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ByJeffLarson jlarson@paradisepost.com @jtlarson on Twitter PARADISE TheRedBluffHigh girls volleyball team is young on the outside but experienced at the setter position, which goes a long way to winning five-set league matches on the road. The Spartans, led by sopho- more firepower Kylee Kitchel and Logan Wheeler and setting phenomenon Katie Gallagher, held off a late Paradise rally and beat the Bobcats on the road, 26-24, 25-15, 17-25, 23-25, 15-9 Tuesday night in an East- ern Athletic-Sacramento River League match on the ridge. Gallagher, in her first season back from ACL/MCL surgery, collected a match-high 24 as- sists and three blocks to pace the Spartan attack. "(Katie) is amazing and by far the best setter I've ever coached," Red Bluff coach Kelli Mustaine said. "I'm honored to have the chance to do it, she's super coachable and has the most heart on the team." She's also super quick with her hands, consistently getting that outside set out ahead of the block to give Wheeler and Kitchel an advantage nearly ev- ery time. Kitchel tallied a match- high 11 kills while Wheeler, the younger sister of Red Bluff product and 2009 grad Jaklyn Wheeler, provided nine winners in the win. Red Bluff (8-11, 2-4 EA-SRL) next faces Chico on the road Tuesday, Oct. 20, while Par- adise (23-9, 2-4) gets the unenvi- able task of taking on the league and section's top-dog, Pleasant Valley at home Thursday. The Vikings (24-6, 6-0) stayed unbeaten in EA-SRL play with a three-set home victory over Foothill Tuesday night. The Bobcats will need to be stronger out of the gate Thurs- day if they want any chance of pulling off the upset against the mighty Viking attack, led by se- nior and future UCLA Bruin Lily Justine. John Parks' team committed seven attacking errors in the opening set with Red Bluff to get behind 20-14. Paradise then began to rally, winning 10 of the next 16 points to grab set point at 24-23. But Red Bluff held on, striking first blood, 26-24 as Kitchel led the way with three kills from Gallagher. The Spartans continued right along, building a quick 6-2 lead in set two and 23-14 advantage when Kitchel powered home a nicely-executed tandem play PREP VOLLEYBALL SpartanstakedownBobcats RedBluffledbyKitchel'smatch-high11kills, Wheeler's 9 kills and Gallagher's 24 assists REDBLUFF3,PARADISE2 Up next:RedBluffatChico,7p.m. Tuesday. Up next for Paradise: Pleasant Valley at Paradise, 7p.m. Thurs- day. THESCORE "(Katie) is amazing and by far the best setter I've ever coached." – Red Bluff coach Kelli Mustaine. Online: For more stories on high school sports visit the website REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM. Staff Reports CHESTER The Mercy Warriors notched another win Tuesday night against the Chester Volca- noes in four sets, 29-27, 25-22, 23- 25 and 25-18. Gillie Coelho was named player of the match for Mercy. She put up six kills, three aces and 17 digs. Other top performers for the Warriors were C.J. Johnson with seven kills, three aces, 10 digs and an assist; Laura Keane with seven kills, an ace and a block; Daphne Nandino with a kill, an ace, 23 digs and an assist and Tasha Pimentel with three kills, three aces, a block, six digs and 28 assists. The Warriors, now 11-8, are scheduled to face Westwood, 8-6- 1, at 6 p.m. Friday in Westwood. LASSEN 3, CORNING 1 The Cardi- nals fell to the Lassen Grizzlies on Tuesday night at home in four sets, 29-27, 10-25, 25-13, 25-17. "Tonight we played really good at times, but not good enough as a team to play and stay confident to the end," said coach Mike Albee. VOLLEYBALL Mercy tops Chester in 4-set win, now 11-8 Sunday: Baltimore Ravens at San Francisco 49ers, 1:25p.m., TV on CBS. TUNEIN By Rick Eymer The Associated Press SANTA CLARA Wide receiver An- quan Boldin, traded to the San Francisco 49ers from the Balti- more Ravens two years ago, will be looking into the eyes of a good friend when he lines up to play football this weekend. Boldin is particularly close to Ravens cornerbacks Jimmy Smith and Lardarius Webb, and shared a locker room with cornerback Shareece Wright through the first four weeks of this season. The 49ers released Wright on Satur- day and the Ravens signed him Tuesday. Boldin,whospentthreeyearsin Baltimore, said Smith and Webb know him as well as anyone, and that they shared a lot of informa- tion over the years. Sunday will NFL 49ers' Boldin to face former teammates Dennis Allwardt is one of the participating artists who will open their studio to the public during the first annual Open Studio Tehama County artist tour Dec. 4-6. OPEN STUDIO Acrylicartisttobe featured on tour FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 By Beth Harris The Associated Press LOS ANGELES One ace helped the Los Angeles Dodgers stave off elimination against the New York Mets. Now their other one gets a chance to extend the playoffs in a winner-take-all Game 5. Coming off Clayton Kershaw's stellar outing that tied the NL Division Series 2-2, Zack Gre- inke takes the mound on Thurs- day night against Jacob deGrom of the Mets. DeGrom, the Game 1 winner over Kershaw, will pitch on full rest, just like Game 2 winner Gre- inke. The Dodgers are trying to ad- vance to the NL Championship Series for the first time in two years. The Mets are seeking their first playoff series win since 2006, also the last time they were in the postseason. The winner takes on the Chi- cago Cubs in the NLCS at home starting Saturday. Fittingly, the Dodgers' season could either be prolonged or end on back-to-back appearances by Kershaw and Greinke, whose arms propelled them to a third consecutive NL West title and a franchise-record third straight playoff appearance. "They've given us two guys that stop streaks, save your bull- pen, are just day-in, day-out con- sistent guys," manager Don Mat- tingly said by phone Wednesday when both teams traveled back to Los Angeles. "You can really count on what you're going to get from them 90-something percent of the time." NL DIVISION SERIES DODGERS LOOK TO GREINKE IN FINALE LA will face Mets in winner-take-all Game 5 tonight with deGrom on mound for New York KATHY WILLENS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Mets bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello, le , and pitcher Jacob DeGrom talk in the outfield during batting practice before the start of Game 4of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday in New York. LENNY IGNELZI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke throws to the New York Mets during the first inning in Game 2of baseball's National League Division Series on Saturday in Los Angeles. Series: Tied 2-2. Tonight: New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, 5:07p.m., TV on TBS. TUNEIN "It seems like in my experience usually you have one good game and one bad game." – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke. The Israeli military began deploying hundreds of troops in cities across the country on Wednesday to assist police forces in countering a wave of deadly Palestinian shooting and stabbing attacks. WAVE OF VIOLENCE Israeli army deploys troops against attacks FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 The Golden State Warriors have waived guard Ben Gordon. Gordon was brought into camp on a tryout basis last month but the Warriors decided to cut ties with him Wednesday. NBA Warriors waive guard Ben Gordon The Red Bluff Spartans will host a Pink Out fundraiser during their match tonight against Shasta at 7. Girls in grades 1-8are free with an adult. Wear pink to show your support. RED BLUFF Spartans plan Pink Out fundraiser tonight SPARTANS PAGE 2 ROUNDUP PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 NLDS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, October 15, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1