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GENEJ.PUSKAR—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta throws against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning of the National League wild-card game Wednesday in Pittsburgh. ByWillGraves TheAssociatedPress PITTSBURGH These Chicago Cubs are supposed to be too young to be here. Or maybe they're just too good to care. Jake Arrieta allowed four hits in nine dominant innings and the Cubs rolled to a 4-0 win over the Pitts- burgh Pirates in the NL wild-card game on Wednesday night. Arrieta struck out 11 without a walk. He also dusted himself off get- ting plunked by Pittsburgh reliever Tony Watson to send the Cubs to the NL Division Series in St. Louis start- ing on Friday. Dexter Fowler homered and scored three times for the Cubs. Kyle Schwarber added a towering two- run shot off Pittsburgh starter Ger- rit Cole as Chicago raced to an early lead and let Arrieta do the rest. The largest crowd ever at PNC Park failed to rattle Arrieta or one of baseball's youngest teams. Man- ager Joe Maddon's club played with swagger and confidence and looked right at home while snapping a nine- game playoff losing streak that dated to the 2003 NL Championship Series. Pittsburgh was knocked out after finishing second in the majors with 98 victories this year. Last season, the Pirates also were shut out on four hits at home in the wild-card game, losing to San Francisco. The bearded, 29-year-old Arrieta, still unbeaten since July 25, stretched his remarkable second half — in which he posted a 0.75 ERA — into the opening round of the postseason. The righty, who led the majors with 22 wins, even laughed off a weird sequence in the seventh when Watson's fastball hit him in his left NL WILD-CARD GAME CubsblankPirates,advance Arrietapitches4-hitterincompletegamethatputs Chicago into NL Division Series with St. Louis next CUBS4,PIRATES0 Up next: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 3:45p.m. Friday, TV on TBS. THESCORE Sunday: San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants, 5:30p.m., TV on NBC. TUNEIN By Rick Eymer Associated Press SANTA CLARA San Francisco coach Jim Tomsula remains com- mitted to Colin Kaepernick as his quarterback and maintains the fifth-year pro has not lost any confidence. Kaepernick has struggled this season as the 49ers (1-3) look for ways to get the ball into the end zone. Kaepernick threw for his only two touchdown passes in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers three weeks ago. He's thrown five interceptions, four in a loss to the Arizona Cardinals, since then. Kaepernick has been trending downward since a Thanksgiving Day loss at home to the Seattle Seahawks, a game that prompted team owner John York to tweet an apology to the fans in the closing minutes of the contest. Kaeper- 49ERS Tomsula remains confident in Kaepernick Sunday: Denver Broncos at Oak- land Raiders, 1:25p.m., TV on CBS. TUNEIN By Josh Dubow The Associated Press ALAMEDA When Charles Wood- son entered the NFL nearly two decades ago, the idea that he'd still be playing at age 39 never crossed his mind. Yet here he still is in his 18th season, ignoring a banged-up shoulder that limits his practice time and his tackling ability and still grinding away for the Oak- land Raiders with the energy of a much younger player. "I never looked that far into the future to say I'd play past 10 years," Woodson said Wednesday on his 39th birthday. "To be at 18, man, it's amazing even to me. I think about it more and more be- cause I hear about it all the time but it's pretty crazy to be here at 18 years." Woodson will have some com- NFL Woodson still going strong at 39 for Raiders It could take until the weekend for the threat of flooding to ease in storm-tattered South Carolina, where a senator warned of a potential billion- dollar cleanup bill, two more people died in the floodwaters. HISTORIC RAINSTORM SouthCarolinastill on edge from floods FULL STORY ON PAGE B8 Staff Report RED BLUFF The Los Molinos Bulldogs volleyball team came out ahead Tuesday night in a competitive rivalry match with the Mercy Warriors in three sets. Down by 7 in the first set, the Bulldogs came back to win 27- 25 and would go on to win 25-19 and 26-24 for the victory. Vanesa Cota was named player of the match for Los Moli- nos and Madeline Flynn earned the title for the Warriors. Top performers for the Bull- dogs included Cota with 3 aces, a block and 29 assists; Rachel Rogers with 15 kills, 6 aces and 3 blocks; Liset Castillo with 12 kills, 2 aces and 2 blocks and Mi- chell Woolbert with 3 kills and 4 blocks. Warriors standouts included Flynn with 8 kills, an ace and 2 blocks; CJ Johnson with 5 kills, an ace and an assist; Tasha Pi- mentel with 5 kills, 4 aces and 18 assists and Laura Keane with 3 kills and 2 blocks. Tuesday's match kicked off a Pink Out fundraising effort for the month of October to support breast cancer research. Fans are encouraged to donate to the project during home games. The Bulldogs, now 19-9, are scheduled to face Liberty Chris- tian at 6:30 tonight in Redding. The Warriors, now 9-8, are scheduled to face Redding Christian at 6:30 tonight in Red- ding. PLEASANT VALLEY 3, RED BLUFF 0 The Red Bluff Spartans lost in 3 sets at home Tuesday to the Pleasant Valley Vikings — 25-12, 25-14 and 25-18. Katie Gallagher was named player of the match for Red Bluff. Standouts for the Spartans included Gallagher with 2 aces and 6 blocks; Kylee Kitchel with 4 kills and 5 blocks; Lo- gan Wheeler with 6 kills and 5 blocks; Kennedy Somavia with 2 aces and 3 blocks; Aurora Carnes with 1 kill and 12 blocks and Christina Zumalt with 10 blocks. The Spartans, now 6-10, are scheduled to face Enterprise at 7 tonight in Redding. WEST VALLEY 3, CORNING 0 The West Valley Eagles took a home match against the Corning Car- dinals Tuesday in 3 sets — 25-16, 25-13 and 25-9. No stats were available as of Wednesday afternoon. The Cardinals, now 8-14, are scheduled to host Yreka at 6:30 tonight. VOLLEYBALL BULLDOGS BARELY DEFEAT WARRIORS Los Molinos rallies to overcome deficit in first set, comes back to hold off rival Mercy in 3 PHOTO COURTESY OF LARRY LONG Los Molinos player of the game Vanesa Cota (4) sets outside hitter Rachel Rogers (0) for one of her 15kill shots. PHOTO COURTESY OF ELAINE PIMENTEL Mercy's Laura Keane (19) goes up for a kill. Palestinian assailants car- ried out a series of stabbings across Israel, jolting a country unnerved by weeks of unrest as clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demon- strators raged. WEST BANK CLASHES Israelis told to be alert amid wave of attacks FULL STORY ON PAGE B7 Sacred Heart Parish School and Mercy High School will hold a 5K Color Dash fun run and walk at 10a.m. Oct. 17. For information visit http:// newcolordash5k.ticketmob. com/ or call the schools. SACRED HEART Color Dash fun run scheduled for Oct. 17 The Red Bluff Spartans girls' tennis team will host Enterprise at 3:30p.m. today and the volleyball team will host Enterprise at 7p.m. Freshman football is set to host Chico at 5:30p.m. SPARTANS Red Bluff to host tennis, volleyball today RAIDERS PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 CUBS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, October 8, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1