Article from LA Times Daily Pilot. Feb 7, 2025

Man in pink jacket speaks into a microphone. Next to him is a framed black-and-white portrait.

Former pro surfing champion Peter “PT” Townend speaks at Sunday’s Huntington Beach Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

(Matt Szabo)

Huntington Beach Sports Hall of Fame inducts first class

Author Matt Szabo, staff writer, contact link, Feb. 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM PT.

The 2011 team from Ocean View Little League remains the only team from Orange County to win the Little League World Series world championship.


That hasn’t changed. The players themselves? Well, they’ve grown up.


They were 12 years old at the time. Now, their ages have more than doubled to 26 and many of the players were able to make it to a special event Sunday at the Huntington Club.

The 2011 Ocean View Little League team was among the inductees into the inaugural class of the Huntington Beach Sports Hall of Fame.....


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