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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 Spartans drop first game in league play 10A ENTERPRISE 50, RED BLUFF 7 senior quarter- back Garrett Sandow is pressured to Red Bluff's throw the ball by Enter- first game of the year 50-7. The Spartans dropped its prise's Jace O'Ravez on Friday. Double Coverage Week 4 Friday's results Corning 42, Willows 14 Enterprise 50, Red Bluff 7 Trinity 2, Los Molinos 0, forfeit Biggs 34, Esparto 0 Chester 48, Etna 21 Chico 49, Central Valley 35 Foothill 37, Shasta 29 Las Plumas 28, Oroville 0 Maxwell 37, Fall River 12 Modoc 42, Mt. Shasta 12 Orland 49, Gridley 0 Paradise 48, Pleasant Valley 6 Pierce 42, Colusa 7 Portola 31, Hamilton 18 Sutter 55, Wheatland 7 Winters 37, Live Oak 30 University Prep 39, Williams 0 Yreka 21, Klamath Union 14 Saturday's results St. Bernard's 51, Burney 0 East Nicolaus 40, Stone Ridge Christian 24 Friday's 8-man games Butte Valley 48, Tulelake 24 Dunsmuir 41, Hayfork 14 Happy Camp 2, Liberty Christian 0 (forfeit) Redding Christian 63, Big Valley 20 Loyalton 28, Princeton 6 Greenville 42, Westwood 40 Saturday's 8-man games Mercy 49, Herlong 18 Standings Eastern Athletic League Overall Enterprise Foothill Paradise Chico By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor The time on the score- board steadily and merci- fully ticked down, and down, and down late Fri- day night in the Red Bluff Spartans 50-7 foot- ball road loss against Enterprise in what was both team's league open- ers. Red Bluff, which came into the game with an undefeated 3-0 record, faced a significantly more skilled opponent in the Hornets compared to its early schedule. This wasn't a punch- ing bag Oroville squad, or a defenseless Ander- son team. And Enterprise has the size and speed that Corning may eventu- ally grow into. overall, 1-0 league) are vying for a top spot in the Eastern Athletic League, and after senior quarter- back Zack Trueblood's three passing touch- downs and senior two- way Travis Hall's four touchdowns, which included two punt returns, the team's con- vincing win has earned its continued presence in the conversation. The Hornets (3-1 is its first taste of adversi- ty. For Red Bluff, the loss to like a boxing match," Red Bluff's head coach Corey Hein said. "There's 10 rounds and we've done alright so far — we got knocked down and so we're going to have to get back up. And that's going to be criti- cal." "We kind of equate it Red Bluff Shasta 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 Pleasant Valley 0-1 0-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 Northern Athletic League Overall Yreka West Valley Corning The Spartans' senior quarterback Garrett Sandow, who had thrown with incredible accuracy, boasted about a 70 per- cent completion percent- age and passed for six touchdowns in his first three starts, didn't have the time or protection he may have been used to in the preseason. The Hor- nets often forced him to scramble and rush throws on his heels. Sandow completed just four of his 15 passes, threw his first intercep- tion this season on a ball that uncharacteristically hung in the air deep in Hornets' territory, and fumbled, which Enter- prise recovered to gain a short field, and like it did all night, capitalized with a touchdown. Sandow finished with Anderson Lassen Central Valley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-0 4-0 3-1 1-3 1-3 1-4 Mountain Valley League Overall Daily News photo by Andre Byik Red Bluff's Dillon Milton runs for a touchdown against Enterprise on Friday. 69 yards through the air. Red Bluff already has matched its wins from 2010 and 2011 com- bined. And under first- year varsity coach Hein, the team's early success has been more than partly attributed to its belief in itself. "I give (Red Bluff) a lot of credit," Enterprise head coach Darren True- blood said, adding, The Cardinals bounced back from their disap- pointing Tehama County Shootout loss with a 42-14 thumping of Wil- lows Friday night. "They competed and played hard and (Hein) does a great job. And their attitude has changed. We haven't played them in the last few years but I can tell there's a lot of want-to in those kids." The Spartans' senior 'back Dillon Milton rushed for a two-yard touchdown with 11:38 left in the fourth quarter. on nine carries and a touch- down. Corning took advantage of a slew of Honkers turnovers and quarterback Chayce Maday passed and ran for a touchdown. Corning rolled up 360 rushing yards led by Maday who had 102 rushing yards The Mercy War- riors continued their winning ways on the road Satur- day at Herlong with a 55-18 win, which extends Mercy's winning streak to four. David Edson had 88 yards on seven carries and also scored. Thomas Lowe and Cody Long also scored on the ground. Nathan Fultz carried nine times for 90 yards and two touchdowns. Maday also went 3-for-5 through the air for 69 yards and a touchdown pass to Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Follow him on Twitter:@TehamaSports Senior two-way Tucker Gulliford ran for 30 yards on seven carries. Red Bluff next hosts Shasta (2-2 overall, 0-1 league), which lost to Foothill 37-29 on Friday, next week. ——— Corning bounces back against Willows Colton Peterson. Peterson caught two balls for 39 yards and also had an interception on defense. Long, Evan McFadden, Anthony Peter and Justin Pye all recorded sacks for the Cardinals, while Antho- ny Peter, Calvin Abel and Roberto Espinoza recovered fumbles. Mercy still undefeated on the field At halftime, Mercy was already up 42-18, and a run- ning clock was in effect for the rest of the game. The Warriors (4-1 over- all, 2-0 league) put up strong offensive numbers with 474 total rushing yards, which was aided by improved line play from senior Jose Alvarez, junior Bryce Baer and sophomore Elijah Gash. Mercy's only loss came from a forfeit. 63-yard touchdown run, ran for 154 total yards on eight carries. Jose Rosales put up 26-yard and 67-yard touch- down runs and ran for a total of 95 yards on five carries. Alejandro Guerrero had three running touchdowns for 40, 30 and 13 yards. He had a total of 95 yards on five carries. And junior tight Senior 'back Juan Rosales, who had a 37-yard field goal and was 3-of-4 on PATattempts. Chester Portola Biggs Maxwell Los Molinos 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 University Prep 0-0 0-0 8-Man South League Overall Mercy Loyalton G Greenville Princeton H W Herlong Westwood 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-2 0-2 All games 7:30 p.m. except where noted Friday's games Colton Connoly had eight tackles. Geovanni Garcia made a Chico at Enterprise Colusa at Chester, 5:30 p.m. Etna at Riddle, 7 p.m. Fall River at Mt. Shasta Foothill at Paradise Hamilton at Willows Gridley at Anderson, 7 p.m. Las Plumas at Winters Lassen at Corning Modoc at Lost River, 7 p.m. Orland at Sutter Portola at Quincy Shasta at Red Bluff Sierra Ridge at Maxwell, 7 p.m. West Valley at Pleasant Valley Wheatland at Oroville Woodland Poly at Durham end Brenten James added a 45-yard touchdown run of his own on a total of 57 yards on the ground on two carries. Senior quarterback Har- low Johnson went 2-3 and completed a 27-yard touch- down pass. On defense, Baer had six tackles, freshman Nico Leal had four and James had also had four. Teddy Ranberg ran an interception for a 75-yard touchdown and senior wide receiver Nick Feser had a 45-yard interception return. Friday's 8-man games Big Valley at Dunsmuir, 6 p.m. Herlong at Butte Valley, 6 p.m. Saturday's 8-man games Greenville at Mercy, 1 p.m. Westwood at Loyalton, 1 p.m. Redding Christian at Tuelake, 1 p.m. 4-1 3-1 2-2 2-3 0-4 0-4 Week 5 Schedule 4-0 4-0 3-1 2-2 2-3 0-3