EL SEGUNDO HERALD April 22, 2021 Page 3
Little League Season Opens and
Girls Basketball Starts Up
By Gregg McMullin
The El Segundo Little League finally held
their Opening Day. Even though the day
was missing the large crowds lining Main
Street for the sixty-seventh annual parade
down Main Street, seven-year-old Charlotte
Groendal made up for it by singing a heartwarming
rendition of our National Anthem
before the first game between the Major
Dodgers and Padres.
This season the league has conformed to
a society that has been changed due to the
pandemic. Kids are resilient though and adapt
better than we, as adults, do, in many cases.
Players will be required to wear masks while
playing, and they will actively social distance
themselves while not playing. There won’t be
a snack bar open, and the public restrooms
at Brett Field are unexpectedly closed.
To open the season, the Dodgers and Padres
played on a cool Monday night. They
played in front of a nice crowd of family
and friends eager to watch a baseball game
in person and cheer on the innocence of kids
playing. The play was as you might expect
a first game to be, but never-the-less fun to
watch these kids playing their hearts out.
The Padres scored three first-inning runs
on their way to a 14-1 win over the Dodgers.
Dylan Stenberg had a two-run triple and
scored on a wild pitch. The Padres opened
up the game with an eight-run second inning.
Tyler Brooke had a run-scoring single, Gio
Blanco knocked in two runs with a single up
the middle, and the Padres took advantage
of four walks and an error. The Dodgers
scored their only run in the third when
Jordan Slavens tripled and scored on a wild
pitch. The Padres would tack on three more
runs in the third inning, highlighted by Tate
Vincent’s two-run RBI single.
With a 15-game season condensed into six
weeks, the teams are playing their games on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The
Dodgers faced the Orioles and fell to the
league favorites 11-6 in the first game last
Saturday. The Orioles scored two first-inning
runs highlighted by a run-scoring single by
Sebastian Gomez.
The Dodgers tied the game in the third inning
when Carson Puffer had an RBI single
to make it 2-1, and Hawk Sanders walked
with the bases loaded to tie the game at 2-2.
The Dodgers went on to score four more
runs sparked by Gavin Pate’s RBI single to
take a 6-2 lead..
The Orioles offense showed their mettle
by scoring two runs in the third inning on
Xavier Gomez’s double and then opened up
the game in the later innings. Kyle Cantu had
an RBI double to right field, and Camden
Quaintance hit the league’s first home run
of the young season, and the Orioles came
away with the win.
In the second game, the Padres defeated
the Giants 11-5. In the second inning Luke
Griffiths’ RBI single scored Gio Blanco,
and Ethan Friedberg walked, forcing a run
in. Mikey Lambert drove in two runs with
a single, and Ollie Brown drove in another
run to open a 6-0 lead, and the Padres went
on for the win.
Lady Eagles Open Refreshed
Gym with a Pair of Wins
During the school shutdown, it gave the
school an opportunity to remodel both gyms
at the high school. With new bleachers, a refreshed
floor, new lighting, and new auxiliary
baskets that retract, the Eagles opened their
season with an exciting 45-41 win over the
Palos Verdes Sea Kings.
The Eagles trailed in the first half until
Story Noble hit a three-pointer and Nicole
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Great Opening Day
for Girls Lacrosse
Provided by Josh Cwikla
El Segundo Girls Lacrosse had a great
opening day for the Spring 2021 Season out
at Campus El Segundo, playing in the Pacific
Edge Lacrosse Association (PELA) League.
PELA is the first all-girls lacrosse league in
Los Angeles, and is dedicated to promoting
and growing girls lacrosse and is committed
to giving girls age 5-15 an opportunity to
play the game in a friendly, instructive and
competitive way. El Segundo Eagles field
three teams in the league, a K-2, Elementary
(3rd-5th grade), and Middle School Team. For
more information on Eagles Girls Lacrosse,
visit their website at https://esglax.org/
The Padres’ Dylan Stenberg slides in safely as Noah Forthuber of the Giants waits for the ball.
See Eagles, page 8
See Girls Lacrosse, page 8
Elaina Cooley takes a shot in the K2 game.
Finley Green on the breakaway.