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ByJanieMcCauley TheAssociatedPress SAN FRANCISCO There's a tune Tim Flannery once sung that he finds perfectly fitting to describe how his San Francisco Giants get the most out of themselves in the postseason. Old standbys like Buster Posey, Hunter Pence and Pablo Sando- val mix with rookie faces, giving the Giants a seemingly unique ability to win every other Octo- ber. Quirky circumstances or in- jured stars don't seem to matter, whether it's the 2010 bunch of castoffs and misfits or a pair of veteran stars making their first World Series trip. "There's a line I once sung for Andres Torres, 'One thing for certain, I promise you will see, it's never too late to be the per- son you were meant to be,'" Flan- nery, the thoughtful third-base coach and musician, offered af- ter Thursday night's NL Champi- onship Series clincher. "And I've seen it here. I've seen it night af- ter night. These guys come here and we get the most and we get the best out of them." Posey, Sandoval, Santiago Casilla and Madison Bumgar- ner were all with the Giants in 2010, then Pence joined the fun WORLD SERIES Giantshaveevery-other-yeardealdown Familiar faces Posey, Sandoval, Bumgarner joined in this year's pennant run by newcomers DAVIDJ.PHILLIP—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS The San Francisco Giants' Tim Hudson celebrates in the locker room a er Game 5of the National League championship series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday in San Francisco. The Giants won 6-3to advance to the World Series. SUBMITTED PHOTO Corning 11-year-old Hannah Pritchard took first place for level 4s at the Surf Classic women's com- petitive gymnastics meet in Roseville on Oct. 11. with an overall score of 37.325. Pritchard scored 9.2 on vault, 9.325 on bars, 9.3 on beam and 9.5 on floor. Pritchard will compete in Stockton on Sunday as she continues her season with the goal of bringing a Northern California championship to Corning. GYMNASTICS GYMNAST GOLDEN Corning 11-year-old Pritchard takes first place in Level 4 at Surf Classic meet in Roseville President Barack Obama turned to a trusted adviser to lead the nation's Ebola response on Friday as efforts to clamp down on any possible route of infection from three Texas cases expanded. DISEASE ObamatapsEbola'czar' as precautions expand FULLSTORYONPAGEB7 Corning's tennis team is at the Northern Athletic League championships today. Mercy is at the Sacramento Valley League finals. Mercy 8-man football hosts Loyalton at 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart. SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE Tennis championships begin Saturday Due to our print deadline coverage of the Lassen at Corning and Paradise at Red Bluff football games can be found on our website redbluffdailynews.com. WEEK 7 FOOTBALL Game stories online at redbluffdailynews.com The Jefferson Pipe Band bagpipers and drummers and the choir of the Presbyterian Church of Red Bluff will pres- ent the Kirkin o' the Tartan ceremony Sunday, Oct. 26, celebrating Scottish heritage. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Kirkin o' the Tartan ceremony planned FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 SUBMITTED PHOTO The Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs along with the student body and crowd wore pink Thursday night in honor of the Dig Pink program that supports breast cancer awareness. Staff Reports LOSMOLINOS Dressed in pink at- tire to raise breast cancer aware- ness, the Lady Bulldogs beat vis- iting Redding Christian 25-21, 25- 22, 22-25, 25-21 Thursday night. Hannah Rogers had 14 kills for Los Molinos and Rachel Rogers had 10. Los Molinos fired in 14 aces, four from Rachel Rogers and three each from Hannah Rogers and Vanesa Cota. Cota also provided 22 assists. Gilsa Castellon had 13 digs and Rachel and Hannah Rogers each had 12. Los Molinos (15-6-3, 2-1) is at the Faith Christian Tournament this weekend. SHASTA 3, RED BLUFF 0 Shasta swept visiting Red Bluff 25-17, 25- 15, 25-16 Thursday. Alex Funk led Red Bluff with five kills and 10 digs. Regan Barrow had 11 digs. Bailey Frantz had 11 assists. Red Bluff (7-15, 1-6) hosts Chico on Tuesday. CENTRAL VALLEY 3, CORNING 2 Visiting Central Valley came from behind to knock off Corning 20- PREP ROUNDUP LosMolinosearnswininpink Lady Bulldogs volleyball team dresses in pink attire to raise local breast cancer awareness By Steve Corkran Bay Area News Group SANTA CLARA A linebacker, safety or cornerback? A combi- nation of defenders? Someone in a San Francisco 49ers uniform is going to have to cover Denver Broncos all-world tight end Julius Thomas. The question: Who? Regular inside linebackers NaVorro Bow- man and Patrick Willis won't be available because of injury. There- fore, the job is going to fall upon the likes of linebackers Chris Bor- land and Michael Wilhoite and safeties Eric Reid and Antoine 49ERS' HEADACHE Wh o co ve rs Broncos tight end Thomas? Staff Reports RED BLUFF The Vineyard Chris- tian Fellowship coed softball team saved its first victory of the season for an important time. The previously winless team in the Red Bluff Parks and Recre- ation Tuesday league upset pre- viously undefeated Mel's Fault in the opening round of the playoffs 9-8. Mel's Fault built an 8-3 lead through six innings, but Jim Eng- land, Jessica McNeely, Henry Ben- ner and April Waelty doubled and scored consecutively with no outs, to start a six-run rally in the fi- nal inning. With the win over the top seed, Vineyard earned a bye for the sec- ond round and will advance into the championship game with a mere 1-5 record. Janae Grisham led Mel's Fault with three doubles and two runs scored, while Pablo Vazquez fin- ished 4-for-5 with a run and a pair of extra-base hits. The new playoff format put every team into the postseason tournament, seeded according to regular season record. In other games, No. 4 Tehama Estates moved past No. 3 Cozy Diner 7-4 and No. 2 Bob's Tire eliminated the No. 5 Mercenar- ies 12-2. Bob's Tire will face Tehama Estates for a place in the final at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Tosh Field. The winner will play against Vineyard at 7:30 p.m. for the Tues- day coed championship. REC SOFTBALL Vineyard Christian pulls off upset win ROUNDUP PAGE 2 Online: See more local sports cover- age of Tehama County at the website REDBLUFFDAILY- NEWS.COM/SPORTS. GIANTS PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, October 18, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1