The Half Moon Bay Cougars will venture away from home to challenge the Los Altos Eagles at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Half Moon Bay will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Half Moon Bay is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Mills on Thursday as they made off with an 11-3 victory. The game snapped a strange streak: the last six times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Maverick Johnson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on four hits.
Clark Colucci
| 03/26/26 vs Mills | 3 |
| 03/10/26 vs More | 2 |
| 02/27/26 vs Carlmont | 2 |
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| 03/24/26 @ Mills | 1 |
On the hitting side, Half Moon Bay let Riley Jackson and Clark Colucci run wild. Jackson got on base in all five of his plate appearances with one triple, one run, and one RBI, while Colucci went 3-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Those three hits gave Colucci a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Alex Ryan, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI.
Half Moon Bay was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Los Altos was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Homestead, falling 10-1.
Cooper Very was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one run and one double.
Half Moon Bay now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Los Altos, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.
Half Moon Bay might still be hurting after the 14-6 loss they got from Los Altos in their previous meeting back in April of 2025. Can the Cougars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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