PVP-PANORAMA No. 291 • 10/01/22

PANORAMA PANORAMA

FALL SPORTS UNDERWAY

New Season

• Local Peninsula sports fields and parks made it through another hot dry summer and are now taking on the rigors of the fall sports season.

Soccer and football at all levels have begun the fall season in earnest with high school and middle school cross country, volleyball and tennis heating up.

Little rain is expected in the next few weeks to feed our lo cal parks, so expect the fast, dry conditions to continue for all sports going to playoffs.

Check out the next edition of Panorama scheduled to be out on October 24 with more sports and community action.

Practice Your Goofy Photo Look . . . The legendary AYSO Picture Day at Peninsula High opens the fall sports season.

Making An Impact

Big Daddy Nikon Under Repair

PVE Holds An All-Star Parade

PV Cross Country On Backroads

Competing To Be Queen Of The Hill . . . The girls’ 9U Polar Bears and Blue Butterflies battle at Ernie Howlett Park.

The Kids From Valmonte . . . The neighborhood turned out to celebrate and honor the Palos Verdes Little League All-Star team that won Division, Region and State championships.

Heads Up For Soccer . . . The Thunderbirds and Horn Tails are set for U14 Division competition at Highridge Park.

AYSO Picture Day Opens Fall Sports

Soccer

• The largest youth league on the Peninsula held its annual Picture Day at the Peninsula high baseball outfield. The fall soccer season is underway with matches taking place at Highridge Park, Malaga Cove, Ernie Howlett Park, Pt. Vicente School and Ladera Linda Park.

The fields may be getting a little brown and dry, but the soccer action at all levels is fast and competitive. The regular season goes through mid-No vember with the season-ending King and Queen of the Hill tournament in December.

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How To Organize A Team Picture . . . The old Panorama staff photogra phers is not at his best organizing and taking team pictures, so he takes pictures of other people organizing and taking team pictures.

Sports Season Begins . . . The Peninsula High baseball outfield once again hosted multiple camera stations for AYSO Picture Day.

UCLA Makes A Move To The Peninsula With Big Purchase

• The old Marymount college property on the Eastside of the Peninsula will be viable resource for UCLA and higher education.

By Timothy Niemann

UCLA is coming to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The university paid $80 mil lion for 35.5 acres of land - 11 of which are for residential use –previously home to Marymount California Univer sity.

After an agreement to merge with Saint Leo University in Florida fell through, Marymount, a Catholic school with a small student body, closed its doors for good this past summer due to financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marymount California University was originally founded as a two-year community college in 1968. In 2013 the

school became a four-year university. Just nine years later, it closed its doors on August 31, 2022.

Demand for the property was ex tremely high, with more than 200 par ties interested in purchasing the land. However, a deed restriction requires the land to be used for educational purposes until 2028, making UCLA an apt suitor for the property. According to Marymount President Brian Mar cotte, two other educational institu tions were in final talks to acquire the property.

Demand for acceptance into UCLA is as high as ever, with about 140,000 applicants for just 6,600 spots enter ing the 2021 school year. The univer sity hopes this new property will al low UCLA to increase its student body. UCLA hopes the Palos Verdes satellite campus could host 1,000 students. The university said it could start hosting classes as soon as next year.

The purchase marks the largest land acquisition in the university’s more than century-old history. This Rancho Palos Verdes campus will be UCLA’s third location outside Westwood, with it maintaining satellite locations in Cul ver City and Downtown Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, students of Marymount California University were assisted in transferring to a variety of different universities, which included many of the California State Universities.

The transaction between Mary mount and UCLA includes nothing re garding the status of MCU faculty, so it’s unclear whether UCLA will attempt to hire professors from the now de funct university.

The purchase brings an exciting future to the Palos Verdes Peninsula as one of the top public universities in the nation will soon begin conducting classes close to home.

Third String Camera Begins Season With A Soft Focus

Publisher’s Note (crazy talk)

• This edition of Panorama features photos taken with photo equipment that is perfect for Thanksgiving dinner portraits — but action sports photography, not so much.

The old Panorama cameraman has been fretting over the state of his 15-year-old camera and lens since the end of August when he reluctantly turned it over for long needed service.

We expected to have the camera back in time for a few soccer shots or in time for Palos Verdes vs. Peninsula girls’ volleyball match for this week’s edition of Panorama.

However, at press time, the old Nikon D3 with its 826,255 photos is still missing in action. Parts are scarce for this older model of camera, although I’ve been told the shop has secured the necessary items for repair.

There is thought that we might try for one million actuations when we get the camera back, but that would prob ably take a few more seasons to reach that goal and that might not be a wise thing to do.

Currently, Panorama is supporting an undefeated 291-0 publishing record and is holding the top draft spot for any top-of-the line professional camera.

And, of course, this is the Palos Verdes Peninsula and this is the mighty Panorama newspaper - so we will be going with the latest technology (mir rorless) top-of-the-line professional camera.

Yes, some people actually believe the old Panorama cameraman is a real professional photographer and that he really knows how all those buttons and controls work.

However, it might a problem if we get the camera back and all the settings have been changed. The settings were set 15 years ago and have not been

changed, or even looked at, since.

We’ll probably have to watch a vid eo to remember how to set and operate the camera again, and also it will take some time for the old Panorama cam eraman to warm up to the fall action

He hasn’t been down on one knee to take pictures in a few months. And the black camera bag that he uses to bal ance his old rickety body seems to get heavier every year.

However, come the King and Queen of the Hill tournament he’ll be warmed up and ready for the challenge of an allday tournament, no matter what the weather or conditions. If he gets the old Big Daddy Nikon camera back from the shop in time, the old Panorama staff photographer will out this weekend and every weekend shooting for the mighty Panorama newspaper.

Because he’s a professional photog rapher.

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Sea Kings Workout Takes High Road

Cross Country

• Sea Kings work hard at high altitude before returning to sea level for Bay League competi tion.

The Palos Verdes High School CrossCountry team traveled once again to the High Sierra for altitude training.

Sleeping at 8,000 feet and running at altitudes close to 10,000 feet, the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere is con siderably lower than at sea level. This is due to lower atmospheric pressure at high elevations, which reduces the pres sure of oxygen. This creates an ideal condition to train your body, change the physiology at bit, and adapt to perform ing with less oxygen.

As a result of training at altitude, cross-country runners breathe in less air every time they inhale. This delivers considerably less oxygen to the blood stream, lessening the amount of energy available to the cells. As a result, the body tires out more quickly, and people will feel more lethargic.

This forces the body to operate more efficiently with less oxygen being delivered to the lungs. Aside from an improvement in oxygen delivery in the body, high-altitude training can also increase lung capacity, which can sig nificantly improve the performance of cross-country athletes.

There can be altitude sickness associ ated with being at such high altitudes. Cross-country runners adapt quickly by drinking a lot of water prior to the trip, and then taking a five-mile run immedi ately after arriving at Mammoth Lakes.

The team tackled some very difficult terrain with impressive elevation gains.

Through The Forest We Go . . .

PV High cross country runners run through the High Sierra in preparation for competition at sea level.

Summer In The Mountains . . . Members of the Palos Verdes cross country team enjoy the High Sierra for working out.

Local Runners On Competitive Track

This is where runners are most enlight ened and learn that long-distance run ning teaches you that you can do more than you think. That should be every one’s mantra: I can do more than I think.

You realize that you are stronger than you think you are. And once you have run up a mountain that seemed to be im possible to conquer you begin to realize that all of your limits are self-imposed.

This year at Mammoth High Alti tude Training Camp the team also did horseback riding. They rode their horses through majestic forests, and to the top of breath-taking mountains.

The camp was directed by Brian Sha piro and was assisted by coach Kevin Farrington, professional runner Rebec ca Mehra, and Frank Ponce. The phi losophy of the camp is a positive team makes for a winning team. When you are not doing so well, you are encour aged. When you are doing great, you are encouraged. Everyone pushes each other.

— Frank Ponce

Softball

Run Season Stays In Step . . . The Sea Kings will host the Palos Verdes Invitational today before tak ing on Bay League competition.

Fall Ball Underway . . . Teams from all over the South Bay participate in Fall Ball with games at Highridge Park and Cornerstone School.

Editorial and Advertising deadline is 6 p.m. Monday the week of publication. PVP-Panorama is published every two weeks. Our next edition is out October 24.

Photos by Frank Ponce

PV Estates Celebrates Local All-Stars

Little League

• The City of Palos Verdes Es tates celebrated the Palos Verdes Little League All-Star team’s historic summer.

The 8-10-year-old All-Star team had a great summer, winning the State Championship for the Southern Cali fornia Region of Little League Interna tional.

They made history as the first team from PVLL to accomplish the feat, ad vancing as far as is possible for their age level.

The local community game out in to cheer the All-Stars on their parade route that went from Malaga Cove to Valmonte School and the PV Little League stadium.

Led by coaches Ben Eroen and Mark Baranick, the team compiled a 12-1 record across the Divisional, Sec tional, and State tournament rounds.

More Parades . . . The 8-10- yearold All-Star team traveled from Malaga Cove to Valmonte Fields

Valmonte Gives A Heros Welcome . . . The PV Little League stadium seats were full to capacity with family, friends and neighbors there to honor the 8-10-year-old All-Star team that brought home three championship banners.

Champions . . . All-Star Conor Eroen holds up the championship tro phy for all to see.

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Home Of Championship Banners . . . Local officials and dignitaries were on hand to congratulate the team and the league. The team includes Bennett Lopes , Cody Kim, Conor Eroen, Deven Reddy, Drew Myhre, Griffin Rudy, Hudson Sheffield, Lucas MacAllister, Miles Baranick , Rocco Ciccone and Tyler Turse. Manager Ben Eroen. Coach Mark Baranick .

Peninsula Parks Set For Soccer

• After a few "friendly" matches to begin the season, the regular AYSO season is underway with teams shooting for a King or Queen of the Hill championship.

Editorial and Advertising deadline is 6 p.m. Monday the week of publication. PVP-Panorama is published every two weeks. Our next edition is out October 22.

Back At Highridge . . . Highridge Park will host boys’ and girls’ 14U games during the fall season.

and Werewolves opened the season with a

boys’

play at Highridge Park last week.

Blue Butterflies Fly Together . . . The Blue Butterflies battled for 5-4 win over the Polar Bears in girls’ U9 play at Ernie Howlett Park.

New Season . . . The Sassy Sea Serpents and Phoenix battled to a 2-2 tie to begin the girls’ 10U Division sea son at Ernie Howlett Park last week.

Hard To Be A Goalie . . . AYSO goalies are always busy at the beginning of the season before the rest of the team settles in to play defense.

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