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TORRANCE TRIBUNE September 7, 2017 Page 3
Up and Adam
West High Warriors
Lose Fight to Culver City
By Adam Serrao
Last year’s Pioneer League runners up
learned very quickly that the new high school
football season will bring with it its own very
unique challenges. Those challenges are sure
to be ones that head coach Greg Holt and
the rest of the West High Warriors did not
experience one year ago. When the Warriors
took to the road to take on the Culver City
Centaurs in the first game of this year’s
football season, hope sprung eternal that
this season might be the one that the Warriors
could take the next step forward and
compete for a division championship. After
a 58-27 loss, however, it is safe to say that
hope for West High has officially been put
into question.
After only one game of the regular season-
-and one non-league game, at that--to say
that expectations look bleak for the Warriors
would certainly be saying a lot. Once you
dig a little deeper into what actually happened
on the field last Friday night, though,
it becomes a whole lot easier to raise a red
flag into the air. West High didn’t just lose
a game last Friday night on the road. It got
beaten by 31 points in an all-out assault by
opposing quarterback Jonathan Martin.
Simply listing Martin’s stats does its own
part to sound a bit silly. The quarterback
finished with 516 passing yards and five
touchdowns through the air. As if that wasn’t
enough, he also compiled over 100 yards
on the ground while tacking on two more
touchdowns to add to his overall total. “This
game gets the ball rolling,” Martin explained
of his and his team’s performance in their
first game of the season. “It’s a big statement
win since we haven’t beaten West in
like six years.”
Martin obviously made a statement all by
himself, but one player on the Warriors tried
his best to make that statement a lot less
pronounced. One of the lone bright spots on
the night for West was senior running back
Gus Eckert. Eckert kept the game close into
the second quarter by scoring two touchdowns
in the first half to tie things up at 14 apiece.
That’s as close as the Warriors would get. The
Centaurs soon rattled off three unanswered
touchdowns and before anyone knew it, the
score was out of control. Eckert finished the
night with 151 yards rushing and four total
touchdowns, including three on the ground to
account for all of West High’s points. “That
was my best performance I have ever had
on offense,” Eckert explained. “I’ve never
scored four touchdowns in a game.”
The Warriors are going to need plenty more
performances like that from Eckert and other
players on the team if they are going to make
up for a defense that is obviously lacking in
certain areas. As Martin explained of Culver
City’s victory, it was the first time in six
straight opening day games that the Centaurs
have defeated West High. The Warriors will
look to improve on defense this week when
they continue their road trip and take on an
Eastside Lions team that lost by a final score
of 48-7 in the season opener last week.
North High
In quite the turnaround from last week, the
North High Saxons lost their first matchup
of the season by dropping last Friday night’s
game to the Aliso Niguel Wolverines. The
Wolverines move to 2-0 on the year behind
a strong first-half performance that put the
Saxons in a 20-0 hole. A Sean Sigala interception
returned for a touchdown with two
minutes remaining in the first quarter swung
all of the momentum in Aliso Niguel’s favor.
It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that the
Saxons got on the board with a plunge into
the end zone, but at that point only seconds
remained on the game clock in what was
soon to be a 20-7 loss for North High. The
Saxons will look to rebound on the road this
week with a matchup against Torrance’s own
Bishop Montgomery Knights.
Torrance High
The Torrance Tartars got things started off
on the wrong foot last Friday night when
they took a loss in their season opener to the
Marina Vikings. Despite taking an early lead
to stay in front of the Vikings for the entire
first quarter, the Tartars’ defense let down
before the half ran out. Marina was able to
tack on 13 points in the second quarter in
order to jump out to a 19-9 halftime lead.
Torrance managed to snag a safety for two
points before the half, but a scoreless third
quarter combined with trouble all night on
offense eventually led to a 26-15 loss. Coach
Rock Hollis and the rest of the Tartars will
look for their first victory of the season this
week when they welcome the Culver City
Centaurs to Zamperini Stadium.
South High
Police Reports
Sunday, August 20
Burglary-Commercial Betw. 8/20 9:30:00
PM & 8/21 7:00:00 AM 3600 BLOCK
TORRANCE BLVD. Suspect(s) cuts lock on
construction site storage container and takes
property/tools, air compressor, paint sprayers,
construction materials.
Theft Betw. 8/20 9:00:00 PM & 8/22
1:00:00 PM 300 BLOCK PASEO DE LA
PLAYA. Suspect(s) cuts storage lock and takes
property/bicycles.
Burglary-Residential Betw. 8/20 8:00:00 PM
& 8/21 3:30:00 PM 100 BLOCK VIA SEGO.
Suspect(s) takes property from unsecured
garage/bicycle.
Burglary-Commercial Betw. 8/20 5:00:00
PM & 8/21 7:00:00 AM 1800 BLOCK 213TH
ST. Suspect(s) takes property from building’s
exterior/surveillance cameras.
Theft Betw. 8/20 3:20:00 PM & 8/20 3:30:00
PM 4200 BLOCK PACIFIC COAST HWY.
Suspect(s) takes property from victim’s purse
as she shops/wallet.
Burglary-Commercial Betw. 8/20 3:00:00
PM & 8/21 4:20:00 AM 3700 BLOCK 190TH
ST. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry and
takes property/cash.
Vandalism 8/20 2:12 PM 17300 BLOCK
HAWTHORNE BLVD. Suspect(s) smashes
window by unknown means/no entry, no loss.
Burglary-Residential 8/20 1:00 PM 600
BLOCK SARTORI AVE. Suspect(s) attempts
to pry open door/no entry, no loss.
Monday, August 21
Theft Betw. 8/21 10:45:00 PM & 8/21
11:04:06 PM 20500 BLOCK HAWTHORNE
BLVD. Suspect(s) takes unattended property/
purse.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/21 7:00:00 PM
& 8/22 8:00:00 AM 2300 BLOCK 227TH
ST. Suspect(s) takes property from possibly
unlocked vehicle/MP3.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/21 4:30:00 PM &
8/21 6:45:00 PM 3500 BLOCK CARSON ST.
Suspect(s) enters vehicle by unknown means,
ransacks and takes property/electronic items.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/21 3:30:00 PM &
8/21 4:15:00 PM 3500 BLOCK CARSON
ST. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry and
takes property/bags of clothes.
Robbery-StrongArm Betw. 8/21 2:45:00 PM
& 8/21 3:00:26 PM 2100 BLOCK 230TH ST.
Suspect who is a passenger in a vehicle grabs
victim’s property and yells for the driver to
accelerate, dragging the victim.
Burglary-Auto 8/21 11:47 AM 20500
BLOCK ANZA AVE. Suspect(s) takes property
from unlocked vehicle/purse.
As disappointing as the beginning of the
regular season has been for most high school
football teams around the city of Torrance,
the game that the South High Spartans had
last Friday night may just take the cake. The
fact that head coach Matt Mishler’s team
failed to score a point in all four quarters tells
you something about an offense that clearly
needs to improve. The fact that South gave
up 48 points to the Fountain Valley Barons
also tells you that the team’s defense didn’t
fare much better either. The Spartans trailed
20-0 at the end of the first quarter, 41-0 at
halftime, and 48-0 by the end of the third
quarter--all against a team that went 1-10 on
the season last year and finished in last place
in the Sunset League standings. The Spartans
will look for better luck this week when
they welcome the 2-0 Hawthorne Cougars to
South High. – Asixlion@Earthlink.net • OBITUARIES: Monday at noon.
Tuesday, August 22
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/22 11:34:00 PM &
8/23 7:40:00 AM 3500 BLOCK EMERALD
ST. Suspect(s) takes property from unsecured
vehicle/purses, medication.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/22 10:00:00 PM &
8/23 10:30:00 AM 3500 BLOCK EMERALD
ST. Suspect(s) takes property from unlocked
vehicle and unlocked storage cabinet/stereo,
remote, ear buds, scooter, copper wire.
DEADLINES
CALENDAR ITEMS: Monday at noon.
PEOPLE ITEMS: Monday at noon.
CLASSIFIEDS: Tuesday at noon.
LEGAL NOTICES: Wednesday at 11:00 am.
REAL ESTATE ADS: Monday at noon.
AD CANCELLATIONS: Prior Thursday.
LATE CANCELLATIONS WILL BE
CHARGED 50% OF AD
Auto Theft-All Betw. 8/22 9:30:00 PM & 8/23
8:00:00 AM 16700 BLOCK PATRONELLA
AVE. Stolen vehicle: ‘97 Honda Accord.
Theft Betw. 8/22 9:00:00 PM & 8/23 6:15:00
AM 4700 BLOCK 191st ST. Suspect(s) takes
victim’s vehicle’s catalytic converter.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/22 7:30:00 PM &
8/23 7:30:00 AM 20800 BLOCK AMIE AVE.
Suspect(s) takes property from unsecured vehicle/
license plate, cash, sunglasses, manual,
registration.
Vandalism Betw. 8/22 3:00:00 PM & 8/23
10:00:00 AM 4100 BLOCK REDONDO
BEACH BLVD. Suspect(s) punctures victim’s
vehicle’s tires.
Burglary-Residential 8/22 2:18 PM 1900
BLOCK 184TH ST. Suspect removes window
screen, attempts to force open window
then flees when homeowner opens blinds/no
entry, no loss.
Theft Betw. 8/22 12:31:00 PM & 8/22
1:35:00 PM 21200 BLOCK HAWTHORNE
BLVD. Suspect(s) takes victim’s property as
she dines/wallet.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/22 6:35:00 AM &
8/22 7:37:00 AM 2200 BLOCK CRENSHAW
BLVD. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry
and takes property/purse.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/22 6:30:00 AM &
8/22 7:00:00 AM 4000 BLOCK 190TH ST.
Suspect(s) smashes window for entry and takes
property/purse, shoes.
Wednesday, August 23
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/23 6:00:00 PM &
8/24 4:45:00 AM 24000 BLOCK OCEAN AVE.
Suspect(s) smashes window for entry, ransacks
and takes property/backpack, volleyball.
Battery-Simple Betw. 8/23 12:00:00 PM &
8/23 12:15:00 PM 3700 BLOCK EMERALD
ST. Suspect grabs victim by her shoulders and
shakes her before grabbing her by her hair
and biting her arm.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/23 11:35:00 AM &
8/23 11:50:00 AM 3000 BLOCK SEPULVEDA
BLVD. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry
and takes property/briefcase, cash.
Thursday, August 24
Theft Betw. 8/24 11:00:00 PM & 8/25
8:00:00 AM 200 BLOCK CALLE MIRAMAR.
Suspect(s) takes property from carport/bicycles.
Burglary-Residential Betw. 8/24 8:30:00
PM & 8/25 6:30:00 AM 600 BLOCK CALLE
MIRAMAR. Suspect(s) takes property from
open garage/bicycles.
Theft Betw. 8/24 6:00:00 PM & 8/25 8:30:00
AM 18800 BLOCK YUKON AVE. Suspect(s)
takes victim’s vehicle’s catalytic converter.
Theft Betw. 8/24 6:00:00 PM & 8/25 8:00:00
AM 4100 BLOCK 175TH PL. Suspect(s) takes
victim’s vehicle’s catalytic converter.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 8/24 5:00:00 PM &
8/25 10:30:00 AM 3700 BLOCK SPENCER
ST. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry and
takes property/backpack, first-aid items.
Theft Betw. 8/24 3:30:00 PM & 8/25 7:00:00
AM 17800 BLOCK OSAGE AVE. Suspect(s)
takes victim’s vehicle’s catalytic converter
See Police Reports, page 4