Leigh Longhorns trample visiting Leland as six-run second inning sets the tone for run-rule win in San Jose

SAN JOSE It was a serendipitous day of baseball on Friday at Leigh High School The host No Longhorns welcomed in visiting Leland with a record of - at stake Leigh s early-season success had come under fourth-year coach Drew Marino a Leland alumnus in the class of who was previously an assistant baseball coach and head basketball coach with the Chargers But he s a Longhorn now And Leigh kept up its winning options on Friday afternoon in San Jose beating its crosstown rival - and improving wait for it to - this season continuing a robust early start to its campaign We ve got a good group of seniors Marino commented after the supremacy A couple four-year varsity guys Dylan Christian and Brandon Kim and a lot of three-year varsity guys that have started for three years They re carrying us right now and it s cool to see them come into their own as they ve grown up here It s all coming to fruition right now as seniors for them Leigh s Brandon Kim gets tagged out by Leland s Chris Fischer in the second inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Leigh has torn through the Blossom Valley Athletic League s Mt Hamilton Division in the early going The Longhorns are - in the BVAL s highest league having swept Westmont and now Leland by scores of - - - and - Leland meanwhile has been on the other side of the ledger struggling with a tough early-season slate The Chargers - - BVAL have faced perhaps the two best teams in the Mt Hamilton Leigh and Christopher and have yet to record a league win Moreover scoring runs has been a struggle In four league games so far Leland has only pushed five baserunners across the plate We ve got to do a better job of playing catch of putting the ball in play and throwing strikes stated Leland coach Jeff Canter Simple We did not do a good job at any of the basic core baseball principles Leland s Sam Mao pitches against Leigh in the second inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Canter a five-year-tenured Leland assistant coach is filling in this season while longtime coach Mike Sparrer takes a leave of absence to spend time with his young daughter Canter thought Leland could have a lot to gain from testing itself against the best early on But the Chargers will have to apply what they have learned moving forward You can see and you can compare yourself to what success is supposed to look like and know that when you play good teams the margin of error is small Canter commented You have to attack the contest the best you can Not play tight but know that if you make a mistake they re going to take advantage of it So you ve got to try and be as perfect as you can Leland was imperfect in the second inning and Leigh took advantage to build a big lead and never looked back After Leland loaded the bases with a walk Longhorns first baseman Marcus Glanville tripled to center to bring everybody home giving Leigh an early - lead Leigh s Marcus Glanville hits the ball against Leland in the second inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Christian added on to the Longhorns advantage scoring Glanville with a sacrifice fly And after an error in left field extended the inning Noah Miller s two-run double gave the Longhorns a six-run cushion after two Life is good at Leigh right now The Longhorns have the look of a organization that could do a lot of special things To top it off Leigh has spring break coming up next week Our first goal that we set out was to win the Mt Hamilton Marino reported That was the first goal And if we hit that goal OK now we go to the playoffs and try and win take one meeting at a time in the playoffs But our first goal was to win the Mt Hamilton and that s what we re striving for right now Leigh s Brandon Kim slides into second against Leland s William Hendricks and Leland s Caden Canter in the second inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Leigh is a project with a proud baseball history The Longhorns have won four Central Coast Section championships majority of in recent days claiming a Division IV title in and have been runners-up on three other occasions Just last year Leigh was the No seed in the CCS Division II bracket but lost - to No seed King s Academy in the championship meeting Leigh also lost the Division II final to Bellarmine in So the Longhorns have quite the pedigree but they re still hungry to polish off particular unfinished business Leigh s Michael Mogannam celebrates scoring against Leland in the second inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Pressure I would say no Marino revealed We ve created a standard here These guys that have come in chosen of these seniors they came in with me right So we ve been together for four years now and they ve created a standard and it s been passed down and passed down Selected of the guys that have been here before that are playing at the college level right now pass it down to these guys So there is a standard of how we do stuff Related Articles Prep spotlight How Granada is gearing up for another run at NorCal baseball glory Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week Amado Viray Santos James Logan baseball Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week Isabella Paskert Piedmont Hills softball Prep roundup Delaney Aumua smashes two home runs as Granada upsets No Livermore Live Oak continues dominance notches key league win over Piedmont Hills Leigh walked off the event in the bottom of the fifth inning as Truman Beaudoin drew a bases-loaded walk to outcome Ethan Chan and clinch the win by -run rule The Longhorns celebration afterward was muted Part of it was the occasion a bases-loaded walk isn t the largest part exciting way to end a event But it s clear Leigh is also focused on the bigger goals that are ahead if the Longhorns continue to play at this level Leigh s Gio Olvera celebrates hitting a double against Leland in the fifth inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Leigh s Noah Miller hits the ball against Leland in the fourth inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Leigh s Cooper Low pitches against Leland in the third inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Leland s William Hendricks pitches against Leigh in the fifth inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Leigh s Marcus Glanville throws the ball against Leland in the fourth inning at Leigh High School in San Jose Calif on Friday April Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group