Granite Two-Steps past Patrick Henry

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: March 25, 2026

2026 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL

East County Sports.com

EL CAJON — Call it the high school edition of the Texas Two-Step.

Over the past two weeks:
— Patrick Henry df. Helix;
— Helux df, Cathedrak Catholic;
— Cathedral Catholic df. Granite Hills;
— and on Wednesday (Mar. 25), the round-robin results continued when Granite Hills rallied to edge visiting Patrick Henry, 5-4.

Which ballclub is the best? Well, with a series of tournament and league games still tobe played, let’s just state that May’s CIF-San Diego Section Open Division championships may be the mos — so swing your partner ’round and ’round. excitring ever.

Game stuff

Trailing 3-2, Anthony Miotti smashed a 2-run, goahead home run, sd the Eagles rallied for three runs in the fourth inning to nip Patrick Henry, 5-4.

An interesting strategy may have upset the Patriots, resulting in the rally.

Preston Hendry led off with a bunt down the first-base line against Henry’s left-handed pitcher. Thus, the catcher needed tofield the ball, but Hendry hustled for the basehit.

With the runner on first and the pitcher going homer fromthe stretch, Miotti parked an 0-1 fastball over the left-field fence for a 4-3 lead.

ANother run would score on Colton Windham singled. The senior then stole second base, advanced to third on an interntionak ground out to the right side by Eurijah Schutza, then home two batters later on a basehit from Jesse Maddox.

Patrick Henry moved within striking distance on an RBI single up the middle in the sixth,

However in the seventh, Windham, the Eagles relief pitcher, survived two on and one down with a pop out ro second baseman Jaden Macias, then a game-ending strikout for the save.

For Granite Hills (7-3 overall), Miotti and Windham both batted 2-for-3, each scoring twice.

Patrick Henrey slipped to 5-4.

— Nick Pellegrino