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COURTESYPHOTO The Outlaw Karts racing series kicks off tonight. StaffReports Track preparation has begun leading up to this Saturday night, as once again the world of Outlaw Karts converge upon Tehama Dis- trict Fairground as the best of the best will gather for the 35th an- nual Tehama Tire Service Outlaw Kart Winter Series. Saturday night inside Pauline Davis Pavilion will be ground zero for the five featured classes of Be- ginner Box Stock, Box Stock, 250 Intermediate, Open and Sports- man classes. The 1/16-mile track nicknamed the bullring has earned its reputa- tion, being the toughest dirt oval of its kind in the country. Outlaw kart series officials are anticipating many thrilling events as the season moves on through March of 2016. "We are extremely excited to begin our series again here at the Tehama District Fairground," said Outlaw Kart series promoter Ali Abbassi. "We have worked hard to put together a professional race series in this indoor facility and are excited to see kids from ages 5 to 45 participate in our program. OUTLAWKARTS Racingseriesstartstonight FivefeaturedclassesincludeBoxStock,250 Intermediate, Open and Sportsman for racers OUTLAWKARTWINTERSERIES Today: At Pauline Davis Pavilion, Tehama District Fairground. Admission: $10; children 6and younger free; $2discount for Seniors. IFYOUGO "We ... are excited to see kids from ages 5 to 45 participate in our program." – Series promoter Ali Abbassi. Online: For more on the Out- law Kart Winter Series visit REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/SPORTS. By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press TALLADEGA, ALA. Dale Earn- hardt Jr. has struggled in the sec- ond round of NASCAR's playoffs and needs a good run at Talladega Superspeedway to avoid elimina- tion in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Luckily for Earnhardt, he's pretty good at Talladega. And he's headed into Sunday's race with a proven car. The No. 88 Chevrolet that Earnhardt will race Sunday won a qualifying race at Daytona in Feb- ruary, won here in May, then won at Daytona again in July. A fourth win in the car will automatically move him into the eight-man third round of the Chase. Still, he's not exactly breath- ing easy. "It's real intense, there's no de- nying the intensity and the pres- sure it puts on drivers like myself to be in a cutoff situation where you're eliminated if things don't go perfectly on Sunday," Earn- hardt said Friday. NASCAR SPRINT CUP Earnhardt looking to keep alive title hopes ROYALS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 Series: Kansas City wins 4-2. Up next: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 5:07p.m. Tuesday, TV on FOX. THESCORE By Dave Skretta The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, MO. Alcides Esco- bar caused the Toronto Blue Jays all kinds of trouble from the very first pitch. In just about every game of the AL Championship Series. The leadoff hitter and defensive dynamo was voted MVP of the ALCS on Friday night following a 4-3 victory in Game 6 that put Kansas City in its second straight World Series. Escobar set a postseason re- cord by getting a leadoff hit in the first four games of a series — he scored in two of those games. And he wound up going 11 for 23 against the Blue Jays, joining Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox as the only hitters to have at least 10 hits and five RBIs. ALCS Royals defeat Blue Jays, now back to Series The U.S. soldier fatally wounded in a hostage rescue mission in Iraq heroically in- serted himself into a firefight to defend Kurdish soldiers, though the plan called for the Kurds to do the fighting. HOSTAGE RESCUE Carter:Soldierentered Kurdish-IS firefight FULL STORY ON PAGE B8 Staff Reports LOS MOLINOS The Los Moli- nos Bulldogs improved to 4-1 in league play Thursday night with a victory over the Mercy War- riors in four sets, 25-14, 27-25, 23- 25 and 25-22. Coming into the match both teams were 3-1 in league play and each has an impressive overall re- cord, with the Bulldogs at 23-15 and Warriors at 13-9. Standouts for the Bulldogs in- cluded Liset Castillo with 16 kills, two aces, 13 digs and an assist; Rachel Rogers with 15 kills, seven aces and six digs; Henna Acevedo with five kills, an ace, a block, five digs and two assists; Vanesa Cota with five kills, four digs and 32 as- sists and Michell Woolbert with four kills and three aces. No stats were posted for Mercy as of 4 p.m. Friday. The Bulldogs are scheduled to face Liberty Christian at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Redding. The Warriors are scheduled to travel to Palo Cedro to play Red- ding Christian at 6 p.m. Tuesday. WEST VALLEY 3, CORNING 0 The Cardinals lost a home conference match Thursday night to power- house West Valley, which is 24-3 overall and 6-0 in league play, in three sets, 25-18, 25-21 and 25-14. "Tonight we played the best volleyball match of the season versus one of the best teams in the Northern Section," coach Mike Al- bee said. "We played tough, ag- gressive volleyball and fought all match for each point. We put up big blocks and hits. I'm so proud of this team." Top athletes for Corning in- cluded Mariah Castle with eight kills, an ace, eight blocks and 23 digs; Kaylee Shoemaker with seven kills, an ace, eight blocks VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP LOS MOLINOS TOPS MERCY IN 4 SETS Corning falls to powerhouse West Valley at home as Cardinals drop to 10-17 for season Los Molinos' Liset Castillo (1) and Henna Acevedo (2) block a shot from Mercy's Page Spangler (13) on Thursday night in Los Molinos. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LARRY LONG Mercy's Tasha Pimentel (8) sets the ball for Madeline Flynn (1) on Thursday night in Los Molinos. Democrats on the House Benghazi committee said Fri- day they are staying for now on the Republican-led panel, despite calling it a "fishing expedition to derail" Hillary Clinton's presidential bid. CONGRESS Democrats stay on Benghazi panel for now FULL STORY ON PAGE B5 ESPN has begun removing its videos from YouTube due to rights and legal issues surrounding next week's launch of YouTube's ad-free subscription service to be called Red. VIDEO ESPN pulling its videos from YouTube The Raiders hope their sporadic running game can finally find some consistency now that Latavius Murray has fully recovered from a shoulder injury that slowed him the past few games. NFL Raiders' top returner, backup RB on field KARTS PAGE 2 ROUNDUP PAGE 2 NASCAR PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, October 24, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1