Baseball

Sean Compton & Reed Tibbetts Drive in Two Runs Apiece in Bonita’s 10-3 Palomares League Victory Over Claremont

Apr 16 2026 04:26:00

Photos by Beth Oualline

Baseball:

Bonita dropped three of their first four Palomares League games.

And the Bearcats trailed their visitors from Claremont, 3-0, in the first of a two-game league series with the Wolfpack.

BHS, though, scored 10 unanswered runs and secured a 10-3 victory.

Five errors cost CHS four runs.

Brady Houlton went five innings, and he was charged with five runs (two earned) on five hits.

He issued a pair of walks and registered nine strikeouts.

BHS got to Gil Perez for four runs (three earned) on three hits in 1/3 of an inning.

Bonita scored three runs in the bottom of the third, they got two in the fourth and put the game away with five sixth-inning runs.

Parker Alexander walked, singled twice and scored three runs.

Sean Compton had an RBI double and drew a bases loaded walk.

Reed Tibbetts singled in a pair of runs in the sixth inning.

Joaquin Mendez walked, singled in a room and scored.

Judah Reeve drew a pair of walks and scored two runs.

Gavin Lennig singled twice and scored.

Austin Banuelos singled and scored twice.

Brady Horn drew a bases loaded walk.

Joaquin Covarrubias went 5 2/3 innings, and he was charged with three runs (one earned) on five hits.

Covarrubias issued a pair of walks and registered nine strikeouts.

Taylor Kapadia got the final four outs for Bonita.

Evan Blacksher’s two-run double in the top of the first to give Claremont a 2-0 lead.

Kai Messner walked, singled and scored two runs.

Reed Miller walked and scored.

Dane Dorman, Brady Houlton and Dean Holtan had one single apiece for the Wolfpack.

Up next: BHS travels to CHS on Friday at 3:30.

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Box Score:
C: 2-0-1-0-0-0-0-(3)
B: 0-0-3-2-0-5-X-(10)

Win: Joaquin Covarrubias
Loss: Brady Houlton

2B: Evan Blacksher (C); Joaquin Mendez (B), Sean Compton (B)

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Wednesday’s Scores:
Bonita 10, Claremont 3
Ayala 3, Walnut 1
Glendora 5, Diamond Bar 1

Palomares League Standings:
Ayala (16-2, 5-0)
Claremont (14-5, 3-2)
Diamond Bar (12-7, 2-3)
Glendora (10-9, 2-3)
Bonita (10-10-1, 2-3)
Walnut (10-12-1, 1-4)

Friday’s Schedule:
Diamond Bar at Glendora
Bonita at Claremont
Walnut at Ayala

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