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StaffReports REDBLUFF The Red Bluff Spar- tans were down early but came back to defeat the Foothill Cou- gars in five sets Tuesday night in a home conference match 21-25, 21- 25, 25-23, 25-21 and 23-21. "What a fun match to watch," said coach Kelli Mustaine. "Both teams played their hearts out." Sophomore Logan Wheeler led the way for the Spartans with 25 kills, an ace, eight blocks and 22 digs; sophomore Kylee Kitchel had nine kills, an ace, eight blocks and 21 digs; Katie Gallagher had eight kills, four aces, 13 blocks, 10 digs and 22 assists; Christina Zumalt had six kills, 27 blocks and two digs; Aurora Carnes had three kills, 17 blocks and two digs; Sarah Cantrel had 12 digs and 22 assists and Sharon McKenna had 11 digs. Cantrel was named player of the match by Mustaine. Red Bluff, 9-13 overall and 4-4 in league play, is scheduled to face a 27-6 Pleasant Valley Vikings squad at 7 tonight in Chico. LOS MOLINOS 3, LIBERTY CHRIS- TIAN 1 It took the Bulldogs four sets of close play, but they man- aged to put away the Liberty Christian Lions on Tuesday night in a home conference matchup 25- 21, 25-17, 22-25 and 25-18. Rachel Rogers and List Cas- tillo excelled at the net and Henna Acevedo had her serve working in the match. Rogers finished the night with 19 kills, four aces and three digs; Castillo had 14 kills, two aces and 14 digs; Acevedo had three kills, 11 aces, a block and eight digs; Mi- chell Woolbert had four kills and two blocks; Vanesa Cota had three kills, four aces, two blocks, four digs and 36 assists and Heather Rodriguez had nine digs. Los Molinos, 24-15 overall and 5-1 in league play, is scheduled to face a 20-4 Providence Lions squad at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Or- land. REDDING CHRISTIAN 3, MERCY 1 The Warriors fell in four sets to Redding Christian on Tuesday night in a home conference match 25-13, 25-21, 18-25 and 25-19. Selena Dobson was named player of the match with a kill, an ace and 17 digs. Other stand- outs included Madeline Flynn with seven kills, a block and 19 digs; Page Spangler with six kills, an ace and three digs; Tasha Pi- mentel with six kills, six digs and 22 assists; Laura Keane with five kills and four digs; C.J. Johnson with four kills, two aces, eight VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP SPARTANS OUTLAST FOOTHILL IN 5 SETS Los Molinos gets past Liberty Christian as Rogers knocks down 19 kills PHOTOCOURTESYOFLARRYLONG Los Molinos' Rachel Rogers (0) gets a shot over Liberty Christian's Jasmine Morris (1). In honor of Veterans Day, "Letters Aloud: From the Front" is scheduled for 7p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8at the State Theatre in Red Bluff, as ac- tors honor past and present servicemen and women. PERFORMANCE Troops'letterstobe staged at State Theatre FULLSTORYONPAGEB4 A deputy who flipped a disrup- tive student out of her desk and tossed her across her math class floor was fired on Wednesday. The sheriff called his actions "unacceptable." 'UNACCEPTABLE' Deputy fired for tossing teen across classroom FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 MATT SLOCUM — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Royals' Alcides Escobar, le , scores past Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud during the fi h inning of Game 2of the World Series on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. By Ronald Blum The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, MO. Johnny Cueto smothered the New York Mets with another big October outing. And the pesky Kansas City Royals kept foul- ing off Jacob deGrom's best pitches, wearing him down with persistence and prowess. Cueto never faltered. And as deGrom wore down, the Royals pounced. Eric Hosmer hit a tiebreaking, two-run single with two outs in a four-run fifth inning that included 14 foul balls, and the Royals rallied to beat the Mets 7-1 Wednesday night and take a 2-0 World Series lead. Nineteen hours after Hosmer's sacrifice fly won a 14-inning thriller, Cueto pitched a two-hitter, varying his delivery with occasional quick pitches and keeping the Mets off balance. An excited crowd stood on its feet for long stretches on the rainy night. Some fans wore wigs re- sembling Cueto's long, dark dread- locks — including the Royals' mas- cot, Slugerrr. With Kansas City two wins from its their first title since 1985, the teams take Thursday off. New York's Citi Field hosts its first Series game Friday, when rookie Noah Synder- gaard starts for the Mets and Yor- dano Ventura for the Royals. Forty-one of the 51 teams to take 2-0 leads in best-of-seven World Se- ries have gone on to win the title, in- cluding nine straight since Atlanta stumbled against the New York Yan- kees in 1996. Kansas City had the best contact hitters in the major leagues this sea- son, missing on just 19.7 percent of WORLD SERIES KansasCity,heretheycome Cueto sends Royals to victory over Mets by pitching 2-hitter in front of home fans to take 2-0 Series lead ROYALS 7, METS 1 Series: Kansas City leads 2-0. Up next: Kansas City Royals at New York Mets, 5:07p.m. Friday, TV on FOX. THESCORE By Janie McCauley The Associated Press SANTA CLARA When it comes to any outside chatter question- ing Colin Kaepernick's support system in his own locker room, coach Jim Tomsula hardly ex- pects that would have been gen- erated within team headquarters from management or players. "That would be an absolute concern but I don't address those things," Tomsula said Wednesday. "I don't know where they come from. I don't believe it's coming from here." And Kaepernick certainly would like to think nobody is making him a scapegoat and plac- ing blame for all the struggles. "I really hope not. For me, I give everything I can to this or- ganization, I give everything I can to my teammates to try to help us win and to try to help us be bet- ter moving forward," Kaepernick said. "I have a great relationship with my teammates and I'll leave it at that." Tomsula figures part of the 49ERS Coach sees no doubts on Kap in building By Michael Wagaman The Associated Press ALAMEDA Oakland Raiders safety Nate Allen thought his year might be over after he suffered a serious knee injury in the team's season opener. More than six weeks later, Al- len is back to full strength and getting closer to being cleared to play again. Allen took part in his first full practice Wednesday and ran with- out restrictions during individ- ual position drills and in the full- squad scrimmage. The veteran defensive back also made several sharp cuts and showed no lingering effects from the injury that sidelined him for nearly two months. "He's a good player and it's great to see him back out work- ing his way back from his injury," Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said. "We get a chance to now get him activated and go from working just with the trainers to working with the team and getting his RAIDERS Safety Allen close to being cleared to play The Mercy volleyball team will be hosting Chester at 6:30 tonight at the school's Senior Night. Six seniors on the team will be graduating who have played together since junior varsity. VOLLEYBALL Mercy to celebrate Senior Night tonight The Cardinals will host the Anderson Cubs at 7:30p.m., Bulldogs will host Westwood Lumberjacks at 6p.m. and the Spartans go to Redding for a 7:30p.m. matchup against the Enterprise Hornets. FOOTBALL FRIDAY Corning, LosMo home, Red Bluff to Redding ROUNDUP PAGE 2 RAIDERS PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 SERIES PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, October 29, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1