Tree Season Big Time Holiday Shows Ballie PANORAMA PANORAMA Palos Verdes Peninsula www.peninsulapanorama.com No. 295 • December 17, 2022 Always FREE Silver Spur School Holiday Spirit See Page 4 Panthers Deliver The Trees See Page 2 PVYBL Opens New Season See Pages 5-8 Emperor Of The Hill See Pages 9-15
Winter Sports . . . The Palos
KINGS & QUEENS CROWNED
Youth Basketball
Opens
Verdes Youth
Basketball League held two Opening Day ceremonies at the Peninsula High gym.
Peninsula Soccer Royalty . . . The annual AYSO King and Queen of the Hill soccer tournament was held at Ladera Linda Park last week to close the fall sports season.
PEN Baseball Delivers Holiday Cheer
Holiday Tree Lot
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• The Peninsula High baseball program held its annual Holiday Tree Lot sale with trees, wreaths and garlands set for pick-up. Also available for sale were an assortment of holiday candies, cakes and cookies to support Peninsula High programs.
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PODCAST PANORAMA THE On Stage For The Holidays . . . Silver Spur School held its annual 2nd Grade Holiday Play for a happy and excited audience. One World Trade Center, Suite 1740 • Long Beach, CA 90831-1740 • Telephone (562) 431-2000 • www.GFTLawyers.com
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Basketball Leads Winter Sports
PVYBL
• The Palos Verdes Youth Basketball League held Opening Day ceremonies last week at the Peninsula High gym.
Two separate ceremonies were conducted with awards, sweepstakes and a performance from the Peninsula High cheers squad.
More than 1,500 players will compete during the 2022-23 season. Games will be played at all four indoor gyms on the Peninsula including many contests held on outdoor school courts.
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First In Line . . . Full Send from the Black Division enters the Peninsula High gym.
Roll With It . . . The Green Waves are greeted by the Panthers cheer squad during PVYBL Opening Day ceremonies.
Cheetahs Stay In Formation . . . The Cheetahs from the girls’ Daffodil Division enter the Peninsula High gym during PVYBL Opening Day ceremonies.
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Youth Basketball
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with games played all
the Peninsula through February.
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This Is Our Opening Day . . . Teams from the lower divisions were all introduced and greeted with enthusiastic applause and a lot of fanfare.
Panthers Here To Support . . . The Peninsula High cheer squad helped introduce the teams and put on a great performance to open the ceremonies.
And There’s More On The Way . . . The PVYBL held two Opening Day ceremonies to accommodate all the teams and their fans.
Soccer Finds Its Royal Champions
• AYSO Region 10 Palos Verdes completed its fall season with the annual King and Queen of the Hill soccer tournament held all day at Ladera Linda Park last week.
The girls’ 9U Lavender Lightning and boys’ 12U Gladbach were the only teams to finish the regular season and playoffs without a loss to be Queens and Kings of the Hill.
The biggest surprise of the day was the 6-3-1 Blue Belugas defeating the previous undefeated Purple Starfish to win the girls’ 12U Queen of the Hill title.
The Lady Bugs and Lavender Legends battled deep into overtime before the Lady Bugs pulled away to claim the girls’ 14U Queen of the Hill title.
The girls’ 9U Lavender Lightning dominated the regular season scoring 49 goals while allowing a Region low four goals total. The boys’ 12U Gladbach lead the Region with 53 goals scored total.
Peninsula Soccer Teams
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A Perfect Ending For A Perfect Season . . . The boys’ 12U Gladbach finished its undefeated season with a King of the Hill championship title.
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Young Kings . . . The Black Wolves won the 9U King of the Hill championship against the Championship Finalist Smashing Pumpkins.
Top Teams Battle . . . The Purple People Eaters and Pegasus battled for first place throughout the season in the girls’ 10U Division.
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www.peninsulaPANORAMA.com December 17, 2022 • Page 11 Youth - Middle School - High School Tournaments • Club Play • Fall Playoffs Spring Select • Bay League Action Team Photos Action Pixs Game Write-Ups Team Photos Action Pixs Game Write-Ups gameresults@pvppanorama.com Peninsula Soccer Teams 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 Jan. 21. AYSO Region 10 2022 FINAL Fall Standings P W L T Lavender Lightning Tidal Waves Blue Butterflies Blue Dolphins Polar Bears Cali Thunder The Pink Pandas Teal Tigers Purple Panthers Girls 9U 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 24 16 16 13 12 11 7 3 3 8 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 3 4 3 5 7 7 P W L T Purple Starfish Blue Belugas Riptide Red Tide Stingrays Tidal Waves Girls 12U 0 1 0 3 2 2 30 19 18 9 8 2 10 6 6 2 2 0 0 3 4 5 6 8 P W L T Houstin Dynamo RPV Timbers Chicago Fire LA Galaxy NY Red Bulls Los Verdes Inter Miami Columbus Crew DC United SJ Earthquakes 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 1 0 0 Boys 10U 21 18 16 14 11 9 9 7 6 3 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 7 P W L T Purple People Eaters Pegasus Yetis Dragons Sassy Sea Serpents Gremlins Phoenix Girls 10U 1 3 2 1 1 2 4 13 12 8 7 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 3 3 2 updated 12/13 P W L T Lavender Legends Lady Bugs Green Waves Cookie Monsters Girls 14U 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 0 1 2 3 6 15 12 9 0 P W L T Gladbach Inter Milan Juventus Man United Napoli Richmond Wolves Celtic Real Madrid PSG Boys 12U 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 27 17 17 15 13 12 10 9 5 4 9 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 7 P W L T Raptors Black Wolves Dolphins Smashing Pumpkins Ocean Blue Whales Sharks Spartans Hawks Breakers Maroon 9 Marlins PV Pirates Boys 9U 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 30 24 22 18 17 17 12 10 9 9 8 0 10 8 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 3 6 6 7 7 6 10 P W L T Chillin’ Qilins Thunderbirds Horn Tails Werewolves Boys 14U 1 0 2 3 5 5 3 0 2 3 3 5 16 15 11 3 The Final Battle . . . The Lady Bugs broke through in the final game to take the girls’ 14U Queen of the Hill championship over the Lavender Legends. Boys 8U Angela Disalvo Qatar Boys 9U Allegra Treaster PV Pirates Boys 10U Ryan Bishel LA Galaxy Boys 12U Brian O’Neil Celtic Boys 14U Rex Corbett Thunderbirds Girls 8U James Aldridge Royal Blue Dolphins Girls 9U William Kampf Purple Panthers Girls 10U Brian Little Sassy Sea Serpents Girls 12U Courtney Puritsky Jaqueline Zuanich Tidal Waves Girls 14U Steve Garth Lady Bugs Palos Verdes AYSO Coaches/Teams 2022 Sportsmanship Award Winners
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Purple Starfish Rule The Sea . . . Purple Starfish finished the regular season 10-0 in the girls’ 12U Division allowing a total of nine goals.
Boys’ 10U Royalty . . . The King of the Hill Houston Dynamo and Championship Finalist RPV Timbers.
Girls’ 10U Royalty . . . The Queen of the Hill Purple People Eaters and Championship Finalist Pegasus.
Boys’ 12U Royalty . . . The King of the Hill Gladbach and Championship Finalist Manchester United.
Boys’ 14U Royalty . . . The King of the Hill Thunderbirds and Championship Finalist Chillin Qilins.
Girls’ 9U Royalty . . . The Queen of the Hill Lavender Lightning and Championship Finalist Polar Bears.
Girls’ 12U Royality . . . The Queen of the Hill Blue Belugas and Championship Finalist Purple Starfish.
Young Royalty . . . The girls’ 9U Polar Bears had a great playoff run before coming up against the undefeated Lavender Lightning in the finals.
Big 10 Battle . . . The Houston Dynamo and RPV Timbers finished the regular season one-two in the evenly matched boys’ 10U Division.
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Thunderbirds To The Rescue
The
Thunderbirds ran past the Chillin Qilins in the boys’ 14U King of the Hill championship game to win the title.
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Lavender Rules
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The Lavender Lightning scored 49 goals
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only
four goals during the season to finish undefeated in the girls’ 9U Division.
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championship game. Playoffs
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reach the King of the Hill boys’ 9U finals.
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Defense Surrounds The Ball . . . The Houston Dynamo avenged its only loss of the season by defeating the RPV Timbers to win the boys’ 10U King of the Hill championship title.
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