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COURTESYPHOTO Team members, top row, from le , are Gillie Coelho, Selena Dobson, Cheyanne Johnson, Tasha Pimentel and Daphne Nandino. Front row, from le , are Madeline Flynn, Vanessa Arellano, Annie Feser, and Laura Keane. The Lady Warriors volleyball team kicks off league play at 6:30 tonight at home in a cross town match against the Los Mo- linos Bulldogs. The Warriors head into the match coming off a tournament win at Liberty Christian over the weekend, with setter Tasha Pi- mentel named as tournament MVP. Mercy went 6-0 to clinch the title — 25-5, 25-13 against Tule- lake; 25-5, 25-14 against Hayfork and 25-22, 25-18 against Liberty Christian. Madeline Flynn lead the Warriors with 23 kills on the day, 11 aces, 11 blocks and 2 as- sists. CJ Johnson had 21 points off serves and 12 digs. She put up 10 kills, 6 aces and 3 assists. Selena Dobson had 15 digs and 16 points off of serves. She totaled 4 aces, 4 kills and 2 as- sists. Pimentel had 35 points, 6 aces, 44 assists and 9 kills. Liberty Christian took second in the tournament. The Warriors lineup consists of seven seniors, anchored by captains Pimentel, Flynn and Johnson, and two juniors. The Warriors will spend the month of October raising money to be donated to breast cancer research and have partnered with North State Pink in this effort. Fans are asked to participate by bringing their donations to home games during the month when special event collection ac- tivities will be held. MERCYHIGHSCHOOL WarriorstoPinkOutforbreastcancer By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter RED BLUFF It would have been difficult to find a tougher match- up for the Spartans homecoming game Friday night than the 4-1 Shasta Wolves, who ran off with a 55-7 win at Spartan Stadium. "We didn't play a great game," Spartans coach Corey Hein told his team after the game. "It is what it is." Hein praised Shasta and said the Spartans need to focus on playing better in the first half so games don't get away from them. The first quarter was all Shasta with 42 unanswered points and Red Bluff unable to convert a first down. The depleted Spartans, with 8 players out injured including several starting linemen, took the opening kickoff but couldn't move the ball and went 3 and out. On the Wolves' first play from scrimmage, Kellen Mcdonald car- ried the ball 51 yards for the score and the touchdowns stacked up quickly as the Spartans defense struggled to stop the run. After another long rushing touchdown, Shasta recovered a FOOTBALL Sp art an s ta ke tough loss at ho me co mi ng Shastarollsto55-7victory The Associated Press The Major League Baseball playoffs begin this week, starting Tuesday night with the American League wild-card game at Yankee Stadium. Big stars Andrew McCutchen, Prince Fielder and Zack Greinke, familiar faces David Wright, Johnny Cueto and Adam Wain- wright and top rookies such as Kris Bryant fill the rosters of the 10 teams that reached the post- season. A look at some of the themes going into October and beyond: CURSEDKERSHAW? Clayton Ker- shaw has been the game's best pitcher in recent years during the regular season, but has strug- gled mightily in the postseason. The Dodgers ace is 1-5 with a 5.12 ERA in 11 career playoff appear- ances (three in relief), includ- ing four mostly miserable starts against the Cardinals over the last two Octobers. The three-time Cy Young winner won't have to MLB Pl ay off P us h: Kershaw aims at r ed em pt io n, stars set to debut Kam Chancellor punched the ball free from Detroit wide receiver Calvin Johnson at the 1-yard line when it appeared the Lions were going to take the lead, and the Seattle Se- ahawks held on for a 13-10win. NFL SeattlebeatsDetroit off Chancellor's big play FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 Staff report RED BLUFF The Mercy War- riors notched another big win Saturday with a home confer- ence game against Princeton by a score of 61-2, just a week after posting a 96-0 win over Westwood. The Warriors got out to a quick lead 19-0 in the first quar- ter and put up 39 points in the first half, while Princeton was only able to manage a safety for 2 points. A 15-point third quar- ter and 7-point fourth capped the win. Al House was named the over- all player of the game, Teddy Ranberg took the offensive ti- tle, Travis Gordon was defen- sive player of the game and Car- los Rosales earned the special teams honors. House was 3-3 for 130 yards through the air with one touch- down. He had 6 carries for 211 yards and 4 touchdowns, and 341 total yards. On defense he posted 9 tackles. Ranberg racked up 233 yards on 12 carries for 3 touchdowns. He posted 7 tackles. Gordon had 11 tackles and a 10-yard reception. Rosales had 6 kickoffs for 313 yards for an average of 52.2 yards and a touchback. Richie Borges had an 11-yard completion and caught a 40- yard pass. He also had a sack and a 45-yard punt. The Warriors, 3-2, are sched- uled to take on the Los Moli- nos Bulldogs, 2-3, Friday in Los Molinos for the Little Tehama County Shootout. Corning 0, Orland 49 ORLAND The Corning Cardi- nals travelled south Friday for a matchup with rival Orland and got shut out 49-0. Orland's Junior Maldonado had 3 rushing touchdowns in the first quarter and Dominic Garzoli ran for 2 in the second quarter and one in the third. Cormac Fleming scored on a run in the first. Cardinals quarterback Wyatt Haydon went 2-9 for 12 yards in the air and an interception. The ground game wasn't much better, with standout Alex Davila being held to just 37 yards on 10 carries. Alex Jimenez was able to rack up 49 yards on 7 carries and Drew Fissori put up 12 yards on 7 carries. George Marin led the defense with 5 tackles, followed by Mar- cos Valencia with 4. Pedro Ro- sales recovered a fumble. The Cardinals, 3-2, are sched- uled to play West Valley, 4-1, Fri- day in Cottonwood. Los Molinos 20, Loyalton 43 LOYALTON The Los Molinos Bulldogs headed to Loyalton Friday night and came home with a 43-20 loss. The Bulldogs started strong FOOTBALL ROUNDUP WARRIORS WIN BIG IN FRONT OF HOME CROWD Corning, Los Molinos take road losses COURTESY PHOTO BY BRIAN GRACE SR. Teddy Ranberg applies a stiffarm in Saturday's Mercy High School win against Princeton at home. Sharks forward Raffi Torres was hit with the longest suspension in NHL history for a hit when the league banned him Monday for the first 41 games of the season for a check to the head. NHL Sharks Raffi Torres suspended for hit The Spartans girls' tennis and volleyball teams are scheduled to host Pleasant Valley at 3:30p.m. for tennis and 7p.m. for volleyball today. The swim team will host Foothill at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. RED BLUFF Spartans tennis, volleyball and swimming Catch professional baseball, soccer, cycling, boxing, and basketball on your local ESPN, Fox Sports, and NBC sports channels. All event times are reported in Pacific Standard Time for your convenience. TV SCHEDULE Tune in and watch your favorite teams in action FULL SCHEDULE ON PAGE B2 ROUNDUP PAGE 2 FOOTBALL PAGE 2 PLAYOFFS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, October 6, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1