PVP-PANORAMA No. 292 • 10/22/22

ACTION HEATS UP FOR FALL

Everything

• Fall playoffs are in the air with winter competition warming up. Rivalry games take over the lo cal schools this week from foot ball to cross country from 6th grade to high school varsity.

PV Storm On Radar . . .

The PV Little League Angels captured the Intermediate

Middle School Sports . . . Flag football and volleyball teams set for competition.

Adults On The Pitch . . .

The AYSO Adult Division has taken off with four pick-up teams playing soccer at Ladera Linda Park on Sundays.

AYSO XTRA Teams Defend The Hill . . . The XTRA boys’ U13 team goes up against North Torrance at Malaga Cove Fields.

Frosh/Soph/JV/Varsity

Action Fast

Furious

Rivalry Game Coming Up

Big Yellow Ball Shines Bright

Peninsula High Homecoming . . . The football season is in full swing for Palos Verdes and Peninsula High schools with rivalry games slated for next week

Ridgecrest Raiders Lead The Pack . . . Middle school runners are leaving the competition behind.

PV On The Move . . . The Palos Verdes High girls’ varsity volleyball team celebrates during its rivalry match against Peninsula High.

Middle School Runners Reach Top Of Mt. SAC

• Runners from PVIS and Ridgecrest Intermediate dominated the world’s largest cross country invitational at the 74th annual Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational for middle schools.

Girls 8th Grade - 2 Mile

PVIS Team 1st Place:

Alexandra Wilner, 2nd place

Anne Sherry, 3rd place

Boys 8th Grade - 2 Mile

PVIS Team 1st Place:

Yuto Takeda, 3rd place

Cooper Sheriff, 6th place

Girls 8th Grade - 2 Mile RACE 4

Ridgecrest 6th Place

Mirae Denaro RIS, 4th place

Boys 7th Grade - 2 Mile

PVIS team 2nd Place

Ridgecrest 4th Place

Aidan Joe, RIS, 4th Place

Girls 7th Grade - 2 Mile

PVIS team 4th Place

Girls 7th Grade - 2 Mile RACE 8

Ridgecrest team 2nd Place

Audrey Chang RIS, 2nd Place

Jenna Lee RIS, 6th Place

Girls 6th Grade - 2 Mile

PVIS team 1st Place

Kallen Pope, 2nd Place

Carmela Shultz, 4th Place

Jess Brusseau, 6th Place

Boys 6th Grade - 2 Mile

PVIS team 2nd Place

Noah Lengkeek, 1st Place

Donovan Jones, 6th Place

Palos Verdes Peninsula

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Boy & Girl Scouts

Raiders Collecting Medallions . . . Ridgecrest 7th graders Audrey Chang and Jenna Lee show off their Mt. SAC. Invitational medallions.

Manhattan Beach No Match . . . Pictured are Ridgecrest 7th grade girls who finished 3, 2, 1 at the Manhattan Beach Invitational last week: Sahana Siravuri, Jenna Lee and Audrey Chang (left to right). Coming up in the cross coun try season are the Ridegcrest Invitational next week then the PVIS Invitational.

Sea Kings Sweep Past Panthers

Volleyball

• The Palos Verdes High girls’ varsity volleyball team defeated Peninsula High to finish the Bay League season before beginning CIF playoff action.

The Sea Kings finished second in Bay League with two losses against Mira Costa. They fell to Mater Dei in Di vision 1 CIF action Wednesday.

In

Set For Victory . . . Senior captain

Tatum Lane sets the ball for Sea Kings teammates against the Panthers.

Split The Defense . . . Palos Verdes

High senior Brooke Billnitzer takes a shot between two Panthers.

PV Freshmen Rally For The Win . . . The varsity team watches the Sea Kings freshmen celebrate their rivalry victory.

Panthers Keep Attacking . . . Peninsula senior Brooke Billnitzer takes a hard outside shot against Palos Verdes during the last match of the season.

JV Teams Get Ready For Varsity Rivals . . . Sea Kings Logan Hunter takes a shot against Peninsula during the junior varsity match at Peninsula High.

PV/PEN

Varsity

Battle At The Park . . . The Purple People Eaters and Yetis battled to a 0-0 tie in girls’ 10U Division play at Ernie Howlett Park.

High Tide At Highridge Park . . . The Green Waves got a 5-1 win over the Lady Bugs in girls’ 14U Division action at Highridge Park.

AYSO Stripes Defend The Hill . . . The boys’ U11 XTRA team face North Torrance in XTRA Division action at Malaga Cove.

Boys’ 10U Getting Hot . . . The Chicago Fire got a 4-0 win over the LA Galaxy at Malaga Cove Fields to take first place in the boys’ 10U Division.

Palos Verdes Peninsula

Battle To Be King And Queen Is On

• The fall AYSO soccer season has hit the half-way point with teams competing to finish the

season undefeated and first place in their divisions before playing for a King and Queen of the Hill medallion.

Gravity Is Over Rated . . . The Chillin’ Qilins flew for a 4-1 over the Thunderbirds in 14U Division play at Highridge Park.

Final Battles To Be King . . . The Chillin’ Qilins and Horn Tails are competing for first place in the boys’ 14U Division.

Goals Count In Girls’ U9 . . . The Blue Butterflies captured a 2-0 win over the Teal Tigers in girls’ U9 Division play at Ernie Howlett Park.

Palos Verdes Peninsula

AYSO XTRA Team Talk Strategy .

AYSO XTRA-Buelga girls’

team

match

Fields.

Older Folks Stay On The Pitch For Soccer

AYSO Adults

• After four years since gaining their own division, the AYSO Adult Division has enough participates to field four teams for pick-up soccer at Ladera Linda Park on Sundays. For more in formation check out the AYSO website via pvsports.com.

Fall Ball Keeps Diamonds Busy

Softball

• The Palos Verdes Peninsula Girls’ Softball League has 15 teams competing in its Fall Ball season at Cornerstone School and Highridge Park

The fast-pitch league has three 8U teams, six 10U teams, four 12U teams along with one team each in 14U and 16U Divisions. Teams from all over the South Bay travel to the Peninsula to compete in fast-pitch Fall Ball.

Dolphins Set to Destroy . . . The PV Destroying Dolphins hit the ball hard against Downey 5 in 12U Division action.

Solid Contact . . . The 10U PV Peacocks overcome El Segundo 1 dur ing fast-pitch softball action.

U10 PV Bruno Takes On El Segundo . . . Fall Ball has six teams from the Peninsula in the 10U Division.

Fall Ball In Play . . . The U14 Bruno takes on North Torrance 3 at Cornerstone School during Fall Ball action.

Softball Action At Highridge Park . . . The 12U Handjian team faces North Torrance 1 at Highridge Park in Fall Ball action.

Sharpen Those Softball Skills . . . Fall Ball season is used by players and teams of all levels and grades to tune up and get ready for the spring season.

Can’t

PVIS quarterback Luke Dalis completes a long pass to receiver Travis Tomaro in the final minutes of the game against Parras middle school.

Palos

Middle School Sports Season Underway

• Flag football and girls’ vol leyball highlight the South Bay League fall competition.

All three Peninsula middle schools compete against South Bay schools and each other in the South Bay League. PVIS is slated to travel to Mi raleste next week then host Ridgecrest the follow week to end the season.

Ridgecrest travels to Chadwick next week while Miraleste will end its sea son hosting PVIS.

Set For Peninsula Matches . . .

The PVIS girls’ volleyball team got a big win over Chadwick Thursday before traveling to Miraleste next week to face the Maruaders.

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Middle School Girls Celebrate . . . The PVIS girls’ volleyball team had a highly competitive match against Parras Middle School last week.

PVIS Takes On Parras . . . The Palos Verdes Intermediate School girls’ vol leyball team will travel to the Miraleste gym next week for more competition.