TORRANCE TRIBUNE June 1, 2017 Page 3 Up and Adam Police Briefs Home Invasion Robbers Captured On May 29, at approximately 10:35 p.m., the Torrance Police Department responded to the 3600 block of Sara Drive regarding a call of suspicious activity. Upon arrival, responding officers heard a female screaming as two male suspects ran from the residence. One suspect was immediately detained, and the second suspect was later discovered hiding in the victim’s garage approximately one and a half hours later during a canine search. Upon arrest, a private citizen appearing Community Briefs Saxons Slip in Second Round By Adam Serrao The last remaining Torrance high school baseball team of the Pioneer League went down last Tuesday afternoon, but not without a fight. The North High Saxons battled against the Chaffey Tigers in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs and, despite a fast start, gave the game away in its latter stages. North’s offense was hot throughout the first four innings, jumping out to an early three-run lead with nothing but victory on ton its mind. A crucial fifth inning meltdown, however, eventually led to a Chaffey rally and a Saxons loss, sending head coach Mike Neily and his team home much earlier than they otherwise expected at the start of the day. Producing offense has been somewhat of a liability for the North High Saxons along the stretch of the regular season and leading into this year’s playoffs. When the Saxons do manage to score runs, they usually put “Ws” in the books and feel pretty good about their ability to compete with just about any team in the division. In four of the team’s final five games of the season, though, North struggled at the plate in managing just five total runs against four separate teams in what quickly became a six-game losing streak. Despite the Saxons’ recent inability to score runs, their struggle against the Tigers wasn’t because of their failure to bring players across the plate. One player in particular who excelled last Tuesday afternoon was senior outfielder Jevin Grayson. Grayson came to the plate in the fourth inning with his team leading by a score of 2-1 and drilled a double that eventually wound up scoring two runners. At the end of the fourth, Grayson and the Saxons were up 4-1 and liked their chances with only nine outs remaining in the game. Those nine outs, and specifically acquiring the next three, would prove costly for North High and eventually turned the entire game on its back. A Tiger lineup that had otherwise been held in check by the Saxons broke out in a major way in the bottom of the fifth inning, aided by some rather timely mistakes from Neily’s club in the field. North High wound up committing a total of five errors in the fifth inning alone as the team was made witness to a total of six Chaffey base runners coming around to touch home plate. A Tigers team that was held in check for more than the first half of the seven-inning game wound up having every player in the lineup, except for two, score a run. Five Chaffey batters reached base on errors while a total of 13 hits, seven RBIs and nine runs came across the plate in an absolutely shocking finale. By the end of the fifth inning the Tigers had not only erased North’s three-run lead, but had also taken a three-run lead of their own. Chaffey added two more runs in the seventh for good measure as it pulled out a 9-4 victory and eventually sent the Saxons home from the playoffs in the second round. Cole Andavolgyi was the only other Saxons player to provide an extra base hit in the game alongside Grayson. The opposing pitching staff allowed four runs early, but shut North down in the final three innings of the game. In all, the Saxons offense tallied four hits on the day while striking out a total of six times. The game against Chaffey wasn’t the first time Neily’s team had been done in by errors. In a May 3 matchup against the rivals from Torrance High, Neily expressed his discontent to his team when it committed four errors in an 11-1 rout. Fielding is something that will definitely be on Neily’s list of things to work on with his team this coming offseason. Neily’s main goal heading into the offseason won’t only be to improve on defense, but to also replace the 10 seniors who will be leaving the team to graduation. Despite that exodus, North will maintain the services of key players like Andavolgyi and Thomas Bainton, who will both be juniors next season. All in all it was a successful season for Neily and his Saxons (15-12, 4-4), who finished in third place and made a good run at their rivals from the Pioneer League. Victories against the South High Spartans, West High Warriors, El Segundo Eagles, and Redondo Union Sea Hawks highlighted a list of impressive victories for North. The Saxons will be looking to add more talent to their roster and improve on both sides of the diamond heading into next year so that they might be able to compete with the likes of the Tartars and the Warriors and not only grab a Pioneer League crown, but also advance farther in what is always sure to be a highly competitive CIF postseason. – Asixlion@Earthlink.net Worldwide Campaign to Play Unified Special Olympics Launches in Torrance In July, U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a dinner around “A Celebration of Special Olympics and A Unified Generation” at the White House. Following this event, Special Olympics launched a new youth activation campaign to create the first truly unified generation a generation in which young people with and without intellectual disabilities create a future of respect and inclusion for everyone. This June 1, 2017 the campaign is officially launching in Torrance at North High School, urging youth everywhere to play and ultimately live unified, breaking down the barriers that exclude people with intellectual disabilities. The #PlayUnified movement is inspired by a simple principle: training, playing and competing together is a quick path to understanding, acceptance and friendship. Inactivity, intolerance and injustice are big problems in the world especially for those with intellectual disabilities. The Special Olympics movement is tackling these issues every day around the world using sport as the catalyst to make this change. To assist in making change, Special Olympics is looking to young people around the world to be the leaders to make change in their schools, and communities. “Since Special Olympics was established in 1968, we have learned that the quickest path to understanding and acceptance is by connecting people with our athletes,” said Krissy Duperron. “This campaign will provide us opportunities for us to connect society with people with intellectual disabilities in a way that will pave the way for a future of respect and inclusion.” North High School will be hosting its 1st Annual Unified School Track and Field games on Thursday, June 1. The fully integrated advertising and marketing campaign developed by Y&R in conjunction with Special Olympics strongly centers around digital and social media engagement as well as the offering traditional advertising, corporate integration, merchandise and grassroots outreach and activation. To learn more about the campaign and to get involved today, visit www.playunified.org – Provided by Torrance Unified School District El Camino Awards $800,000 in Student Scholarships Scholarships from the El Camino College Foundation will play a part in helping hundreds of students reach their academic goals. The El Camino College Foundation Scholarship Program has awarded more than $800,000 in scholarships to 650 El Camino College students for the 2016-2017 academic year. Recipients had the opportunity to meet donors at the annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony on May 11. The diverse scholarship program at El Camino College provides critical support to students in a variety of academic disciplines. Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, financial need, leadership and community service, organizational, and campus club affiliations, among other criteria. Juan Venerio, a chemistry major, earned a $1,000 Edison Scholars scholarship. He said he hopes to pursue research in a laboratory working in pharmaceuticals. Juan graduated from high school in Nicaragua in 2013, and started attending El Camino College the next year after a recommendation from his father. He said he has always had an affinity for science, but discovered his love for chemistry in his college courses. He also joined the ECC Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program, which offers rigorous coursework, leadership preparation and problem-solving workshops, in addition to access to the MESA/STEM Center to meet with study groups. MESA became an important part of the college experience to Juan. “Usually if I’m not at the MESA Center, it’s because it is closed,” said Juan, who plans to transfer to UCLA next year. “I’m there all the time. I didn’t expect to find a community like MESA in a community college.” Another outstanding scholarship recipient is Yoon (Eunice) Cho, an ECC liberal studies major who earned a $1,000 Barth Family Scholarship. She plans to transfer to California State University, Long Beach this fall, where she’ll earn a bachelor’s degree and teaching credential. “I didn’t expect the scholarship; it’s an honor,” said Eunice, a 2015 Narbonne High School grad, who was inspired by her own elementary school teachers to purse a teaching career. “They always believed in me and they always pushed me to do better.” For more information about the El Camino College Foundation Scholarship Program, contact the El Camino College Foundation at www.elcamino.edu/foundation or call 310-660-3683. – Provided by El Camino College to be filming the incident inquired why the suspect was there. The suspect replied, “Prop 57.” The preliminary investigation reveals both suspects--a 17-year-old male and 18-yearold male both from Colorado--worked in concert to commit a home invasion robbery wherein a 73-year-old victim was attacked. It was further discovered the suspects were connected to another residential burglary and were driving a vehicle stolen out of Colorado as well. The victim was transported to a local hospital and later released with minor injuries. This call for service was initiated by an alert neighbor who immediately called police when they observed suspicious activity in the neighborhood. Both suspects were found to have warrants from Colorado--the 17-year-old has a warrant for murder, and the 18-year-old has a warrant for robbery. The Torrance Police Department continues to encourage its residents to report all suspicious activity, as this can easily save a life. See something Say something. – Provided by Torrance Police Department • Visit us online: www.heraldpublications.com Fallen Soldiers from front page com and what little information is available from local public records, the Historical Society was able to distribute study guides and enlist the help of the high schools. During the 2008 spring semester, North High and Torrance High students were able to collect information on some of those listed on the Memorial Wall. “Jerry [Ronan] is the mastermind and he has been researching every name on the wall so that we can have an actual historical archive for each person,” Maroney said. Ronan, who was drafted after high school and served in the U.S. Navy’s destroyer base in San Diego, also attended a Navy school in the same city. Ronan’s three siblings also served. Of his two older brothers, one was badly wounded in Normandy and the other in the South Pacific, while his youngest sibling was stationed stateside during the war. Ronan, who worked at Torrance High School for 37 years, shared his memories of one fallen soldier on the wall, Thomas Carter, and described him as the valedictorian of his graduating class who went on to finish fifth in his class (of 1,143) in military academy and then attended West Point Graduate School. However, he perished while serving in Vietnam. “During our first year we invited a bugler, but he was busy,” Ronan said. “So we forgot about it and just decided to read the names. We are not showing off to anybody. All we have is a printed program.” •
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