WINTER SPORTS HEATS HILL
Transitions
• Peninsula youth leagues and high school varsity teams enter the winter playoff season.
The Palos Verdes Youth Basketball League begins playoff action this weekend along with teams from both high schools.
PVIS, Ridgecrest and Miraleste Intermediates are preparing for soccer and basketball rivalry games next week to finish the winter sport season.
Peninsula Little League teams have been formed and have begun spring practice while the Opening Day for the girls’ softball league is slated for next week. Panorama will be there.
Morgan Field Tryouts! Rivalry SoCal Winter
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Panthers Take On Sea Kings See Page 5 Silver
See Page 15 Baseball On Deck See Page 6 Season Of Transition See Page 4 New Field, New Beginning . . . Panther
Peninsula High for a new baseball season.
Playoffs Underway . . . Showtime and Purple Reign battle in Palos Verdes Youth Basketball League action.
Spur Honors Major Leaguer
Park opens at
Middle School Winter Sports . . . PVIS takes on Hermosa Valley in basketball and soccer at home Tuesday.
Varsity Soccer . . . Peninsula and Palos Verdes compete in boys’ and girls’ soccer to finish the Bay League season.
Panther Park Roars Over Spring Sports
Upgrades
• The Peninsula High baseball program celebrates its recent field renovation and upgraded facilities.
The school and its supporters raised over $125,000 for field upgrades including a new Panther Park sign, infield and outfield improvements and a remodeled home dugout with other projects still to come.
Current players and their families, as well as the Athletic Booster Club and other donors helped raise enough money for field upgrades. Fundraisers included Christmas tree sales, restaurant nights and merchandising.
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A Big Ribbon And Sharp Lines . . . The rebuilt infield and facilities will benefit the entire community for years to come.
Peninsula Little Leagues Here To Support . . . Representatives from Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Silver Spur and Lunada Bay Little Leagues were in attendance.
Panthers Community Comes Together . . . Peninsula High varsity head coach Nick Green and his team thank all those who contributed to the program.
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Baseball Practice Has Begun . . . A preseason favorite in the Lunada Bay Little League Farm Division, the Bulls began the season’s first practice Tuesday.
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To Look At? The One That Gets You
Youth Sports
News now
Goes Back A Ways Publisher’s
It’s been awhile. Since April 2007beginning right in the middle of the baseball season. Sixteen seasons later as a local community business — we’re still here. However, we are well past the seventh inning stretch. We might even be in extra innings and down to our last pitch. We’ll see.
A few weeks ago Silver Spur Little League renamed its A Field “Morgan Field” in honor of its former All-Star, now a Major League pitcher, Eli Morgan
Eli anchored a Silver Spur Majors team that won the King of the Hill championship. And he was also part of a very talented Peninsula High baseball team that had its season finish in a way that made national headlines. (Just Google: Wifflegate.)
We’ve seen some things up here on the Hill. And we’ve got another season lined up for more upsets, championships and strange happenings to report on. Stay tuned.
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Sea Kings Sweep Annual Soccer Match
Hill Battles
• Peninsula and Palos Verdes boys’ and girls’ soccer programs held their annual rivarly matches to end the Bay League season.
The Sea Kings notched victories over the Panthers in both boys’ and girls’ matches - winning the season series.
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Up First . . . Senior captain Ella Freebury rises above the rest during the Palos Verdes 2-1 win over Peninsula in girls’ varsity soccer action at Peninsula High.
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Verdes Peninsula
Sea Kings
On
The Move To Playoffs . . . The Palos Verdes boys’ varsity soccer team finished second in Bay League action with an 8-2 record.
Seniors Compete . . . Peninsula High senior Lucas Kaneshiro and
Verdes High senior Jack
go up for the ball. Underclasses On The Rise . . . The Peninsula High
team
a great season
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over Palos Verdes at home.
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To
got a 16-8
It’s Good
Be Green . . . Green Cash
win over Evergreen to close the regular season and then a 23-22 win over the Gators to begin PVYBL playoffs.
Games To Play . . . The Grizzlies got a 37-35 win over the Mud Dogs to end the regular season, as both teams continue playoff semifinal action this weekend.
PVYBL Enters Playoff Season
Basketball
• The Palos Verdes Youth Basketball League has started playoff action with boys’ and girls’ final championship games slated in two weeks.
There are only three undefeated boys’ teams going into playoffs. The Green Goblins have yet to take a loss in the boys’ Green Division, the Blue Devils are undefeated in the Blue Division Navy Conference, and the Purple Gorillas are undefeated in the Purple Division Imperial Conference.
The Shot Collard Greens are the only undefeated girls’ team in the Orchid Division going to playoff action this weekend.
Defense Wins Playoffs . . .
The Violet Storm and Violet Tsunamis will play good defense in playoff action beginning next week.
Battle For The Ball . . . The Brown Hornets and Cappuccinos battled to a 30-30 tie to finish the regular season in the Brown Division at Peninsula High.
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Only One Point Better . . .
The Violet Storm got past the Violet Tsunamis, 16-15, in Violet Division play at the Miraleste gym last week.
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Extend The Season . . . The
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The Final Battle . . . The Purple Phantoms got a 36-12 win over the Huskies in the Purple Division in the Imperial Conference
Sparkles On The Court . . . The Violet Sparks got a big win over the Ultra Violet at the Miraleste gym and are looking strong going into the Violet Division playoffs with a first place 5-1 record.
Playoff Jumps . . . The Brown Hornets continue PVYBL playoff action this weekend against the Mud Dogs.
Violet Division will play its final regular season games this weekend and begin playoff action next week.
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School
School Sports In Play
Hermosa Valley
basketball and soccer Tuesday. The boys’ soccer team took a 1-0 loss, but the girls’ team defeated the Dolphins, 2-1. The boys’ basketball team got an easy 60-10 win while the girls‘ team took an upset loss, 26-24, at home. PVIS Always FREE Best Readers & Fans On The Hill Tom Combs 310-971-8518 tcombs@pvppanorama.com Lucas Demerjian 424-237-6296 demerjianl@yahoo.com For Advertising Information Please Contact PANORAMA PANORAMA Palos Verdes Peninsula Connect with a Smart, Active and Passionate Audience peninsulapanorama.com • panoramapodcast.com • pvsports.com
PVIS forward Hudson Pannuzzo takes a shot against the Hermosa Valley
Dolphins. Middle
• Palos Verdes Intermediate School took on
School in
Beat The Valley
Sea Kings Pick Up South Bay Sports League Win . . . Lena Jackowitz controls the ball down the field against Hermosa Valley during the PVIS 2-1 win.
. . . PVIS forward Eli Mintz keeps the ball away from Hermosa Valley School
during soccer action at PVIS Tuesday.
Major Leagues
• Silver Spur Little League AllStar and King of the Hill Champion Eli Morgan was honored by his old league with the renaming of the “A Field” to "Morgan Field” last week at Ernie Howlett Park.
Eli is currently a Major League baseball player with the Cleveland Guardians and played at Gonzaga University and Peninsula High School.
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Takes The Stage
Spur Georgiana Rosenkranz Broker Associate, JD CalBRE# 01411097 310.717.8767 George@GeorgeSellsTheSouthBay.com Old School . . . PVP-Youth Sports News, No. 27 • 06/28/2008. No, You Can’t Hit That . .
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Little League players see a Major League change-up thown by Eli Morgan.
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