Griffins guard Berg ices rival Cuyamaca

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: January 23, 2026

Griffins guard vain Ber / Courtesym Grossmont Athletics Instagram

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Gavin Berg

RANCHO SAN DIEGO — Grossmont College guard Gavin Berg poured in a career-high 21 points, lwading the Griffins to a 65-61 decision over district rival Cuyamaca College in Wednesday’s (Jan. 21) Pacific Coast Athletic Conference basketball game held at Coyotes Den gymnasium.

Berge, a sophomore out of Patrick Henry High, hit five triples in the contest, easily topping his previous best of 124, set last week against Palomar.

The Battle for East County also ended Cuayamaca’s three-game win streak in the series, which is the best by the Coyotes since 2009-10 — the last tiw the school posted a winning season.

Grossmont, winners of 16-out-of-the-last 27 in the series, hold the all-time series edge, 29-20.

Along with Berg’s scoring efforts, Grossmont received 14 points from Lamont Wilkerson (Scripps Ranch), and 13 more from guard Micah Whitley (The Rock).

For Cuyamaca, Jamier Sykes led allscorerswith 26 points.

The Battle for East County

Grossmont vs. Cuyamaca
PCAC Men’s Basketball
(Grossmont leads series, 29-20)

Season	Round One	Round Two
1998-99	Gros 87-78	Gros 83-66
1999-00	Gros 74-61	Cuya 75-72
2200-01	Gros 92-80	Gros 66-57
2001-02	Gros 95-85	Gros 87-62
2002-03	*Cuya 91-67	*Cuya 77-72
2003-04	Cuya 54-51	Cuya 80-65
2004-05	Cuya 62-59	+Gros 83-79
2005-06	Cuya 67-58	Cuya 73-65
2006-07	Cuya 74-61	+Gros 66-63
2007-08	Cuya 81-69	Gros 88-80
2008-09	Gros 67-52	Gros 88-80
2009-10	Cuya 66-59	Cuya 52-49
2010-11	Cuya 76-69	Gros 73-68
2011-12	Gros 63-56	Gros 64-61
2012-13	Gros 69-61	—
2013-14	Gros 70-65	—
2014-15	Gros 59-46	—
2015-16	Gros 62-51	—
2016-17	Gros 84-72	Gros 84-65
2017-18	Gros 76-54	Gros 81-42
2018-19	Cuya 78-68	Gros 70-61
2019-20	Gros 65-46	Cuya 78-70
2020-21	No games	COVID-19
2021-22	Cuya 68-65	Gros 60-57
2022-23	Gros 85-82	Gros 100-65
2023-24	Cuya 67-61	Cuya 75-72
2025-25	Cuya 63-61	Cuya 65-59
2025-26	Gros 65-61