CBA clinches regular-season title

In the bottom of the fourth, John Langton, the league's leader in home runs, hit his second homer of the game to bring VFW to within 8-4. Ross followed with a single but Hobie got out of the inning when McManus turned a double play from his position at shortstop.

Hits by Morgan, Wills, Stewart, Blow and Luc LaMontagne in the fifth and sixth innings, led to five more runs for Hobie and a 13-5 lead.

Loechner struck out eight in a complete-game performance for Hobie.

In 15 games, Hobie has outscored its opponents, 132-38.

Regular-season action at Laguna Beach Little League continues through Saturday. The league's year-end playoff tournament starts Tuesday.

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Youth Water Polo

The Laguna Beach 14 and Under girls' water polo team won a silver medal at the San Diego Cup on Sunday.

Laguna started the tournament with a 12-2 win over United (Los Alamitos) on May 4. The squad won two more games Saturday, beating Xtreme (Corona), 4-2, and SoCal (Tustin), 7-3, to reach Sunday's semifinals. In the semis, Laguna got past Commerce, 6-3, to advance to face Santa Barbara in the division final. Laguna fell, 9-6.

The 14U team will be the No. 1 seed for its region when it competes June 1-3 at the Junior Olympic Qualifiers tournament.