Longview/Kelso, Washington is the newest member of the West Coast League. League president Ken Wilson announced that the five-year old league, based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, had awarded Longview/Kelso an expansion franchise. The Cowlitz County club becomes the tenth member of the West’ leading wood-bat summer collegiate league, which launched in 2005 with 7 …
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Ex-Wenatchee AppleSox first baseman Dillon Baird of the Arizona Wildcats was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for the week of May 18-24, the final week of Pac-10 play. Baird went 7-for-13 vs. University Oregon at PK Park to improve his Pac-10 leading batting average to .433 and capture the conference’s batting crown. Dillon further …
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Ex-Kelowna Falcons infielder Chris Davis of the Texas Rangers blasted a walk-off two-run homer off Seattle Mariners closer Brandon Morrow to give Texas the 3-2 series finale victory in a game played Thursday afternoon at the Ballpark in Arlington (May 14, 2009). The home run was Davis’ 10th of the young season (3rd in AL) …
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Junior right-hander A.J. Morris (pictured) of Kansas State has been masterful this spring, setting a school wins record and leading the Wildcats to a 38-13-1 overall record (13-9-1 record in Big 12) and #11 ranking in Baseball America. Morris is 11-1 over 13 starts and 91 2/3 innings pitched. He’s posted a team low 1.67 …
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Former Bend Elks shorstop Brian Barden of Oregon State was named National League Rookie of the Month for April. Barden starred for Bend in 2000. Barden had an outstanding month of April, batting .385 in 21 games, displaying his trademark versatility by playing third base, second and shortstop. He had a .641 slugging percentage, which …
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Heading into the second-half of the 2009 collegiate season, several West Coast League alums are making an impact on ranked teams and 5 of 10 Pac-10 clubs leading hitters played in the West Coast League. WCL alums making a difference for ranked teams (Baseball America’s latest rankings): #1 UC Irvine – Ace lefty Daniel Bibona …
Baseball fans in two future WCL markets will get their first look at West Coast League baseball this July. Both Longview/Kelso, Washington and Klamath Falls, Oregon will host games between the defending WCL champion Corvallis Knights and the Kitsap BlueJackets. “This is a terrific opportunity for fans in these communities to get out and see …
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A West Coast League team will start play as soon as 2010 in Klamath Falls, Oregon. League president Ken Wilson announced the awarding of a conditional WCL membership to the City. Klamath Falls becomes the ninth member of the wood-bat summer college league, which launched in 2005 with 7 teams. “We’ve spent more than a …
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named redshirt junior Kyle Conley (pictured) of University of Washington to its pre-season All-America third team. The right-handed hitting outfielder from Richland, Washington, led the Huskies in virtually every offensive category last spring, including average (.337), home runs (19) and runs batted in (57). He also either led the …
West Coast League 2005 Pitcher of the Year Tommy Hanson (pictured) was not only named the Atlanta Braves #1 prospect by Baseball America in its January 12-25 issue, but the right-hander from Redlands, California was also pictured on the cover of the national publication’s latest issue that was distributed at the American Baseball Coaches Association …
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The list of pros features 9 big leaguers, including MLB pitchers Jeff Francis of the Colorado Rockies and Jason Hammel of the Tampa Bay Rays and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury (pictured) of the Boston Red Sox and Nyjer Morgan of the Pittsburgh Pirates, power-hitting rookie third baseman Chris Davis of the Texas Rangers and infielder Brian …
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The West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL) is now the West Coast League (WCL) announced league president Ken Wilson. The West Coast League also announced plans to expand its regular season schedule to 48 games. “As brand recognition of our league has grown, it’s become clear that our identity can be simplified,” said Ken Wilson. …
Perfect Game Crosschecker released its top twenty five prospect list for the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League last week. Jake Locker, star quarterback at University of Washington, was named the league’s top prospect. The WCCBL’s top full-time baseball prospect was fireballing southpaw Josh Osich of Oregon State. Osich, a sophomore-to be from Boise, Idaho, went …
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Baseball America released its top ten prospect list for the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League at baseballamerica.com on Wednesday, September 3. Jake Locker, star quarterback at University of Washington, was named the league’s top prospect. If Jake decides against pursuing a professional career in football, Locker is a likely first round MLB draft pick. The …
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For the fourth consecutive season, the WCCBL grew its fan base. 2008 attendance numbers set new benchmarks as league total attendance increased by 30%. Bend and Wenatchee both eclipsed the 40,000 mark for overall attendance, the first two WCCBL teams to exceed 40,000 for a season. Bend led the WCCBL in all attendance categories including …
President Ken Wilson of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League announced the league’s 2008 honors, as voted on by WCCBL general managers and coaches, including the WCCBL MVP, Pitcher of the Year, Coach of the Year, Executive of the Year and the new Jim Dietz Team Sportsmanship Award. Bend outfielder Drew Heid of Gonzaga of …
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WCCBL President Ken Wilson announced the 2008 All-West Coast Collegiate Baseball League teams as voted on by member head coaches. Corvallis outfielder Logan Lotti of Sierra College, Spokane second baseman Aaron Headrick of Skagit Valley CC, Moses Lake starting pitcher A.J. Morris of Kansas State, Corvallis reliever Taylor Starr of Oregon State, Bend outfielder Drew …
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Under the guidance of rookie skipper Brooke Knight, the Corvallis Knights swept the Wenatchee AppleSox in the league’s best-of-three championship series. Corvallis used great pitching and defense to post the league’s top record at 31-11 and take the WCCBL Championship Series in two games. The Knights won game one at Wenatchee’s Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium …
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The champions of the East and West, the Wenatchee AppleSox (23-19) and Corvallis Knights (31-11), earned spots in the 2008 WCCBL Championship Series. The best-of-three series gets started tonight in Wenatchee. The series will then shift to Goss Stadium in Corvallis for game two on August 18 and game three on August 19 (if necessary). …
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Gonzaga alum Darin Holcomb (pictured) tore up the South Atlantic League this past summer in only his second season of pro baseball. He led the Asheville Tourists in batting average (.318) and RBI (102) and earned South Atlantic League MVP honors. This isn’t Holcomb’s first MVP honor. The third baseman from Spokane, Washington was named …
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The West All-Stars jumped out to a 2-0 lead at Larson Playfield in Moses Lake, Washington before the East tied things in the bottom of the second on a two-run blast by Kelowna’s Stephen Hagen of Oregon State. Both teams put up zeros for the next 7 innings and the game was called after nine …
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WCCBL president Ken Wilson announced the league’s 2008 All-Star teams as voted on by East and West coaches. The East team, to be coached by 7th-year skipper Ed Knaggs of Wenatchee, features eight AppleSox including ace pitcher Steve Ames of Columbia Basin College. The sophomore right-hander from Vancouver, Washington leads the league in strikeouts with …
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34 collegiate prospects that played for WCCBL clubs were selected in the 2008 MLB June draft held Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6. The first WCCBL pick was 2007 All-WCCBL pitcher Stephen Fife of University Utah. Fife pitched last summer for the Bellingham Bells. The right-hander went 3-0 with a 1.59 ERA over 8 …
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Several ex-WCCBLers were named to 2008 All-Conference teams including Sawyer Carroll of University of Kentucky who was All-SEC and first-team All-America. Carroll led the Wildcats in batting average (.419), hits (98), homeruns (19), RBI (83), total bases (183), slugging percentage (.782) and on base percentage (.514). With Kelowna in 2006, Carroll made the East All-Star …
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The Washington Huskies took the rubber game of its 2008 Apple Cup series with the Washington State Cougars at Husky Ballpark. The Dawgs were led by former Wenatchee AppleSox Kyle Conley and Nick Haughian. Conley homered twice (and went 3 for 3 with 4 RBI) and Haughian threw a complete game four-hitter (and struck out …
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The West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, a leading summer collegiate league based in the Pacific Northwest, is looking to expand by as many as two teams by 2010. “A number of communities have expressed interest in the WCCBL,” announced new League President Ken Wilson. “The demand for affordable family entertainment is significant, especially in today’s …
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The Washington Huskies took the rubber game of its 2008 Apple Cup series with the Washington State Cougars at Husky Ballpark. The Dawgs were led by former Wenatchee AppleSox Kyle Conley and Nick Haughian. Conley homered twice (and went 3 for 3 with 4 RBI) and Haughian threw a complete game four-hitter (and struck out …
WCCBL alum Nick Haughian of University of Washington pitched arguably the gem of the college season Friday, April 4th at Safeco Field – the home of the Seattle Mariners – as the former Wenatchee AppleSox twirled a two-hit shutout at Pac-10 rival Arizona. Haughian struck out 15 in the Huskies 1-0 victory. The southpaw from …
Sawyer Carroll of #21 ranked University of Kentucky (22-4) is one of several WCCBL alums excelling in power conferences like the SEC, Pac-10 and Big West. Sawyer Carroll is a serious candidate for the 2008 Brooks Wallace National Player of the Year Award. The senior outfielder/first baseman from Henryetta, Oklahoma is hitting .457 with 9 …
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Sawyer Carroll of #21 ranked University of Kentucky (22-4) is one of several WCCBL alums excelling in power conferences like the SEC, Pac-10 and Big West. Sawyer Carroll is a serious candidate for the 2008 Brooks Wallace National Player of the Year Award. The senior outfielder/first baseman from Henryetta, Oklahoma is hitting .457 with 9 …
The West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, a leading summer collegiate league based in the Pacific Northwest, hired Ken Wilson as its first full-time president. Wilson will captain the growth-minded four-year-old league in an industry that is exploding with the popularity of college baseball and increasing demand for minor league entertainment. “The WCCBL is looking to …
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On the eve of the MLB World Series between the Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox – showcasing two alums of WCCBL clubs, Rockies’ starting pitcher Jeff Francis (Bellingham Bells) and Red Sox starting centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury (Bend Elks) – the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League announced its 2007 DeMarini All-Performance and Rawlings Gold Glove …
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West Coast Collegiate League president Dan Segel announced today that the league has appointed Dave Perez as its first Supervisor of Umpires. “The league is thrilled to have Dave as our first Supervisor of Umpires. He and his umpiring group will elevate the league’s professionalism and better our product. He’s a quality administrator and umpire …
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The list of pros features seven big leaguers, including MLB starting pitchers Jeff Francis of the Colorado Rockies and Jason Hammel of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, starting outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston Red Sox and Nyjer Morgan of the Pittsburgh Pirates and infielder Brian Barden of the St. Louis Cardinals. Catcher Chris Stewart …
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Baseball America and Perfect Game Crosschecker recently announced their summer collegiate prospect lists. Check ’em out below. By John Manuel, Baseball America August 29, 2007 1. Jorge Reyes, rhp, Moses Lake (So., Oregon State) The Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 College World Series, Reyes dominated in his second summer in the WCCBL, though he …
The Moses Lake Pirates captured their first WCCBL title Monday night by beating the West Division Champion Corvallis Knights 3-2 at Larson Field to sweep the league’s Championship Series 2 games to none. Moses Lake’s 29-13 record was the league’s top mark. The Pirates took advantage of three Corvallis errors to score 3 unearned runs. …
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The Bend Elks hosted the National Champion Oregon State Beavers scrimmage this past Saturday before a crowd of 1,757 at Vince Genna Stadium. The Back 2 to Bend Fall Classic was played on a picturesque afternoon that featured a glimpse of the 2008 Oregon State ballclub. There was a deja vu quality to Saturday’s scrimmage …
The Moses Lake Pirates captured game one of the WCCBL Championship Series by beating the Corvallis Knights 3-2 at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon. The Pirates recorded the first road win of the 2007 WCCBL playoffs. Up 1 game to none in the best two-out-of-three series, Moses Lake can close out Corvallis with a win …
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Commissioner Jim Dietz of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League announced the league’s MVP, Pitcher of the Year, Coach of the Year, Executive of the Year and All-WCCBL teams as voted on by member owners and coaches. Moses Lake’s Zach Kim of University of San Francisco and Kitsap’s Brandon Kuykendall of Bendictine College were named …
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Corvallis and Moses Lake held serve Thursday night as each Division Champ won its Divisional Series at home. The Knights won in dramatic fashion as Jim Murphy (pictured) of Washington State blasted a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to give Corvallis the 4-3 series clinching win. Oregon State frosh-to be Greg …
The East All-Stars beat the West All-Stars 4-1 on a beautiful evening in Bellingham, Washington before a crowd of 1,092 at Joe Martin Field. WCCBL advisory board member Carl Moesche of the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau announced All-Star co-MVPs and a top prospect as picked by the over 10 major league scouts in attendance. …
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WCCBL commissioner Jim Dietz announced the league’s 2007 All-Star teams following a Monday afternoon conference call with the East and West coaches. The East team, as selected by the East’s head coaches, features nine Moses Lake Pirates including ace pitcher Dale Reneau of Oral Roberts and outfielder Steve Tinoco (pictured) of Long Beach State. Reneau …
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The Oregon State Beavers beat the North Carolina Tar Heels of the ACC 3-2 Monday, June 26 to win the Pacific Northwest’s first College World Series. The Beavers (50-16) became the first team in CWS history to lose twice in Omaha and win the national championship. The Pac-10 champions went 6-0 in elimination games and …
Omaha, Nebraska, June 24, 2007 – The Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-10 beat North Carolina of the ACC 9-3 Sunday night to sweep the Tar Heels in the College World Series championship series. With the victory, the defending champs are the first team to repeat in Omaha since the LSU Tigers in 1996-1997. WCCBL …
Omaha, Nebraska, June 24, 2007 – The Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-10 beat North Carolina of the ACC 9-3 Sunday night to sweep the Tar Heels in the College World Series championship series. With the victory, the defending champs are the first team to repeat in Omaha since the LSU Tigers in 1996-1997. WCCBL …
Omaha, Nebraska, June 23, 2007 – Freshman Jorge Reyes led Oregon State to within one win of its second straight College World Series (CWS) title with another strong pitching performance and the Beavers beat North Carolina 11-4 in Game 1 on Saturday night. Reyes pitched with the Moses Lake Pirates of the WCCBL last summer …
Daniel Turpen of the 47-15 and #4 ranked Oregon State Beavers tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings vs. the #1 ranked Rice Owls to lead the Pac-10 champions to a 5-0 College World Series victory. The win sets up a second game with Rice Thursday, June 22 to determine who faces North Carolina in the CWS …
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30 collegiate prospects that played for WCCBL clubs were selected in the 2007 MLB June draft held Thursday, June 7 and Friday, June 8. The first collegian with experience playing with a WCCBL club selected in this year’s draft was WCC Pitcher of the Year Clayton Mortensen. Mortensen was picked in the 1st round (supplemental …
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The #5 ranked Oregon State Beavers won the Pac-10 title for a second straight spring. OSU posted a conference best 16-7 mark and will host a regional June 2-4 as a #1 seed. The 39-14 Beavers offense was led by junior outfielder Cole Gillespie who was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for May 23-29 …
Freshman Jorge Reyes led Oregon State to within one win of its second straight College World Series (CWS) title with another strong pitching performance and the Beavers beat North Carolina 11-4 in Game 1 on Saturday night. Reyes pitched with the Moses Lake Pirates of the WCCBL last summer and will return to the Pirates …
Junior outfielder Grant Desme put on an offensive display for the ages this spring for the Cal Poly Mustangs of the Big West Conference. Unfortunately, Grant’s magical season was cut short due to injury a weekend ago vs. UC Davis. He finished hitting .405 with 15 HR and 53 RBI. He leads Cal Poly in …
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Freshman right-hander Jorge Reyes of Oregon State has emerged as the Beavers Sunday starter in the Pac-10 and is quickly drawing attention from East to West. The prestigious Cape Cod League has shown great interest, yet Reyes, who hails from Warden, Washington, has made it known he would like to pitch close to home this …
This season the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League will feature two of the West Coast’s finest collegiate ballparks. The league’s Spokane franchise is moving to the brand new Patterson Baseball Complex and Washington Trust Field at Gonzaga University. The facility’s dedication ceremony was attended by over 1,500 supporters last Friday. The state-of-the-art park features 1,300 …
Last spring’s freshman sensation Jared Prince is affectionately nicknamed “Captain Cougar” by his head coach, Donnie Marbut. Jared turned in the most productive offensive and defensive year at WSU since ex-major leaguer John Olerud. In doing so, he earned numerous accolades including All-Pac-10 and freshman All-American honors. But Jared’s focus is far from the past …
The #25 ranked University of California, Riverside Highlanders went 4-0 last week sweeping conference power Cal State Fullerton over the weekend and beating #18 ranked UCLA on Tuesday. Many of the Highlanders (27-16, 7-2) star performers developed in the WCCBL including last week’s (April 23-29) Big West Player of the Week Jaime Pedroza and Pitcher …
Last spring’s freshman sensation Jared Prince is affectionately nicknamed “Captain Cougar” by his head coach, Donnie Marbut. Jared turned in the most productive offensive and defensive year at WSU since ex-major leaguer John Olerud. In doing so, he earned numerous accolades including All-Pac-10 and freshman All-American honors. But Jared’s focus is far from the past …
Spokane businessman Irv Zakheim announced today that he has entered into an agreement to purchase the Spokane RiverHawks baseball team. The RiverHawks were established in 2003 as a local collegiate summer team, showcasing prospects from colleges throughout the West. “This is a great organization, and I’m extremely excited to become a part of it,” Zakheim …
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Oregon State shocked the baseball world last spring by winning the Pac-10 and appearing in the College World Series (the Beavs first CWS appearance since 1952). There won’t be any surprises this spring as the Beavers have been ranked from the season’s first pitch. Overnight, the Beavers went from hunter to hunted. Senior outfielder Geoff …
Knights Baseball Club, Inc. announced that the Aloha Knights of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL) are moving to Corvallis, Oregon. The club signed a lease agreement with Oregon State University earlier this month and will play this summer at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, the home of the 2006 national champion Beavers. The …
At the league’s fall owners meetings, the WCCBL Board of Directors voted to form an East and West Division. With the creation of Divisions, the league announced plans to add a round of playoffs in 2007. This summer, four WCCBL teams will qualify for the post-season. Two Divisional Series will determine who competes in next …
74 players with experience competing for WCCBL teams are currently active professionals playing for MLB affiliated clubs. The list of pros includes MLB starter Jeff Francis of the Colorado Rockies. Francis excelled at Coors Field as the left-hander, who threw his final amateur game for the Bellingham Bells, went 14-12 with a 5.68 ERA over …
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The West Coast Collegiate Baseball League announced its All-WCCBL teams, Rawlings Gold Glove recipients and DeMarini All-Performance winners. In addition, the league’s MVP, Pitcher of the Year, Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year were named. Spokane’s Darin Holcomb of Gonzaga was named the league’s MVP. Holcomb, a junior-to be, played a solid …
The Wenatchee AppleSox repeated as WCCBL Champions Thursday night as the Sox beat the first place Spokane RiverHawks 7-2 at Avista Stadium. Wenatchee has now won all its WCCBL post-season games. Last summer, Wenatchee swept the Bellingham Bells. The Sox two wins vs. the Hawks improves its WCCBL Championship Series mark to 4-0. Wenatchee jumped …
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WCCBL All-Star Game co-MVP DJ Lidyard of Wenatchee tossed a complete game no-hit shutout Wednesday, July 19 at Moses Lake. Lidyard allowed only two base runners, both walks, while striking out 16 Pirates. Lidyard (pictured) improved his record to 4-1, increased his league leading strikeout total to 71, lowered his ERA to 1.70 and was …
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The WCCBL’s inaugural All-Star game ended in a 6-6 tie before 1,083 fans at Wenatchee’s Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. Carl Moesche of the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau named Spokane’s Darin Holcomb of Gonzaga as the game’s “top prospect” and awarded All-Star co-MVP honors to Aloha’s Zach Borba of UNLV and Wenatchee’s DJ Lidyard of …
Commissioner Jim Dietz announced the WCCBL’s inaugural East and West teams this afternoon for its first All-Star game next Tuesday, July 11 at 7 pm. The East team features prospects from the league leading Spokane RiverHawks, defending champion Wenatchee AppleSox, Kelowna Falcons and expansion Moses Lake Pirates and will be managed by 2005 WCCBL Coach …
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The Oregon State Beavers beat the North Carolina Tar Heels of the ACC 3-2 Monday, June 26 to win the Pacific Northwest’s first College World Series. The Beavers (50-16) became the first team in CWS history to lose twice in Omaha and win the national championship. The Pac-10 champions went 6-0 in elimination games and …
Former Aloha Knights Bill Rowe and Kevin Gunderson teamed up again to lead Oregon State to a huge College World Series victory and even its series with North Carolina 1-1. Sunday evening, Rowe shocked the baseball world with a three-run homer in the fourth-inning that put OSU ahead 7-5 after going into the inning down …
Commissioner Jim Dietz recently announced that the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League will host an All-Star banquet dinner Monday, July 10 at the Red Lion in Wenatchee as part of its inaugural All-Star event. The dinner will celebrate collegiate baseball and feature an exciting lineup of speakers and honored guest John Olerud. Sponsored by Red …
2005 All-WCCBL first baseman Bill Rowe continued to swing a torrid post-season bat and All-Pac-10 closer Kevin Gunderson recorded his second College World Series save as OSU advanced to the CWS Championship Series by shutting out Rice in consecutive games. In Thursday night’s bracket championship game vs. the #1 ranked Rice Owls, OSU’s senior first …
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19 collegiate prospects who played for WCCBL clubs were selected in the 2006 MLB June draft held Tuesday, June 6 and Wednesday, June 7. The first collegian with experience playing with a WCCBL club selected in this year’s draft was Pac-10 Player of the Year Cole Gillespie of Oregon State. Gillespie was picked in the …
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Major League Baseball’s first weekend of interleague play featured a pitching matchup of two former Bellingham Bells at Coors Field. On Saturday, May 20, Canadian born southpaw Jeff Francis of the Colorado Rockies out-dueled his 2002 Bells teammate Ty Taubenheim of the Toronto Blue Jays in Taubenheim’s major league debut. Francis took a no-hitter into …
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The Seattle Mariners can pitch. They can field. And presumably they’ll have better chemistry than in 2010, when a poor start, an anemic offense that scored just 513 runs, and a fractured clubhouse led to the early dismissal of manager Don Wakamatsu. Management addressed those concerns in the offseason, by adding some veteran bats, by …
Last spring’s University of Washington Huskies featured senior sluggers Brent Lillibridge, Kyle Larsen, Taylor Johnson and Nick Batkoski, but it was a freshman pitcher turned hitter from Kent, Washington that proved to be the Dawgs biggest stick. Mid-season injuries paved the way for Matt Hague’s offensive emergence. The young right-handed slugger made the best of …
Daniel Turpen of the 47-15 and #4 ranked Oregon State Beavers tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings vs. the #1 ranked Rice Owls to lead the Pac-10 champions to a 5-0 College World Series victory. The win sets up a second game with Rice Thursday, June 22 to determine who faces North Carolina in the CWS …
UW’s post-season dreams could come true considering Kyle Parker’s history in big games. All the freshman did in 2004 was earn a complete game 7-2 win in the Huskies NCAA Regional victory vs. host Ole Miss and win two games for the Aloha Knights at the NBC World Series including a shutout in the Series …
The WCCBL announced plans to host its first All-Star gala Tuesday, July 11 at Wenatchee. The league’s All-Star teams will be split into East and West squads and feature the WCCBL’s top prospects. The East will showcase stars from the host and WCCBL defending champion Wenatchee AppleSox, Kelowna Falcons, Spokane RiverHawks and expansion Moses Lake …
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Last spring’s University of Washington Huskies featured senior sluggers Brent Lillibridge, Kyle Larsen, Taylor Johnson and Nick Batkoski, but it was a freshman pitcher turned hitter from Kent, Washington that proved to be the Dawgs biggest stick. Mid-season injuries paved the way for Matt Hague’s offensive emergence. The young right-handed slugger made the best of …
WCCBL Pitcher of the Year Tommy Hanson of Riverside CC and WCCBL MVP Steve Marquardt of Columbia Basin College were respectively rated the country’s #3 and #4 Junior College prospects in Baseball America’s 2006 College Baseball preview issue. Both are sophomores and draft-and-follow student-athletes. Hanson was drafted last June by the Atlanta Braves in the …
Third baseman Travis Hanson of the Springfield Cardinals of the Texas League (AA) was recently named the St. Louis Cardinals 2005 Minor League Player of the Year. Hanson was also named to the club’s 40-man MLB roster and should report this February to the team’s major league spring training camp in Florida. Hanson played for …
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On Monday, December 5, the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League unanimously accepted the Moses Lake Pirates as its eighth member team. With the Pirates, Husband and wife Brent and Amy Kirwan led a successful community effort to bring pro-like baseball to Moses Lake, Washington. The Kirwans, the clubs owner operators, recently hired Wenatchee Valley College …
The Spokane RiverHawks announced this week that the club will play its home games at historic Avista Stadium in 2006 and that coaching legend Steve Hertz will replace ex-major leaguer Kevin Stocker as the team’s field manager. Avista Stadium is the home of the Spokane Indians of the affiliated pro Northwest League. Hertz, GU’s Director …
WCCBL Pitcher of the Year Tommy Hanson of the Aloha Knights was named to Baseball America’s College Summer All-America first-team, which was announced by the national publication last month. He was the only WCCBL player chosen and one of only three selections from Western summer leagues. The Alaska Baseball League (ABL) featured two first-team picks. …
74 players with experience competing for WCCBL teams are currently active professionals playing for MLB affiliated clubs. The list of pros includes MLB starter Jeff Francis of the Colorado Rockies. Francis excelled at Coors Field as the left-hander, who threw his final amateur game for the Bellingham Bells, went 14-12 with a 5.68 ERA over …
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Third baseman Travis Hanson of the Springfield Cardinals of the Texas League (AA) was recently named the St. Louis Cardinals 2005 Minor League Player of the Year. Hanson was also named to the club’s 40-man MLB roster and should report this February to the team’s major league spring training camp in Florida. Hanson played for …
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WCCBL Notes The Wenatchee AppleSox won the inaugural WCCBL Championship Series as the Sox swept the Bellingham Bells 2 games to 0. The WCCBL Champions won game one at Bellingham by erasing a two run deficit with a three-run ninth to take the series opener 3-2. Shortstop Brent Wyatt of Wenatchee Valley College delivered the …
The Wenatchee AppleSox recorded their second straight WCCBL championship series late-inning come from behind victory to beat the Bellingham Bells 5-2 and sweep the league’s inaugural three-game championship series 2 games to 0. With the Bells leading 2-1 going to the bottom of the sixth, Steve Marquardt, a sophomore-to be at Columbia Basin College, delivered …
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Imagine the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox centerfielder. He runs like the wind, tracks everything, he leads off, is an offensive catalyst, he hits from the leftside and he’ll surprise you with his power (ask the Yankees). Now picture Jacoby Ellsbury without the locks and beard and you’ve got the next Johnny Damon. Ellsbury …
The #5 ranked Oregon State Beavers won the Pac-10 title for a second straight spring. OSU posted a conference best 16-7 mark and will host a regional June 2-4 as a #1 seed. The 39-14 Beavers offense was led by junior outfielder Cole Gillespie who was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for May 23-29 …
2005 All-WCCBL first baseman Bill Rowe continued to swing a torrid post-season bat and All-Pac-10 closer Kevin Gunderson recorded his second College World Series save as OSU advanced to the CWS Championship Series by shutting out Rice in consecutive games. In Thursday night’s bracket championship game vs. the #1 ranked Rice Owls, OSU’s senior first …
At its winter board meeting the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL), a premier wood-bat summer college league, announced its inaugural advisory board. The boardis membership includes such baseball luminaries as legendary ex-Washington State University head baseball coach Chuck “Bobo” Brayton; ESPN Baseball Tonight analyst Harold Reynolds; Northwest League President, Bob Richmond; 2003 Minor League …
A new summer collegiate baseball league has taken root out West. It will open play June 14, 2005 with seven teams and a 36-game regular season schedule. The summer amateur league is a first of its kind on the West Coast, as the newly formed West Coast Collegiate Baseball League will feature only college players …
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Bremerton, Washington, December 18, 2004 – The expansion Kitsap BlueJackets are doing all the right things as they prepare for their first season in summer college baseball. At least, that’s the opinion of 66-year-old Jim Dietz, commissioner of the new seven-team West Coast Collegiate Baseball League. Of course, Dietz could teach a class on the …
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UW’s post-season dreams could come true considering Kyle Parker’s history in big games. All the freshman did in 2004 was earn a complete game 7-2 win in the Huskies NCAA Regional victory vs. host Ole Miss and win two games for the Aloha Knights at the NBC World Series including a shutout in the Series …
