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Sports 1B Thursday January 16, 2014 PREP ROUNDUP LosMo vball star nabs All-State honors By ANDRE BYIK DN Staff Writer Los Molinos High's Clarivel Castillo, a 6-foot senior, was selected to the MaxPreps.com California All-State Division V volleyball team, the website announced Sunday. Castillo and the Lady Bulldogs finished the year with 39-9 record and a Northern Section CIF Division V title after Castillo defeating Durham in November by a score of 25-22, 25-22, 25-20. Castillo notched 25 kills, 26 digs and five blocks in the championship match. "As she did in 2012,' the website said, "the MaxPreps All-American turned in big numbers as Los Molinos won 39 times: 627 kills, 67 aces, 97 blocks and 612 digs." Girls Basketball The Red Bluff Lady Spartans (11-4) defeated Chico, 55-41 on Tuesday at home. Red Bluff's Payten McKerras tallied 17 points and 14 rebounds, Chelsey Bushnell had 11 points, and Katie Gallagher and Emily Gallagher each scored seven points. The Spartans improved to 1-0 in league play, and host Oroville tonight. The Mercy Lady Warriors (13-3) went on the road and beat Chester (3-9), 52-35 on Tuesday. Mercy's Marissa Starman and Cheyanne Johnson each notched 13 points in the game, and Jessica Curl finished with 12 points and 21 rebounds. The Warriors are back in action Friday, when they host Hayfork at 6 p.m. Boys Basketball The Red Bluff Spartans (11-4) downed Central Valley (6-11), 75-38 on the road Tuesday. Red Bluff's Will Macdonald finished the night with 14 points and was 4-of-4 shooting from the 3-point line. Joseph Bosetti had 14 points and eight rebounds, and Matthew Fox had 13 points, six rebounds and five assists. The Spartans host Paradise (1-12) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The Mercy Warriors (6-10) fell to Chester on Tuesday, 63-41. Mercy's Tommy Garcia had 11 points and nine rebounds and five blocks in the loss, Teddy Ranberg added nine points and five boards, and Brandon Gorden had seven points and five rebounds. The Warriors host Hayfork on Friday. Boys Soccer The Corning Cardinals (10-0-2) tied University Prep (1-2-3), 3-3, on the road Tuesday. The Cards host Yreka at 3:15 p.m. today. Girls Soccer The Corning Lady Cardinals (5-6-1) fell to University Prep, 6-0, on the road Tuesday. The Lady Cards host Yreka at 5:15 p.m. today. ——— Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151 ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports Tehama Tracker Today's schedule GIRLS BASKETBALL Oroville at Red Bluff, 7:30 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Yreka at Corning, 3:15 p.m. Hamilton at Los Molinos, 3:15 p.m. Mercy at Esparto, 3:15 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Yreka at Corning, 3:15 p.m. NHL San Jose at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Sports on TV GOLF Noon TGC — PGA Tour, Humana Challenge, first round, at La Quinta, Calif. 1 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Abu Dhabi Championship, second round, at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4 p.m. ESPN — UConn at Memphis ESPN2 — Missouri at Vanderbilt FS1 — Providence at St. John's 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Ohio State at Minnesota FS1 — Arizona State at Arizona NBA BASKETBALL 4 p.m. TNT — New York at Indiana 6:30 p.m. TNT — Oklahoma City at Houston NHL HOCKEY 5 p.m. NBCSN — Los Angeles at St. Louis TENNIS 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Australian Open, third round, at Melbourne, Australia Midnight ESPN2 — Australian Open, third round, at Melbourne, Australia AP photo A worker, who declined to be identified, cleans seats at CenturyLink Field in preparation for the NFL football NFC championship in Seattle, Wednesday, The Seattle Seahawks play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. 49ers must deal with walls of noise SANTA CLARA (AP) — Jim Harbaugh will turn to lip reading, motioning and even sign language if he has to in order to communicate with Colin Kaepernick to keep things running smoothly in the deafening noise of Seattle's home stadium. Kaepernick plans to repeat his calls as many times as necessary in the huddle during the NFC championship game Sunday to make sure his teammates hear him. ''He just has to be louder,'' center Jonathan Goodwin said. ''There's really no special tricks. You've just got to be as loud as possible and hope everybody hears it.'' Solid communication through the chaos at CenturyLink Field will be paramount for Kaepernick, who had one of his worst performances as a pro in a 29-3 Week 2 loss to the Seahawks. In preparation, music blared across San Francisco's practice field Wednesday. The 49ers regularly practice with the sound system at full blast, but it is that much more important this week as they head to what is considered the NFL's loudest venue. ''Other teams may approach it differently,'' Harbaugh said. ''You've got to be able to communicate without being able to hear very well. You can simulate that somewhat in practice. Signals, hand signals, verbal signals, body language, reading lips, different ways. But, we'll practice that. We've been in some of those environments.'' While Kaepernick blames poor execution, and not noise issues, for two disappointing defeats in Seattle over the past 13 months, he realizes he will have to holler at the top of his lungs to avoid further problems getting the snap off in time. ''You stick to the basics,'' wideout Anquan Boldin said Wednesday. The 49ers (14-4) had the secondmost delay of game penalties in the NFL during the regular season with eight and have frequently struggled to get plays off on time, forcing them to waste timeouts. And that's in the best of circumstances, not in the Seattle noise. In the first meeting with the Seahawks, the Niners committed two false starts, one delay of game and needed to use two timeouts on one thirdquarter drive as they fought the play clock. Last year, they had two delays and were again forced to use two timeouts on offense when they couldn't get the play off. San Francisco had similar problems in its wild-card win at Green Bay two weeks ago. In the 49ers' Sept. 15 road loss to the Seahawks, Kaepernick threw three interceptions and completed only 13 of 28 passes for 127 yards for a career-worst 20.1 passer rating. He also took three sacks. And on Dec. 23, 2012, at Seattle, Kaepernick went 19 of 36 for 244 yards with a touchdown, one interception and a sack in a 42-13 defeat. In all, the 49ers have committed seven turnovers and been outscored 71-16 in their last two trips to Seattle. ''We do have to protect the football. That's something we haven't done very well up there. I think going into this game we have to make sure we do that so we can come out with a win,'' the quarterback said. ''It's a different game. It's a whole separate entity. It's a little bit louder in Seattle.'' More than a little bit louder, really. Seattle gets so loud, in fact, not only does it help cause tremors, but place kicker Phil Dawson can't even hear when his foot makes contact with the ball. ''There's no comparison,'' defensive tackle Ray McDonald said. ''Playing in college, NFL, that's the loudest stadium I've ever played in. I can see why it gives offenses trouble, it's just so loud you can't really make the checks you want to.'' Cornerback Carlos Rogers has one answer to bringing down the noise level. ''Once we start winning, the first points on the board, that will take all the fans out of it,'' said Rogers, who participated in his first practice after missing the last two playoff games with a strained right hamstring. The 49ers have already won at bitter cold Green Bay and at Carolina in the NFC divisional playoff round last week, and they know this is another challenging step in their quest for a return trip to the Super Bowl to chase the franchise's sixth championship. And when it comes to Seattle's raucous ''12th man'' crowd, which even affects the home team at times, Kaepernick offers a gentle reminder. ''We only have 11 on the field,'' he said, ''just like them.'' Derrick Williams returns to Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dernights. So, Timberwolves Presirick Williams walked off the bus dent Flip Saunders traded him to and strolled into Target Center Sacramento for Mbah a Moute to toward the entrance to the visitadd some defensive depth to a ing locker room. team full of scorers. As he put his hand on the door ''Sometimes you're not in the knob and started to open it, he right spot,'' Wolves point guard did a double-take to make sure he Ricky Rubio said. ''There's nothwas headed to the right place. It's ing you can do. He was working hard to blame Williams for his hard. He put a lot of time. I think tentativeness since he had spent he's going to be good in this the first two years of his career league.'' walking into the home locker Williams erupted for 31 points room in this building. in his fifth game with the Kings, Williams made his return to but he was pushed to the bench Minnesota on Wednesday night, when the team acquired Rudy Gay a month and a half after the Timfrom Toronto and has been adjustberwolves traded the former No. ing ever since. 2 overall pick to the Sacramento ''We want him to use his athletiKings for Luc Mbah a Moute. In cism, show some toughness and that short time, Williams said it AP photo defend at a high level,'' Kings has already become crystal clear Sacramento Kings forward Derrick coach Michael Malone said. that he is a much better fit with Williams, right, fights for the ball ''When Rudy came in, he kind of the Kings than he was with the against San Antonio in December. wasn't sure how to fit in. But in the Wolves. last four games Derrick's been ''I think it fits my style of play great for us. When we can defend a little bit more,'' Williams said before Sacramento and Derrick can get out in transition and play to his athfaced Minnesota. ''I just feel a little bit more free out leticism, he becomes a much better player. He's been there on the court, learning through mistakes. With a terrific for us and we're happy to have him.'' young player like myself, as well as a first-year head Williams averaged 12.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and coach, you're going to have some ups and downs on shot 54 percent in those four games, which included a both sides. We're all learning together.'' three-game winning streak that ended in Indiana on Williams was the highest draft pick in franchise his- Tuesday night. Most importantly for him, he's averagtory when the Wolves chose him in 2011. But coach ing almost 25 minutes a game and feels like he's being Rick Adelman determined that he was better at power allowed to play through mistakes now, unlike in Minforward than small forward, which means he spent nesota. most of his time here stuck behind All-Star Kevin ''It was a learning experience, whether it was good Love. or bad,'' Williams said of his time in Minnesota. Playing on a team that began this year with playoff ''There were a lot of ups and downs, but you learn from expectations, Williams found consistent playing time it. They're all veteran coaches on that side and we have hard to come by. Adelman gave the bulk of the minutes all new coaches on this side. It's just a different fit and to Love and veteran Dante Cunningham, leaving a different feel as well. Different philosophies in the Williams frustrated at the end of the bench on many coaching style.''