Prep Baseball: Week 1 Scores/Highlights

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: March 2, 2026

2026 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL

East Count Sports.com

WEEK ONE (Feb. 21-28

Sat., Feb. 28
Foothills Christian 8, Mar Vista 0 – In Imperial Beach, the visiting Knights fired their second shutout in three houtings, subduing the Mariners on five hits.
Foothills Christian pitcher J.J. Granillo yuelded just fours hits over six innings, ztfikin ougt 11 batters.

Granillo also posted three hits, inclufing an RBI double, while Grant Cator did even better with four hits,topped by atwo-run double for the Knights (3-0).

Fri., Feb. 27
No (known) local games scheduled

hurs., eb. 26
Orange Glen 3, Mount Miguel 1 – The Patriots complete a sweep of the home-and-home series, despite two hits each by the Matadors’ Mekhi Yancy and Jayden Sanxhez,
Coastal 14, Liberty Charter 1 0 The Stingrays complete a two-game sweep of the Lions.

Wed., Feb. 25
Foothills Christian 10,Kearny 1 – Knights senior “Captain” Jack Morgan padded his statistics with three RBI on a pair of doubles in cooling the Komets. Morgan owns a fair chance to set East County career recordsin both categories.

Tue., Feb. 24
Orange Glen 9, Mount Miguel 3
Coastal 17, Liberty Charter 3

Sat., Feb. 21
Foothills Christian 14, Orange Glen 0 – Knights junior pitchers J,J, Granillo and Josh Howard (Jr) combined on a 2-hit shutout to subdue the Patriots.

Granillo fired 1-hit ball over his five innings, striking out 10 batters before Howard came in for mop-up duties.

On offense, Graniio )3 hits) ans senior “Captain” Jack Morgan each registered three RBI, while freshman Tylor Burrell seove in a pair in his interscholatic debut. All three recorded doubles