The Union | Monday, October 28, 2019 | B9
SPORTS
AUTO RACING
Elliott suffers catastrophic
mechanical problem in playoffs
By Jenna Fryer
AP Auto Racing Writer
MARTINSVILLE, Va.
— Chase Elliott’s title
hopes took a massive hit
when his car suffered a
catastrophic mechanical
problem during a pit stop
Sunday at Martinsville
Speedway.
Elliott had worked his
way from the back of the
field inside the top-five
until he stopped for a rou-
tine service. His Chevrolet
lurched as he pulled away
and he radioed in to his
Hendrick Motorsports
crew that he believed he
had a broken axle.
Elliott returned to pit
road for lengthy attempts
at a repair before he fi-
nally drove his car to the
garage for more intense
work. It dropped him to
last in the field by the end
of the second stage.
Although Elliott qual-
ified second, he had to
drop to the back of the
field at the start because
his engine failed just five
laps into the first practice
session Saturday. His car
was clearly fast enough to
recover for a solid finish
until the mechanical issue.
Elliott returned to the
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touchdown run which
came on the first play
from scrimmage in the
second half. Junior kicker
Preston Bean drilled a
pair of field goals, includ-
ing one from 46-yards out
in the third quarter.
The Zebras put the
game away late in the
third quarter when Ethan
Rappa intercepted an
errant NU pass and took
it back 75-yards for a
touchdown.
NU’s only points came
early in the first quarter
when senior kicker Moises
Tovar hit a 27-yard field
goal. The score was set up
by a long kick return by
A.J. Meyer.
Junior running back
Jaxon Horne led all NU
ball carriers with 50 yards
on 22 carries. It was the
first game all season in
which Horne didn’t score
at least one touchdown.
Through the air, NU’s
junior quarterback J.T.
Conway went 10-for-20
for 70 yards and three
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inside handoff that tricked
Carolina and Raheem Mo-
stert scored on a 41-yard
run that made it 51-13 in
the fourth quarter.
Garoppolo finished 18
What’s next
NEVADA UNION MINERS
TODAY
Girls tennis — FVL Singles championships,
TBD
Boys water polo — at El Dorado, 5 p.m.
Girls water polo — at El Dorado, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
Girls water polo — vs. El Dorado, 5 p.m.
Boys water polo — vs. El Dorado, 6 p.m.
Girls volleyball — vs. TBD (SJS D3
Playoffs), 7 p.m.
BEAR RIVER BRUINS
TODAY
Girls golf — at Masters tourney (Stockton),
9 a.m.
Boys water polo — vs. Ponderosa, 5 p.m.
Girls water polo — vs. Ponderosa, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
Girls volleyball — vs. Venture Academy
(SJS D4 Playoffs), 7 p.m.
FOREST LAKE CHRISTIAN
FALCONS
TUESDAY
Boys soccer — at Leroy Greene (SJS D7
Playoffs), 6 [.m.
THURSDAY
Girls volleyball — vs. Faith Christian (SJS
D6 Playoffs), 7 p.m.
OAKLAND RAIDERS
SUNDAY
vs. Lions, 1:05 p.m.; TV: Fox
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
THURSDAY
at Cardinals, 5:20 p.m.; TV: Fox, NFLN
SACRAMENTO KINGS
TODAY
vs. Nuggets, 7 p.m.; TV: NBCSCA
WEDNESDAY
vs. Hornets, 7 p.m.; TV: NBCSCA
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
TODAY
at Pelicans, 5 p.m.; TV: NBCSBA
WEDNESDAY
vs. Suns, 7:30 p.m.; TV: NBCSBA
SAN JOSE SHARKS
BRUINS Neumann to Luke Green
From page B10 late in the fourth quarter.
and look what would
have happened,” said Bear
Defensively for the
Bruins, Tyler Dzioba led
the charge wrapping up
River co-head coach Terry 13 tackles. Gavin Jackson
Logue, whose team missed was close behind with a
scoring opportunities early dozen tackles and was in
after surrendering a turn- on a sack. Justin McKim
over on downs and lost a and Fink each tallied six
fumble inside the Colfax tackles, including half a
10 yard line. “But oh well. sack for Fink. Vargas had
Got to give (Colfax) credit. four tackles and a sack, fol-
They put a pretty good lowed by Caleb Hurst with
rush on Colton (Jenkins).” three tackles and a sack.
Coming out of halftime With only one game
the Bruins received the left in the regular season
kick and marched 73 yards there’s still a lot at stake for
on 12 plays before sopho- the Bruins.
more Jaime Vargas plowed “It’s a must-win to have
in from 2-yards out to cut a chance at a home playoff
the deficit to 21-7. Vargas game,” said Logue, who
ended his night with eight expanded on where the
touches for 26 yards and brackets may fall. “We’re
the score. not going to get a first
From there, the defens- round bye, but we can still
es settled in and stole the get a home playoff game
show, forcing punts as if we win that one and go
the teams battled for field 7-3.”
possession. Bear River (6-3, 1-3
Jenkins led the Bru- PVL) wraps up its regular
ins at the quarterback season next week when it
ASSOCIATED PRESS position despite senior Tre hosts Marysville.
The plot crew of Chase Elliott (9) looks over his car during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Maronic making a brief,
Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va. Elliott took his car to the garage for repairs. light-duty appearance for JV: COLFAX 41,
some hand offs. Jenkins BEAR RIVER 14
track down 52 laps from and second stages of the laps through the first two finished the night 4-of-12 The Bear River JV squad
the leaders and in a must- race. He passed Kyle Lar- stages. passing for 41 yards with (5-2, 3-1 PVL) got off to
win situation either next son right before the check- Denny Hamlin started an interception and also good start with an early
week at Texas or in the ered flag to preserve the from the pole but had a rushed 12 times for 81 6-0 lead after its opening
elimination race of the victory; Larson had cycled below-average first pit yards. He was followed by drive, but after the dust
third round of the playoffs into the lead by not pitting stop under caution after sophomore Ryder Kiggins, settled, Colfax triumphed
at ISM Raceway out- under a late caution. leading the first 31 laps. who bashed his way for 67 41-14. Wyatt Baze and Alex
side Phoenix. Only four Truex took the lead He restarted fifth, with yards on 12 carries. Senior Madrid each scored on
drivers will advance to coming off pit road during teammate Truex the new Zach Fink tallied 29 yards short runs for the Bruins.
the Nov. 17 title-deciding service stops under yel- leader. on four carries, followed by Colfax scored 31 unan-
race at Homestead-Miami low in the first stage and Hamlin later lost about Jacob Ayestaran, who had swered points to get their
Speedway. quickly went to work four positions on a pit four runs for 13 yards and offensive juices flowing, in-
Martin Truex Jr., mean- lapping most of the field. stop during the second also nabbed three catches cluding three touchdowns
while, won both the first He led 224 of the 260 stage. for 36 yards. in less than 3 minutes
Colfax senior quarter- with a pick-six, a blocked
back Travyn Heimann and punt in the end zone and
(7-2, 3-1 FVL) held on
to the No. 2 spot in the
junior quarterback Wyatt
Neumann shared the
a scoop and score on a
fumble.
standings with a, 63-35, snaps for the Falcons and
win over Oakmont (6-3, combined to go 12-of-19 Brian Shepard is a
1-3 FVL). for 158 yards, including an freelance sports writer
NEXT UP acrobatic 34-yard finger- who contributes to The
The Miners close the tip touchdown grab from Union regularly.
regular season on the road
at Rio Linda.
“What we have to do RAIDERS first quarter.
this week is prepare to From page B10 The Texans tied it
beat Rio (Linda), not turn later in the first when
the ball over and not make third-and-11 from the 12 Watson threw a 12-yard
mental mistakes,” said and they had to settle for a touchdown pass to Duke
Sparks. “If we do those field goal that cut the lead Johnson.
things we will be just fine to 14-13. Darren Waller put the
against Rio Linda. We can Carr found Williams on Raiders back on top when
go into Rio Linda and win, a 46-yard touchdown pass he grabbed an 8-yard
but we can’t go into Rio later in the third to make reception for a touchdown
Linda and make the mis- it 21-13. with 9½ minutes left in
takes we made tonight.” Houston got within 21- the second quarter. Waller
20 when Watson threw a celebrated the score with
ELIAS FUNEZ/EFUNEZ@THEUNION.COM PRACTICE PLAYERS 4-yard touchdown pass to a nod to Houston by im-
Nevada Union quarterback J.T. Conway is sacked by a pair OF THE WEEK Fells on the last play of the personating Rockets star
of Lincoln Fighting Zebras during a game Friday night. The Tractor Supply third quarter. James Harden. He faked
Practice Players of the The Raiders made it a between the legs dribble
interceptions. All three ”We need to do a better Week are junior defensive 24-20 with a 44-yard field before mimicking Hard-
interceptions came deep job when we go to face Rio end/offensive lineman Na- goal with about 11 minutes en’s signature step back,
in Lincoln territory. Linda.” thaniel Ward and senior left. taking an imaginary shot
The loss drops the Min- offensive lineman Kyler Carr hit Hunter Ren- and finishing by doing the
ers to 5-4 overall and 1-3 AROUND THE FVL Case. frow on a short pass and NBA star’s stirring the pot
FVL play. Lincoln im- Placer (7-2, 4-0 FVL) he evaded a tackler and celebration.
proves to 5-4 overall and remained unbeaten in To contact Sports Editor dashed 65 yards for a The Texans cut the lead
2-2 against league foes. league play with a 38-7 Walter Ford, email touchdown to put the to 14-10 at halftime with
“Lincoln was a better victory over Ponderosa wford@theunion.com or Raiders up 7-0 with about a 33-yard field goal late in
team tonight,” said Sparks. (4-5, 1-3 FVL). Rio Linda call 530-477-4232. four minutes left in the the second quarter.
for 22 for 175 yards with return from a foot inju- IMPRESSIVE DEBUT finished with four catches returner Reggie Bonnafon
TD passes to Coleman and ry that has sidelined him The 49ers made a trade for 25 yards. in the second quarter. That
Emmanuel Sanders. since Week 2. earlier in the week to ac- HARD HIT gave the Panthers the ball
Allen went 19 for 37 for Christian McCaffrey was quire Sanders from Denver Niners kickoff special- at the 49ers 47 to start the
158 yards on a day that the lone bright spot on and it paid off almost im- ist Mitch Wishnowsky got drive but a holding penalty
Newton was able to take Carolina’s offense with 117 mediately. Sanders caught called for a rare personal on Trai Turner wiped out a
warmups before the game yards rushing and a TD two passes on the opening foul when he was called long run by McCaffrey and
in a sign that he could be and 38 yards receiving. drive, including a 4-yard for lowering his helmet to a sack by D.J. Jones led to
close to being ready to TD from Garoppolo . He initiate contact on Carolina a stalled drive for Carolina.
TUESDAY
at Bruins, 4 p.m.; TV: NBCSCA
Sunday, Oct. 27: Houston (Cole 20-5) at
Washington (Ross 4-4), 5:07 p.m.
Detroit
Chicago
3
3
3
4
1 .500
0 .429
180
128
186
122 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
No. 21 Appalachian State (7-0) beat South
Alabama 30-3. Next: vs. Georgia Southern,
FRIDAY Tuesday, Oct. 29: Washington (Strasburg West W L T Pct PF PA Thursday.
THE AP TOP 25 FARED
vs. Jets, 7:30 p.m.; TV: NBCSCA 18-6) at Houston (Verlander 21-6), 5:07 p.m. San Francisco 7 0 0 1.000 207 77 No. 22 Boise State (6-1) did not play. Next: at
No. 1 Alabama (8-0) beat Arkansas 48-7.
(Fox) Seattle 6 2 0 .750 208 196 San Jose State, Saturday.
Next: vs. No. 2 LSU, Saturday, Nov. 9.
x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: Washington at Hous- L.A. Rams 5 3 0 .625 214 174 No. 23 Iowa State (5-3) lost to Oklahoma
Sports on TV ton, 5:08 p.m. (Fox) Arizona 3 4 1 .438 170 223
No. 2 LSU (8-0) beat No. 9 Auburn 23-20.
Next: at No. 1 Alabama, Saturday, Nov. 9.
State 34-27. Next: at No. 5 Oklahoma, Sat-
TODAY urday, Nov. 9.
COLLEGE GOLF No. 3 Ohio State (8-0) beat No. 13 Wisconsin
Thursday No. 24 Arizona State (5-2) lost to UCLA 42-
Noon — GOLF — The East Lake Cup: First Football Minnesota 19, Washington 9
38-7. Next: vs. Maryland, Saturday, Nov. 9.
No. 4 Clemson (8-0) beat Boston College
32. Next: vs. Southern Cal, Saturday, Nov. 9.
Round, DeKalb County, Ga. NFL Sunday No. 25 Wake Forest (6-1) did not play. Next:
NBA BASKETBALL 59-7. Next: vs. Wofford, Saturday.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE New Orleans 31, Arizona 9 vs. N.C. State, Saturday
5 p.m. — NBA — Golden State at New Orle- No. 5 Oklahoma (7-1) lost to Kansas State
West W L T Pct PF PA L.A. Chargers 17, Chicago 16
ans 48-41. Next: vs. No. 23 Iowa State, Saturday,
Kansas City 5 2 0 .714 202 150 Seattle 27, Atlanta 20 THE NEW AP TOP 25
7:30 p.m. — NBA — Charlotte at LA Clippers Nov. 9.
Oakland 3 4 0 .429 151 192 Detroit 31, N.Y. Giants 26
NFL FOOTBALL No. 6 Penn State (7-0) beat Michigan State The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press
L.A. Chargers 3 5 0 .375 157 157 Philadelphia 31, Buffalo 13
5 p.m. — ESPN — Miami at Pittsburgh 28-7. Next: at No. 17 Minnesota, Saturday. college football poll, with first-place votes in
Denver 2 6 0 .250 125 151 L.A. Rams 24, Cincinnati 10
SOCCER (MEN’S) No. 7 Florida (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. parentheses, records through Oct. 26, total
East W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 15, Denver 13
12:50 p.m. — FS2 — FIFA U-17 World Cup 10 Georgia at Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday. points based on 25 points for a first-place
New England 8 0 0 1.000 250 61 Jacksonville 29, N.Y. Jets 15
2019: Spain vs. Argentina, Group E, Cariacica, No. 8 Notre Dame (5-2) lost to No. 19 Mich- vote through one point for a 25th-place
Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 134 122 Tennessee 27, Tampa Bay 23
Brazil igan 45-14. Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Saturday. vote, and previous ranking:
N.Y. Jets 1 6 0 .143 78 185 San Francisco 51, Carolina 13
3:50 p.m. — FS2 — FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019: No. 9 Auburn (6-2) lost to No. 2 LSU 23-20. ;Record;Pts;Pv
Miami 0 6 0 .000 63 211 Houston 27, Oakland 24
Paraguay vs. Mexico, Group E, Brasilia, Brazil Next: vs. Mississippi, Saturday. 1. LSU (17);8-0;1476;2
South W L T Pct PF PA New England 27, Cleveland 13
TENNIS No. 10 Georgia (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2. Alabama (21);8-0;1474;1
Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 158 151 Green Bay at Kansas City (n)
1 a.m. — TENNIS — WTA: The WTA Finals, 7 Florida at Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday. 3. Ohio St. (17);8-0;1468;3
Houston 5 3 0 .625 212 188 Open: Dallas, Baltimore
Early Rounds, Shenzehn, China No. 11 Oregon (7-1) beat Washington State 4. Clemson (7);8-0;1406;4
Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 173 163 Monday
3 a.m. — TENNIS — ATP/WTA: The Rolex 37-35. Next: at Southern Cal, Saturday. 5. Penn St.;8-0;1302;6
Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 148 135 Miami at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m.
Masters & The Shenzhen Open, Early No. 12 Utah (7-1) beat California 35-0. Next: 6. Florida;7-1;1226;7
North W L T Pct PF PA Thursday, Oct. 31
Rounds at Washington, Saturday. 7. Oregon;7-1;1108;11
Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 214 156 San Francisco at Arizona, 5:20 p.m.
1 a.m. (Tuesday) No. 13 Wisconsin (6-2) lost to No. 3 Ohio 8. Georgia;6-1;1093;10
Pittsburgh 2 4 0 .333 123 131 Sunday, Nov. 3
TENNIS — WTA: WTA Finals, Early Rounds, State 38-7. Next: vs. No. 20 Iowa, Saturday, 9. Utah;7-1;1032;12
Cleveland 2 5 0 .286 133 181 Houston vs Jacksonville at London, UK, 6:30
Shenzehn, China Nov. 9. 10. Oklahoma;7-1;1017;5
Cincinnati 0 8 0 .000 124 210 a.m.
3 a.m. (Tuesday) No. 14 Baylor (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. 11. Auburn;6-2;910;9
NATIONAL CONFERENCE N.Y. Jets at Miami, 10 a.m.
TENNIS — ATP/WTA: The Rolex Masters & West Virginia, Thursday. 12. Baylor;7-0;882;14
East W L T Pct PF PA Washington at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
The Shenzhen Open, Early Rounds No. 15 Texas (5-3) lost to TCU 37-27. Next: vs. 13. Minnesota;8-0;778;17
Dallas 4 3 0 .571 190 124 Tennessee at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Kansas State, Saturday, Nov. 9. 14. Michigan;6-2;744;19
Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 202 199 Minnesota at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
No. 16 SMU (8-0) beat Houston 34-31, 15. SMU;8-0;666;16
Chicago at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Baseball N.Y. Giants
Washington
2 6 0 .250 158
1 7 0 .125 99
218
195 Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 24. Next: at Memphis, Sat-
urday.
16. Notre Dame;5-2;563;8
17. Cincinnati;6-1;524;18
POSTSEASON BASEBALL GLANCE South W L T Pct PF PA Tampa Bay at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.
WORLD SERIES No. 17 Minnesota (8-0) beat Maryland 52-10. 18. Wisconsin;6-2;513;13
New Orleans 7 1 0 .875 195 156 Detroit at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Next: vs. No. 7 Penn State, Saturday, Nov. 9. 19. Iowa;6-2;456;20
Carolina 4 3 0 .571 179 184 Green Bay at L.A. Chargers, 1:25 p.m.
Washington 2, Houston 2 No. 18 Cincinnati (6-1) did not play. Next: at 20. Appalachian St.;7-0;393;21
Tampa Bay 2 5 0 .286 196 212 Cleveland at Denver, 1:25 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 22: Washington 5, Houston 4 East Carolina, Saturday. 21. Boise St.;6-1;280;22
Atlanta 1 7 0 .125 165 250 New England at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 23: Washington 12, Hous- No. 19 Michigan (6-2) beat No. 8 Notre 22. Kansas St.;5-2;218;NR
North W L T Pct PF PA Open: L.A. Rams, New Orleans, Atlanta,
ton 3 Dame 45-14. Next: at Maryland, Saturday. 23. Wake Forest;6-1;200;25
Green Bay 6 1 0 .857 184 139 Cincinnati
Friday, Oct. 25: Houston 4, Washington 1 No. 20 Iowa (6-2) beat Northwestern 20-0. 24. Memphis;7-1;188;NR
Minnesota 6 2 0 .750 211 132 Monday, Nov. 4
Saturday, Oct. 26: Houston 8, Washington 1 Next: at No. 13 Wisconsin, Saturday, Nov. 9. 25. San Diego St.;7-1;50;NR
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 5:15 p.m.
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B10 | Monday, October 28, 2019 | The Union
Walter Ford, Sports Editor
530-477-4232, wford@theunion.com

BRIEFS PREP ROUNDUP

COLLEGE
FOOTBALL
ROUNDUP
Costello sparks Stanford
offense in 41-31
win over Arizona
STANFORD — K.J.
Costello returned to
Stanford’s starting lineup
and led the Cardinal to a
41-31 victory over visiting
Arizona on Saturday.
The senior quarter-
back threw for 312 yards
and three touchdowns
after missing three games
with a thumb injury.
Back-up Davis Mills was
unavailable.
Both teams are 4-4 over-
all and 2-3 in the Pac 12.
The Wildcats went with
two quarterbacks, starting
the athletic Kahlil Tate,
who passed for 205 yards
and a pair of touchdowns
and rushed for 103 yards
and a touchdown.
Showing no signs of
discomfort, Costello rifled
passes to 12 different re-
ceivers, including a pair of
touchdown passes to Simi
Fehoko and one to Brycen
Tremayne, whose only
two receptions have both
gone for touchdowns.
Cameron Scarlett rushed
for 102 yards and scored
twice.
Moss sets more
rushing records as
Utah routs Cal 35-0
SALT LAKE CITY — Zack
Moss ran for 115 yards
and two touchdowns,
breaking two more school
rushing records as No. 12
Utah routed California
35-0 on Saturday night.
After becoming Utah’s
career leader in yards
rushing last week, Moss
increased his total to
33 touchdowns on the
ground and surpassed
Del Rodgers, who set
the previous mark of 31
from 1978-81. Moss also
reached 100 yards rushing
for the 15th time, breaking
the school record he had
Bruins fall short against rival Colfax
By Brian Shepard
Special to The Union
Bear River had its chanc-
es in the red zone early and
showed resiliency late, but
Colfax proved too much
to handle as it took Friday
night’s River Bowl bout at J.
David Ramsey Stadium in
dominant fashion, 28-7.
“It would have been easy
to just go in the tank at the
end of that first half,” said
Bruins co-head coach Scott
Savoie, whose offense came
away empty after getting
down inside Falcons 10
yard line twice. “Our kids
didn’t. They came out, they
fought, got a score and
made it a game there for
awhile. Just needed one
PRO FOOTBALL
San Francisco 49ers running back Tevin Coleman celebrates and is greeted by his teammates after scoring a touch-
down during the first half of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Santa Clara. The touchdown was
Coleman’s third in the first half.
more drive. Had a couple
big penalties that hurt us,
but proud of the way the
kids battled back in the
second half. Too little, too
late. Shot ourselves in the
foot in the first half in a
big way. Just too much to
overcome.”
The Falcons (7-2, 4-0 Pi-
oneer Valley League) rallied
for three unanswered first
half scores and a 21-0 lead
over their league rival. The
first came from junior half
back Juliono Martello who
scored from 7-yards out to
cap off a nine-play, 58-yard
drive to open the game.
Trying to bounce back on
their ensuing possession,
the Bruins were forced into
third-and-long and was
intercepted by Colfax junior
Gannon Brothers, who gave
his team a short field.
Cashing in the turnover
six plays later was senior
running back John Beck-
man, who busted through
a bevy of Bruins for an
8-yard score. Beckman
would later add a 29-yard
sprint around the right
edge on fourth-and-1 for a
touchdown on Colfax’s next
possession. Beckman led all
rushers with 13 carries for
100 yards and two scores,
while the rest of his team
contributed 28 yards on 19
attempts.
“All we had to do was
score those two touchdowns
BRUINS, B9
PHOTO BY BRIAN O’BRIEN
Bear River’s Ryder Kiggins fights for extra yards during
a game against Colfax Friday night at J. David Ramsey
Stadium.
PREP FOOTBALL
Miners
trampled
by Zebras
By Walter Ford
Sports Editor
LINCOLN — Head
coach Brad Sparks
summed up his team’s
showing against Lincoln
in two words.
“Butt kicked,” said the
second year Nevada Union
skipper after his foot-
ball team fell on the road
to the Fighting Zebras,
34-3, in a Foothill Valley
League bout Friday night.
“We got to a point where
we couldn’t do anything.
We made a ton of mental
mistakes … We killed our-
ASSOCIATED PRESS selves with false starts, we
threw interceptions, we
had two holds on big plays
… If you shoot yourself in
the foot, you tend to not

Coleman’s 4 TDs lead

shared with Devontae be very successful.”
Booker and John White IV. Nevada Union was
Moss also finished with 89 stagnant offensively as the
yards on three receptions. ground attack never got
California’s defense had going and the pass game

49ers past Panthers

held 14 consecutive oppo-
nents under 25 points, the
longest active streak in the
country.
It took Utah (7-1, 4-1
Pac-12) just a half to snap
that streak, even with a
hobbled quarterback. The
Utes rolled to 351 yards
and 28 points in the first
half while allowing just 33
yards for the Bears (4-4,
1-4 Pac-12).
AP Top 25: LSU No.
1 ahead of ‘Bama,
Ohio St in close vote
The No. 1 vs. No. 2 game
between Alabama and
LSU in two weeks looks
set, though the order of
the Crimson Tide and
Tigers changed in the AP
Top 25 in one of the closet
votes ever.
Heading into an off
date for both teams, LSU
flip-flopped with Alabama
to become the new No.
1 in The Associated Press
college football poll pre-
sented by Regions Bank.
The Tigers received 1,476
points, two more than
Alabama, for the closest
margin between 1 and 2
since No. 1 Florida State
was two points ahead of
Auburn on Oct. 5, 2014.
No. 3 Ohio State was
not far behind with 1,468
points. Eight points
separating first from third
is the fewest in the regular
season since Dec. 3, 1979,
when No. 1 Ohio State was
10 points ahead of No. 3
Southern California, with
Oklahoma in between,
two back of the Buckeyes.
Alabama received the
most first-place votes
this week with 21. LSU
and Ohio State both got
17 first-place votes. No. 4
Clemson received seven
first-place votes.
— Associated Press
By Josh Dubow
AP Pro Football Writer
SANTA CLARA — Tevin Coleman
scored three of his four touchdowns
in the first half, rookie Nick Bosa
had three sacks to go along with an
acrobatic interception and the San
Francisco 49ers remained unbeaten
with a 51-13 victory over the Car-
olina Panthers on Sunday in their
highest-scoring game in 26 years.
The Niners (7-0) are off to their
best start since winning their first
10 games in 1990 but still faced
questions because five of those first
six victories came against teams that
have losing records.
But San Francisco delivered per-
haps its most complete performance
of the season against the streaking
PRO BASKETBALL
Schroder leads Watson’s 3 TD passes
Thunder past Warriors lead Texans over Raiders
By Cliff Brunt
AP Sports Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY — Dennis
Schroder scored 22 points to help
the Oklahoma City Thunder rout
the Golden State Warriors 120-92
on Sunday for their first victory of
the season.
The blowout matched Oklaho-
ma City’s largest margin of victory
over the Warriors since the fran-
chise moved from Seattle before
the 2008-09 season.
Danilo Gallinari added 21
points and Shai Gilgeous-Alex-
ander had 19 points and nine
rebounds for the Thunder. They
opened the season with losses to
Utah and Washington.
Panthers (4-3), who had won four
straight games and featured one of
the league’s top defenses.
Jimmy Garoppolo and the offense
had little trouble carving Carolina’s
defense with 232 yards rushing and
a pair of touchdown passes for San
Francisco’s most prolific offensive
game since beating Detroit 55-17
on Dec. 19, 1993. The Niners stellar
defense did the rest.
San Francisco intercepted three
passes from Kyle Allen, who came
into the game with no interceptions
on 153 career attempts while win-
ning his first five starts in place of
injured starter Cam Newton. They
also had seven sacks, with Bosa get-
ting three of them to go along with
his leaping interception and 46-yard
return on the final play of the third
Stephen Curry scored 23 points
for the Warriors, making 7 of 18
shots while his teammates made
just 23 of 74. Golden State was
coming off a season-opening
home loss to the Los Angeles
Clippers.
Oklahoma City roared out to a
70-37 halftime lead. The Thun-
der shot 56.5% before the break
while holding the Warriors to
27.5 %. Schroder had 16 points
and six rebounds in the first half.
A 3-pointer by Gallinari put
the Thunder ahead 95-56 with
just over four minutes left in
the third quarter and forced a
Warriors timeout. Oklahoma City
led 105-68 heading into the final
period.
quarter.
Coleman did most of the rest of
the damage. He scored on a 19-yard
run in the first quarter, added a 10-
yard catch in the second quarter,
broke the game open with a 48-yard
run late in the first half and added a
1-yard run late in the third quarter.
Coleman finished with 11 car-
ries for 105 yards and two catches
for 13 yards. He became just the
fourth 49ers player to score at least
four touchdowns in a regular-sea-
son game, joining Jerry Rice (1993,
1990) and Billy Kilmer (1961). Rice
holds the team record with five TDs
against Atlanta in 1990.
Receiver Deebo Samuel added a
20-yard touchdown run on a nifty
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PRO FOOTBALL
By Kristie Rieken
AP Sports Writer
HOUSTON — Deshaun Wat-
son threw for 279 yards and three
touchdowns, including the go-ahead
score in the fourth quarter to lift the
Houston Texans to a 27-24 win over
the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
There were about 6½ minutes
left when Watson evaded the rush
and connected with Darren Fells on
a 9-yard scoring toss to put Hous-
ton up 27-24 for its first lead of
the game. Watson appeared to get
kicked in the face on the play and re-
mained on the turf for a few minutes
and was tended to be trainers before
getting to his feet and walking to the
medical tent. But he was OK and
proved more fruitful for
the Zebras than it did for
the Miners.
NU rushed for less than
100 yards for the first time
all season, managed just
70 yards through the air
and turned the ball over
four times (three intercep-
tions, one lost fumble).
“They’re a good foot-
ball team,” Sparks said of
Lincoln. “When you can
beat Whitney and Ante-
lope, you’re a pretty good
football team.”
Lincoln had very little
trouble moving the ball
as junior quarterback
J.T. Willis tossed two
first half touchdowns, a
12-yarder to Seth Samp-
son and a 19-yarder to
Caden Noonan. Sampson
also ripped off a 60-yard
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returned on the next possession.
Houston (5-3) forced a punt on
the next drive when Gareon Conley,
who was traded to the Texans from
Oakland this week, knocked down
a pass to Tyrell Williams on third
down.
Fells had 58 yards receiving and
two touchdowns and DeAndre
Hopkins grabbed 11 catches for 109
yards.
Derek Carr had 285 yards passing
with three touchdowns as the Raid-
ers (3-4) lost for the second week in
a row.
The Texans had a chance to take
the lead early in the third quar-
ter, but Watson was sacked on
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