My mistake on the four high schools. He was actually enrolled in five.
Grayson (Ga)
Valdosta (Ga)
Narbonne (Calif)
Long Beach Poly (Calif)
La Habra (Calif)
Also, Covid wasn’t an issue in his Georgia transfers. In 2020, he played in Valdosta’s first game before being ruled ineligible by the state high school association due to violating transfer rules – Valdosta forfeited the win over Warner Robbins. Parents legally had separated to make the transfer appear legit, but GHSA said not so fast. So, Garcia’s father then arranged for sole custody of Jake, who transferred immediately to Grayson and the GHSA said OK.
Hopefully it works out for Jake at Missouri or his next stop, but there was no way Jake and the family were having him sit another year behind TVD. Warning: Be leery of kids micromanaged by mom and dad.