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El Segundo’s Gavin Glynn and Jared Rodriquez of Foothill Technology High School (Ventura) battle it out at the CIF Cross Country Final Glynn finished fifth and Rodriguez sixth. Photo by Gregg McMullin.

Glynn has an Eye on the Finish Line

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Shorewood Agents Kick Off Holiday Food Drive to Help Families in NeedBy Brian Simon

Property values and demand continue to grow in El Segundo, with the local real estate market now experiencing its greatest heights in the community’s history. And yet while many families and individuals comfortably enjoy the many benefits and amenities of living in this quaint coastal town, the going is quite a bit tougher for some others despite the advantage of residence in such a preferred locale. For those who have hit upon hard times and struggle to just put food on the table, the holidays in particular can become a huge burden and challenge. With that in mind, the 21 agents at Shorewood Realtors on Main Street recently banded together to launch a food drive to benefit 36 El Segundo families (about 80 people in total) currently being as-sisted through C.A.S.E. (Community Alliance to Support and Empower). Dedicated since 1992 to helping local families in need, C.A.S.E. is a fully volunteer organization that operates a food pantry located at 709 Penn Street.

“During this time of year, it is so important to give back,” said Gina Hoffman, the agent who originally came up with the idea of the C.A.S.E. campaign after she and her col-leagues met to mull over various possibilities. “Several different philanthropic organizations came to mind, but we really wanted to stay focused on our local community since our office is located on Main Street, we do business here, most of our agents have been long-time residents of El Segundo, and we raise our families here.”

Emphasizing the concept of strength in numbers, the 21 agents began to flood social media and through word-of-mouth to clients, placed flyers in their office windows, and relayed the message about what C.A.S.E. needs most. As it happens at this time, the pantry could use more canned meats, canned fruits, condiments, snack items, cereals and juices. Each of the Shorewood agents pledged to contribute at least 10 items of their own to get the ball rolling. Citizens can also drop off their own donations at Shorewood’s office where the items will be stored and then brought over to C.A.S.E. The food col-lection will continue up through December 13, the date of this year’s Holiday Parade in which Shorewood participates annually. Attendees can also bring the food items at that time.

Julie Stolnack, a volunteer with C.A.S.E. for the past 20 years, explained that potential clients must be El Segundo residents (proof is required) and cannot be homeless. “C.A.S.E.’s mission is to assist El Segundo families in need and to keep them in their homes,” she said, adding that the names of both current and past clientele remain confidential at all times. “Each family is assisted on an individual needs basis. The level of assistance is not the same across the board, as each family’s needs are different. The client base consists of single moms with school-aged children, senior citizens on a very limited income, families who have lost their jobs and are unable to make ends meet, single people living on disability, etc.” Stolnack added that

C.A.S.E. families visit the food pantry twice a month on set days and are free to shop for non-perishable food items, hygiene products and cleaning items for a two-week period. When possible and/or necessary, clients may also receive financial assistance for utility bills and gasoline.

“We are doing this collectively as an office and we’re all making sure to tell all our clients and anyone in town we run across,” said Lynn O’Neil, an office manager at Shorewood and agent for over 30 years. “Many of us here have also supported the Education Foundation for many years as well as Children’s Hospital, Habitats for Humanity, Give Back Homes, Rotary, Kiwanis, El Segundo High School sports, and more. Giving back is part and parcel of our business model.”

Originally founded in 1969 in Manhattan Beach, Shorewood Realtors opened a branch in El Segundo in the ‘90s on Grand Avenue before settling at 431 Main Street in June 2000. The company also has offices in Her-mosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Redondo Beach and Torrance, with a new location in the works in the West Los Angeles area. “It’s great to be part of an office that has direct ties to many different organizations in El Segundo--and with those connections comes even greater numbers of knowing people throughout our community to spread the word,” added Hoffman.

In addition to Hoffman and O’Neil, the other 19 Shorewood agents collaborating on

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something that was done by the UFC after every knockout in the sport to assure the safety of the fighter. Knockouts like the one that Rousey suffered put fighters at major risk for brain damage, but apparently, and fortunately, she was released with a clean bill of health and plans to fight again. That plan, however, will have to wait. Rousey was given a minimum 60-day suspension by the UFC and was ordered to go 45 days with no contact training. She could be suspended from the sport that she loves for as long as 180 days (six months) depending on CT scan results for head trauma.

It wasn’t just the kick to the head that Rousey took that has set off red flags. Holm dominated from the outset with her superior striking skills learned from her days as a boxer. Round 1 was dominated by Holm as she landed punch after punch and even an elbow or two to the face of Rousey. Holm was a 12/1 underdog in the fight, but looked just the opposite. Dazed from the barrage she was taking, Rousey fell right into Holm’s left

the world. There is obviously already talk of a rematch with Holm. UFC president, Dana White, confirmed that the two would be headed for another fight almost imme-diately after Rousey is cleared for contact again. All that the loss means for Rousey is that she is not perfect. No one is. The loss is just another bump in her road and serves as impetus for her to get better as a fighter. Rousey shouldn’t have tried to spar with Holm. She should have taken her to the ground and tried to get her in the arm bar that has worked so flawlessly for her in the past. Instead, Rousey was out to prove that she was a better boxer than the 18-time World champ. Now, Rousey is smarter. She has been brought back down to earth and will come back stronger and better off for it. Rousey is human. With that, she fails. So do we all, but just like any human who has failed before, she will be back. There is success in her future. It just needed failure to make it more tangible and appreciated.

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Eagle Basketball Preview

Article and photos by Gregg McMullinWith the fall sports in the books it’s time for

the winter sports to start up. The El Segundo boys’ and girls’ basketball teams start their seasons next week. Both teams are coming off different seasons with the girls’ team ad-vancing to the CIF Southern Section Division 3A quarterfinals while the boys’ team fell in the second round of the CIF-SS 4A playoffs. Both Eagle squads fell to teams that reached the CIF finals.

The Eagles have their work cut out for them and head coach Jason Ito knows full well the

obstacles his team faces. “We lost a lot of size when a our center and both forwards decided to concentrate on other sports,” said Coach Ito. He added, “Our philosophy is rooted in our defense. We are looking to try and let our defense transition us into fast break and easy transition points.” 

Though the lack of inside depth maybe a concern the Eagles will look to slow the pace down and concentrate on defense. Offensively speaking they’ll look to spread the floor and look for open shots especially with returning shooting guard Chase Ali-Watkins running the offense.

Ali-Watkins, the team’s MVP a season ago,

will have returnees Josh Hessing, Saleia Ahloo, and Justin Ostler to lean on and each adds the element of experience. Ahloo will need to elevate his inside game and Coach Ito is encouraged on how he has developed. “Saleia is big and fast and will stretch the floor making the opposition really work.”

Hessing and Ostler have improved drasti-cally and will be offensive threats with their outside shooting. Coach Ito says that a key piece of the puzzle is Elijah Chaney. Chaney is the defensive leader of the starting five and will most likely draw some of the tougher as-

signments. Coach Ito says he brings so much defensive energy when he’s on the court that he’s hoping that that translates into turnovers.

It will be a challenging year for the Eagles just as it was last season. With a tough non-league schedule and playing in the Ocean League Coach Ito has his team looking for another playoff appearance. Last season the Eagles advanced to the playoffs coming out of the Ocean League that saw two of its teams reach the CIF finals.

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El Segundo Rick Sabosky Tournament kicks off on Monday November 30. Besides El Segundo the Eagles will face Loyola, Rancho Domin-guez, Venice in one bracket while Fairfax, Lakewood, Rivera and View Park make up the other bracket. Seven of the tournament teams advanced to the postseason playoffs last year. The El Segundo Tournament runs from November 30- December 5.

The second tournament the Eagle will host runs from December 7- 12 and features Harvard Westlake, Mira Costa, Pacific Hills, La Salle, Palos Verdes, Santa Monica and Torrance. All eight teams reached the playoffs last season.

Finally Coach Ito is taking his Eagles to Hawaii to play in the prestigious Punahou Invitational that runs December 26- 30.

Come out and support the Eagles and both tournaments and see some of the top high school teams around. The Eagles play Rancho Dominguez on Monday at 7:30pm, Venice on Tuesday at 6pm and Loyola on Wednesday December 2 at 7:30pm.

The girls’ basketball team looks to improve on last year’s 18 win season easily the most wins in a season by the Lady Eagles in over 15 years. Head coach Randy Kiehm says his team has plenty of experience returning and boasts the type of confidence to challenge Culver City for an Ocean League title. The Centaurs are riding a 40 game Ocean League winning streak and are the four-time defend-ing champions.

Coach Kiehm says the six seniors on the team have been together for at least three

years and three of them four years. “They look at all the league championship banners in the gym and are focused on getting their own,” Coach Kiehm says. If the Lady Eagles unseat Culver City it would be the first ever for the program.

The Eagles have the talent and depth and it starts with arguably one of the top players in the South Bay. Paige Endo is a four year starter and is just so much fun to watch with her Magic Johnson type no look passes and her Jerry West type shooting. She is in a very small select group of players in any sport to claim the Most Outstanding Player Award in two different leagues. She was the Pioneer League winner as a sophomore and was se-lected as the Ocean League’s MOP as a junior.

Coach Kiehm is looking for another big season from senior co-captain Quinn Adams. According to Kiehm she has improved so much on both ends of the court. Hannah Nonoguchi is another four year player who has mad ball-handling skills. Other seniors including Melissa Euyoque  is a multi-sport star and Ani Finau  returns after sustaining an injury that sidelined her for most of last season. Morgan Gee was another who sat out the season after suffering an injury. With valuable senior leadership in place they will mentor the two sophomores Makaela Bor-dieri  and Alliya Nomura  and four talented freshman including Kailea Lee, Malia Hui, Chanel Murray and Kayla Smith-Petty.

The motto for this season according to Coach Kiehm is “More than 29”. It refers

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to the team’s 40-29 loss to Orange Lutheran, the eventual CIF champions, in the CIF-SS Division 3A quarter-finals. “We can’t be held to 29 points in any game and expect to

win. So we’ll concentrate more on finishing games, making the easy shots and converting more free throws.”

The Lady Eagles are entered in the Downey Tournament, the Valley Christian Tournament and the prestigious Gator Winter Classic in Henderson, NV. They will however have home games on Tuesday, December 8 against Palos Verdes at 7pm and Valley Christian on Thursday, December 10 at 7pm.

Boys’ Water PoloEl Segundo’s phenomenal season came to

an end in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 semi-finals; the Eagles fell to Righetti 12-5. El Segundo ended its season with the second most wins (26) in the Southern Section but fell to a Righetti program that is making its fourth consecutive appearance in the CIF finals.

Righetti took a 2-1 lead in the first quarter with goals by Ryker Dacus and Andrew Rivera. The Eagle’s Kelly Reynolds kept the game close with his first period goal. In the second quarter Righetti wasted no time in showing their fire power as they scored from a post position, then followed with an outside shot.  Almost immediately they scored again from long distance before Kyle Crist caught a pass from Lukas Frerichs and scored.

In the third period, Righetti scored from the post position. Nick Paz drove to a spot in

front of the Warrior goal then pounded one in on an after foul shot. Righetti then put on a relentless attack which caused the Eagles to lose three players, one after another, to

exclusion. Fatigue began to play a part in the outcome as Righetti’s counters became more and more effective. With three minutes left in the third period the Warriors went on to score four unanswered goals.

In the fourth period the Eagles lost op-portunities because of turnovers. The Eagles made it respectable when Matt Marak broke free and scored on a Nick Paz assist. Lukas Frerichs then scored on a shot to finish the scoring.

Cross CountryThe 2015 fall team sports season was put

to bed with the boys’ and girls’ cross country teams competing in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 finals. Gavin Glynn paced the Eagles with a 15:33 good for fifth and a spot in the state meet on Saturday in Fresno. He becomes the first Eagle boys’ state qualifier ever. The team finished eighth which was just short of qualifying for the state meet. Shane Mahon, Garret Rifkin, Pierce Nebel, Daniel Gutierrez, Kevin McMullin and Evan O’Connor also ran. Other than Glynn and McMullin the other five will return next year.

The girls’ team was led by Nicolette Fulcomer and Grace Hoffman but finished out of qualify-ing for the CIF state meet. Brianna Harmon, Gabby Lee, Genevieve Johnson, Natalie Faivre and Marcela Lozano round out the team and each had personal best runs.•Paige Endo is a four year starter for the Eagles who hope to unseat Culver City as Ocean League champs this season.

Nick Paz takes aim on his third period score against Righetti in the CIF-SS Division 4 semi-finals.