Weekend Glance
Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 Vol. 11 No. 30 12040 Foster Road, Norwalk, CA 90650 Teen baseball player represents Norwalk at USA Baseball tournament SEPTEMBER 4 NORWALK – A local student athlete recently returned from Labor Day swimming playing in the USA Baseball 13U National Team Identification Series, FridayWeekend101˚ DATE: Monday, Sept. 4 where he and his teammates brought medals back to Southern TIME: 1:30 pm at a California. Glance LOCATION: Aquatic Pavilion Derek Cruz, 13, practically lives, eats, and sleeps baseball. The Saturday 6895˚⁰ SEPTEMBER 5 8th grader at Los Alisos Middle School has played America’s pastime Friday since the young age of 4. City Council meeting “As soon as I picked up a baseball, I loved it,” said Cruz. DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 5 Sunday 91˚ TIME: 6 pm 70⁰ Cruz started at West Downey Little League, however needed more Saturday City Hall LOCATION: of a challenge after only two years. SEPTEMBER 9 “That started getting way too easy,” said Cruz. “So I joined travel ball.” Night Out in the Park THINGS TO DO DATE: Saturday, Sept. 9 Cruz, who usually wears jersey number 9, currently plays for the TIME: 6 pm Top Tier Gamers as a pitcher and shortstop – the latter being an LOCATION: Sara Mendez Park extremely appropriate position, due to his being named after famed Yankees player Derek Jeter. SEPTEMBER 29 However, Cruz recently put on a new jersey – that of the USA Brush Strokes & Beverages Baseball 13U Southern California team – at the National Team DATE: Friday, Sept. 29 Identifications Series, representing his state and community on a TIME: 7-9:30 pm national scale along with 12 other players.
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