July 30, 2015 Page 3 Hard Work Tops Game Time to Pull into First Place Tie Hundreds of Classes Added! EL CAMINO COLLEGE Crenshaw at Manhattan Beach Boulevard • Torrance 1-866-ELCAMINO It’s Not Too Late! Stay Connected with El Camino College Earn a degree or certiicate with evening & online classes! www.elcamino.edu/eveningclasses Fall semester begins August 22 Apply & Register Today By Joe Snyder Hard Work worked hard to down Game Time 50-38 to pull into a first place tie in the match-up between the top two teams in the Hawthorne Parks and Recreation Youth Basketball League Division IV (ages 12- 13) action Saturday at the Betty Ainsworth Gymnasium. The game was close in the early going. The game was tied at 10 after the first quarter before Hard Work outscored Game Time 11-4 in the second quarter to grab a 21-14 halftime lead.Game Time got close for awhile but Hard Work pulled away in the closing minutes as both squads are tied for the top spot, each with 4-2 records. Warriors Hold off Shut Em Down: The Warriors were able to hang on for a 43-40 victory over Shut Em Down to improve to 3-3 in the Hawthorne Parks and Recreation Youth Basketball League Division IV play Saturday at the Ainsworth Gym. The Warriors took a 23-17 lead at halftime, then extended it to 10 points (34-24) with 1:44 left in the third quarter. The Warriors appeared to have the game well in hand still leading by eight (41-33) with 4:29 left but Shut Em Down, which is in last place at 1-5, went on a 7-0 run to get within one point (41-40) on a three-point basket by Aaron Gomez with 44 seconds remaining. The Warrior defense was able to hold down Shut Em Down from there and Tajay Hope scored right before the buzzer for the final score. James Burbank sparked the Warriors with a game-high 14 points, followed by Michael Herron and Hope with six points apiece. Kevin Preston led Shut Em Down with nine points. Kamero Williams added seven points and Gomez chipped in six. Game Time Wins in Division III: In Division III action on Saturday, Game Time won a thriller over the Generals 33-30.The game was close throughout most of the contest. Amauri Dukes led all scorers with 14 points for Game Time. James Andrade contributed eight points and Theo Taylor had five. James Lyles sparked the Generals with 11 points. Tyler Murray put in four points. Edgar Toc, Joel Seaya and Nicholas Ford each tallied three points. Game Time is currently in second place at 3-2, while the Generals fell to 2-3. The Warriors are in first place at 4-1 after winning their game Saturday. Skylanders and Dream Team are Unbeaten: The Skylanders are undefeated in the Hawthorne Parks and Recreation Youth Basketball League Division I with a 6-0 record. Leading Division II is Dream Team at 5-0. Lennox Loses First Two in Regionals: After rolling to the California District 37, Section 4 and Division 3 (Southern California) championships, the Lennox 50/70 Little League All-Star Baseball team started the Western Regional Tournament slow at 0-2 after losses to Tacoma, Washington and Honolulu, Washington last week in Nogales, Arizona. Against Tacoma on July 21, Lennox held a 6-5 lead entering the top of the sixth inning before seeking Tacoma scoring five unearned runs and Lennox fell 11-6. Against Honolulu on Thursday, Lennox was shut out 9-0.• Errors plagued Lennox in its loss to the Washington state champion. Seven of Tacoma’s runs were unearned. Lennox continued to play in pool play against host Nogales last Sunday and faced Oregon state champion Beaverton on Tuesday, hoping to pull off a spot in bracket play. Lennox needed to win its final two games and hope to get some help from others to move on. Special Olympians Start: The City of Hawthorne had the privilege of hosting Nigeria and Estonia who began competition in the 2015 Los Angeles Special Olympics last Sunday, the day after their spectacular Opening Ceremonies at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Nile Alredge of Game Time shoots basket during Saturday’s Hawthorne Parks and Recreation Division IV youth basketball action against Hard Work. Photo by Joe Snyder. Athletes from the nations from Africa and Eastern Europe (Estonia is a former Soviet state from the Soviet Union era of 1917- 91.) spent much of last week working out at Hawthorne High School and the Coast Fitness Center, located in a center west of the high school before marching in Saturday’s Opening Ceremonies. The Special Olympics, which was started by the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968 in Chicago, includes approximately 6,500 athletes from 165 nations. Shriver died in 2005. The first Games from 47 years ago included just two nations: United States and Canada. Sports include aquatics (swimming, synchronize swimming, open water swimming and water polo), badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, bocce, bowling, cycling, equestrian, soccer, golf, gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), half marathon, team handball, judo, kayaking, roller skating, softball, table tennis, track and field, triathlon and indoor volleyball. Sites of the events will be throughout cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach and admission is free. For further information, log on at www. la2015.org. • Kevin Eleby of Hard Work goes up for a basket during last Saturday’s Hawthorne Parks and Recreation Youth Basketball Division IV action against Game Time. Hard Work defeated Game Time 50-38. Photo by Joe Snyder.
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