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Staffreport LOS MOLINOS Six Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs players and one Mercy Warriors player have been named to the Five Star League All League volleyball team, which was announced Wednesday. Los Molinos' Rachel Rogers and Liset Castillo were named MVPs of the league and coach Chas Ko- nopka was named Coach of the Year. "Really good players that listen and want to learn make a coach look good," Konopka said. Henna Acevedo, Heather Rodri- guez, Kendall Williams and Sugey Cota also were named to the team from the first place Bulldogs, who went undefeated in league play. Rogers, a junior, led the league with 456 kills, 65 aces, 44 blocks, 216 digs and an assist; Castillo had 366 kills, 116 aces, 23 blocks, 395 digs and 8 assists; Acevedo had 130 kills, 114 aces, 24 blocks, 244 digs and 6 assists; Rodriguez had 5 kills, 42 aces, 93 digs and 419 as- sists,Williams,ajunior,had3kills, 72aces,60digsand277assistsand Cota had 1 kill, 2 aces, 149 digs and an assist. Mercy'sAnnieFesserwasnamed to the All League team, the sole Warriors player to be honored. Fesser had 59 kills, 12 aces, 25 blocks, 94 digs and 2 assists. The Bulldogs advanced to the semi-finals in the North Section Volleyball Playoffs, falling Nov. 10 toNo.2Quincyinfoursets.Having earned a berth in the state cham- pionships, the No. 12 seed Bulldogs lostNov.16inthefirstroundtoNo. 5 San Francisco Waldorf in 3 sets. The Warriors struggled this sea- son, finishing 9-19 overall, 2-8 in league play, missing the playoffs. VOLLEYBALL BULLDOGS, WARRIOR NAMED ALL LEAGUE DAILYNEWSFILEPHOTO Liset Castillo DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO Rachel Rogers By Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press The story of the Ohio State- Michigan rivalry will always best be told through the tale of Woody and Bo. For 10 years, Woody Hayes' Buckeyes and Bo Schembechler's Wolverines reigned over the Big Ten and captivated the country. Teacher vs. pupil. Dear friends and fierce competitors, their leg- acies are linked. More than three decades since their Ten Year War con- cluded, Michigan and Ohio State are about to play one of the highest-stakes games in the history of series that will reach 113 games Saturday in Colum- bus, Ohio. With modern-day titans of coaching on each side and both teams contending for a national championship, this feels as if it could be the start of something big: a new era of epic competi- tion between two coaches with roots that trace back to the men who defined the rivalry. On one side, Ohio State's Ur- ban Meyer, a Buckeye by birth who was mentored by Hayes' successor in Columbus. With three national championships on his resume, he is 4-0 against Michigan since taking over at Ohio State. On the other, Michigan's Jim Harbaugh, who played quar- terback for Schembechler in the mid-1980s. After turning around Stanford and taking the San Francisco 49ers to the Su- per Bowl, he returned to Mich- igan and needed just two sea- sons to make the Wolverines COLLEGE FOOTBALL Meyer, Harbaugh have a chance to recharge a rivalry ALFREDO ESTRELLA — GETTY IMAGES Oakland Raiders Latavius Murray (L) attempts to escape the tackle by Houston Texans Josh Walker By Jerry McDonald Bay Area News Group ALAMEDA The Raiders were happy to have gotten away with saving their best for last, but re- alize it can't be that way that way going forward against Carolina. Unable to get anything done with the running game in a 27-20 winovertheHoustonTexansMon- day night, Latavius Murray con- vertedafourth-and-1witha6-yard gain to enable the Raiders to run out the clock and improve to 8-2. Related Articles The Aldon Smith conundrum: When will Goodell approve return to Raiders? Mexico City not a home game for Raiders, but close enough Raiders didn't discuss Aldon Smith reinstatement with Goodell Del Rio confesses special satis- faction after team made good on latest gamble Kawakami: Ronnie Lott, Oak- land mayor square off against Raiders' Las Vegas play It was the longest gain of the night, as the Raiders finished with 30 yards on 20 carries just one game after their high-wa- ter mark — a 218-yard, 43-carry performance against the Denver Broncos. "Right there, that's a four-min- ute situation, situational football," Murray said Wednesday. "You've got to be able to do those things. That's what good teams do. Obvi- ously I think we just need to run the ball that way the first three quarters and hopefully improve there." Left tackle Donald Penn was gratified that with the way the Raiders had run the ball up until that point, that coach Jack Del Rio still had enough faith in the offen- sive line to put the game in their hands with 1:04 to play. Had Houston stuffed the play, the Raiders defense would have been back and the Texans in po- sition to run a few plays in hopes of a desperation tying touchdown. "Coach came up to me after the game and said, 'great job on fourth down,' " left tackle Donald Penn said. "I said, 'No, thank you for calling it and believing in us.' " NFL Raidersdon'twantstagnantrungame RAIDERS PAGE 2 RIVALRY PAGE 2 VOLLEYBALL PAGE 2 By Josh Dubow The Associated Press ALAMEDA Jamize Olawale earned his way onto an NFL ros- ter as an undrafted free agent as a bruising lead blocker whose un- heralded work helps higher-pro- file stars shine. Yet Olawale has developed into a big-play threat of his own this season for Oakland with the team's two longest catches of the season, including the momen- tum-changing 75-yard touchdown that helped the Raiders beat the Houston Texans 27-20 on Monday night in Mexico City to take over sole possession of first place in the AFC West. "I enjoy winning," Olawale said. "Whatever I have to do to help the team win. Sometimes it's blocking, sometimes it's catching, sometimes it's both. Whatever I have to do." Olawale wasn't drafted out of North Texas in 2012 and made the Dallas Cowboys practice squad that season. The Raiders then signed him to their active roster that December in a move that garnered little at- tention at the time. Olawale spent most of his first three full seasons with the Raid- ers as Marcel Reece's backup as the team saw enough promise to keep two fullbacks on the roster in an era when many teams don't even carry one. The Raiders gave Olawale a three-year extension last Decem- ber and he became the unques- tioned starter when Reece was suspended late last season for vi- olating the league's policy on per- formance-enhancing drugs. "He's here for a good amount of time and hopefully he'll be here as long as I am," quarterback Derek Carr said. "I love 'Maze.' The cool thing about him is that not only is he a real, really good football player, he's one of the best people I've ever been around. He's quiet, he's funny and he works extremely hard. "So, whenever you have a guy like that having success, every- one in the locker room feels good for him." Oakland cut Reece when he was eligible to return earlier this season because Olawale offered the same threat as a runner and receiver while being more adept as a blocker. NFL Olawale another threat for Raiders EDUARDO VERDUGO — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Raiders fullback Jamize Olawale scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans Monday in Mexico City. VOLLEYBALL PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, November 24, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1