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Starting 9/3, the following introductory
classes will be offered at the El Segundo Plunge.
Splashball is for boys & girls ages 4-9.
Tuesday: 6:00-6:50pm @The Plunge
Thursday: 6:00-6:50pm @The Plunge
Junior Polo is for boys & girls ages 9-14.
Tuesday: 6:00-7:30pm @The Plunge
Thursday: 6:00-7:30pm @The Plunge
Sunday: 11:00am-12:30pm @The El Segundo Aquatic Center
Residents of El Segundo and the Wiseburn School District
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Eagles from page 3
surprise to the Panther defense. They looked
as if the impossible had just occurred.
On their third possession of the game, the
Eagles embarrassed the Panther defense. Villa
scrambled and found a wide-open Scott Melton
near the Panther 40-yard line. Melton had run
a pass pattern that thoroughly confused Panther
defensive back Alexander Natt to get free.
Melton then outran the defense on his way to
a 65-yard catch-and-run touchdown. Just like
that, the Eagles had a 13-0 lead.
The Panthers answered with a long drive
helped along by El Segundo penalties. Junior
running back Ryan Glover, who rushed for
189 yards, scored the Panthers’ first TD. Early
in the second quarter, the Panthers took the
lead after a turnover. Brett McGowan capped
the drive with a short run to give Peninsula
a 14-13 lead.
With El Segundo’s offense stopped on the
next possession, the Eagles leaned on the
defense. Tommy O’Keefe recovered a fumble
at Peninsula’s 23-yard line. The Eagles drove
to the 2-yard line, but were held out of the
end zone. The field goal try in a swirling wind
was wide and the teams went to halftime with
the Eagles trailing 14-13.
Peninsula controlled the second half on both
offense and defense. The Panthers scored on
a time-consuming drive that culminated in a
short rushing touchdown. The other Peninsula
touchdown came in the fourth quarter. The
Eagles were backed up near their end zone
thanks to penalties. On second and long at his
own 2-yard line, Villa was chased and sacked.
It forced a fumble that was recovered in the
end zone by the Panthers to cap the scoring.
It was a disappointing loss echoed by coaches
and players during their postgame meeting.
“We made too many mistakes today,” said
longtime head coach Steve Shevlin to his
team. He added, “Learn from our mistakes
and you can be successful.”
The Eagles host ninth-ranked North Torrance
Friday night at 7 p.m. The Saxons have been a
juggernaut football program over the years. Last
season, the Saxons reached the CIF-Southern
Section semifinals. The Eagles will encounter
Kevin Trevor-Lagarde -- a freshman quarterback
who threw for over 200 yards against Fountain
Valley. The Eagles will need to shore up their
run defense after giving up over 250 yards on
the ground against Peninsula. It won’t get any
easier next week when the Eagles head south
to take on 10th-ranked Mira Costa.
ESMS Bulldogs Get a Boost
from Ed Foundation
As a new school year begins, some changes
are occurring at El Segundo Middle School
(ESMS). The El Segundo Education Foundation
will now oversee the Bulldog athletic program
starting with the 2019-2020 school year. To
guide this transition, the Ed Foundation has
named David March as the new athletic director
at ESMS. He brings his experience in
athletics as a teacher and coach at El Segundo
High to his new position.
With the new program in place, ESMS
will transition its sport offerings to FIYA
(Foundation for Interscholastic Youth Athletics).
The bulldogs will compete against local
Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Culver City
middle schools for the fall, winter and spring
seasons. The fall season will include boys and
girls flag football, boys and girls cross country
and girls volleyball. The winter season will
include both boys and girls basketball. The
spring season will include boys and girls
soccer, boys and girls track and field, and
boys volleyball. Coach March encourages any
student interested in playing a sport to join.
He or she will be automatically placed on a
team by signing up at ESEdF.org/athletics
with no tryout process needed. •
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the parties involved choose to proceed or not.
Lee confirmed that the developer will pay for
improvements if the City does take the park
in the future. Meanwhile, Boyles asked to
see future metrics on field use as proof of the
public benefit for Raytheon’s existing park.
For now, staff will work with Raytheon on
ironing out details for use of the current park
along with any cost-related issues – such as
revenues still going to the City if a club team
pays to use a field. Pozza indicated he has no
interest whatsoever in generating revenue from
the park-sharing arrangement.
Tuesday’s meeting also featured the first
reading of a municipal code change to no
longer require the City Manager to reside in El
Segundo within one year of appointment and
to also allow delegation of the City Manager’s
signature authority. City Attorney Mark Hensley
explained that the current residency requirement
is actually unconstitutional. Under the signature
authority, the City Manager can sign contracts
$50,000 or less without Council approval. The
amendment will allow him to delegate those
to other City employees, such as the Deputy
City Manager. Brann asked to split the item
into two separate votes and those will come
up for final adoption on Sept. 17. He also felt
that it was “premature” to vote on the signature
authority item until staffing is fully in place.
Presentations at the beginning of the meeting
included a $75,000 donation from the Los
Angeles Kings (represented at the meeting
by former player and current radio color
commentator Daryl Evans) for improvements
at the Recreation Park inline hockey rink; a
commendation to LA County lifeguard Kelsey
Cummings for her top-notch performances in
recent competitions; announcements for the
El Segundo Fire Department’s Annual 9/11
Breakfast on Sept. 7 and its Strategic Planning
Workshop on Sept. 9 (as part of the accreditation
process); and announcement of the LA Times
LA Street Festival on Sept. 20-21. Fire Chief
Chris Donovan also recognized the department’s
CERT program and local residents in the house
who had completed the program. ESFD Engineer
Jeff Gurney made note of the program’s recent
streamline to make it more convenient for
participants. It allows residents to pick a single
eight-hour day for onsite training (instead of
the four consecutive days required in the past)
after completing a 12-hour online course. Gurney
said the next class will take place on Oct. 5.
And also on Tuesday, the Council decided
to resume having a second set of public
communications at the end of meetings. Staff last
month reduced it to one comment period to
shorten the sessions, but concern about hindering
citizen participation prompted the change-back. •
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