Little League World Champions Galvanize El Segundo Community

Louis Lappe (19) of the West Region team from El Segundo, California celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off home run to defeat the Caribbean Region team from Willemstad, Curacao during the Little League World Series Championship Game at Little League International Complex in South Williamsport, Pa., on Aug. 27, 2023. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images

There certainly was no shortage of faith from city officials in El Segundo’s newly crowned title as Little League World Series champions.

Even before a 6–1 victory over Needville, Texas in the United States championship game Aug. 26, El Segundo Mayor Drew Boyles and his wife, Lee, made the “game-day decision” to book a red-eye flight to the East Coast.