Community Colleges: Week of Apr. 14-20

2025 COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Week of Apr. 14-20

 

East County Sports.com

Baseball

Pacific Coast Athletic Conference

Fri., Apr. 18
Grossmont College 10, at San Diego Mesa 5 BOXSCORE
Southwestern 28, at Imperial Valley, 13
Palomar 8, at San Diego City 5

KEARNY MESA – Grossmont College opened with three runs in the first inning, tkasing a gate-to-win win over San Diego Mesa. The victory allowed the Griffins to win the season series for the third time in four seasons since the pandemic ended.

The Griffins lead extended to 7-0, but when the Olympian made one late run, the G-House answered with a 3-spot to pull away. In this week’s 3-game set, Grossmont out-scored Mesa, 27-18, claiming the 5-game PCAC set, 3-2, to mathematically eliminate the Olympians from pennant considerastion.

Lead-off batter Noah Libed walked three times, scoring twice on hits by shortstop ogan Aguilar, who finished with three RBI.

M.J. Sweeney smacked a pair of doubles, while Nico Newhan also posted a two-base hit.

The pitching win went to Ryan Ellis, who fired three shutout innings in relief, allowing just three hits.

In addition, there would be no late rlly by Mesa, as Grossmont relif pitchers aMarland Jorgensen and Trevor Morgan both did not allow a hit over their final two innings.

Three of Mesa’s runs came on a triple by center fielder Ethan Wright (Santana) in the fifth. Catcher Landon Bailey (also Santana) added two hits.

Grossmont leads the series, 35-21, since 2012.

Thurs., Apr. 17
San Diego Mesa 5, at Grossmont College 1 BOXSCORE
Palomar 10, San Diego City 6
Imperial Valley 4, at Southwestern 2

FLETCHER HILLS – The season series is now even at 2-all after San Diego Mesa overcame an early RBI by the Griffins’ Noah Manasan to take a 5-1 PCAC decision at Noel Mickelson Field.

The total of six runs  was the lowest in the series in almost exactly 10 years. On Apr. 124, 2015, Grossmont defeated Mesa by an identical 5-1 margin.

However, the Griffins remain alone in second place after Southwestern was upset at home by Imperial Valley, 4-2.

Grossmont has captured the season series in two of the past three yeam.rs. The rubber game is slated for Friday at Mesa, starting at 2 p.

Xlarification: It was noted that no team has ever captured a PCAC title in a season if they lost to Imperial Valley. The statement should be be that no school has won a PCAC outright with a loss to IVC. An example came in 2012, when there was a 3-way tie for the title; the Arabs defeated them all at least once, including  a double-header sweep of Palomar, 4-1 and 5-4, on Thurs., Mar. 15.

Tue., Apr. 15
Grossmont College 16, at San Diego Mesa 8 BOXSCORE
Palomar 13, San Diego City 8
Southwestern 10, Imperial Valley 4

KEARNY MESA — The Grossmont College Griffins snapped s 4-4 deadlock by exploding for seven runs in the 6th inning, then tacked n four more in the 7th to waste hodt San Diego Mesa, 16-8.

The top third of the Griffins batting order combined for 10 RBI. Included was four by third baseman Nico Newhan, featuring his 15th home run of the season, moving him to within one for the state lead behind Justin “J.T.” Tillar of Cypress.

Newhan slugged a 3-run shot in the decisive sixth inning.

Sandwiching around Newham was three RBO each by right fielder Noah Libed and first baseman M.J. Swwney.

Sweeney, who is siged to play for Wichita State next spring, belted a pair of home run to keep the contest even in the early going, beting a solo shot in the 1st, then another solo blast in the 5th to tie the ballgame at 4-all.

Sweeney finished batting 4-for-4 with a walk, while Libed finished with two hits, including a triple.

Libed also collected the game-winning RBI with a two-run single in the sixth. Newhan followed with his 4-run homer, then second baseman Noah Manasan stroked a two-run single to left field.

On the mound, Trevor Morgan fired the final four inningsd to garner the save. Middle releiver Marland Jorgensen tossed 2,1 scoreless frames to gain the victory.

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Softball

Mon., Apr. 14
Imperial Valley 2, Grace University (Santa Ana) 1

Tue., Apr. 15
Pacific Coast Athletic Conference
San Diego City 10, Grossmont College 9 BOXSCORE (Not reported by host SDCC)
Palomar 20, Imperial Valley 0 (5 inn.)
San Diego Mesa 10, Southwestern 2 (6 inn.)

Wed., Apr. 16
Palomar 6, Grossmont College 0 BOXSCORE

Thurs., Apr. 17
San Diego Mesa 13, at Grossmont College 2 (5 inn.) BOXSCORE
Southwestern 10, at Imperial Valley  2 (5 inn.)
Palomar 11, San Diego City 3 (5 inn.)

Fri., Apr. 18
G1: Grossmont College 7, Rio Hondo 0 BOXSCORE$
G1: Grossmont College 9, Rio Hondo 1 (6 inn.) BOXSCORE
Long Beach 13, Southwestern 0 *5 inn.)

FLETCHER HILLS – Orange Coast College is currently the top-=ranked softball progrm in Southern California.

However, if needed to slect the “bottom-ranked” team in the region, who wouldf you select.

Going by record, it’s the Rio Hondo Roadrunners of Whitter, which came to town and were ripped twice via run rule by the Grossmont Griffins, 7-0 and 9-1, in non-conference ation.

Rio Hondo *3-34) is even below San Bernardino Valley (3-25), although the ballclubs did split a double header this season.

For the Griffins, Gracie Johnston fired a 3-hit shutout in the opener. In Game 2, Johnston did betterwith a 2-hitter, as the lone run was unearned to ruin the id for a double-shutout.

Sat., Apr. 19
College of the Canyons at Palomar, DH, 1 p.m.

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