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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF TheMercyWarriors took the win Thursday night in the Northern Section Division VI volleyball playoff match against the American Christian Academy Eagles, winning 3-0. The lady Warriors started strong against the Eagles, scoring the first few points of the first set and holding on to win by a close margin at 25-22. In the second set of the match, the Warriors kept the lead early, but started to lose momentum soon after. It wasn't long before the team began making plays again as sophomore Page Span- gler tipped the ball over twice in a row to regain the lead, resulting in a 25-20 win. The Eagles started to keep up with the Warriors in the third set and eventually tied it up. The momentum once again returned to the Warriors with senior Gil- lie Coelho spiking the ball after a long back-and-forth rally. The Warriors closed out the match at a close score of 25-23. The Warriors will face off at 7 p.m. Tuesday against the No. 4 seed Greenville Indians in Green- ville. VOLLEYBALL WARRIORS SWEEP IN PLAYOFF MATCH Mercy advances in Division VI bracket, travels to Greenville on Tuesday PHOTOSBYHEATHERHOELSCHER—DAILYNEWS The Mercy Warriors' Tasha Pimentel (8) jumps to save the set point in the third match Thursday against the American Christian Academy Eagles. The Mercy Warriors' Madeline Flynn (1) jumps up to spike the ball Thursday in the first game of the Division VI playoff match against American Christian Academy. MERCY3,AMER.CHRISTIAN0 Up next: Mercy at Greenville, 7 p.m. Tuesday. THESCORE Online: For more stories on Tehama County high school sports visit REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM. Joe Pavelski scored his ninth goal of the season, Martin Jones made 26saves and the San Jose Sharks beat the De- troit Red Wings 3-2on Friday night. Melker Karlsson and Matt Nieto also scored. NHL Pavelski,Joneslead Sharks over Red Wings FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 The Obama administration wants you to eat your fruits and vegetables. They also want the produce to be safe. Rules issued by the Food and Drug Administration Friday are designed to prevent illness. HEALTH Produce safety rules aim to prevent illness FULL STORY ON PAGE B3 JIM MONE — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (le ) beats the Minnesota Timberwolves' Andrew Wiggins to the ball during the second half Thursday in Minneapolis. By Janie McCauley The Associated Press OAKLAND Stephen Curry hardly keeps track of how many 3-pointers he's putting up on a given night. His mindset is: See a chance and let it fly. So, how about if he's on a record pace for 3s by season's end? "I always believe 3 is better than 2," Curry said with a smile after a re- cent game. "If I can knock 'em down, I'm sure that will help our team kind of open up games and it's kind of de- flating for a defense. I know it is for us when a guy gets hot on the other side." The reigning NBA MVP has had a hot hand so far this season while playing for the league's most domi- nant team. The defending champions appear to be even better than they were during their 67-win title run. Curry is determined to show the rest of the league he's a far more pol- ished player, capable of spectacular performances and leading the new- and-improved Warriors during an- other special season. "I'm always confident. I'm not re- ally surprised when I do something crazy," Curry said. "That's how I practice is the way I play out there, and trying to let that show." Curry's sensational start has his name mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jordan, and interim War- riors coach Luke Walton projects he'll be the best shooter of all time. That is, if he isn't already there. "I think he's setting the new stan- dard as a shooter in this league," Walton said. Doc Rivers of the rival Clippers said he can't remember another player with the combination of Cur- ry's shooting range and slick ball handling. The only comparison Riv- ers can make is to a star from his youth: Pistol Pete Maravich. "I can't think of anyone else that has done it on that level," Rivers said. "There are guys that have been near that level, but no one else is on that NBA Curryplaysevenbetternow Warriors star point guard and reigning league MVP has had hot hand so far in defending championship Staff Reports CORNING Corning Cardinals field hockey coach Teresa Lamb announced Thursday that Whit- ney Armstrong had received all- league honors for her season and Danny Zuppan received an hon- orable mention. Captains were Armstrong, Zup- pan and Ally Zuppan and Danny and Ally Zuppan were named the Fighting Cardinals. The Most Valuable Player on defense was Sarah Grine and Armstrong received the award for Most Valuable Player on offense. Anai Zapien was named the Most Improved Player. Angela Diaz received the Coach's Award. The team went 2-5 on the sea- son with victories over Bella Vista and River Valley, which finished the season second in the league. The Cardinals finished in fifth place. FIELD HOCKEY Cardinals players honored for season By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press AVONDALE, ARIZ. Jimmie John- son is doing his best to play spoiler now that his champion- ship chances are done. The six-time NASCAR cham- pion was eliminated from the Chase for the Sprint Cup cham- pionship in the first round of the playoffs. But his win last week at Texas denied Brad Keselowski a spot in the finale, and now he's on the pole for the final elimina- tion race. Johnson turned a lap at 143.158 mph in qualifying Friday to win the pole at Phoenix International Raceway. His effort kept Kurt Busch, who is still in the Chase, from the top starting spot for Sunday's race. There are seven drivers vying for three spots next week in the ti- tle-deciding finale at Homestead- Miami Speedway. Only Jeff Gor- don has clinched a berth in the final four. "There's nothing better," John- son said. "If you can't be in it, you may as well go out there and spoil it." Johnson has five wins this sea- son, but a mechanical failure in NASCAR SPRINT CUP Johnson plays spoiler, wins Phoenix pole Los Molinos, 26-16, will host the Etna Lions, 13-14-1, at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Los Molinos High School. The Mercy War- riors, 17-10, will travel to the Greenville Indians, 19-10, for a 7p.m. match Tuesday. VOLLEYBALL Start time changed for Bulldogs' playoff game Coach Jack Del Rio said Friday that the team plans to activate safety Nate Allen from the injured reserve list and add him to the 53-man roster in time for Sunday's game against Minnesota. 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