Little League celebrates Fiesta

Laguna Beach Little League will celebrate “Fiesta Day” Saturday at

Riddle Field. The event, which celebrates the recently concluded

regular season, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the playing

fields.

Among the attractions at the celebration is a giant slide, dunk

tank, speed-pitching machine, snow cones, clowns and music.

The league also will announce its 2005 all-star teams, distribute

trophies and yearbooks, and present its girls’ fast-pitch softball

teams with their inaugural trophies.

Oysters restaurant will cater lunch at $5 per person. The public

is welcome to attend.

In other Little League news:

Rotary and SportsWorld, two Majors Division teams representing

Laguna Beach at the District 55 Tournament of Champions, had their

seasons ended Saturday in second-round play.

Rotary was defeated by Lake Forest American, 4-1, at Chapparosa Park in Laguna Niguel. SportsWorld, meanwhile, fell to Lake Forest

National, 2-1, at the Laguna Hills Sports Park.

For the first time in recent memory, SportsWorld and Rotary gave

Laguna Beach two Majors Division playoff victories in first-round

action on June 6.

SportsWorld had opened the district tournament with a 3-0 shutout

of Newport Beach American, getting a one-hit effort from pitcher

Stevie Contursi, who also doubled, singled twice and knocked in two

runs on offense.

Rotary, meanwhile, began the tournament with a come-from-behind,

7-6 victory over Laguna Hills.

SportsWorld won the regular season Majors Division championship at

Laguna Beach Little League, and Rotary won the division’s postseason

tournament.