SoCal D-1 Finale: No. 1 St. John Bosco tops Patrick Henry, 4-0

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: June 8, 2025

2025 EAST COUNTY PRREP BASEBALL
CIF State Championships
South Region Division 1 Final

East County Sports staff report

BELLFLOWER – St. John Bosco, which upded Coronao — then the top-ranked ballclub in the state by CalHiSPorts, proved worthy of its CIF Southern Section title.

On Saturday (*June 7), traves pitchers Brayden Krakowski and Jack Champlin combinedf on a 4-hit shutout, defeating the Patrick Henry Patriots, 4-0, for the Division 1 south region berth to the CIF State baseball Championships.

Krakowski, a freshman who gained the start, allowed four hits over his 4.2 innings. Chaplin eanred the save with 2.1 frames of no-hit ball by retiring all seven Patriots batters he faced.

St. John Bosco (30-4), which has posted 20-win campaigns on three other times this century, will play for the state crown against a traditional football power, the De La Salle Spartans next weekend.

Patrick Hendy, the Western League champion which played second in the San Diego Secion Open Division tournament to Granite Hils, finhsed at 23-11-2.

St. John Bosco scored twice in the first two innings to chase the Patriots starting pitcher.

While the Patriots stranded two runners in the first, both of the Spartans runner came home.

The inning was set-up on a lead trtiple by shortstop James Clark, who later added an RBI double in the second.

For the contest, Clark batted 2-fir-3 with two runs and an RBI.

Meanwhile, the honest Patrick Henry scorekeeper listed the Pats with just thre hits, nearly making any sort of meaningful challenge the rest of the way.

Compiled by Nick Pellegrino

Linescore

CIF State Championship
South Region Division 1 Final
SPARTANS 4, PATRIOTS 0
Patrick Henry (*23-11-2)  000 000 0 - 0 3 0
St. John Bosco (30-4)     220 000 x - 4 7 0B.Gunn, J.Gunn (3) and BrookeKrakowski, Champlin (5) and Taqguiam.
WP-Krakowski. LP-B.Gunn. Save-Champlin.