TORRANCE TRIBUNE May 11, 2017 Page 3 Up and Adam WHEELS ARE ALL YOU NEED. May is Bike Month. 17-2571ps_sby-ie-17-010 ©2017 lacmta Bike Month 2017 Join Metro in celebrating one of humanity's greatest inventions: the bicycle. The festivities take place throughout May, and there’s a lot to get excited about. Learn how to repair your bike at informative workshops, participate in Bike to Work Day on May 18th, and check out Bike Night at Union Station on May 26th for food and fun. Learn more at metro.net/bikemonth. Metro Seeks Input on 2018 Fiscal Year Budget Metro’s annual budget sets transportation priorities across LA County for the coming year. Metro will gather comments on the 2018 >scal year proposed budget at a public hearing on May 17th, before formal adoption by the Board of Directors. For hearing information or to provide your comments, go to metro.net/budgetcomments. Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project Updates The Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project is making exciting progress as we build a new 8.5-mile light rail line connecting Metro’s Expo and Green Lines. Recently, Harriet, the tunnel boring machine, >nished tunneling an underground segment from the Expo Line to the new Leimert Park Station. Learn more at metro.net/crenshaw. Metro Protects Our Operators At Metro, safety is our number one priority. We strive to keep our passengers safe, as well as our operators. Our bus operators pride themselves on getting riders to their destinations smoothly. An assault against an operator will not be tolerated. Please, if you see something, say something and call 888.950.SAFE. metro.net @metrolosangeles losangelesmetro Free Rides on Metrolink During Bike to Work Week Metrolink will offer free rides during Bike to Work Week, May 15-19, 2017, to anyone who brings a bike onboard Metrolink. This offer will be effective on all Metrolink trains in operation Monday, May 15, 2017 until Friday, May 19, 2017. Riders must accompany their bike for the entire trip. Free ride offer is limited to one person per bike. Metrolink Bike/Board Cars are in high demand across the Metrolink system as more cyclists continue to take the train. Due to the high demands across Metrolink’s system, there will be limited bike capacity during Bike to Work Week. If the train cannot accommodate any additional bikes, you will be asked to take the next train or find alternative means of transportation. To ensure the safety of all passengers, Metrolink conductors have the right to ask bicyclists to relocate to another passenger car or in the situation where there is no more bike storage available, ask you to wait for the next train. The free rides on Metrolink are not eligible for free transfers to any other bus or rail operator. This offer does not apply to any Amtrak trains including shared service trains. Pregnancy Help Center to Hold 30th Annual Walk Event To celebrate the 30th year of its annual Walk for Life, the Pregnancy Help Center in Torrance announces a new name for this well-known community event: Walk for Life, South Bay, to be held on Saturday, May 20. The leisurely seaside 5K, which starts at 9 a.m. from Veterans Park in Redondo Beach, welcomes everyone in the community—with more than 200 walkers expected to participate this year. Onsite registration starts at 7:30 a.m. and festivities begin at 8:30 a.m. Each year hundreds of individuals and families participate to support the work of the Pregnancy Help Center, which has provided free services to the South Bay for over 40 years, including pregnancy testing and limited ultrasound. To learn more about the Walk and forming a team, please call 310-320-8976 for details. To pre-register for the event, visit supportphctorrance.org and click the Walk logo. El Camino Receives $40,000 Grant for Foster Care The El Camino College Foundation recently received a $40,000 grant from the Pritzker Foster Care Initiative to continue programs that support foster care youth as they pursue higher education. The Pritzker Foster Care Initiative grant will help fund El Camino College’s Guardian Scholars program to assist with retention and academic persistence among students from foster care. The ECC Guardian Scholars program currently supports 68 students. Foster care youth Tartars on Fire Heading into End of Season By Adam Serrao In order to find the last Pioneer League game that the Torrance Tartars have lost, you’d have to look all the way back to last year’s schedule when the team was defeated in a rivalry matchup against the West High Warriors. West finished in front of Torrance in the final league standings that year, but the Tartars are a different team this season. With an 11-1 win over its rivals from North High last Wednesday afternoon at North, Torrance showed why it is the most dominant team in the league this year. Behind an excellent outing from starting pitcher Dante Mendoza, the Tartars cruised to an easy victory that pushed the Saxons into third place in the standings while also keeping Torrance in sole possession of the top spot. There wasn’t much that North High could muster against the extremely competitive Mendoza, although the senior was still critical of his own pitching in the early going. “I just had to shake it off,” Mendoza lamented after North’s Brett Takeuchi lined a single to the outfield in his first at-bat of the game. The single wound up being meaningless, as Mendoza held the Saxons scoreless in the first inning and throughout his entire outing. Mendoza only allowed one hit and two walks while striking out eight over five innings of play as he watched his team build a gigantic lead on the scoreboard. Though Torrance has gained production from its entire lineup throughout the regular season, most of the runs were manufactured against North by the hitters late in the batting order last Wednesday. Juniors BJ Becerra, Brad Kong and Logan Young all had two RBIs on the day. Young went four for five and also scored two runs and doubled. It was Russell Kong who got the team’s scoring started in the top of the second inning with a squeeze-bunt that dropped in for the first run of the game. Kong wound up knocking opposing pitcher Turtle Alvarez out of the game in the sixth with a two-run single. Alvarez gave up a massive seven runs on 11 hits to a Torrance team that was collectively seeing his pitches cross the plate as slowly as possible. “Torrance swung the bats well today, but we played poorly,” North head coach Mike Neily explained of his team that committed a total of five errors on the day. “Our defense gave up early runs, which hurt us the most.” Not only did the Tartars lead 4-0 after three innings, but they also held North scoreless for the majority of the game. The Saxons received a run late in the bottom of the sixth inning when Mendoza left the contest and Brian Rodriguez doubled and later scored. It was ultimately too little too late as Torrance took the win and an excited coach Terry DeWan looked on toward the rest of the regular season. “We’re trying to go 1-0 in each game and not look too far ahead,” DeWan said. “We played well today, but we’ll prepare tomorrow for a tough game Friday.” The Tartars also won the tough game that was played on Friday to complete the season Community Briefs See Community Briefs, page 7 See Up and Adam, page 6
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