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SHOOTOUT, 2C-6C 48th Tehama County Corning Cardinals VS Red Bluff Spartans 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 at Red Bluff Union High School Tehama Tracker Today's games GOLF Red Bluff Foothill TENNIS U-Prep Corning Live Oak Mercy MLB Athletics L.A. Angels OAK— Anderson, 4-0 LAA — Weaver, 16-4 On the tube COLLEGE FOOTBALL 4:30 p.m. ESPN — Rutgers at South Florida MLB 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y.Yankees at Boston or Detroit at Chicago White Sox (8 p.m. start) NFL 5 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay Around town The Tehama County Library Red Bluff branch is hosting "Orange Friday" from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 14 as part of an initia- tive to get children to read with a San Fran- cisco Giants theme. The "Be a Giant reader" program is cooperation with the Jr. Giants program. San Francisco Giants school supplies and water bottles will be handed out while they last. County Librarian Sally Ainsworth has pulled a number of baseball themed books aside for children to check out. Warriors notes: Mercy is coming off its second straight win after it beat Happy Camp 21-6 on the road on the back of more solid running from Brenten James (129 yards), Alejandro Guer- RAIDERS Palmer plays it safe in Raiders opener ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The high- risk, high-reward passes that character- ized Carson Palmer's first half-season as Oakland Raiders quarterback were absent in the season opener. Instead of taking chances for big plays down the field in the passing game, Palmer mostly chose the safer route of dumpoffs to running back Darren McFad- den. The change in strategy led to a turnover-free performance from a quarter- back who threw 16 interceptions in nine games a year ago but also led to a lack of big plays for an Oakland offense that relied on them last year. Palmer threw just three of his 46 pass- es more than 20 yards downfield, com- pleting none of those throws, in the sea- son-opening 22-14 loss to the San Diego Chargers. Last season, Palmer threw about one out of every seven passes deep, completing 16 of those throws that accounted for six of his 13 TD passes. ''We're going to be patient,'' Palmer said. ''I'm going to continue to let the offense come to me and take shots when they're there, but also be smart with the ball and try to stay on the field and move the chains and win the time of possession battle.'' Palmer had a 104.9 rating on deep passes last season, seventh among all quarterbacks with more than 10 such throws. The players ahead of him on that list were some of the most effective passers in the game last season: Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Matt Schaub, Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford and Tom Brady. With a new offense under coordinator Greg Knapp that stresses a more ball-con- trol style, the absence of injured deep threats Denarius Moore and Jacoby Ford, and a Chargers defense geared to stop the See PALMER, page 6C 12:35 p.m. CSNC Mercy: 2-1 Westwood: 0-2 Westwood since 2007, when the Warriors fell 30-13. Last meeting Mercy hasn't faced 3:30 p.m. 1 p.m. Sports PREP FOOTBALL | MERCY AT WESTWOOD 7 p.m. FRIDAY Week 3 Football Preview rero (107 yards) and Juan Rosales (72 yards). The Warriors 3:30 p.m. knocked Happy Camp out of the No. 5 spot in the Northern Section Football Media Poll, and now hold that posi- tion, which is the first time Mercy has been ranked. After a forfeit loss to Dunsmuir in Week 0, the Warriors have posi- tioned themselves for a playoff spot. ing report: Westwood has opened its season 0-2, losing big to Redding Christian 48-6. The Warriors have a chance to get its first league win, and they've already proven they can win on the road. Westwood's scout- 1C Thursday Sept. 13, 2012 Daily News file photo by Andre Byik Mercy's Alejandro Guerrero runs the ball against Hayfork in Week 1.