EL SEGUNDO HERALD June 16, 2016 Page 5 CITY OF EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL Volunteers Needed! The City Council is currently accepting applications for the following Committees, Commissions and Boards (CCB) positions. Immediate Openings Recreation and Parks Commission One position Community Cable Advisory Committee Three positions Environmental Committee Two positions Terms Expiring Soon Planning Commission Two positions expires June 30, 2016 Library Board of Trustees One position expires June 30, 2016 Senior Citizen Housing Corporation Board Two Positions expires June 30, 2016 Capital Improvement Program Advisory Committee One Position expires November 30, 2016 If you are interested in applying, please pick up an application in the Council Office or log onto the City’s website at www.elsegundo.org For more information, call 310 524-2302 or email mjennings@elsegundo.org Clearing Out the Notebook By Gregg McMullin It’s that time of year when sports in town is winding down for the summer. So it’s a good time to clear out the notebook of items that were shoved aside for a later date or a time to update the community on current status on athletes around town. There will be at least three new coaching job changes at El Segundo high school. Two former Eagles are continuing the streak of El Segundo high school baseball players playing at the professional level. The football program is in full swing for summer, a scholarship honoring a former softball player was awarded and the Babe Ruth League wraps up its regular season this weekend. Coaching Changes Three coaching changes will take place for the 2016-17 school year. Jason Ito is stepping down from the basketball program after three years of guiding the Eagles. But the program turns it over to a more than qualified coach. David March’s resume and experience put him at the top of the list and made it easy for Athletic Director Steve Shevlin and principal Jaime Mancilla to select him. March is not only an ESHS alumnus but he played for legendary Eagles basketball coach Rick Sabosky in the 90s. He later became an assistant to Coach Sabosky at the lower levels before accepting an assistant varsity coaching job at St Monica. Coach March was an assistant coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills from 2006-2008 while getting his master’s degree. For the past eight seasons, Coach March was an assistant coach at L.A. Harbor College. When the opportunity presented itself with the vacancy, Coach March applied. He says it’s a homecoming for him and he is blessed to have the privilege to have the same impact my coaches had on me growing up in El Segundo. “I had the opportunity to watch El Segundo greats like Coach Stevenson, Coach Shevlin and Coach Sabosky and hope to provide the same sense of pride and dedication to this community as they did,” March said. “My teams will reflect the same values this town has instilled in me as a young man of family, respect and hard work.” Coach March’s coaching philosophy is simple. To create a fun and competitive environment that develops players both on and off the court. His teams will be defined by mental toughness, execution and a will to win. “I truly believe through competition in sport, I have the ability to develop life long skills in the young men I have the privilege to coach,” March said. Coach March has the program in full swing at all three levels that will include practicing, participating in two tournaments per level and focusing on the offense and defensive systems. In addition, continue to develop them once our fall program begins. This summer is a great opportunity for the coaching staff to start to learn about the players and relay our message of what this program stands for, both on and off the court. Billy Traber becomes just the fifth head baseball coach in 56 years. He takes over for Lakers Prepare for NBA Draft By Adam Serrao The 2016 NBA draft is only one week away and the Los Angeles Lakers could not be more excited. Who wouldn’t be excited after a season in which one of the greatest franchises in NBA history only won 17 games? Just being involved in the draft, though, doesn’t automatically mean that you’re going to become a better team. Only one month ago, there was a chance the Lakers would lose their pick if they weren’t selected in the Top 3 of the NBA Draft Lottery. Fortunately for them, they were selected as No. 2, overall. As everyone affiliated with the Lakers, fans included, breathed a deep sigh of relief, attention quickly turned to next Thursday’s draft. What do you do with the No. 2 overall pick? Well, it’s simple really. You wait and weigh out all of your options. The Lakers are truly in the perfect position when all of the scenarios play themselves out. Naturally, it may be better to pick first overall so that you have complete control over who you draft onto your team. As the No. 2 team choosing, however, the Lakers simply sit back, relax, and choose whichever player the Philadelphia 76ers (who choose first in the draft) don’t choose. Obviously, things aren’t as easy as what has just been described. There is, naturally, a lot of studying, debating, and proliferating as to who the Lakers will actually choose when the pen finally hits the paper. This year’s draft, though, certainly has a way of making things a bit easier for Los Angeles. It has been widely known that there are only two highly touted picks in the draft this year. After the second pick, the talent pool drops off drastically. At least, that’s what the “experts” say. Naturally, someone who is picked in the late first-round or even in the second round can, one day, turn out to be better than the number one (or two) overall pick. Look at Tom Brady, for instance. Naturally, that would mean to look at a different sport like football, but for comparisons sake, the player selected first overall in Brady’s draft class in the 2000 NFL Draft was defensive end, Courtney Brown. Brady didn’t receive his selection until the sixth round. Unfortunately for Brown, he hasn’t really been heard of again. That’s one rare example, though. The two talents in this year’s NBA Draft figure to take the route opposite of the one Brown traveled in the NFL. Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram, by all indications, should certainly pan out to be stars in the NBA soon after they are drafted by their respective teams. All signs point to the 76ers taking Ben Simmons as the first pick of the draft. Simmons has been highly touted as the best talent of this year’s draft for some time now and Philadelphia doesn’t necessarily draft intelligently. They simply take who they believe they should take without much study or deliberation involved. That’s why they’ve been the worst team in the league for what seems like the last five years now. See Lakers, page 15 See Notebook, page 6
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