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StaffReports CHESTER TheLosMolinosBull- dogs swept the Chester Volcanoes in three sets in a conference road match Thursday, 25-12, 25-22 and 25-21, to finish the regular season. Rachel Rogers came up big for the Bulldogs again with 11 kills, two aces, three digs and four blocks. Other top performers included Liset Castillo with nine kills, three aces, a block and 11 digs; Michell Woolbert with six kills and seven blocks; Henna Acevedo with four kills, two aces, three blocks and seven digs and Vanesa Cota with two kills, three aces, three blocks, four digs and 25 assists. The Bulldogs go to 26-16 over- all and 6-2 in league play as the prepare to host a playoff match at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, against an opponent to be named. MERCY 3, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 1 The Warriors dropped the third set but easily got past Liberty Christian in four sets in Thurs- day's home conference match, 25- 14, 25-19, 23-25 and 25-5. Madeline Flynn stood out for the Warriors with 15 kills, three aces, three blocks, eight digs and an assist. Other top performers for Mercy included C.J. Johnson with 11 kills, three aces and 17 digs; Page Spangler with eight kills, an ace, a block and three digs; Laura Keane with five kills, three digs and an assist; Tasha Pimentel with a kill, five aces, five digs and 43 assists; Gillie Coelho with two kills, two aces and 11 digs and Daphne Nandino with a kill and 15 digs. With the win the Warriors fin- ish the regular season 16-10 over- all and 5-3 in league play. They are scheduled to open the play- offs at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, when they will host the Ander- son Christian Academy Eagles, 13-9 overall and 6-2 in league play. The teams did not meet during the regular season. An- derson is ranked ninth in the section, Mercy fourth. RED BLUFF 3, PARADISE 0 The Spartans beat the Paradise Bob- cats in three sets Thursday in a home conference match, 25-13, 25- 16 and 25-21. No stats were posted as of Fri- day afternoon. Earlier in the week, the Spar- tans beat the Enterprise Hornets on Tuesday night in Redding in five sets, but set scores were not posted as of Friday afternoon. The Spartans, 11-4 overall and 5-7 in league play, are scheduled to face the Foothill Cougars, 19- 19-3 overall and 11-13-3 in league play, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Palo Cedro. The teams split regular-season matches, each team winning at home. Foothill beat the Spartans in three sets Oct. 1 in Palo Cedro and Red Bluff beat the Cougars 3-2 Oct. 20 at home. Foothill is ranked second in the section, Red Bluff fourth. ANDERSON3,CORNING0 The Car- dinals lost in three sets Thursday to the Anderson Cubs, 25-13, 25- 20 and 25-17. No stats were posted for the match as of Friday afternoon. Corning finished the season 11- 20 overall and 3-7 in league play. VOLLEYBALL 3of4teamsclosewithwins LosMolinossweepsChesterforroadwintoendregularseason;Mercy tops Liberty Christian; Red Bluff beats Paradise; all 3 head to playoffs By John Marshall The Associated Press The blue bloods have reloaded. New contenders are rising. More talented freshmen are ready to shine. The college basketball season is upon us and this one, as always seems to be the case, is loaded with intrigue. To get you ready, we've got a rundown of the top teams and players, best games and a whole lot more: Topteams MARYLAND Melo Trimble and the loaded Terps are eyeing Mary- land's first NCAA title since 2002. KENTUCKY Another year, an- other loaded freshman class. NORTH CAROLINA The Tar Heels were the preseason No. 1 in the AP poll for a record ninth time. They might have a hard time stay- ing there with senior guard Mar- cus Paige out three to four weeks with a broken hand, but watch out once he's healthy. KANSAS Mix of experienced COLLEGE BASKETBALL A guide to 2015-16 campaign coming up By Stephen Hawkins The Associated Press FORT WORTH, TEXAS Joey Lo- gano arrived at Texas with a clear conscience, an easy smile and a new focus after being intention- ally wrecked by Matt Kenseth last weekend. Kenseth's two-race suspension begins Sunday after his appeals were rejected. Logano said the incident at Martinsville when he was leading might not have been such a bad thing. "Our team is more fired up than ever, I'm more focused than ever, I'm pretty pumped up about being here at the race track," Lo- gano said Friday. "We've still got plenty of confidence." Logano is last among the eight drivers still in contention for the Chase for the Sprint Cup champi- onship. He had won three consec- utive races and was leading with 47 laps left when he was wrecked by Kenseth as payback from an incident three races earlier. NASCAR suspended Kenseth, NASCAR SPRINT CUP Logano looks for title with Kenseth gone RussiaonFridaysuspended all passenger flights to Egypt a er days of resisting U.S. and British suggestions that a bomb may have brought down a Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula a week ago. TOURISM BLOW Russia suspends flights to Egypt, cites security FULL STORY ON PAGE B8 Special to the Daily News LOS MOLINOS Los Molinos High School concluded its first season of eight-man football with a win over Westwood the evening of Oct. 30. In recent years, Los Molinos has struggled to maintain 11-man squads for both junior varsity and varsity. In the 1999-2000 school year, Los Molinos was in the semifi- nals for the Northern Section Di- vision V playoffs. The next four years, the Bulldogs struggled to field a varsity team and were un- able to have a team some years. In 2006, Los Molinos football was very successful and competed in the Divison V section champi- onship game, losing to Maxwell. The next three years the Bull- dogs had a team, but began hav- ing problems fielding both junior varsity and varsity teams for the entire season. According to Athletic Direc- tor Chas Konopka, Principal Cliff Curry and Superintendent Charles Ward, the recent strug- gles for Los Molinos football have been due to several factors, in- cluding fewer students interested in football and the loss of players due to eligibility based on grades. "Los Molinos sets high aca- demic standards for student-ath- letes that are more stringent than the minimums required by the California Interscholastic Feder- ation," Ward said. The option of playing in the eight-man league was first dis- cussed several years ago. The eight-man league was created to allow for smaller high schools to have football teams made up of a smaller number of players. "In addition to having smaller- sized teams, each school in eight- man football has only a single team instead of fielding both a junior varsity and varsity team," Konopka said. LOS MOLINOS FOOTBALL BULLDOGS GET BACK ONTO THE GRIDIRON Team completes 8-man season for first time with 4-5 overall record and 3 league standouts Los Molinos' Jared Costa lays out the Herlong quarterback for a sack Oct. 23. DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTOS Los Molinos' Alex Russell (2) breaks off a run Oct. 23against Herlong. Ending a seven-year political saga, President Barack Obama killed the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, declar- ing it would have undercut U.S. efforts to clinch a global climate change deal. ENVIRONMENTAL VICTORY Obama kills Keystone to boost climate leverage FULL STORY ON PAGE B3 Raiders defensive end Khalil Mack practiced fully Friday for the first time this week and is expected to play in Sunday's game at Pittsburgh. Mack has been nursing a sore hamstring that sidelined him. RAIDERS Khalil Mack practices with no limitations The Mercy Warriors will open the postseason today when they host the Butte Valley Bulldogs at 1p.m. today at Sacred Heart School. The Warriors were 7-0in league play, the Bulldogs were 3-3. FOOTBALL Mercy hosts Butte Valley today at 1 p.m. BULLDOGS PAGE 2 BASKETBALL PAGE 2 NASCAR PAGE 2 SPORTS ยป redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, November 7, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1