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MARCIOJOSESANCHEZ—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch (24) runs for a 1-yard touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the first half Thursday in Santa Clara. ByChrisBiderman TheAssociatedPress SANTA CLARA San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Tomsula likened a recent team meeting to an "Ital- ian dining room table." Tomsula told San Francisco- based radio station KNBR Tues- day that he held an animated meeting two days after a 17-3 home loss to the Green Bay Pack- ers, which put his team at 1-3. The first-year head coach said it began as his meeting with the players, before he left the locker room and let players speak among themselves. "I did have a heated meeting. That happens in this business," Tomsula told the station. "When you're 2-5, that starts to become headlines. It was a very produc- tive meeting. It was a meeting where it was truthful and dealt with facts and reality. "The biggest thing I said to them, 'Guys, it's like an Italian dining room table.' Everybody's sitting around the table, things get heated, dishes get broke and people leave. But everybody's got to come back to the table to eat." NFL 49erslooktokeepevenkeel SanFrancisco'scoachTomsula,playershoping to improve on 2-5 record going into St. Louis Upnext: San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams, 10a.m. Sunday, TV on FOX. TUNEIN "It's easy to, I think, dig up stories and say things when your team's not playing well." – San Francisco 49ers running back Reggie Bush Online: For more stories on the San Francisco 49ers visit REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/49ERS. Staff Reports The Red Bluff High School Ath- letic Boosters are proud to intro- duce the 2015 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees. Jim B. Davis — 1938-1941, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1950s and a soldier in World War II. Justine McMahan — 1992-1995, three-sport all-Northern Section athlete for the Spartans and bas- ketball player at California State University Fullerton. Dave Rottenberg — 1987-2016, wrestling coach for RBHS and Northern California Commis- sioner for USA Wrestling. 1959 Red Bluff High School football team champions of the NAL and the Northern Interstate Conference. Please join in honoring these Hall of Fame inductees while sup- porting the Red Bluff High School athletic program by attending the Hall of Fame Dinner at 5 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. The social hour begins at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. will be followed by the induction ceremony. Tickets are available from foot- ball, volleyball and cross country athletes and at Cornerstone Com- munity Bank and Re/Max Top Properties in Red Bluff. RED BLUFF HIGH Inductees named to RB Hall of Fame CORNING 2, BELLA VISTA 1 Up next: Corning at postseason tournament, begins Saturday at Davis, TBA. THESCORE Staff Reports BELLAVISTA The Corning Cardi- nals field hockey team beat Bella Vista 2-1 Monday to close out the regular season with a victory. The game was coach Teresa Lamb's last league game after a 30-year coaching career. Kate Picha made 19 saves play- ing 60 minutes at goalie. "Picha has some nice clears and talked with her defense," Lamb said. Whitney Armstrong took five shots and Chelsea Hardwick kept pushing and it paid off. FIELD HOCKEY Cardinals end regular season with victory A er enduring three years of losing as he tore down and then tried to build back up the Oakland Raiders, general manager Reggie McKenzie is finally seeing the payoff of his work in year four. NFL RaidersGMgratifiedby team success this year FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 By Josh Dubow The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Soon after Vlade Divac took over the front office of the Sacramento Kings, he sat down in coach George Karl's office to fig- ure out what the franchise needed to end a long stretch of ineptitude. Karl had just three names writ- ten on a board — DeMarcus Cous- ins, Rudy Gay and Ben McLemore — signifying the players he felt were building blocks. Everything else was empty. "He said, 'Vlade you have to fill in,'" Divac recalled. "So I hope I filled those holes and I'm confident he's going to make it happen. We have a lot of talent, a deep team." Divac signed free agents Rajon Rondo, Kosta Koufos, Marco Beli- nelli and Caron Butler, and drafted big man Willie Cauley-Stein. The Kings hope those additions around All-Star center Cousins will help end the second longest playoff drought in the NBA. After making eight straight play- off berths under Rick Adelman, the Kings haven't come close to the postseason the past nine seasons. Sacramento hasn't even reached the 30-win mark since 2007-08. "We made a lot of changes but I think it's for the better," Cous- ins said. "We have a lot of talent in front of us this year and we've got a chance to make some noise." The biggest addition is Rondo, the former NBA champion point guard in Boston who wore out his welcome in recent years with the Celtics and Dallas. That allowed the Kings to sign him to a one-year deal in hopes that a change in scenery improves Rondo's attitude. Rondo was traded from Boston to Dallas last season and clashed with coach Rick Carlisle, leading to a suspension and playoff benching. "This year is different because I get to start from the beginning and I get to have a camp with this team and learn from my mistakes in the NBA KINGS' OFFSEASON MOVES NECESSARY Sacramento hasn't been to playoffs in nine years, team looks to Karl, Cousins to end long drought Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins, right, shoots as teammate Ben McLemore looks on during a workout at the Kings practice facility in Sacramento on Monday. PHOTOS BY RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl talks with reporters a er the team worked out at the Kings practice facility in Sacramento Monday. The Kings open the season against the Los Angeles Clipper today in Sacramento. California took the next step Tuesday in its plan to use a single drug to execute condemned prisoners, nine years a er the nation's most populous state last carried out the death penalty. SPURRED BY LAWSUIT California moves to use 1 drug in executions FULL STORY ON PAGE B5 Before the season began, Seattle and Los Angeles were top picks in the Western Conference to play for the MLS Cup title. By the end of Wednesday, one of them will have their season ended. MLS Sounders and Galaxy to open playoffs tonight The Mercy Warriors, undefeated in league play, are scheduled to visit Herlong on Saturday to close out the regular season with a 1p.m. start. Herlong is 2-7and lost to Los Molinos on Friday 41-6. FOOTBALL Mercy heads to Herlong for Halloween game CORNING PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 KINGS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, October 28, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1