TORRANCE TRIBUNE January 11, 2018 Page 3
Up and Adam
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THURSDAY, JAN. 11
• Biography and Memoirs Book Discussion
Group, 10:30 AM. – 11:30 AM., Katy
Geissert Civic Center Library, 3301 Torrance
Blvd., Call: 310-618-5959.
• West Torrance High School Dance Concert,
7:00 PM. – 9:30 PM., James Armstrong
Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive
FRIDAY, JAN. 12
• CITY HALL CLOSED – All Day
SATURDAY, JAN. 13
• Torrance Certified Farmers’ Market at
Wilson Park, 8:00 AM. – 1:00 PM., 2200
Crenshaw Blvd., Between Carson St. &
Sepulveda, Call: 310-781-7520.
• Mostly Kosher, (Torrance Cultural Arts
Foundation), 8:00 PM. – 10:30 PM., Tickets:
$48/$33, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330
Civic Center Drive, Call: 310-781-7171.
SUNDAY, JAN. 14
• Katy Geissert Civic Center Library –
OPEN.
• Amadeus (The Torrance Cultural Arts
Foundation), 2:00 PM. – 5:00 PM., Tickets:
$17.50, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330
Civic Center Drive, Call: 310-781-7171.
MONDAY, JAN. 15
• All Torrance Libraries – CLOSED for
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• CITY HALL – Closed for Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
TUESDAY, JAN. 16
• Torrance Certified Farmers’ Market at
Wilson Park, 8:00 AM. – 1:00 PM., 2200
Crenshaw Blvd., Between Carson St. &
Sepulveda, Call: 310-781-7520.
• City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM. – 9:00
PM., City Hall, 3031 Torrance Blvd.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17
• Craft Delight, 12:00 PM. – 2:00 PM., free,
Henderson Library, 4805 Emerald Street,
Call: 310-371-2075.
• Coloring and Conversation, 12:00 PM. –
2:00 PM., free, Southeast Library, 23115
Arlington Ave., Call: 310-530-5044.
THURSDAY, JAN. 18
• Check It Out, 3:30 PM., free for tweens
& teens only, 23115 Arlington Ave., Call:
310-530-5044.
• Kinetic Texture (North Torrance High
School), 7:00 PM. – 9:30 PM., Tickets:
$12/$10, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330
Civic Center Drive, Call: 310-938-7033. •
Warrior Girls Basketball Team
Falls Short at Bishop Montgomery
By Adam Serrao
Riki Murakami and the West High Warriors
girls basketball team began this year’s
season as the prohibitive favorites to run
away with the Pioneer League title. Though
the team has seen plenty of competition in
the early going from their divisional rivals,
the Warriors have found it within themselves
to play up to their expectations. West took
on a rival of a different sort last Thursday
night when Katie Timmerman, Haley Jones
and company traveled down the road to face
the Bishop Montgomery Knights. Despite a
strong defensive stand in the second quarter,
Bishop’s firepower proved to be too much
for the Warriors. A 47-40 loss sent West to
its fourth loss of the season and second in
as many games played.
The Warriors have traditionally had a tough
time when faced with the task of taking on
Bishop Montgomery. Bishop – a team that
plays inside of the Del Rey League and
seemingly makes a run at a CIF Division 1
championship every year – has now beaten
West three years in a row and six out of the
last eight. That’s why when the Knights got out
to a 14-10 lead after the first quarter of play,
not many people were incredibly surprised.
What happened next, though, was enough to
surprise both Bishop and the Warriors alike.
West’s defense put on the clamps in the
second quarter in a major way. The Knights’
high-powered offense was rendered almost
useless as the Warriors allowed only two points
all quarter long. “Our goal was to play team
defense and clog the lane with our off-theball
defenders,” Murakami explained of her
team’s defensive strategy. That strategy surely
worked in the second quarter, but it wasn’t
long before Bishop would pick up the pace.
“We needed to pick our intensity and our
effort up,” Knights guard Kayla Williams
explained. Before finishing the game with 13
points, that’s exactly what Williams and the
rest of Bishop began to do. Despite holding
the Knights to just two points in the quarter,
the Warriors only held a three-point lead at
the half. Behind the strong play of Hayley
Jones and Katie Timmerman, West was
able to hold its ground and slightly extend
the lead to five points in the fourth quarter.
Ultimately, five points wouldn’t be enough
to fend off an explosive Knights team.
Perhaps saving its best for last, Bishop put
up 21 points in the final quarter of play --
including a 6-0 run in the waning moments
-- to eventually overtake the Warriors on
the scoreboard. The stout defense West had
played all game long eventually wore off as
the Warriors seemingly began to tire. “Even
with the lead, we reacted as if we were losing,”
Murakami continued to explain. “We
were playing more timid and we panicked
at the end.” Incredible outputs from Jones
(20 points, 11 rebounds) and Timmerman
(10 points) were not enough to keep the
Warriors above water, as the team ultimately
self-destructed and took a seven-point loss
on the night.
The loss will undoubtedly serve as a learning
experience for a West High team that has
hopes of beating high-powered squads like
the Knights come this postseason. For now,
Murakami and the Warriors (10-4) will set
their sights on league play, which will begin
this week when West welcomes the North
High Saxons at home.
North High
The North High Saxons girls basketball
team has been able to keep pace with the
top half of the Pioneer League and made
sure they would continue to be able to do
so when they took on and defeated the Mira
Costa Mustangs to round out the So Cal
Prep Holiday Classic Tournament. The 53-
47 victory marked the third win in the last
four games for the Saxons and came on the
heels of what will be the team’s first Pioneer
League battle against the West High Warriors
this week on the road at West. Head coach
Lauren Kamiyama has her team prepared for
a matchup that could very well see North
(7-5) jump from third place to first place in
the standings with less than one month of
games left to be played.
Torrance High
Head coach Rick Momohara and his
Torrance Tartars girls basketball team is
coming off of a crushing victory over the
La Quinta Aztecs in which they allowed
just 16 points all game long. Senior Taryn
Nadeau had eight of the 16 points for the
Aztecs, who found themselves down by
eight heading into the second quarter and
17 heading into the half. A 45-16 victory
not only gave the Lady Tartars (7-6) a nice
victory, but also awarded the team with some
much-needed momentum heading into the
first game of Pioneer League play that will
take place this week at home against the
Centennial Apaches.
South High
The South High girls basketball team is
coming off of a double-overtime thriller that
ended the West Coast Jamboree Tournament
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See Up and Adam, page 7
DMV Ready to Issue TSACompliant
Driver’s Licenses
By Rob McCarthy
A new driver’s license is coming to
California, starting on Jan. 22 when the Department
of Motor Vehicles begins offering a
federally accepted identification card that
meets Homeland Security requirements at
airports. But there’s no need to rush to the
nearest DMV office to apply for one. Current
driving licenses and identification cards will
be accepted at TSA airport checkpoints until
Oct. 1, 2020, according to the DMV.
Even after that date, TSA agents will allow
passengers to board domestic flights if
they produce photo identification other than
a driver’s license, the DMV explained ahead
of the Jan. 22 implementation of REAL ID.
“If a customer has another federally approved
identification, does not fly, or does not plan to
visit a military base or certain federal facilities,
they do not need a REAL ID and will have
the option to apply for a federal non-compliant
See DMV, page 6
A federally compliant driver’s license is optional at airports, though frequent flyers might want one by fall 2020. Photo credit:
Department of Motor Vehicles.