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Tehama Tracker Monday's results Game 5 Texas St. Louis Texas leads series 3-2 Today's games VOLLEYBALL Central Valley Corning Mercy Chester Pleasant Valley Red Bluff Williams Los Molinos NHL Sharks Nashville 5 p.m. CSNC On the tube COLLEGE FOOTBALL •5 p.m., ESPN2 — Troy at FIU NHL HOCKEY • 4:30 p.m., VERSUS — Tampa Bay at Buffalo Prep Football Playoff Points Through Week 8 •Points based on overall record, league record and strength of sched- ule. Top 6 teams made playoffs, with Top 2 teams receiving first round byes. •Teams listed with remaining schedule. Division I Record Paradise Points 8-0 24.10 at Shasta, vs Oroville Chico vs Foothill, vs Shasta 6-2 21.60 West Valley 6-2 20.40 at Anderson, vs Central Valley Shasta vs Paradise, at Chico Foothill 5-3 18.88 7-1 18.15 at Chico, vs Pleasant Valley Enterprise 6-2 15.97 at Pleasant Valley, at Lassen Pleasant Valley 4-4 10.00 vs Enterprise, at Foothill Oroville at Red Bluff, vs Paradise Red Bluff 1-7 9.05 0-8 5.10 vs Oroville, vs Las Plumas Las Plumas 0-8 4.20 vs Lassen, at Red Bluff Division II Record Sutter Points 8-0 25.10 vs Wheatland, at Orland Orland at Yreka, vs Sutter Lassen 8-0 25.00 4-4 20.03 at Las Plumas, vs Enterprise Corning at Central Valley, vs Winters Wheatland 5-3 17.85 at Sutter, vs Gridley Central Valley 5-3 16.55 vs Corning, at West Valley Yreka 4-4 12.57 vs Orland, vs Anderson Winters at Gridley, at Corning Anderson 4-4 10.30 2-6 10.00 vs West Valley, at Yreka Gridley vs Winters, at Wheatland 2-6 9.80 Around town Arm wrestling tournament The Tehama VFW Post #3909, the Los Molinos Woman's Club and Alhambra Water will sponsor an Arm- Wrestling Tournament Fundraiser at 2 p.m. on Sun- day at the Los Molinos Veter- an's Memorial Hall. All pro- ceeds from this event will go to "Susan G. Komen for the Cure". The entry fee is $15 per arm, per weight division ($25 for both arms, per weight divi- sion). For more information call Skip Barker at 567-5074 or Betty Morales at 384-1706. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Maurice Jones-Drew ran for 105 yards against the NFL's best run defense, Josh Scobee kicked four field goals and the Jack- sonville Jaguars snapped a five-game slide with a 12-7 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. Stepping into the national spotlight for one night, the Jaguars used their best defensive effort in five years to slow down Ray Rice, Joe Flac- co and Co. Jacksonville (2-5) did- n't allow a first down until the 5:26 mark of the third quarter, a mix of stout defense and inept offense. Flacco finally got the Ravens (4-2) on the scoreboard with a lit- tle more than two min- utes remaining. Baltimore had a final possession, but Drew Coleman stepped in front of Ed Dickson and inter- cepted Flacco's pass. MCT photo Paul Poslusny tackles Ray Rice, Monday night. 5-3 19.28 Jaguars shut down Ravens Section releases first playoff points VOLLEYBALL By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor The Mercy Lady Warriors have the No. 4 seed in the first released playoff point rankings. Mercy's strength of schedule ranked tops in Divi- sion-VI. The Lady Warriors are 17-14-1 on the season. Champion Christian topped the rankings, followed by Westwood and Fall River. The Red Bluff Lady Spartans (19-13) were ranked last out of the four Division-II schools. Shasta was tops in the division, followed by Chico and Pleasant Valley. The Spartans 1-5 record against other Division-II teams brought down their ranking. Los Molinos (20-14-5) was sixth in the Division-V rankings and will need a solid finish to their season to at least hold onto a first round home playoff game. Hamilton was ranked first, followed by University Prep, Pierce, Portola and Quincy. Mt. Shasta was tied with Los Molinos in the sixth spot. The Lady Bulldogs 18-9-5 record against other D-V schools helped them to the third best ranking within the divisional category. Corning (4-21) was ranked dead last amongst the 14 Division-IV schools. West Valley, Sutter, Willows and Wheatland were the Top 4 teams in the division. The Northern Section's volleyball playoff point for- mula uses a team's overall record, record against simi- lar divisional opponents and strength of schedule to rank the teams. 6:30 p.m. 4 2 Sports 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A long drive by Mike Napoli, a lucky bounce near the mound and suddenly the Texas Rangers were on the brink of their first World Series championship. Napoli delivered the biggest hit of his charmed season, lining a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning that sent the Rangers past the St. Louis Cardi- nals 4-2 on Monday night for a 3- 2 edge. The slugging catcher then capped off his night of double duty, throwing out a would-be base stealer in the ninth as Albert Pujols struck out. ''Pujols is going to put it in play, he's a good contact hitter,'' Napoli said, ''and they were just starting the runner, 3-2. As soon as I got it, I just got rid of it and put it on the bag.'' Texas will try to wrap it up in Game 6 on Wednesday night in St. Louis. If the Rangers eventually do win that elusive crown, the Texas fans who stood and chanted Napoli's name may forever remember his two-run hit. ''Just trying to get something to the outfield, you know, get a sac fly, get that run across the board,'' Napoli said. ''I was trying to stay short and I got a pitch I could handle over the middle of the plate and put it in the gap.'' If the Cardinals lose, there's no doubt which play will stick with manager Tony La Russa for a long, long time. It was 2-all when Texas put runners on first and second with one out in the eighth, and reliever Marc Rzepczynski was sum- moned. David Murphy followed with a bouncer back to the mound, a possible inning-ending double play in the making. But the ball appeared to glance off Rzepczynski's knee and trick- led harmlessly away for a single that loaded the bases. In the dugout, La Russa immediately threw his hands to his head, a true ''Oh, no!'' moment. La Russa elected to let his lefty stay in to face the right-handed Napoli, and it didn't work. Napoli, who came close to a three-run homer in his previous at-bat, sent a drive up the alley against the pitcher with the nick- name ''Scrabble.'' The double off Rzepczynski sure spelled good things for Texas, with excitable manager Ron Washington waving the runners around from the dugout. Darren Oliver earned the win and Neftali Feliz closed for his second save of the Series and 1B Tuesday October 25, 2011 Rangers a win away MCT photo Elvis Andrus helps Adrian Beltre celebrate his home run in Game 5 of the World Series. sixth of the postseason. After a travel day, the Series will resume at Busch Stadium with Colby Lewis facing Cardi- nals lefty Jaime Garcia. The weather forecast in St. Louis is daunting, calling for rain and tem- peratures around 50. Adrian Beltre and Mitch More- land hit solo home runs off Cardi- nals ace Chris Carpenter, helping Texas come back from an early 2- 0 deficit. Later, it became a battle of the bullpens and Texas prevailed. Octavio Dotel gave up a lead- off double to Michael Young in the eighth, struck out Beltre and intentionally walked Nelson Cruz. That left it up to Rzepczynski, and the game quickly slipped away. La Russa appeared stunned by the turnaround. Later in the eighth, he brought in reliever Lance Lynn and had him issue an intentional walk to the only batter he faced. Jason Motte eventually ended the inning, but it was too late. Fittingly, Napoli had a role in the final play. Lance Berkman struck out and the ball hit Napoli's shin guard and trickled up the first base line, where the catcher picked it up and tossed to first base to end the game. Pujols drew three intentional walks, including a pass with two outs and none on in the seventh. The St. Louis slugger then nearly used his legs to put his team ahead. Pujols was running hard on a 3-2 pitch that Matt Holliday hit for a single to left-center. Pujols chugged around the bags and third base coach Jose Oquendo initially waved him home, only to put up a late stop sign. Would Pujols have been safe on shortstop Elvis Andrus' wide throw to the plate? Maybe. But it became moot when Lance Berk- man was intentionally walked to load the bases and David Freese flied out against Alexi Ogando. Beltre's homer made it 2-all with two outs in the sixth. He dropped to one knee after follow- ing through on a meaty cut. He connected on a big curve from Carpenter, who had easily han- dled Josh Hamilton and Young to start the inning. Beltre's other homers this October came in a bunch. He hit three in a first-round playoff game at Tampa Bay. Napoli almost gave Texas a cushion later in the inning. With the crowd standing and chanting his name as ''Nap-Oh-Lee'' flashed on the scoreboard, the catcher's bid for a three-run homer was caught on the warning track in right-center field, just shy of the 407-foot mark. The homer let Wilson avoid becoming the first pitcher to lose four times in a single postseason. The eccentric lefty who alternates red and blue gloves between starts had another uneven outing, work- ing around five walks. Wilson walked six while losing Game 1 to Carpenter and the Car- dinals. Moreland atoned for some glove woes with a home run in the third, hitting a drive halfway up the second deck in right field. See SERIES, page 2B