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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 CENTRAL VALLEY 51, CORNING 14 Cardinals face reality check By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor blowout loss in two weeks, the Corning Car- dinals are in for a gut check, head coach John Studer said after the team's 51-14 loss to Cen- tral Valley at home Fri- day. After a second The Cards (3-4, 0-2 Northern Athletic League) fell to Orland 28-0 last week in a non- league game, and Studer said he warned his team it'd be easy to go down from here. "The tough thing to do is to try to stick together and piece together a good week next week," he said. Corning will travel to Anderson (2-5, 0-2 NAL) next week. Week 7 Friday's games Lassen 49, Anderson 7 Portola 42, Biggs 7 Central Valley 51, Corning 14 Chico 36, Paradise 35 Colusa 38, Esparto 18 Quincy 20, East Nicolaus 8 Fall River 48, Etna 12 Enterpise 45, Foothill 43 Hamilton 58, Williams 0 Orland 52, Las Plumas 12 Pierce 21, Durham 20 Shasta 35, Pleasant Valley 30 Red Bluff 44, Wheatland 14 Sutter 62, Gridley 0 Live Oak 35, Trinity 27 Maxwell 27, Chester 22 University Prep 41, Burney 28 Modoc 42, Bonanza 0 Willows 55, Mt. Shasta 30 Winters 43, Oroville 29 West Valley at Yreka, late Friday's 8-man games Redding Christian 42, Butte Valley 7 Big Valley at Happy Camp, late Hayfork at Princeton, late Herlong at Greenville, late Today's 8-man games Loyalton at Mercy 1 p.m. Tulelake at Dunsmuir 5 p.m. Standings Eastern Athletic "But the reality is this is big gut check time," he said, adding, "If we want to have a shot at the post- season, next week's real- ly a must-win game for us." news, Corning's starting junior quarterback Chayce Maday left the game with a left ankle injury as he was return- ing a kick to start the sec- ond half and didn't return. And to pile on the bad injury was unclear, but Studer said Maday has had ankle problems since the start of the season. The Cards just didn't The extent of the League Overall Paradise Daily News photo by Andre Byik Corning's Cody Long pushes through the Central Valley defense on Friday at home. After Central Valley quarterback Timmy Nay- lor hooked up with Sawyer McDonald for a 36-yard touchdown pass 8:29 left in the second, Corning did put together a strong possession start- ing from their own 13- yard line. Enterprise Foothill Shasta Chico Red Bluff 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-1 2-1 0-3 Pleasant Valley 0-3 5-2 5-2 4-3 5-2 5-2 4-3 2-5 Northern Athletic League Overall Lassen have an answer for the Falcons' (3-5, 2-0 NAL) running game Friday as Central Valley marched 68 yards downfield on their first possession of the night and settled for a 22-yard field goal from Jesus Gutierrez. After a Corning three and out, it took just two plays for the Falcons to strike again with a 59- yard touchdown run from Tony Penta to give his team a 10-0 advantage late in the first quarter. A combination of Car- dinals senior 'back Nathan Fultz and Maday ran the ball to the Fal- cons' 22 when Maday connected with Colton Peterson for a 22-yard touchdown pass to bring the Cardinals within 10. The Falcons quickly erased Corning's gains with a 1-yard rush from Connor Silveria. Corn- ing's Cody Long blocked the extra-point attempt and it looked like the score would be 23-7 going into halftime. But with seconds left before Corning's home- coming ceremonies were Central Valley Yreka West Valley Corning Anderson 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-1 0-2 0-2 3-4 3-4 6-0 5-1 3-4 2-5 Mountain Valley League Overall Daily News photo by Andre Byik Corning's Nathan Fultz runs the ball against Central Valley on Friday. Corning's second set to begin, the Cardi- nals fumbled the ball and Central Valley's Naylor recovered and ran for a 30-yard touchdown to put the Falcons up 30-7. touchdown came on David Edson's athletic 10-yard run and dive into the end zone. ——— Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527- 2151, ext. 111 or at spor ts@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports Chester Portola Biggs Maxwell University Prep Los Molinos 1-0 2-0 0-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 8-Man South League Overall Mercy Loyalton G H Greenville Princeton W Westwood Herlong 2-2 1-0 2-0 2-1 0-2 0-2 All games 7:30 p.m. except where noted Friday's games Chico at Foothill Corning at Anderson 7 p.m. Durham at Willows East Nicolaus at Willows Esparto at Hamilton 5:30 p.m. Etna at Burney Gridley at Las Plumas Lassen at West Valley Live Oak at Mt. Shasta Modoc at Fall River Oroville at Orland Pierce at Trinity Portola at Maxwell 7 p.m. Red Bluff at Pleasant Valley 5:30 p.m. Shasta at Paradise Sutter at Enterprise Quincy at Colusa University Prep at Biggs 5:30 p.m. Wheatland at Winters Yreka at Central Valley Friday's 8-man games Butte Valley at Big Valley 7 p.m. Princeton at Greenville 7 p.m. Redding Christian at Hayfork 7 p.m. Tulelake at Happy Camp 6 p.m. Saturday's 8-man games Dunsmuir at Loyalton 1 p.m. Liberty Christian at Mercy Noon Westwood at Herlong 1 p.m. 4-3 3-1 3-2 3-3 0-4 0-5 Week 8 Schedule 7-0 7-0 3-3 4-2 3-4 0-4 Corning Union High School's 2012 homecoming court was celebrated at halftime of Corning vs. Central Valley on Friday.