Newport Harbor baseball crushes Trabuco Hills in Division 2 playoffs
By Steve Fryer, The Orange County Register The Tribune Content Agency
Gavin Guy (8) of Newport Harbor pitches against Trabuco Hills in the first inning of the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Henry Mann (18) of Newport Harbor scores in the 2nd inning against Trabuco Hills during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Henry Mann (18) of Newport Harbor leaps in celebration after hitting a home-run against Trabuco Hills in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Daniel Van De Kreeke (10) of Trabuco Hills makes the out at 2nd base but doesn't make the throw to first in time as Max Hamrock (24) of Newport Harbor slides in during the 6th inning of the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Henry Mann (18) of Newport Harbor hits a home-run against Trabuco Hills in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
With the final scoreboard reading 15-1 behind them, Newport Harbor Baseball Head Coach Josh Lee talks to his players after defeating Trabuco Hills for the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Gavin Guy (8) of Newport Harbor pitches against Trabuco Hills in the first inning of the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Oren Damush (22) of Newport Harbor makes the out at 2nd base as Amedeo Miller (2) of Trabuco Hills tries to slide in but doesn't make the out at first base douring the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Henry Mann (18) of Newport Harbor slides safely back to third base as third baseman Amedeo Miller (2) of Trabuco Hills tries to make the tag in the first inning of the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Grant Horsley (30) of Newport Harbor hits in the first runner of the game during the first inning of the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Brady Meade (11) of Trabuco Hills pitches against Newport Harbor in the first inning of the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Grant Horsley (30) scores against Trabuco Hills in the 3rd inning during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Noah Whittaker (12) hits in 2 runs in two runs in the first inning against Trabuco Hills during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Third baseman Henry Mann (18) of Newport Harbor throws to first for the second out in the 4th inning during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Cameron Hatfield (33) of Newport Harbor catches the ball to end the top of the 5th inning during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Ethan Miller (51) of Trabuco Hills pitches against Newport Harbor in the 6th inning during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Daniel Van De Kreeke (10) of Trabuco Hills hits a home-run for his team's first and only run against Newport Harbor during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Colton Nicolaisen (11) of Newport Harbor pitches against Trabuco Hills in the 7th inning of the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Daniel Van De Kreeke (10) of Trabuco Hills makes the out at 2nd base as Max Hamrock (25) of Newport Harbor slides in in the 6th inning during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Christian Avalos (5) of Trabuco Hills pitches against Newport Harbor in the 4th inning during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
#28 of Newport Harbor scores in the 5th inning against Trabuco Hills during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff baseball game, May 14, 2026, in Newport Beach. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
NEWPORT BEACH – Gavin Guy is such an outstanding pitcher that Newport Harbor usually only needs to score a couple of runs to win on the day he pitches.
Newport Harbor gave him much more than a couple of runs Thursday.
The Sailors set a season high for runs in a 15-1 romp over Trabuco Hills in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs at Newport Harbor High.
"The kids played up to their potential offensively," said Newport Harbor coach Josh Lee.
Newport Harbor (20-9) will play at Great Oak (17-10-1) in the second round Tuesday with a fresh Guy ready to roll.
Trabuco Hills, the South Coast League champion, finished the season 17-12.
Guy pitched three scoreless innings Thursday. He gave up two hits, walked two and struck out two.
Guy, a 6-4 right-hander who committed to UC Santa Barbara, kept the ball low in the strike zone for most of his 30 pitches as he improved to 8-0 and dropped his ERA to 0.55.
By the time he was replaced by Ryan Williams to start the fourth inning the Sailors had a 13-0 lead.
"Our offense was great," Guy said. "I went for 30 pitches, so I'm ready for the next game, for sure."
Newport Harbor sent 11 batters to the plate and scored six runs, all with two outs, in the first inning. Grant Horsley and Keoni Wun had run-scoring singles and Cameron Hatfield had a two-run single in the inning.
The Sailors scored four more runs, again with two outs, in the second inning. Brooks Francis had a run-scoring single, Oren Damush sent in a run with a sacrifice fly and errors added to the Newport Harbor scoring for a 10-0 lead.
Henry Mann's solo home run in the third inning and another Hatfield RBI single contributed to a three-run third inning to push the lead to 13-0.
Austin Giles contributed a two-run double in the fifth inning to push it to 15-0. Trabuco Hills got its run on a Daniel Van De Kreeke solo homer in the sixth inning.
Newport Harbor collected 16 hits. Mann was 4 for 4. Horsley was 3 for 4.
Newport Harbor lost to Trabuco Hills, 8-0, this season in a nonleague game at Angel Stadium.
Lee said it was a special event for the team, an "everyone plays" game so maybe let's not put much stock in that contest.
"Our kids were not happy with the way that game went," Lee said. "They were really locked for the last five or so days since the pairings came out. I kind of had a feeling something like this could happen."
So now the Sailors, who finished second in the Sunset League, have an away game for the second round of the playoffs. Great Oak beat Valley View, 10-5, in the first round Thursday.
"They have a really good lefty," Lee said, referring to Great Oak junior pitcher Roy Kim.
Kim, a Stanford commit, has 72 strikeouts in 47⅔ innings.
Newport Harbor will have an ace of its own, a well-rested Gavin Guy, ready to go, thanks to the big lead the Sailors built early on Thursday.
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This story was originally published May 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM.
