Prep Baseball: Week 2 Scores/Highlights

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: March 4, 2026

2026 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL

East Count Sports.com

WEEK TWO (Mar. 2-7)

Wed., Mar. 4
Foothills Christian 4, Molrse 1: At Lakeside, the Knihts (5-0) only managed three basehits, but three errors by the Tigers were nough tg come out on top at Matt LaChappa Field. All five runs were registered in the fourth nning.

Morse *1-3) ended the “clean-sheet: on a run-scoring double by junior Angel Salamanca.

However,RBI singles by senior Grant Cantor and junior Jack Morgan — the CIF San Diego Seciton leader — claimed the lead. The ballclub’s other hit was registered by freshman Tylor Burrell.

The scoring camee just in time for Knights starting pitcher J.J. Grabillo, who lasted four franes togin the win. The save went to frosh Tylor Burrell, who ckised with three innings of 1-hit ball with three strikeouts; Granillo struck out six Tigers.

Patruck Henry 9, San Pasqual 1: At San Carlos,the Patriots, the defneding CIFSDS Open Division runners-up, are off to another 2-0 start after stopping the winless Golden Eagles )-2) on just three hits.

Starting pitcher Brady Gunn, a seniorm struck out 11 batters over five sgutout innings to collect the triumph.

On offense, Jayden Goldman cackd a double and drve home three runs. Doubles were also collected by Uan Brooke and Alex Mestman’ allthree are seniors.

Four runs in both the fourth and fifth inningd boodyrf yhr lrs to 5-0 and 9-0.

Ramona 6, Helix 3: On “the hill,” the Bulldogs opened a stretch of 5-of-6 at home by doubling-up the Highlanders (1-1).

The Dawgs (2-0),the defending CIFSDS Division 4 champions, extended their section wining streak to 14 straight wins after mounting a 6-0 cushion to half the Scotties 6-game win streak in the head-to-head series dating bck to 2009.

Helix extinguished the shutout bid in the seventh on RBI basehits from Bryan Herman and Jaxon Gottlieb.

Tue., Mar. 3
Granite Hills 7, Del Norte 5: “The Fabulous Five” may be gone, yet the Eagles continue to win after stopping the Nighthawks. The hosts scored three times on their first trip to the plate,hen made t 5-0 after three innings to coast.

The best way to make a mark in the career record book of the CIF-San Diego Section is to have a big season, so frosh Colton Windham did so with an RBI triple to start his ledger.

Meanwhile, two other freshmen — Jesse Maddox and Jaden Macias — collected two hits each in begin their quest to catch CIFSDS hits leader “Captain” Jack Morgan of undefeated Foothills Christian (4-0).

Another Eagles 9th-grader, Colton Windham, scored twice for “The Frosh Four.”

The pitching victory went to junior Hoss Harper, who lasted into the seventh inning.

Editor’s Note: Did you know? Although a former Santana High football coach is credited for giving Del Norte its nickname, “Nighthawks” was first used for the Madison night school program, which deated Patrick Henry for the title in co-ed volleyball — a varsity club sport — in the 1976-77 school year.

Santana 6, Hilltop 4; At Chula Vista: the Sultans downed the Lancers for the sixth straight time (9-of-10 this century) to open tournament action.

The key hit was a two-run reiple by Ryder Davey, as six different players scored for the Sultans (1-0).

Monte Vista 18, CV-High Tech 0: Now, the Monarchs do wear Cardinal & Gold uniforms, just like the USC Trojans. ASnd they were playing a team icknamd the Bruins. Of course, they ran it up!

At S[ring Valley, Monte Vista posted its greatest non-league, shutout triumph in the 21st Century to waste Chula Vista-High Tech.

Five Monarchs collected multiple RBI outings, including three by junior Nichaek Oruz and frosh Owen Sierra.
Adriab Gutierrez struck out five Bruins over four innings to collect the pitching victory.

Borrego Springs 12, Hamilton 3: Congratulations on Granite Hills yo ecome nthe first San Diego County to complete the section schedule with an undefeated record — but which ballclub had the second-best record last season?

The answerL the borrego Springs Rams (16-3), which carried a 13-game win streak ijto the section Division 5-AA championship game.

On Tuesday (Mar.3), the Rams continued to swing the bats.

At Anza, the Rams snapped a 5-game series losing streak by easily bouncing the Bobcats with a 17-hit attack.

El Capitan 5m University City 4: At Hostetler Field, the Vaqueros only collected seven signes and thee RBI — three by Seth Walker– but when the Cents comitted three cretical errors, El Cap (1-0) was glad to claim its opener.

The Centurions has the opportunity to move even in the late going, but the Vaqueros escaped by turning an inning-ending double play

LJCDS 4, Christian 2: At Golden Triangle, the host Torreys grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third inning, just hanging on after Christian climbed to within 3-2 by the sixth inning.

The comeback featured a solo home run by senior Roman Gustin. The other run saw Walker Kane drive home Xander Molina.

Cathedral Catholic 6, Grossmont 0:Dons pitchers Shoei Darvish (4 IP) and Kaden Kuhn, both seniors, combined on a 2-hit shutout at Manchester Field. The pair struck out eight Hillers batters.

For Grossmont (0-1), Trey Crawford and Nate McCance collected early basehits.

Canyon Hills 15, Valhalla 2: At Rancho San Diego, Rattkers sophomore Taylon Sheriff collected five RBI to Quickly conQuer the Qust of the Norsemen (0-2).

Otay Ranch 8, Steele Canyon 6: Near Jamul, t onny Sanchez belted a 2-run homer as the visiting Mustnags scored four times in the sixth inning to grab an 8-2 lead before hunging on to escape a late bid by the Couhars (0-1).

The comeback featutred a two-run double from Caha Gavin.

SD-Hogh Tech 19, Mount Miguel 0: Storm sophomore Izo Kobayashi fired four innings of no=hit ball, but its too early inthe season to eztnd his arm, so three relevers closed out ther 1-hit shutout.

The Storm scored four times o their first two trips to the plate, then things simply got worse for the Matadors (0-3); their lone basehit was Mekhi collected by Mekhi “Mickey” Yancy.

Mon., Mar. 2
Helix 2, Westview 0: A trio of Highlanders pitchers, keyed by four solid innings from sophomore Romeo Briones, stopped the Wolverines on just three hits to take this tournament opener in La Mesa.

Briones struck out four batters, then Bryan Hirman pitched the fifth to gain the win, then Veb Williams fired the final two frames to garner the save.

The lone runs of the ballgame came in the fifth, when Jake Johnson (2 hits) and Herman both came home without the aid of an RBI.

Foothills Christan 10, Chula Vista 4: The Knights are 4-0 to start the season after spanking the Spartans.

“Captain” Jack Morgan collected four RBI on a pair of 2-run doubles, including a line shot in the sixth inning, when Foothills Christian scored eight times to overcome a 3-2 deficit.

Morgan also pitched the first 5.1 innings, but the rally took home off the hook, with the pitching victory going to reliever Trevor Cochrum.

For the season, Knights pitchers have yielded just three runs over 28 innings (0.75 ERA).

Patrick Henry 9, Scripps Ranch 5: The Patriots tallied five times in the fourth inning for a 6-0 lead to skate past the visiting Falcons. Patrick Henry scored its 9 runs on just 4 hits, but accepted 11 free passes (8 walks, 3 HNP)/

Meanwhile, Patriots pitchers combined on a 2-hitter.

Ramona 10, San Pasqual 0: In southern Escondido, the Bulldogs pillaged their former league rivals with a massive 1-hit shutout.

Dawgs pitcher Alex Wilson struck out 8 Golden Eagles over five frames, then Cal Melendez fired two shutout frames of relief..

In addition, Knights belted a 2-run homer, while Colton Simpson registered three hits and scored twice.

Bonsall 21, El Cajon Valley 8 – The visiting Legionnaires from just south of Fallbrook. ow in their fourth season, set a school mark for runs scored.
Mesa-HighTech 6, Liberty Charter 4