June 25, 2015 Page 5 Holly Park, Wiseburn Majors Win Openers By Joe Snyder Photos by Joe Snyder The Holly Park and Wiseburn Major Little League All-Star Baseball teams began the District 37 Tournament with victories last Saturday at Carl Nielsen Youth Sports Park in Westchester. Holly Park started by crushing Lawndale 22-0, before Wiseburn held on for a 3-2 victory over Compton. Wiseburn got off to a good start with a 2-0 second inning lead before Compton tied the game. Wiseburn, then, scored the decisive run in the bottom of the fourth inning on a bases loaded walk. Blake Guerrero started the scoring with a solo home run hit over the left-center field fence and Tim Trembling drove in a run with a single to give Wiseburn a two-run lead. Julian Vega was the winning pitcher for Wiseburn. Trembling went two-for-two and drove in a run for Wiseburn. The game between Holly Park and Lawndale was a mismatch. Already leading 8-0 after only two innings, Holly Park poured it on with 12 runs on six hits, nine bases-on-balls, a hit batman and one error to make it 20-0 after the top of the third. Holly Park added two more runs in the fourth and pitcher T.J. Thompson, in relief of starter Ricardo Ramirez, set Lawndale down in order for the four-inning mercy rule win. “Our pitches were good,” Holly Park manager Bud Manuel said. “They rotated good. We had to keep the kids focused in an easy game. We need to work on things.” Holly Park scored 22 runs on 12 hits as it took advantage of 11 walks, one hit-bypitch and three errors. Holly Park started the game well with a double by Justin Roulson, a triple from Donjue Littlefel to drive home Roulson, and a two-run homer by Darren Bradley to give Holly Park a quick 3-0 first quarter advantage. Bradley added a two-run double in the third to finish going two-for-four with four runs batted in and two runs scored. Thompson was two-for-three with two RBIs. He also walked once and hit into a fielder’s choice as he was on base four times. Roulson was two-for-three with one RBI and four runs scored. Littlefel went twofor three, drove in one run and scored three times. Pato Francisco went two-for-four with two RBI’s and two runs. Julian Franeros scored four runs and Asonit had a hit and three runs. Pitchers Ramirez and Thompson combined for a one-hitter. Ramirez, though, struck out the side in all three innings he pitched and gave up Lawndale’s only hit when a ball, hit by Joseph Cuevas, fell off shortstop Franeros’ glove on a difficult play attempt. Thompson struck out the first two batters he faced before Lawndale’s Anthony Lount hit a short fly ball to first baseman Roulson for the only ball hit for an out. The two combined for 11 strikeouts in four innings. Holly Park’s and Wiseburn’s wins put the two Hawthorne-based teams into the second round of the winner’s bracket against each other on Wednesday. The tournament runs through Sunday. Wiseburn also won the first round of the 10-11-year-old division by routing Lennox 13-3 Saturday at Nielsen Park. Holly Park fell to host Westchester 11-2. Reds Fall Short in Magee Final The Holly Park Minor (age 9-10) Little League All-Star Baseball team made a sixth inning rally but fell short of the host Westchester Nationals 11-10 in the Carl Magee, Jr. District 37 Tournament of Champions final on June 16 at Nielsen Park. Westchester, which rolled over Holly Park 13-3 on June 14, took an 11-5 lead after scoring five runs (four unearned) in the bottom of the fourth, but the Reds came back with five runs (two in the fifth and three in the sixth) that was started on a solo home run by Molique Blue. Josh Johnson added a two-run double in that inning as he finished the game with two hits and four RBIs. “I was proud of our team,” Holly Park manager Harry Hampton said. “The kids never gave up.” Locals Make All-League Hawthorne, Lawndale and Leuzinger failed to make the CIF-Southern Section playoffs but managed some players to get on all-league. In the all-Ocean for Hawthorne, junior Carlos Jacobo made first team after batting .542 in league. Seniors Max Riley and Chris Phelps were second teamers. For Lawndale, junior pitcher Tyler Bonskey, who had a shutout in the Cardinals 1-0 upset win over league champion El Segundo on May 7, and senior Dimitre McField both made second team. Angel Vital and David Oliver were second-team all-Pioneer for Leuzinger. • Wiseburn pitcher Julian Vega delivers a pitch to a Compton batter during Saturday’s District 37 Major Little League Baseball All-Star action. Wiseburn won 3-2. Wiseburn showed down against Holly Park on Wednesday. Issac Wright of the Holly Park Reds hits ball during last week’s Carl Magee, Jr. District 37 Tournament of Champions Minor Little League Baseball final against the Westchester Nationals. The Reds fell short of the Nationals 11-10. Holly Park’s Pato Francisco takes cut at a pitch in Saturday’s District 37 Major Little League Baseball All-Star Tournament first round game against Lawndale. Holly Park rolled over Lawndale 22-0. so prepare by calculating what that amount will be and begin saving that same amount every month so you can get used to the budget change in advance. Use a free online payment calculator to help you predict your payment and understand your current debt-to-income ratio. 2. Plan for a down payment. Nearly all home loans will require you to put some money down as a down payment. Some home loans may require as much as 20 percent of the purchase cost as a down payment, although some Federal Housing Administration loans may require less. 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