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- Updated: June 5, 2025
2025 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL
CIF State Championships – South Region Semifinals
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Compiled by Nick Pellegrino
ECS Senior writer
ENCINO – Behind the combination of Tyson Bobo and Cody Cappelletti, Patrick Henry will play for the CIF South Region championship after the seventh-seeded Patriots captured theri second straightr road victory, 5-3, over the third-seded Crespi Colts in Thursday’s (June 5) semifinals.
Patrick Henry head coach Anthony Watkins crosdsed up the scous by utilziing Bobo as the starting pitchere rather than Cappelletti, with the junior firing four strong innings.
However, an unearned run in the fourth left the ballgame level at 2-2, but his teammates came to the rescue.
The Patriots scored three times in the fifth to re-gain the lead, so Watkins placed Cappelletti on the mound for a 3-inning save. The senior fired no-hit ball in his stint — although there was also an unearned run — but his three strikeouts left the Colts almost helpless.
Patrick Henry (23-10-2) matches irs highest win total of the 21st Century, but the opponent will be the most challenging.
On Saturday (June 7) at 1 pp.m. the Patriots will meet top-seeded St. John Bosco, the state’s No. 1 ranked ballclub according to CalHiSports.
The Braves (29-4) advanced after just posting their own century-high in wins by taking a 7-4 decision over Villa Park, the team which nipped Granite Hills in 9 innings in Tuesday’s quarterfinals.
Game stguff
Bobo allowed just three hits in his four frames. However, an error on a throw which landed in the outfield allowed shortstop Mikey Martinez, the cleanup hitter who doubled — to score from second base.
But in the fifth, four of the first five Patriots batter registerede basehits,’
Starting the rally from the top of the batting card, center fielder Alex Mestman singled to right field. Mestman then stole second base, then advanced to third on a passed ball.
One out later, Pats catcher Ian Brooks stroked an RBIsingle through the left side of the infield for what turenbed out to be the game-winning RBI.
The the pitchers took over — with the bats.
Cappelletti followed with a drive to deep left for an RBI triple. Bobo answered with another ground single to the left side for sa 5-2 lead.
Cappelletti then took the mound and retied nine of the 11 batters he faced. Although one scored on a walk and an error, his 1-2-3 effort in the seventh made no doubt for the winning side.
Jimmy Gunn recorded the first teo RBI for the Patriots, who took a 2-0 lead in the first.
Preston Conklin, the shortstop, stroked a one-out double, followed by walks to Brooks and Cappelletti to load the bases.
Then with two down, Gunn, the first baseman, smacked a hard grounder — again through the ledtr side — with Brooks beating the throe to the plate for the second run.
Bobo and Conklin finished with tewo hits each among the nine by Patrick Henry.
For Crespi, the lone RBI was recorded by No. 9 hitter Riley Hoffman, the secondbaseman.
