Community Colleges: Week of Apr. 21-26

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: April 25, 2025

2025 COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Week of Apr. 21-26

East County Sports.com

Baseball

Fri., Apr. 25
Grossmont College 11, at San Diego City 5 BOXSCORE / STORY
Palomar 17, Imperial Valley 3
San Diego Mesa 6, Southwestern 5
END REGULAR SEASON

Pacific Coast Athletic Conference
Final Regular Season Standings
Palomar 21-4 (30-10, Grossmont College 19-6 (29-10), Southwestern 14-11 (23-17), San Diego Mesa 13=12 (22-18), Imperial Valley 5-20 (12-25), San Diego City 3-22 (8-28).

Thurs., Apr. 24
Grossmont College 5, San Diego City 4 BOXSCORE
Palomar 19, Imperial Valley 11
Southwestern 3, San Diego Mesa 0

FLETCHER HILLS – Grossmont College third baseman Nico Newhan drilled his 16th home run of the season, but it was a home run by designated hitter Colby Corlett that broke a 4-4 deadlock, as the Griffins nipped San Diego City, 5-4, in the regular-season home finale at Noel Michelson Field.

Trailing 4-3, the bottom third of the Grossmont batting order came through once again.

With Noah Manasan on base, Corlett hammered the ball cvlose to the scorebiard in left field,

Afterward, the Griffins bullpen took over.

The Knights chased Grossmont’s starter early, so Isaac COta entered to fire five sdolid innings to collect the win.

Marland Jorgensen (hold) and Trevor Morgan (save) tossed the final two innings to clinch the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference bllgame.

The two teams cap the regular season on Friday at Balboa Park’s Morley Field, starting at 2 p.m.

Note: Newhan moved towith one for the state lead in home runs.

Tue., Apr. 22
Grossmont College 10, San Diego City 9 BOXSCORE
San Diego Mesa 7, Southwestern 4
Palomar 17, Imperial Valley 1 – Palomar clinches PCAC title

BALBOA PARK – The first time Grossmont College visited Morley Field, the Griffins played great — for eight innings. However, the bullpen failed in the ninth inning, but at least it was a non-conference contest.

On Tuesday (Apr. 22), this ballgame really counted — and the8th-ranked G-House returned the favor.

M.J. Sweeney blasted to two-run homer to right field in the ninth inning, giving the Griffins a framatic 10-9 triumph over San Diego City.

Grossmont rises to 8th in Southland RANKINGS

Twice trailing by multiple runs, Grossmont came back the first time to tie, then after again falling behind, the ballclub scored twice in both the 8th and 9th innings to steal the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference thriller.

Down 6-1, a 4-run rally in the fifth would equalize the contest st 6-6. But when the Knights pulled back in front 9-6 and time running out, Grossmont crawled back.

In the 8th, runs scored on a wild pitch, then an RBI single by second baseman Noah Manasan to move to within 9-8.

Then in the 9th, Owen Rodgers opened with a singleto left,but pinch-runner Josh Asunsion remained at first while the next two batters made out.

However, one out away from a loss, Sweeney pumped a deep drive to right for the go-ahead runs.

Grossmont relief pitcher Trevor Morgan then completed his 1.2-inning stint by retiring City in order in the ninth to gain the win. Morgan now leads the Griffins in victories with five.

Leadoff batter Noah Libed, the right fieldfer, finished with three basehits, slomg with center fielder Jacob Embleton and Sweeney, the first baseman.

Meanwhile, the bottom four bstters on the Grossmont line-up card — in order: Manasan, Noah Tenbrook, Simon Griffin and Rodgers — all recorded an RBI.

Grossmont *27-10 overall, 17-6 PCAC) clinches second place in the pcac, three full games ahead of Southwestern with two games to play.

The second game of the series is slated for Thurdasy at Grossmont’s Noel Mickelson Field in the fial regular-season home game for the griffins. First pitch isd slated for 2 p.m.

Homers

The homer was Sweeney’s 12th of the season, moving him onto the list of California state leaders. He is tied for 8th place.

Griffins teammate Nico Newhan ranks tied for second on the 3C2A leaderboard with 15, two behind the 17 by state leader Justin Tllar of Cypress

Softball

Pacific Coast Athletic Conference
Tue., Apr. 22
No. 1 Palomar 9, Grossmont College 0 (5 inn.) BOXSCORE
San Diego Mesa 5, Imperial Valley 0
Southwestern 11m San Diego Cuty 4

Wed., Apr. 23
No. 7 Long Beach 6, San Diego Mesa 2
END REGULAR SEASON

Pacific Coast Athletic Conference
Final Regular Season Standings
Palomar 15-0 (36-3), San Diego Mesa 12-3 (25-14), Imperial Valley 6-9 (10-24) Southwestern 6-9 (14-26), Grossmont Collehe 3-12 (12-25), San Diego City 3-12 (14-24).

FINAAL Regular Season State Rankings HERE