EL SEGUNDO HERALD February 8, 2018 Page 5
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ES In-Line Hockey
Crowns Champions
Story and Photos by Gregg McMullin
On a sun-drenched day, a standing-room-only
crowd watched and cheered as Championship
Saturday for the El Segundo In-Line Hockey
Association crowned champions in three divisions.
The Mite, Squirt and Pee Wee divisions
played for the right to place the champions’
names on a replica of the Stanley Cup.
Mite Division Flying Tigers
vs. Black Widows
During the regular season, both teams ended
with the same record and tied head to head.
The top seed for the playoffs came down to
penalty minutes. When both of these teams
weaved their way through the playoffs to
reach the final, this championship game had
all the makings of a great matchup.
The Flying Tigers started fast and were
aggressive as soon as the puck dropped. They
took advantage of a power play early on, but
in the end the Black Widows prevailed 6-4.
Samuel Forthurber took a pass and drove it
past Black Widow goalie Donovan Finney
30 seconds into the game. Not long after
that, the Flying Tigers scored another goal
on a power play. Aran Clinton scored a goal
with an assist from Brayden Le to give the
Flying Tigers a 2-0 lead.
Black Widow forward Gavin Vanek, who
had a hat trick with three goals, took a pass
from Rishi Nair and hit the back of the net
for a score. With 3:19 remaining in the first
half, Xavi Avalos passed to Nair who guided
the puck into the goal to tie the game at 2-2.
With time winding down in the opening half,
Forthurber scored on a breakaway to give the
Flying Tigers a 3-2 lead at halftime.
In the second half, the Black Widows found
their rhythm. They peppered shot after shot
towards Flying Tiger goalie Declan McRoberts,
so it was just a matter of time before the
puck found the back of the net. The Black
Widows were denied until Donovan Finney
took a lead pass from Nair and found an
opening for a tying 3-3 goal. Not a minute
later, Vanek scored off an assist from Finney
to make it 4-3. Vanek then scored another
goal when he found an errant puck and sent
it to the back of the net.
Trade of Griffin Signals
End for Clippers
By Adam Serrao
If being a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers
has taught anyone anything over the course
of the past few years, it’s that if you’re not
going to field a competitive team, at least try
to field an entertaining one. Perhaps it’s fitting
to begin an article about Blake Griffin and
the Los Angeles Clippers by talking about the
Lakers. The Lakers have, incidentally, always
been L.A.’s team, no matter how much relative
success the Clippers have gained. With the
trade of Griffin to the Detroit Pistons just over
one week ago, the Clippers did once again
what the Clippers seemingly always tend to
do – shoot themselves in the theoretical foot.
Now, a team that was already struggling to
compete in a loaded Western Conference not
only just got worse, but also lost the face of
the franchise that a dwindling Clipper fan
base still came to the Staples Center to see.
First it was Chris Paul and now Blake Griffin?
After Griffin signed a five-year contract
for $173 million in July, it was clear that the
Clippers were trying to make a statement.
Griffin would be the face of the franchise
not only now, but also in the years to come.
Well, somebody in the organization changed
his mind and it caught Griffin off guard just
as much as it caught fans of the NBA off
guard. “Basketball is a business, the NBA is
a business and they made a decision,” Griffin
told ESPN after finding out that he had been
traded by Clippers through Twitter. “The only
thing, I just wish I had known or had the
opportunity to talk to somebody beforehand.
Finding out through Twitter, through other
people, is a tough way to find out when
you’ve been with a franchise for so long.”
Well, that’s the Clippers for you and now,
besides DeAndre Jordan and maybe Lou
Williams, the rest of the roster is somewhat
unrecognizable. That’s before the likes of
Avery Bradley, Tobias Harris and Boban
Marjanovic arrived through the trade. Those
players and first and second round draft
picks were all part of the return for the
Clippers, who fittingly lost their first game
after the trade to the Portland Trailblazers.
It’s rather difficult to evaluate trades in the
See End of Clippers, page 14
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The Classic Kings, the Squirt Division champs, pose with their championship trophy. Team members include Jacob Light, Connor Hitzig,
Mason Smith, Landon Aubert, Brendan Wilson, Zach Patterson, Samantha Patterson and Ellee Mueller.