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COURTESYPHOTOBYLARRYLONG Los Molinos' Lizzy Belcher goes up for a shot Monday night against the Chester Volcanoes in Los Molinos. Staffreport LOSMOLINOS The Los Moli- nos Lady Bulldogs volleyball team remained perfect in league play Monday by tak- ing care of the visiting Ches- ter Volcanoes in 3 sets, 25-13, 25-21 and 26-6. The win extends the Bull- dogs' lead over Redding Christian and takes the Bull- dogs to 4-0 atop the Five Star League standings. Rachel Rogers and Liset Castillo led the Bulldogs, with Henna and Genesis Acevedo coming through as well. Rogers had 6 kills, 4 aces and 2 digs; Castillo had 6 kills, 3 aces and 5 digs; Henna Acevedo had 5 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks and 3 digs; Genesis Acevedo had 4 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks and an assist. Kendall Williams had 6 aces and 6 assists; Heather Rodriguez had a kill, 3 aces, a dig and 10 assists; Kami Van- doren had a kill and 3 aces and Sugey Cota had 4 digs. The Bulldogs (21-8 overall, 4-0 league) were scheduled to take on the Burney Raid- ers (9-6-1 overall, 2-2 league) in Burney Tuesday evening. VOLLEYBALL LADY BULLDOGS DEFEAT CHESTER MICHAEL B. THOMAS – GETTY IMAGES Colin Kaepernick hasn't started at quarterback for the 49ers since last Nov. 1at St. Louis. By Cam Inman Bay Area News Group Colin Kaepernick is excited his 344-day wait is over and that he's once again the 49ers starting quarterback, a role he'll reprise Sunday at Buffalo. "It's been about a year since live game action, so I'm itching to get out there," said Kaepernick, who last started in a Nov. 1 loss at St. Louis and subsequently lost his job to Blaine Gabbert. Coach Chip Kelly informed both quarterbacks Tuesday that, amid a four-game losing streak, the 49ers (1-4) will turn to Kaepernick, who helped lead the 2012 49ers to Su- per Bowl XLVII to begin a three- year reign as their starter. Kelly said Kaepernick's ascen- siontothestartinglineupisstrictly a football decision and is not con- tingentonacontractrestructuring, whichKaepernickdescribedasbe- ingina"discussions"state.Kaeper- nickaddedthathefeelsnopressure to finalize a revised deal — elimi- nating an injury guarantee to his $14.5 million 2017 salary and mak- inghimafreeagentatseason'send — before Sunday's game. "We have had conversations," Kaepernick said. "I really don't want to get into details about that." Asked if he believes business reasons factored into his bench- ing through the previous five games, Kaepernick replied: "I re- ally don't know. You'd have to ask the people upstairs about that. My biggest thing is focusing on foot- ball and help this team win." While he remained in a reserve role, Kaepernick still gained more national — and even global — at- tention over the past month than ever before. His national-anthem protest, in which he takes a knee during the pregame ceremony, has sparked a movement to im- prove racial equality and end po- lice brutality. "People are realizing the in- justices and oppression that's taken place in this country and it needs to be addressed," Kaepe- rnick said. "It has had a huge im- pact on a lot of people's lives, and that's ultimately what the goal is, to affect this country and those people positively. "As far as on the football field, I'm excited to be back out there. I'm ready to go. I'm ready to be out there with my teammates and fight with them to get this win this Sunday. I'm ready." 49ERS Kaepernick re cl ai ms st art in g jo b Qu ar te rb ac k s wi tc h se nd s Ga bb er t t o b en ch a er 4-9 record as starter By Jimmy Durkin Bay Area News Group ALAMEDA The Raiders were fired up entering this season about their bookend pass rushers in Khalil Mack and Bruce Irvin. Five games in, one of the big- gest surprises might be that fourth-year defensive tackle Stacy McGee is the team's leader with 2 ½ sacks. This for a player with just a half-sack over the first 42 games of his NFL career. McGee had a career game in Sunday's win over the San Diego Chargers, twice getting a piece of quarterback Philip Rivers. He had a strip sack against Rivers on the first play of the second half, although the Chargers recovered, and also split a sack with Dan Williams. He was credited with a second forced fumble when Mel- vin Gordon coughed one up. "Stacy has done some good things for us," Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said. "He's flashed some rushes and been really close on a couple this year, so it was nice to see him finish on the two." Del Rio compared McGee's move on one of his sacks to the "hump" move that Hall of Fame defensive end Reggie White used to abuse offensive tackles and quarterbacks over the years. "That's something I've been working on," McGee said. "An- tonio Smith was here a couple years ago and he showed us how to do the hump move. I guess it took a couple years to really fig- ure out and get it done." McGee, a sixth-round pick from 2016, said he's gradually gotten bigger and stronger and the 6-foot-3, 310-pounder notices the difference. "On the field and in the weight room, I can definitely tell the dif- ference of being able to lift more weights and move people around a lot better," McGee. The timing is good for McGee, who will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason as his four- year rookie contract expires. The success on the field — he's started all five games and has been the top pass rush threat on the interior line — is a result of a more dedicated player. "I just put in a lot of work in the offseason to get better, a lot more work than normal, so it's starting to pay off," McGee said. What inspired that extra work? "My daughter," McGee said of 1-year-old Gemma Jewel. "Every- body's mindset is different but from a personal standpoint, it's just wanting to give my daugh- ter things that I never had grow- ing up." • Raiders long snapper Jon Condo knows as well as anyone how tough Chargers punter/ holder Drew Kaser is having it right now. Kaser was San Diego's goat in its loss to the Raiders on Sun- day when he failed to secure the snap on the Chargers' potential game-tying 36-yard field goal with 2:07 to play. RAIDERS McGee emerges as surprising sack leader The Associated Press SAN FRANCSCICO Javier Baez's tiebreaking single capped a four- run rally in the ninth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to win their NL Division Series. Chasing their first World Se- ries title since 1908, the Cubs will open the NL Championship Series at home Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers or Washington Nationals. That matchup is tied 2-all heading into the deciding Game 5 on Thursday. Heldtotwohitsovereightinnings by Matt Moore, the Cubs trailed 5-2 before coming back against a belea- guered bullpen that sabotaged San Francisco one last time. DODGERS FORCE GAME 5 Chase Utley singled home the tiebreak- ing run with two outs in the eighth inning after the Dodgers' bullpen faltered in relief of Clay- ton Kershaw, and Los Angeles avoided elimination with a 6-5 vic- tory over the Washington Nation- als that forced a deciding Game 5 in their NL playoff. Kenley Jansen worked the ninth for a save one day after giving up four late runs in a Game 3 loss, preventing the Nationals from clinching a postseason series for the first time. Game 5 is Thursday in Wash- ington, with 20-game winner Max Scherzer expected to pitch for the Nationals. Dodgers man- ager Dave Roberts said he will use left-hander Rich Hill and rookie Julio Urias, but did not announce which one will start. Adrian Gonzalez hit a two- run homer for the Dodgers, who turned to Kershaw on three days' rest to salvage their season. The score was tied 5-all with two outs in the eighth when An- drew Toles got hit by a pitch from Blake Treinen. MLB ROUNDUP Romo, Giants collapse in 9th inning, Cubs advance SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, October 12, 2016 MORE ATFACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1