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Tehama TENNIS Shasta Red Bluff Anderson Corning Mercy Willows Today's games FIELD HOCKEY Corning Davis 3:30 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Corning Willows 6:30 p.m. SWIMMING Anderson Red Bluff 3:30 p.m. CROSS- COUNTRY Paradise Corning 4 p.m. MLB Giants Colorado SF — Lincecum, 8-14 COL — Francis, 5-4 Athletics L.A. Angels OAK— Griffin, 5-0 LAA — Santana, 8-11 On the tube MLB • 4 p.m.ESPN — N.Y.Yankees at Boston • 7 p.m.ESPN — Teams TBD WNBA • 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Seattle at Indiana The Tehama County Library Red Bluff branch is hosting "Orange Friday" Sept. 14 as part of an ini- tiative to get children to rea with a San Francisco Giants theme. The "Be a Giant read- er" program is cooperation with the Jr. Giants pro- gram. Corning's Elle Davis prepares to serve on Tuesday. 49ERS Around town Leonard Davis is literally a big addition SANTA CLARA (AP) — Leonard Davis is one of the NFL's biggest men today because his parents, both of whom had lost spouses, found each other in small-town Texas and decided to add one more child to their already enormous blended family. He became No. 22 in the brood, between them. A number of special treats including San Fran- cisco Giants school sup- plies and water bottles will be handed out while they last. Ainsworth has pulled a number of baseball themed books aside for children to check out. The event runs from 2 County Librarian Sally to 6 p.m. A's McCarthy released from hospital OAKLAND (AP) — Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy was released from a Bay Area hospital Tuesday, less than a week after getting hit in the head by a line drive and undergoing surgery. And he said he plans to return to baseball once he regains to full strength in the coming months. The A's say Dr. Peter Weber, the neurologist who performed the surgery in San Francisco, and team physician Dr. Allan Pont agreed ''McCarthy had made an excellent recovery and could be safely released from the hospital.'' The 29-year-old McCarthy underwent two hours of surgery late Wednesday after a ball hit by the Angels' Erick Aybar struck the right side of his head. He had an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and skull fracture on the play. fit in Jim Harbaugh's family-oriented San Francisco locker room since the 12th-year guard signed with the 49ers this summer. When his mother remarried, Sammie Lee No wonder Davis has been such a perfect month after she turned 40. He got big in a hurry. ''I've been the biggest since Day 1,'' Davis never doubted she would have one more child to give her 11. Little did she know, her last would wind up a 6-foot-6, 355-pound offensive lineman. After all, Davis was born at a healthy, yet rather average 7 1/2 pounds, less than a was out of his infant clothes in no time, and he fussed so regularly his mom finally real- ized he was just plain hungry. All the time. ''I started to put a teaspoon of baby rice in his bottle with formula, and it was just like you gave him a sleeping pill,'' she recalled. Davis said, ''From kindergarten all the way through.'' In fact, Davis began growing so fast he One of his young sons was in school with one of her daughters. Davis is doing a much better job keeping track of the 49ers' complex playbook than he ever has remembering how many nieces and nephews he has, let alone their names. ''People don't have that many kids nowa- Sammie Lee was twice a widow when she married Davis' dad. She lost her first husband in a car accident and her second to cancer. L.A. Davis, a minister who died in 2007, was already a father to 11 of his own before his first wife died of a hemorrhage. DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Red Bluff Spartans Football Tucker Gulliford Red Bluff's Tucker Gulliford said he's had good games before, but nothing like this. On Fri- day against Anderson, Gulliford rushed for 331 yards on nine carries and scored four touchdowns. He also had an intercep- tion. The Spartans won 63-32. It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. — Claude M. Bristol Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs Volleyball In the Lady Bulldogs championship perfor- mance over the weekend at the Emblem F Fall River Tournament, Clariv- el Castillo was named the tournament MVP in an unstoppable showing. In the championship game, Castillo finished with 18 kills and nine digs. Clarivel Castillo Sports Medicine Team congratulates the Athletes of the Week! St. Elizabeth redbluff.mercy.org/sports 800.990.9971 days,'' said Davis, a father of two girls, 9- year-old Meeya and 7-year-old Mariya. Davis emerged as a rock-solid run-block- er during his best seasons from 2007-2010 with the Dallas Cowboys, who released him before training camp in 2011. He started every game from 2006, his last season in Arizona, through 2010. Yet the 34-year-old Davis didn't play a single snap last season after signing with Detroit in November. See 49ERS, page 2B 7:05 p.m. CSNC 5:40 p.m. CSNB 9 0 9 0 9 0 Tracker Tuesday's results Sports PREP TENNIS | CORNING 9, ANDERSON 0 1B Wednesday September 12, 2012 Cardinals sweep visiting Cubs Daily News photos by Andre Byik Corning's No. 2 doubles team Viviana Morales, left, and Monica Curiel return Anderson's service on Tuesday at home. The Cardinals (4-1) defeated the Cubs 9-0. 1. Corning's No. 1 singles player Elle Davis beat Meash Morast- Turion 6-4 6-4. No. 2 singles player Monique Davis defeated Elizabeth Frields 6-2 6-3. No. 3 singles player Viviana Morales downed Val Bauemeler 6-3 6-4. Corning's No. 4 singles player Curiel defeated Ronnie Hannan 6-2 6-3. The Cardinals' Patricia Diaz beat Jas- mine Lopez 6-2 6-4 and No. 6 singles player Rebecca Jewels defeated Rachel Jones 6-0 6-0. In doubles, Elle Davis and Monique Davis beat Morast-Turion and Frields 8-4. Morales and Curiel took down Bauemel- er and Hannan 8-5, and Diaz and Jewels defeated Anderson's Lopez and Jones 8-1. Corning hosts University Prep on Thursday.