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DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Saturday mornings online at redbluffdailynews.com • reprinted in Tuesday's print edition Double Coverage RED BLUFF 35, CORNING 0 Spartans shut out Cards in Shootout The Red Bluff Spartans cele- brate after beating the Corning Cardi- nals35-0 on Friday It's the first time Red Bluff has beaten Corning in three years.. The Spartans now lead the all-time matchup 24- 23-1. Week 3 Thursday's result Pleasant Valley 40, Oroville 0 Friday's results Red Bluff 35 Corning 0 Anderson 41, Las Plumas 34 Etna 25, Bonanza 2 Chester 44 Burney 19 Nevada Union 38, Chico 30 Dixon 50, Winters 27 Hamilton 20, Durham 0 East Nicolaus 32, Biggs 6 Enterprise 40, Central Valley 19 Kelseyville 36, Esparto 0 Live Oak 26, Gridley 0 Foothill 41, Lassen 3 Orland 24, Willows 6 Yreka 14, Phoenix 0 Pierce 41, Williams 0 Colusa 55, University Prep 41 Portola 29, Upper Lake 26 West Valley 20, McClymonds 18 Wheatland 32, Lincoln 27 Fall River at Quincy, late Trinity at Modoc, late Saturday's game Sutter vs Clarkson at Moscow, Idaho, 11 a.m. Friday's 8-man results Mercy 35, Westwood 6 Redding Christian 54, Greenville 6 Saturday's 8-man games Big Valley at Loyalton, 1 p.m. Princeton at Herlong, 1 p.m. Standings Eastern Athletic League Overall Chico Red Bluff Paradise By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor Tehama County Shootout trophy has a new home — Red Bluff High School. After three years, the rival Corning 35-0 on Friday and have recap- tured the all-time matchup lead at 24-23-1. It also marks the first time Red Bluff has opened their season 3-0 since 2004. The Spartans shut out 2-1. The Cardinals fall to After Red Bluff gave up 32 points to Anderson last week, first-year var- sity coach Cory Hein said, "Defense had to be our No. 1 focus this week," and added that extra time was spent watching film and prac- ticing tackles. was surprising, Hein said. But a shutout win? It "In a game like this, such emotion and pas- sion, a lot of times there's going to be a run broke here or there, and it is hard to shut some- body out," he said. Red Bluff set the tone for the night early, recov- ering a successful onside kick and scoring two plays later after senior quarterback Garrett Sandow connected with Levi Culp for a 28-yard touchdown less than 30 seconds into the game. Corning would get their best chance to score on their next possession after they reached Red Bluff's five-yard line on a drive that included a 34-yard run from junior quarterback Chayce Maday. Shasta 0-0 0-0 0-0 Enterprise Foothill Pleasant Valley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-2 Northern Athletic League Overall West Valley Yreka Corning Central Valley Lassen But Maday would be gang tackled for loss at Red Bluff's 15-yard line on a third down. And the Cardinals were penalized for unsportsmanlike con- duct after the play, which brought the ball back to the Spartans' 30. "It was a player who's emotions got the best of him and ... I feel it's something that happens less the more experi- enced of a player you are," Cardinals head coach John Studer said. "I mean the nature of this game is it's very physical and you're going to get hit and sometimes you might think it's late and you're going to get angry about things." Red Bluff would take over on downs and even- Anderson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 4-0 2-1 1-3 1-3 1-3 Mountain Valley League Overall Biggs Daily News photo by Andre Byik Red Bluff's Cody Demerath runs for a touchdown against Corning on Friday. tually score on a 10-yard run by Kyle Case with 4:10 left in the quarter. At fourth and long on zone with 1:43 left in the quarter. their next possession, a Corning fake-punt- turned-blocked-punt from their own 10 would give Red Bluff a short field to work with at the Cards' seven-yard line. It took Spartans senior Cody Demerath just two runs to bust into the end The Spartans' physi- cal play coupled with good technique was too much, Studer said. The Spartans started the third quarter with a methodical drive that burned five-and-a-half minutes off the clock and ended with senior run- ning back Dillon Milton scoring on two-yard run. Kicker Connor Ross completed the extra point attempt to make it 27-0. With about 2:38 left in the quarter, senior Tuck- er Gulliford pounded through defenders to score on a 16-yard run. Red Bluff starts league play in Week 4 with a visit to Enterprise. The Cardinals will host Willows in their home opener. Chester Portola Maxwell 0-0 0-0 0-0 Los Molinos University Prep 0-0 0-0 0-0 8-Man South League Overall Mercy G H W Loyalton Princeton Greenville Herlong Westwood 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 All games 7:30 p.m. except where noted Friday's games Red Bluff at Enterprise Trinity 2, Los Molinos 0, forfeit Willows at Corning Biggs at Esparto Chester at Etna Chico at Central Valley Colusa at Pierce Gridley at Orland Hamilton at Portola Las Plumas at Oroville Live Oak at Winters Maxwell at Fall River Mt. Shasta at Modoc Paradise at Pleasant Valley Shasta at Foothill Sutter at Wheatland Williams at University Prep Yreka at Klamath Union Corning's Nathan Fultz runs against Red Bluff on Friday. Red Bluff's Kyle Case scores a touchdown against the Cardinals in the first quarter on Friday. Saturday's games Burney at St. Bernard's, 2 p.m. East Nicolaus at Stone Ridge Christian, 7 p.m. Friday's 8-man games Big Valley at Redding Christian, 7 p.m. Hayfork at Dunsmuir, 6 p.m. Loyalton at Princeton, 4 p.m. Westwood at Greenville, 7 p.m. Saturday's 8-man games Mercy at Herlong, 1 p.m. Butte Valley at Tulelake, 6 p.m. 3-1 1-1 1-2 0-2 0-2 0-3 Week 4 Schedule 2-1 3-0 3-0 1-3 0-2 0-2 Corning's junior quarterback Chayce Maday throws against Red Bluff on Friday.