EL SEGUNDO HERALD October 19, 2017 Page 5
Davis & DeRosa Physical Therapy, Inc.
Davis & DeRosa Physical Therapy, established in 2003,
provides a quaint boutique practice located in El Segundo,
California. The 4,000 square foot facility is a well known
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THE PRACTICE SPECIALIZES IN
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR:
Chronic Neck and Back Pain
Pre and Post Surgical Rehabilitation
Sports Injuries
Work Injuries
Neurological Disorders
Foot and Ankle Disorders (including orthotics)
Osteoporosis and other Age Related Disorders
Balance and Vestibular Disorders
Injury Prevention
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Garret Wong, PT, DPT, OCS • Tami Chang, PT • Kim Klein, PT
William Quibell, PT, DPT • Richelle Mae Milina, PT, DPT, OCS
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Eagles Take Care
of Beverly Hills
By Gregg McMullin
The El Segundo Eagles traveled to Beverly
Hills last Friday to take on the Normans.
Beverly Hills was once a proud football
program that was regarded as one of the best
in the CIF Southern Section. But the Eagles
rolled by scoring quickly and often on their
way to a 56-7 win.
The final score was a shell of what it could
have been. Eagles head coach Steve Shevlin
started subbing players to start the second
quarter when the Eagles took a 35-0 lead.
The win was so lopsided and the teams so
unevenly matched that Shevlin was hoping
his team would escape with no injuries to
any of his players. “We [coaching staff]
recognized that the game wasn’t going to be
close early on, so we wanted to get playing
time in for everyone and come away without
any injuries,” he said.
It didn’t take long for the drubbing to begin.
On El Segundo’s third play of the first
possession of the game, Matt Romero threw
a strike to Devin Bonney on a 48-yard catch
and run touchdown. Then on Beverly Hills’
ensuing possession, sophomore quarterback
Thomas Recupero threw a pass that was
intercepted by Jorge Montani who returned
it 23 yards for a touchdown.
On the ensuing kickoff, Jeremiah Klapper
fumbled the ball and Alex Ron recovered
for the Eagles at the Beverly Hills 16-yard
line. On the first play, Romero dumped a
pass off to Danny McEntee for a 16-yard
touchdown and a 21-0 lead. On the Eagles’
next possession, Romero found McEntee
wide open on a 27-yard catch and run for
a TD to widen the lead to 28-0--and there
were still four minutes remaining in the first
quarter. McEntee returned a punt 58 yards
for a touchdown with 1:51 remaining in the
first quarter and the lead swelled to 35-0.
With second stringers starting the second
quarter, not much changed. With Dariush
Sayson taking over for Romero at quarterback,
the senior guided the Eagles on a nine-play
drive. It was capped by Joey Gorte’s 12-yard
run to the end zone and a 42-0 lead.
Beverly Hills picked up its initial first
down of the game on an offside penalty on
the Eagles. It helped extend a seven-play
drive that ended on a fumble recovered by
the Eagles at the Normans’ 43-yard line.
Sophomore running back James Fraelich
then busted through the line and outran the
Norman secondary on a 43-yard touchdown
run to cap the first half scoring with a 49-0
halftime lead.
At halftime, it was clear that Romero’s night
was through after playing just one quarter
and throwing three TD passes. Also done
were most of the starting defensive stars.
The second half was a brisk one since the
teams agreed to a running clock.
Beverly Hills opened the second half with
a sustainable drive until Daniel Van Heuven
forced a fumble and returned it to the El
Segundo 23-yard line. After El Segundo’s
only punt of the game, Beverly Hills got
on the scoreboard with a short two-yard
touchdown run by Kenny Villanueva. On
the ensuing kickoff, Joey Gorte returned
the kick 74 yards to set up Alex Heflin’s
five-yard touchdown run and the final score
of the evening.
There wasn’t too much celebrating, but
rather a focus on the Eagles’ next game.
Friday night, the Eagles travel to Lawndale
to take on the top-ranked team in the CIFSouthern
Section Division 5. The Eagles have
defeated Lawndale 12 of the past 13 times
they’ve met, including last year’s epic 14-7
win. The Cardinals are 2-0 in Ocean League
play and 7-0 overall this season.
Freshman Team Rolls
The Eagle freshman football team steamrolled
to a 35-0 win over Beverly Hills to even
its Ocean League record at 1-1. El Segundo’s
defense was lock-solid and Beverly Hills was
stymied all game long. The Normans could
muster up just two first downs total.
James Pearson tossed four touchdown
passes to lead the Eagles. The first one
Are Lakers Ready
for Showtime?
By Adam Serrao
It’s that time of the year again. Once everyone
has finally gotten fully involved in
the football season, the NBA has done its
part to sneak up around the corner to begin
its regular season slate across the league.
The main question on the hearts and minds
of Lakers fans everywhere in Los Angeles
seems to be: “Just how good will this Lakers
team be?” The answer? While the addition
of Lonzo Ball may have added a lot of juice
to the watch-ability factor of the team, don’t
expect this year’s roster to compete with other
elite squads of the Western Conference for a
championship or playoff spot anytime soon.
The last four seasons haven’t been easy for
Lakers fans. The team has averaged 22 wins
per year, players have come and gone, and
the most exciting point of the year has come
during the NBA Draft, when the Lakers are
picking near the top of an order that includes
the absolute worst teams in the league. The
Lakers have, indeed, been among the absolute
worst--a fate that the organization had
previously eluded for decades as they hung
championship banners from the rafters seemingly
year after year. Even through the bad
times, however, Laker fans have remained
among the most loyal in the entire sports
world. Can this be the year that their loyalty
actually pays off?
The answer to that question lies in each
fan’s very own definition of success. With
every bad season comes a high draft pick
for the Lakers. Those high draft picks have,
to this point, accumulated talent like Julius
Randle, Brandon Ingram and--making his
debut in the purple and gold this year--Lonzo
Ball. A high draft pick or two isn’t the only
thing that will make this year’s Lakers team
feel brand new. The additions of Lakers legend
Magic Johnson (who seemingly turned
around the Dodgers) and new general manager
Rob Pelinka, who have been deemed with
the task of running Los Angeles’s front office,
should not only have the Lakers arrow
trending upward, but also make the Staples
Center a destination that other free agents
would now like to put on their respective
maps once again.
That fact alone, though, doesn’t mean that
the Lakers will be great this year. The accumulation
of talent that now comprises Los
Angeles’s roster is still relatively unproven,
especially when it is held in comparison to
other powerhouse teams like the Golden State
Warriors and now, the Houston Rockets and
Oklahoma City Thunder. A quick glance at
the Western Conference landscape would
leave any enquiring Lakers fans’ minds stuck
with the simple fact that a finish within the
Top eight in their conference seems relatively
impossible, to say the least. While many
Laker fans are eternal optimists, that simple
fact makes them some of the most loyal
around. Seeing how an extremely young and
inexperienced roster will beat out the likes
of teams like the Utah Jazz or New Orleans
Pelicans (who project as the number eight
and nine teams in the standings) would take
enough optimism to make even a New York
Knicks fan think that even they will make it
to the Finals this year.
The fact about the Lakers remains that
despite their additions of talent including the
point guard Ball and even number 27 draft
pick Kyle Kuzma to go along with other new
names, the team is still in the process of taking
baby steps back towards greatness. And let’s
all face it--while the Warriors remain at the
top doing their thing, the Lakers might as well
take their time with the process. The Lakers
should improve drastically on the offensive
side of the ball this season, but still project
to be one of the worst defensive teams in
the entire league. Even still, that’s okay for
a team coming off of the worst four-year
stretch in franchise history that only won a
grand total of 26 games one year ago.
The real key to the Lakers’ eventual success
and return to greatness won’t, in fact,
be their record at the end of this season. The
key to the Lakers raising another banner will
be what the team does in next year’s summer
when the free agent pool will be as deep
as the middle of the ocean. LeBron James,
Paul George, Chris Paul, DeMarcus Cousins
and many more top names from across the
league will all be eligible to sign with the
Lakers in the 2018 offseason. As much as
anything else, this year is about how the
young nucleus of Ball, Ingram, Clarkson
and Randle all play together to not only
make the Lakers as appealing as possible
to free agents, but also to make themselves
appealing enough to other teams that may
inquire about young talent in any possible
trade scenarios.
The expectation of the 2017-18 Lakers
season isn’t as dull and dreary as reading
this article may make it seem. The key to
enjoying this season revolves around just
where you set your expectations for the team.
Don’t expect this year’s Lakers to make a run
at an NBA championship just because there
will be new names on the back of the jerseys
running up and down the basketball court. Do
expect to see some of the most entertaining
basketball that you’ve seen on the Staples
Center floor at least in the last four years.
That exciting basketball is exactly what has
the opportunity to signal the reinvention of
Showtime in Los Angeles whether the Lakers
finish each game with an “L” or a “W” in
either column of the standings.
– Aserrao6@yahoo.com •
“Basketball is so unique. It’s both
a team and an individual sport.”
– Adam Silver
See Eagles, page 6