BRIEFLY : Encino All-Stars Eliminated in Series Bid

The Encino Little League 11- and 12-year-old All-Stars were eliminated, 16-3, by West Garden Grove on Tuesday night in the Division 2 Little League Baseball double-elimination tournament at Stearns Park in Long Beach.

It ended 14 players’ dreams of reaching the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

“When the end came, it came,” said Chuck Kleiner, president of the Encino Little League. “It was our worst loss since we started on July 5.”

The All-Stars, coached by Sunny Manguia, had to win the tournament to qualify for the Western Regional Playoffs, which begin Saturday in San Bernardino. The winner of that tournament qualifies to go to Williamsport.

Capitol Plays Host to Softball Tournament

Thirteen teams from across the country will compete this weekend in a United States Slo-pitch Softball Assn. Major Division qualifying tournament at Hjelte Park in Encino.

The Northridge-based Capitol Softball Club is playing host to the 13-team tournament that features teams from Minnesota, Nevada, Washington and California.

The winner of the tournament will qualify for the USSSA Major World Series, Sept. 11-14 in Greensboro, N.C.

Encino Cyclist Breaks Track Record at U.S. Meet

Marcello Arrue, who will be a senior at Birmingham High in the fall, knocked more than three seconds off the track record in his event to win the first medal at the 1986 National Track Cycling Championships in Redmond, Wash.

Arrue, 17, won the junior mens (16 to 17-year-olds) kilometer time trial, a race against the clock, in 1:11.54 in Tuesday’s competition.

Fast Start, Quick Exit for Reagan’s Son

Michael Reagan of Sherman Oaks got a quick start in the $20,000 Miami-to-Nassau powerboat race this week, but just 50 miles into the race his boat lost a propeller. Minutes later, the son of the President was plucked from the craft by Secret Service agents hovering overhead in a helicopter.

Reagan, 41, was driving his 38-foot outboard-powered Scarab in Tuesday’s start of the 370-mile race from Miami to the Bahamian capital and back when the boat lost a propeller near North Cat Cay.

When the crew was unable to replace the propeller, Reagan radioed race officials and told them that his boat was out of the race. The helicopter was then dispatched to return Michael to shore.

Reagan, holder of several long-distance offshore powerboat records, was joined aboard the Bud Light boat by throttleman Johnny Mann of Los Angeles and navigator Bob Latham of Fort Lauderdale. They were later towed back to shore in the boat.

The offshore race was a revival of the race last run in 1975.

Pyramid Lake Reopens for Fishing, Swimming

Pyramid Lake, closed twice in July because of insurance problems, has been reopened for fishing, swimming and picnicking. The campground, however, will remain closed along with the marina and boat-rental service.

The lake, located just off Interstate 5 below the town of Gorman in Angeles National Forest, was shut down July 15 because the lake’s operator, Pyramid Lake Resort Marina, was unable to obtain adequate liability and property damage insurance, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The lake was reopened and staffed by forest service personnel July 19 and 20, but was closed again July 21.

Pyramid Lake Resort Marina still has not obtained the necessary insurance, but forest service officials reopened the lake again on July 26 and said there are no further plans to close the site.

Campgrounds, rental boats and gasoline will be not available at the marina, however, a spokesman for the forest service said. In addition, food will not be sold at the concession stand. The launch ramp is open for private boaters.