority of the game." Anderson was first to get on the board on a 2-yard run from quarter- back Ryan Hysell with 25 seconds left until halftime. Corning quickly answered on the ensuing kickoff as Oscar Garcia bolted down field for an 85-yard return for a touchdown to tie the game 7-all at halftime. Anderson went with an unex- pected onside kick to begin the third quarter and recovered the ball, yield- ing a scoring drive. Hysell connected with Seth White for a 35-yard catch setting up the Cubs within Corning's 5-yard line. FOOTBALL CardsstunnedbyAnderson Pairofkeyturnovers in final minutes end postseason for Corning By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter REDDING The Red Bluff Spar- tans ended their 2016 campaign with a 56-14 loss on the road to the Shasta Wolves on Thursday night, but it was a playoff loss and that in and of itself was a victory, being the team's first postseason action since 2012. The Spartans finish the year with wins over Yreka, Central Valley and Anderson and made significant progress after open- ing the season with five straight losses thanks to some key inju- ries and being on the wrong end of close match-ups. Instead of giv- ing up, the team pulled together to earn a chance to continue into the postseason. "Life will provide you with a lot of adversity," coach Corey Hein told his players after the game. "As a man you need to learn to deal with those things. Football is a small part of that." Hein stressed the importance of the memories and relationships the players built over their time as Spartans that will last a lifetime. "That's the most important part," Hein said. "Winning games is No. 3." The Spartans started strong, taking the opening drive to the Shasta 20 before a dropped lat- eral was picked up by the Wolves. A Shasta fumble put the ball back in the Spartans' hands. After the Spartans stalled, the Wolves drove to the Red Bluff 5. The Spartans held, though, and FOOTBALL SPARTANSBATTLE, FALL IN 1ST ROUND Postseason appearance was first since 2012 The Red Bluff Spartans' Marshal Brose tries to hit Conner McKenzie on Thursday night against the Shasta Wolves. PHOTOS BY CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS Red Bluff's Tanner Tweedt runs the ball Thursday night against the Shasta Wolves. Saturday: Stanford at Oregon, at 1p.m., TV on Pac-12Network. TUNEIN By Jon Wilner Bay Area News Group No titles, trophies or playoff berths are in the balance Sat- urday afternoon when Stanford and Oregon tangle in Autzen Sta- dium, making this the first low- stakes meeting between the Pac- 12 North rivals since 2008. But there's a subtle subplot at play: Oregon's collapse, stunning in its speed and depth, serves as a cautionary tale for the Cardinal. No matter how sound the founda- tion might seem, no matter how sustained the success — Oregon won 10 or more games for six con- secutive seasons — the walls can crumble quickly. Two years ago, the Ducks played for the national champi- onship. This week, they're play- ing to stay alive in the bowl chase. Two years ago, coach Mark Hel- frich received a huge raise. As of this moment, his job is in serious jeopardy. The slide began last year but has accelerated this fall. The Ducks (3-6, 1-5) just got thumped by USC, gave up 70 points at home to Washington and have lost back-to-back games to Washing- ton State. More often than not, they look COLLEGE FOOTBALL Oregon's decline a caution to Stanford By Mitch Stacy The Associated Press COLUMBUS, OHIO Rafa Marquez scored on a header in the 89th minute, and Mexico beat the United States 2-1 Friday night in the Americans' first home loss in World Cup qualifying since 2001. MiguelLayunputMexicoahead in the 20th minute, but Bobby Wood tied the score in the 49th. The U.S. dominated the second half before the 37-year-old Mar- quez, unmarked and drifting across the penalty area, got the back of his head on Layun's cor- ner kick and lifted the ball over goalkeeper Brad Guzan. Guzan lost the goalkeeper job to Tim Howard, who started at the last two World Cups. But How- ard injured his right leg on a goal kick and was replaced in the 40th minute. The U.S. had beaten Mexico four straight times by 2-0 scores in home qualifiers — all at Co- lumbus — and the Americans had been 30-0-2 at home in qualify- ing since a 3-2 loss to Honduras at Washington's RFK Stadium in September 2001. CUP QUALIFIER Marquez's late goal li s Mexico's win CARDINALS PAGE 2 SPARTANS PAGE 2 Staff Report QUINCY The Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs ended their Northern Section Division 5 playoff run Thursday night on the road against the Quincy Trojans in four sets. The Bulldogs took the first set and hung in there in each of the following three sets, but came up short, 20-25, 25-21, 28-26, 25- 20. The Bulldogs still qualify for the state playoffs, which begin next week. The top four teams from each section automatically qualify for the state tour- nament, so the Bulldogs will be joined by the Trojans, East Nicolaus Spartans and Durham Trojans. Durham beat East Nicolaus in three sets Thursday night 25-21, 25-18, 25-11 at VOLLEYBALL Lady Bulldogs end section playoff run in loss at Quincy Los Molinos' Rachel Rogers (0) and Genesis Acevedo (8) go up for a block against Quincy's Sydney Gott on Thursday night. LARRY LONG — CONTRIBUTED BULLDOGS PAGE 2 STANFORD PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, November 12, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1