PVP-PANORAMA No. 301 • 05/13/23

PANORAMA PANORAMA

SPRING PLAY NOT OVER YET

Spring Sports

• The Closing Day of girls’ softball hits today while Little League begins league playoffs and high schools begin making plans for summer.

Only three editions of Panorama left before we begin our summer break. If you keep playing and competing we’ll keep on printing.

Kings Of The Hill . . .

Peninsula High catcher Reed Woodland hits the go-ahead RBI against Palos Verdes to help the Panthers sweep the Sea Kings in varsity baseball.

The More Peacocks The Better . . . Championship games and Closing Day ceremonies for girls’ softball this weekend.

Dodgers vs. Angels . . . Rival games and matches dominate the end of the spring sports sesaon.

Spring Rivals At The Finish Line . . . Peninsula and Palos Verdes High Schools have wrapped up another sports season.

Yellow Spring Takes Over The Peninsula . . . 10-foot tall mustard plants and various other wild flowers line our fields and parks for the spring sports season.

Local Artist Chosen Again

Day Comes Fast

Travels To Valmonte See Pages

Peninsula Honors Eagle Scout See Page

Beach Art

Peninsula Scout Troop 276 Honors Local Eagle Scout

On StaffTimothy Niemann Sammy Funk

Publisher/Editor: Tom Combs

Copy Editors: Sue Demerjian, Winton Combs

Cartoonist: Jack Dickason

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Summer Art At The Beach . . . Palos Verdes Estates fourth grader

Dagny Tang presents her award winning artwork chosen out of more than 2,500 entries for L.A. County’s Clean Beach art contest.

• Local artist has her work chosen for public display this summer at local beaches.

Montemalaga School fourth grader Dagny Tang has won the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches & Harbor’s annual “Can The Trash” Clean Beach art contest for the second time.

Los Angeles County Beaches and Harbor’s Director Gary Jones said, “We would like to congratulate Dagny. As a two-time winner of the Can the Trash Poster Contest, Dagny’s exemplary artistic abilities are inspiring and deserving of recognition.”

The County official said, “Her

captivating artwork clearly demonstrates the importance of keeping our beaches and ocean clean and healthy and will deeply resonate with all beachgoers. We are very excited to share her 2023 winning artwork on beach trash barrels this summer.”

Dagny’s drawing, which was selected by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors out of more than 2,500 entries, will be published this summer as “public art” on the thousands of trash cans that dot our coastline from Long Beach to Malibu, including the ones on RAT, RPV & South Bay beaches.

— email reports

• Peninsula Scouts continue long tradition of local volunteerism and Eagle Scout merit badges.

Mason Kramer of Rancho Palos Verdes has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. Boy Scout Troop 276 made the award at Eagle Court of Honor last Saturday.

Mason earned 26 merit badges through the Boy Scout activities since he joined Troop 276. He completed his Eagle Scout Project in San Pedro.

Mason built and installed seven 6-foot benches for the Point Fermin Lighthouse, with help from other Scouts and parents.

The benches will provide a place for the youth and elderly to sit while listening to the tour information offered at the lighthouse and also to settle younger kids down before tours are given.

— email reports

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Sea Kings, Panthers Sprint Towards Summer

Dual Meet

• The Peninsula and Palos Verdes high schools track and field teams competed in a dual meet at Peninsula High to cap the rivalry sports season.

Athletes from both schools recorded personal bests in a variety of events and levels.

Twenty-four runners competed in the boys’ frosh/soph 100 meters sprint with Peninsula sophomore Trevor Witkowski taking first in a personal best 11.82.

Those Stripes Matter . . . Palos Verdes High sprinters Brennan Shaul and Daniel Sung finished one, two in the varisty 200 meter finals against Peninsula.

Fast Cat . . . Peninsula High sophomore sprinter Camria Cardenas runs a smooth 13.46 to take first place in the girls’ varsity 100 meter sprint.

It’s Only Two Laps . . . Palos Verdes High junior Michael Mackiewicz took first in the boys’ varsity 800 meter run with teammate Vytas Vitkus second and Peninsula’s Tony Valencia third.

Game Winner . . . Peninsula High senior and Silver Spur Little League All-Star Jett Lim celebrates with teammates after hitting the game-winning RBI double against the Sea Kings at home.

PEN Baseball Sweeps PV

Varsity Baseball

• The Peninsula High varsity baseball team finished the regular Bay League season with two wins over rival Palos Verdes High.

Peninsula senior Jett Lim hit a walkoff double off the outfield wall to score Kai Nagashima and lift the Panthers to a 5-4 win at home.

Two days later at Palos Verdes High, Peninsula junior Yuvan Anthony pitched a complete game allowing only one earned run with four strikeouts leading the Panthers to a 4-2 win over the Sea Kings and a season sweep.

senior team captain and Rolling Hills Little League All-Star Garren Rizzo led his team throughout the season.

Seniors On The Field . . . Palos Verdes High senior second baseman and Lunada Bay Little League All-Star Owen Griffiths gets the out a second base against Peninsula at PV High.

In Control . . . Peninsula High junior Yuvan Anthony pitched a complete game and allowed only one earned run against the Sea Kings.

Four Years Later . . . Peninsula High seniors Tommie Phillips and Kaleb Woodward leave the outfield having just swept the Sea Kings for the first time.

Full House And More . . . It was standing room only for the rivalry games at Palos Verdes High and Peninsula high schools.

Rivalry Emotions Run High . . . The Peninsula High baseball and team and their fans celebrate last inning heroics that gave them a big win over the Sea Kings.

Senior Captain . . . Palos Verdes High

Extremely Famous Peninsula People

You Famous Yet?

• It’s been a long time since we’ve had such a distinguished group of Extremely Famous Peninsula People.

Summer is right around the corner and there are only a few editions left of Panorama before we decide what to do next with our lives. So keep smiling and keep playing and if the old Panorama cameraman is around you might be one of the Extremely Famous Peninsula People.

Spring, Summer and Fall!

El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Torrance and Palos Verdes

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New Season Begins With Playoffs

Little League

• The Little League season is in its final regular season innings with league championships, King of the Hill and summer AllStar competition on deck.

The Palos Verdes Majors Cubs look to be the favorites for wearing a King of the Hill crown with a 11-1 record going into weekend play.

The Rolling Hills Mariners and Braves have battled all season and each have only three losses in the Intermediate Division play.

The PV Red Sox and Rolling Hills Guardians have dominated their Minors Divisions. The Guardians having allowed only 25 runs total this season, while the Red Sox have scored a total of 143 runs so far.

Clear The Bases And Go Home . . . Farm players get a lot of advice and instruction during their games from the young and old.

Standout Time . . . Rolling Hills Tigers pitcher Constantine Siouris leads his team into Major Division league playoff action next week.

Angels At The Plate . . . The Angels scored two runs in the final inning to defeat the Red Sox and move into second place in the PV Intermediate Division.

Battle Between The Socks . . . The White Sox and Red Sox compete in Intermediate Division play at Palos Verdes Little League.

PENINSULA LITTLE LEAGUES 2023 STANDINGS

Palos Verdes Little League

Lunada Bay Little League

Playoffs Equal Opportunity And Pressure . . . League playoffs offer every team a new season and a series of games that can make or break year.

Silver Spur Little League

Rolling Hills Little League

New Playoff Season Arrives . . .

Captain Of The Outfield . . .

League Powers Set For KOH . . .

Infielders Stay Alert . . . Braves’ third baseman Carter Funk makes a catch for an out during Intermediate action at Lunada Bay Little League.

Expos Out In Front . . . The Expos’ Elijah Dreiling makes solid contact with the ball during Intermediate Division action at Lunada Bay Little League

Rolling Hills Cubs center fielder Jonathan Baran leaps for a catch during Major Division action at PV Little League.

Pitcher Tucker Watten leads the Lunada Bay Minors Dodgers into the playoffs.

Time To Celebrate . . . The Rays earned a 3-2 win over the White Sox in Intermediate Division play at Palos Verdes Little League.

Slide Into My Glove . . . Lunada Bay Bananas shortstop Dylan Gardner makes the tag against the PV Padres in Major Division action at PV Little League.

Lunada Bay Mets’ Christos Cacos sparks a rally against the PV Cubs during Major Division action.

Eyes On The Ball . . . Rolling Hills Cubs’ shortstop Julian Toubes eyes the ball during Major Division action against the PV Padres.

Farm Players On The Move . . . Farm, Rookie and T-Ball action is fast and furious this time of year.

Down To The Wire . . . The Padres and Dodgers are tied for first place in the PV Majors Division with the Tigers only two points behind both.

Will The King’s Crown Fit . . . The Palos Verdes Cubs lost the first game of the season and haven’t lost a Major Division game since.

Remember To Thank Your First Baseman . . . Expos first baseman Nick Zacarias stretches to catch the ball and secure the out during Intermediate play.

Softball In Final Spring Innings

Big Yellow Ball

• The Palos Verdes Peninsula Girls’ Softball League will hold Closing Day ceremonies today after double-elmination playoff action.

Final championship games for 8U, 10U and 12U Divisions will be held today at Cornerstone School to end the spring softball season. On deck are post-season tournaments and All-Star competition.

Beware Viking Invaders . . . The Vicious Vikings got a 10-6 win over The Freeze to move into the 12U final championship game.

Playoff Softball Down To Final Days . . . The Freeze and Red Onions battle in the final 12U double-elimination game Friday before Closing Day.

Another Close One . . . The 10U Silver Bullets got a 6-5 win over the Wildcats.

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