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StaffReports LOSMOLINOS The Los Molinos Bulldogs volleyball team won Tuesday's home non-conference match against Las Plumas by a score of 3-0. The team took the first set 25- 10, the second 25-14 and the final set 25-3. Henna Acevedo was selected the Los Molinos Volleyball Player of the Match with five aces and one assist in three sets. Vanesa "Kenya" Cota led the team with 19 assists. Rachel Rogers and Liset Cas- tillo led the team with 12 and 10 kills, respectively. Rogers also had five digs, four aces and two blocks. Castillo and Michell Woolbert each had a block. The team faced Paradise Ad- ventist Academy on Wednesday night in Paradise and heads Fri- day to the High Sierra Volleyball Invitational in Reno. MERCY WINS IN THREE AT PARA- DISE The Mercy Warriors vol- leyball team won Tuesday's away non-conference match against Paradise Adventist Academy by a score of 3-0, according to Max- preps.com. Mercy took the first set 25-11, second 25-6 and third 25-22. Standouts for Mercy included Laura Keane with nine kills, Madeline Flynn with eight kills, Selena Dobson with five kills, C.J. Johnson and Tasha Pimentel with three aces each, Flynn and Keane with two and three blocks, respec- tively, Johnson with nine digs, Daphne Nandino with seven digs, Gillie Coelho with six digs and Pi- mentel with 26 assists. The Warriors will face Mt. Shasta at home Tuesday. CORNING FALLS TO U-PREP ON ROAD The University Prep Pan- thers volleyball team won Tues- day's home non-conference match against Corning by a score of 3-1. Scores for the four sets were 26- 24 U-Prep, 25-18 Corning, 25-19 U- Prep and 25-19 U-Prep. Corning's next match is set for Friday, Sept. 11, at Paradise. Football BULLDOGSOPENWITHTOUGHLOSS In Friday's non-league game, the Big Valley Cardinals football team beat the visiting Los Moli- nos Bulldogs by a score of 82-8, according to Maxpreps.com. Alex Russell was named the offensive player of the game and Perry Mathues the defensive player of the game for Los Moli- nos. PREP ROUNDUP LOSMOLINOSAND MERCY TAKE WINS Bulldogs sweep LP in volleyball while Warriors beat Paradise Adventist PHOTOCOURTESYOFLARRYLONG Liset Castillo takes a shot over the net for a point in Tuesday's home win for Los Molinos over Las Plumas of Oroville. Authorities broadened the hunt Wednesday for three suspects wanted in the fatal shooting of an Illinois police officer, even as they said that they had no indication the men were still in the area. 'GRID SEARCH' Manhunt widens a er police officer's death FULLSTORYONPAGEB5 Thai police said Wednesday a prime suspect in Bangkok's deadly bombing has admitted to being near the shrine where the attack took place but denied placing the bomb. BANGKOK Suspect admits being near Thai bomb scene FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 JACK DEMPSEY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Denver Broncos tight end James Casey (80) is hit by the San Francisco 49ers' Kenneth Acker (20) and Corey Lemonier (96) during a preseason game in Denver. By Cam Inman Bay Area News Group SANTACLARA Their starting offense is in place, but the San Francisco 49ers enter Thursday night's exhibi- tion finale similar to how they began the preseason, with plenty of ques- tions on a reconstructed defense. Who will start at cornerback? What to do at outside linebacker? How many defensive linemen will re- main for coach Jim Tomsula, their former position coach? At least NaVorro Bowman's recon- structed knee has triumphantly an- swered its call to duty, so much so he won't have to test it further against the San Diego Chargers at Levi's Sta- dium (7 p.m. kickoff). Bowman's comeback, after a 1 - year absence, still needs to be com- plemented by a defensive corps try- ing to unearth the next generation of stars. One such emerging prospect is cornerback Kenneth Acker, who has come on strongly to challenge for a starting spot with fellow 2014 draft picks Dontae Johnson and Keith Reaser. That job, opposite en- trenched starter Tremaine Brock, was initially bequeathed to Shareece Wright upon his free agency arrival from the Chargers. "I won't get into that conversa- tion much," Tomsula said Wednes- day about the cornerback competi- tion. "I'm not going to get into that too much. We'll find out where T- Brock is at, and I expect him to be absolutely fine." Brock tweaked a hamstring last week, and although he is expected to be ready for the Sept. 14 regular- season opener against the Minne- sota Vikings, his injury history sug- gests the 49ers must examine con- tingency plans. Of course, multiple cornerbacks are a necessity in a pass- oriented league, anyhow. Acker played through last exhibi- tion season, only to spend his rookie year on injured reserve because of a foot fracture. A year later, he's healthy, and he intercepted a pass NFL PRESEASON 49erdefenseneedsanswers Team has questions as it heads into final game of exhibition season ANGELS 9, ATHLETICS 4 Up next: Seattle Mariners at Oak- land Athletics, 7:05p.m. Friday, TV on CSNCA. THESCORE By John Hickey Bay Area News Group OAKLAND The last-place Oak- land A's don't have all that much to play for, and one more goal may have been taken away from them Wednesday in a 9-4 loss to the Angels. Sonny Gray came in with the American League's best ERA at 2.10 and was in the prime con- versation for the A.L. Cy Young Award. But he gave up hits to the first four Angels batters, and "they had four runs before you knew it." The day would only get worse. The A's would rally to get three of those back in the bottom of the first inning, but when Gray was stung by a two-run Albert Pu- jols homer on a ball that was just inches from hitting the dirt at BASEBALL A's Gray ineffective in 9-4 loss to Angels By Jimmy Durkin Bay Area News Group SEATTLE Derek Carr and the Oakland Raiders' starting offense won't have much of a chance to deliver a strong final impression this preseason. Oakland caps the exhibition portion of its schedule Thursday night when it faces the two-time defending NFC champion Seattle Seahawks. Coach Jack Del Rio didn't reveal much about how he plans to attack the final preseason game, but it doesn't figure to in- clude much time for the starters. Del Rio said the offense's strug- gles — the first stringers have just one touchdown this preseason and went 0 for 4 in the red zone Sunday against the Arizona Car- dinals — won't impact their play- ing time in Seattle. "Nothing that occurred prior to now is going to change, whether it's been good or bad," Del Rio said. "We feel like the team has prepared well for the season. We'll finish our preparation leading up NFL PRESEASON Raiders look to settle some jobs in finale Thursday: 2p.m. girls golf, Skyway Challenge, Chico; 10 a.m. swimming, West Valley Relays; Friday: 10:30a.m. cross country, Springhorn Classic, Shasta College; TBA volleyball, Corning F-JV. RED BLUFF Spartans road sports schedule for this week West Valley High's field is unavailable so the freshman game against WV will be played at 5:30p.m. Thursday at Red Bluff High. The JV and varsity games will be Friday at Shasta High School. FOOTBALL Spartans games moved due to field issues ROUNDUP PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 RAIDERS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, September 3, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1