PVP-PANORAMA No. 304 • 06/24/23

PANORAMA PANORAMA

ALL-STARS TAKE ON SUMMER

Summer Days

• All-Star baseball has taken over summer with all four Peninsula Little Leagues hosting District 36 All-Star tournaments.

The best teams from Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and El Segundo Little Leagues are competing with the best teams on the Peninsula for a District 36 banner.

The local action takes place through the first week of July. Then it’s on to the Section 4 tournament and beyond.

Energy On High . . .

Experience Key For Post Season . . . Players get extra practice and play in dramatic games during All-Star tournaments.

Nothing is better than playing baseball with your friends and teammates deep into the summer.

Extremely Famous All-Stars

Silver Spur Eyes District Banner . . . The Silver Spur Little League 13U team is playing for a banner this weekend.

Another Summer Of Glory . . . The Palos Verdes 11-yearold All-Star team is looking strong for a District 36 championship.

Padres Are Kings . . . The Palos Verdes Little League Padres won the Major Division King of the Hill championship.

Four Rounds Later LACC Proves Par A Winning Score For U.S. Open

US Open Golf

• Stars alinged for the Los Angeles Country Club to host the U.S. Open and the best golfers in the world.

By Timothy Niemann

It was a U.S. Open 75 years in the making. For the first time since 1948, golf’s most demanding test returned to Los Angeles. And for the first time, the Los Angeles Country Club played host to the best players in the world.

The field of players was star-studded, as is fitting for a golf tournament just a few miles from Hollywood.

But despite all the big-name players, Wyndham Clark, a rising star on tour who had never previously finished in the top 70 in a major championship, shocked everyone with his victory in the 123rd U.S. Open.

The USGA, the organization that runs the U.S. Open, had been eyeing LACC as a host course for decades. LACC, however, consistently shooed away the USGA’s desires, even directly turning down an offer to host the 1986 U.S. Open. But as time passed, LACC gradually became more willing to showcase its media-shy club to the world, and in 2015, LACC membership voted to allow the club to host the 123rd U.S. Open.

LACC has two courses, but the U.S. Open was held on the North Course, a par 70 that interestingly has five par threes. Designed by famed golf course architect George C. Thomas, the North

Course first opened in 1927 but did undergo a 2010 restoration by Gil Hanse.

The players got off to a fast start in Round 1. Cloud cover for most of the day provided for incredibly soft course conditions, allowing players to post some historically low scores.

On the first day, Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele became the first players to ever shoot 62 at a U.S. Open. The historically low scores brought about some criticism of the golf course, with some critics saying that LACC was not a hard enough golf course to host a U.S. Open.

But LACC’s North Course quickly began to bite back. In Round 2, Rickie Fowler continued to play well but shot a less impressive 68. Schauffele proved unable to repeat his historic round one performance, shooting an even-par 70.

Clark emerged as a serious contender in the championship, ending the second round at nine strokes under par and in sole possession of second place. Fowler led the field at 10 under par.

Over the weekend, LACC revealed itself as a true U.S. Open golf course. The leading score at the conclusion of rounds three and four remained at 10 under par. On Saturday, Clark shot 69 while Fowler shot 70; they both sat in a tie for first place going into Sunday. Rory McIlroy continued to play strongly, holding sole possession of second and sitting just one shot back of the leaders after Saturday.

The final round was an exciting back-and-forth between Clark and Mc-

Ilroy. Fowler struggled all day, putting himself out of contention relatively early in the round. Clark maintained the lead all day, although McIlroy pulled into a tie for first early on. Clark established himself as the sole leader on the fourth hole, and he never looked back after that.

McIlroy struggled to find birdies and Clark made few bogeys. There was no lack of drama, however. McIlroy appeared poised to make a charge for the victory after Clark made back-to-back bogeys on the 15th and 16th holes.

But McIlroy couldn’t convert multiple long birdie putts late in his round, and Clark steadied himself with pars on the final two holes. Ultimately, Clark won the championship by one stroke with a cumulative score of 10 under par. McIlroy placed second.

Los Angeles won’t have to wait 75 years again to host its next U.S. Open. The tournament will return to The Los Angeles Country Club in 2039, and the USGA just announced that the 2031 U.S. Open will be held at nearby Riviera Country Club. The 123rd U.S. Open was one for the record books in a lot of ways, and it will forever hold a special place in golf history as the first U.S. Open in Los Angeles since 1948.

Wyndham Clark etched his name into golf immortality. And one thing is for sure–there’s no chance Hollywood could have written a better script than what played out at LACC at the 123rd United States Open.

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Peninsula Boy & Girl Scouts

Mets Take The Lead . . . Lunada Bay Mets pitcher Nick Yun leads his team into post-season play at the King of the Hill tournament.

Peninsula Teams Battle . . . Rolling Hills All-Star Lio Carlson slides under the tag and is called safe at home for a run against Lunada Bay Little League during 11-year-old All-Star tournament action at PV Little League.

All-Stars Begin Summer Play

Baseball

• All four Peninsula Little Leagues are hosting District 36 All-Star tournaments this summer.

Lunada Bay Little League is hosting the 10-year-old All-Star tournament, Palos Verdes Little League is hosting the 11-year-old All-Star tournament, Rolling Hills Little League is hosting the 12-yearold All-Star tournament and Silver Spur Little League at Ernie Howlett Park is hosting the U13 All-Star tournament.

Going into this weekend’s play, the RHLL 10-year-old All-Stars, PVLL 11-yearold All-Stars and SSLL 13-year-old All Stars are undefeated and are playing in the winner’s bracket.

Check out the next edition of Panorama for District, Section and Regional championship results.

Big Rally Takes Down Beach . . .

Palos Verdes All-Star Miles Baranick keeps the rally going against Hermosa Beach Little League during the 11-yearold All-Star tournament at PV Little League.

Peninsula Soccer Teams

All-Stars Hit The Turf . . . Running the bases and sliding into home plate on the Lunada Bay Little League Turf makes for fun and exciting plays.

Rolling Hills Notches A Win . . . The Rolling Hills 10-year-old All-Star team got a nice win over Palos Verdes to begin its post-season campaign at Lunada Bay Little League.

On Target For A Banner .

Peninsula Little League 2023 Home Run Leaders

Palos Verdes Little

PENINSULA LITTLE LEAGUES 2023 FINAL STANDINGS

Palos Verdes Little League

Lunada Bay Little League

Silver Spur Little League

Rolling Hills Little League

Silver Spur Little League

Good Baseball . . . Post-season tournaments and All-Star action bring out the best baseball in players and teams from all over the Peninsula.

RHLL Eyes A Banner . . . The Rolling Hills 10-year-old All-Star team is undefeated going into this weekend.

And A One, And A Two . . . Palos Verdes All-Star Bennett Lopes hits two home runs in the first game of the 11-year-old All-Star tournament.

. . Palos Verdes All-Star pitcher Deven Reddy leads his team to an All-Star win against Hermosa Beach Little Leauge.

Palos Verdes Peninsula Girls’ Softball League 2023 All-Stars

12U Gold

Brooklyn Brow

Kara Cohu

Zoe DeWein

Makayla Gregory

Ruby Hall

Audrey Jane Handjian

Sadie Horn

Paige Kelly

Alessandra Martorana

Joya Meagher

Clara More

Kallen Pope

Ashley Russell

Manager: Kyle Horn

Coaches: Greg DeWein, Ryan Kelly and Jeff Ottaway

10U Gold

Cate Boyd

Brooke Cohen

Maya Cohen

Etta Deane

Rosie DeWein

Brooklyn Farrokh-Siar

Emerson Hirson

Harly Possemato

Emily Ro

Abigail Russell

Kaia Tamilin

Ava Yoon

Manager: Ryan Deane

Coaches: Marcus Boyd, Andy Tamilin and Josh Yoon

10U Silver

Rocklyn Choice

Phoenix Cruz

Kiley Dillon

Caroline Emerick

Danika Farrokh-Siar

Addison Gibson

Madison Gimlin

Lillian Lawrence

Reese McCauley

Kareena Pradhan

Kara Stender

Misaki “Mimi” Tanihara

Everly Wang

Manager: Kenneth Gimlin

Coaches: Andy Gibson, Erin Lawrence and Ross Lawrence

8U Gold

Olivia Babb

Evelyn Eum

Talia Imposimato

Josette Lawrence

Lucy Lutkenhouse

Penny Lutkenhouse

Margo Meagher

Colette Moon

Charlotte Rhein

Kaitlin Rodenkirch

Eleanor Wang

Ellie Yamauchi

Molly Zinser

Manager:

Sean Lutkenhouse

Coaches: Eddie Eum and Paul Moon

PANORAMA Thanks the Palos Verdes Peninsula Gils’ Solftball League

2023 Peninsula All-Stars

10-12 Year Old All-Stars

August Accardo

Liam Cody

Brayden Hill

Jaren Kim

Flynn Kirst

Leo Marchitelli

Jack Nguyen

Dillon Reddy

Ashton Rigg

Liam Sanford

Luke Simonsen

Robert Slane

9-11 Year Old All-Stars

Miles Baranick

Jackson Byard

Rocco Ciccone

Conor Eroen

Cody Kim

Bennett Lopes

Drew Myhre

Deven Reddy

Griffin Rudy

Hudson Sheffield

Tanner Tamilin

Tyler Turse

8-10 Year Old All-Stars

Ethan Archer

Luke Brandon

Slater Byard

Lucas Fang

Noah Freeman

Jordan Fujita

Vlad Jeter

James LePorte

Chase Lin

Culver Millard

Bradley Nguyen

Beck Rayner

10-12 Year Old All-Stars

Holden Blanch

William Briese

Austin Corbett

Landon Donnenfield

Tyler Melnick

Riku Nakanishi

Fernando Quiroz

Troy Rodriguez

Logan Ryan

Jake Tanner

Jonah Tsai

Justin Zhang

9-11 Year Old All-Stars

Cameron Choe

Victor Kittrell

Iker Elgorriaga

Adam Davidson

Vincent Hone

Parker Lin

Noah Tatman

Evan Siegel

Jeremy Wong

Max Chesney

Cole Kernen

Rei Sproat

Nicholas Chappell

8-10 Year Old All-Stars

Alex Kim

Henry Tunney

Jake White

Max Bates

Alex Han

Jacob Ma

Krish Thakr

Broden Llamas

Sean Yanko

Sam Fujii

10-12 Year Old All-Stars

Dillon Brende

Christos Cacos

Chas Fairbrother

Dylan Gardner

Felix Hamilton

Reid Howard

Cielo Lopez

Luke Marshall

Griffin Romine

Finley Schulz

Jackson Watten

Nick Yun

9-11 Year Old All-Stars

Aidan Adam

Ruei Chang

Daniel Cruz

Byron Dehn

Liam Domingo-Donovan

Daxton Gleeson

Lukas Hirson

Noah Keefe

Kai Koenig

Kai Leanza Banks Maxfield

Nathan Shear

8-10 Year Old All-Stars

Christopher Yun

Carter Funk

David Hu

Dylan Masso

Jack Ebenhack

Jason Foley

Kingston Richie

Koa Zayti

Nick Marshall

Niko Hussain

Noah Gerbutavicius

Rory McPhee

Zac Dehn

10-12 Year Old All-Stars

Anthony Harter

Logan Whynaucht

Ian Ditch

Josh Park

Reed Luna

Elliott Edelson

Constantine Siouris

Evan Kelley

John Tiberi

Nicholas Allocco

Reed Barton

Jonathan Baran

9-11 Year Old All-Stars

Luka Albano

Vinn Albano

Ben Vizcarra

Lio Carlson

DJ Bermudez

Zach Yanney

Jake Rakowski

Cooper Wynne

Joey Buscemi

Brian Blaney

William Traut

Mike Martinez

8-10 Year Old All-Stars

Marko Kunich

Sullivan Hamilton

Cole Pappas

Luke Johnston

Hudson Woo

Dylan Hamann

Benjamin McConnell

Jackson Cochran

Lucas Craig

Christian Cohu

Connor Patterson

Carter Oldham

PANORAMA PANORAMA

PVP-PANORAMA wishes to congratulate all Peninsula All-Star teams and their coaches and say thanks to all Peninsula Little Leagues for another great season.

Braves Rule The Hills . . .

The Rolling Hills Braves had a great season, finishing in first place in the Intermediate Division and playing in the King of the Hill tournament.

Rolling Hills On The Move . . .

The Rolling Hills 10-year-old All-Star team has taken down Palos Verdes and Hermosa Beach Little Leagues and will take on El Segundo today at Lunada Bay Little League.

Kings of the Bay . . . The Lunada Bay Mets had a great season, finishing in first place in the Majors Division and making it to the King of the Hill championship game. The team includes Dillon Brende, Christos Cacos , Byron Dehn, Noah Keefe, Cielo Lopez, Luke Marshall, Kirk Nakkashian, Bode Voytilla , Jackson Watten and Nick Yun. Coaches Peter Dehn, Nicholas Keefe, Annsley Marshall, Ken Watten and Hubert Yun.