July 9, 2015 Page 5 Dropped Fly Ball, Walk-off Homer Sink Holly Park By Joe Snyder Photos by Joe Snyder Last Sunday’s winner’s bracket semifinal of the District 37 Major Little League Baseball featured a match-up between two teams that blew away the rest of the field by mercy rules in earlier games. Holly Park was pitted against a host Westchester team that outscored its first three opponents by a combined total score of 70-6, an average of more than 23 runs per game and two of those went a minimum four innings and another in five last Sunday at Carl Nielsen Youth Sports Park in Westchester. Holly Park, though, outscored its first two opponents (Lawndale and Hawthorne Wiseburn) by a combined total score of 36-3, an average of 18 runs. With effective pitching and defense, Holly Park held Westchester, a team that some feel capable of possibly making the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA, to just two runs through five innings and were tied at two entering the bottom of the sixth. With Paco Orozc on the mound, he surrendered two hits, then Myles Smith slapped a fly ball over the right field fence for a walk-off three-run home run and Westchester moved on to the championship round, which started on Wednesday at Nielsen Park, with a 5-2 win. Looking back to the bottom of the third inning with Holly Park ahead 1-0, a dropped fly ball by the center fielder after seemingly making a good catch enabled Westchester to score two runs and take a 2-1 lead. Holly Park came back to tie the game at two when Julian Francious hit a sacrifice fly to score Martin Palazo from third base. The game remained the same until Smith’s walk-off homer in the sixth. “They (Westchester) haven’t seen good pitching,” Holly Park manager Kail Rouston said. “We hope to have another shot at them on Wednesday. Our defense was solid but the dropped fly ball was the ball game.” Orozc singled home Palazo to give Holly Park the lead in the first. Holly Park played Del Rey in the loser’s bracket final on Tuesday in quest for a rematch with Westchester a day later. If Holly Park won both of those games, a second game will be played at Nielsen Park today at 7 p.m. Holly Park Minors Ousted The Holly Park Minor (age 9-10) Little League All-Star baseball team was eliminated in the loser’s bracket final of the District 37 All-Star Tournament by host Westchester 6-4 Sunday at Nielsen Park. Westchester began the final against unbeaten Lennox last Monday. Pierce Signs With Clippers Former Inglewood High boys’ basketball standout Paul Pierce returns to Los Angeles as he signed a three-year, $10.5 million deal with the Clippers on July 1. Pierce will re-unite with his long time former head coach Doc Rivers, who he played 14 seasons with when they were with the Boston Celtics, beginning the following season. After a blockbuster trade, the Clippers had that sent coach Rivers from the Celtics, who he coached and Pierce played on their 2007-08 season that saw Boston win the National Basketball Association championship over the L.A. Lakers, following the 2012-13 season, Pierce was traded with teammate Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets. Pierce played two seasons with Brooklyn before being playing last year with the Washington Wizards. At 37 years old, Pierce helped the Wizards to their best season in several years although he averaged a career-low 11.9 points and playing a career-low average of 26.2 minutes. Throughout his 17-year career, Pierce averaged 20.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest. He was known very well for his strong defensive plays. Pierce is a 10-time NBA all-star. He graduated from Inglewood High in 1995 and played three seasons with the University of Kansas before being drafted by the Celtics in 1998. As a junior at Inglewood in the 1993-94 season, Pierce, who turns 38 before the start of next season in late October, he keyed the Sentinels to the CIF-Southern Section Division IIAA championship and the Southern California Regional Division II semifinals where they fell to East Bakersfield. As a senior in 1994-95, Pierce keyed Inglewood to the Division IIAA semifinals where it fell to Compton Dominguez. Pierce had his number 34 at Inglewood retired a few years ago. Parvaz Resigns Leuzinger High head boys’ basketball coach Ali Parvaz recently stepped down due to personal reasons, according to athletic director Marlon Mendez. During his five seasons with the Olympians, Parvaz guided them to an 89-56 record that included a Bay League championship in the 2011-12 season and Pioneer League this past season. Leuzinger made the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIA semifinals in 2012 and the IIIA quarters in 2015. Parvaz replaced successful head mentor Reggie Morris, Jr., who guided the Olympians to the Southern Section Division IA title in the 2009-10 season and is currently at Redondo, in 2010. Assistant Patrick Cleveland has been appointed as interim coach until a new one is selected. Leuzinger is seeking qualified candidates. For those interested, please e-mail a resume and cover letter to mendezm@centinela.k12. ca.us, then complete an application at the Centinela Valley High School District office. • Holly Park’s Paco Orozc nears home plate as he scores the tying run in last Saturday’s District 37 All-Star Major Little League baseball game against Westchester. Holly Park lost to Westchester 5-2. 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