1967 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1967 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 26-31 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. Bacone Junior College defeated Odessa College in the championship game. Gerald Pirtle of Bacone was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Bacone Junior College	42-2	Enos Semore
Flint Community Junior College	19-5	Ernie Myers
Gardner-Webb Junior College	17-3	Jerry Bryson
Mesa State College	16-16	Bus Bergman
Miami-Dade Community College	42-2	Demie Mainieri
Nassau Community College	18-2	Bruce DuBois
Odessa College	29-7	Julian Pressly
Phoenix College	26-5	Martin "Pug" Marich

Results

1967 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Bacone	5
		Phoenix	3
							Bacone	11
							Nassau	1
		Nassau	3
		Gardner-Webb	0
												Bacone	5
												Miami-Dade	3
		Miami-Dade	6
		Flint	1
							Miami-Dade	2
							Odessa	1
		Odessa	7
		Mesa St.	5
						Loser's bracket
							Phoenix	8
							Gardner-Webb	9				Odessa	12
												Gardner-Webb	4
							Flint	2
							Mesa St.	1				Nassau	2
												Flint	0

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
		Bacone	0									Odessa	4
		Odessa	3									Bacone	10
							Bacone	4
							Miami-Dade	1
		Miami-Dade	10
		Nassau	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 26
Game 1	Bacone Junior College	5-3	Phoenix College
Game 2	Nassau Community College	3-0	Gardner-Webb Junior College
Game 3	Miami-Dade Community College	6-1	Flint Community Junior College
May 27
Game 4	Odessa College	7-5	Mesa State College
May 28
Game 5	Gardner-Webb Junior College	9-8	Phoenix College	Phoenix eliminated
Game 6	Flint Community Junior College	2-1	Mesa State College	Mesa eliminated
Game 7	Bacone Junior College	11-1	Nassau Community College
Game 8	Miami-Dade Community College	2-1	Odessa College
May 29
Game 9	Nassau Community College	2-0	Flint Community Junior College	Flint eliminated
Game 10	Odessa College	12-4	Gardner-Webb Junior College	Gardner-Webb eliminated
Game 11	Bacone Junior College	5-3	Miami-Dade Community College
May 30
Game 12	Miami-Dade Community College	10-2	Nassau Community College	Nassau eliminated
May 31
Game 13	Odessa College	3-0	Bacone Junior College
Game 14	Bacone Junior College	4-1	Miami-Dade Community College	Miami-Dade eliminated
June 1
Game 15	Bacone Junior College	10-4	Odessa College	Bacone wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• 1B: Travis Washington, Bacone
• 2B: Kurt Bevacqua, Miami-Dade
• 3B: Ed Bravo, Miami-Dade
• SS: Chuck Mercer, Odessa
• U: Pete Hernandez, Phoenix
• U: Louis Flores, Gardner-Webb
• OF: Van Fixico, Bacone
• OF: Ronnie Ward, Bacone
• OF: Edgar Avila, Miami-Dade
• OF: Mark Sink, Gardner-Webb
• C: Ron Hix, Odessa
• P: Lloyd Kingfisher, Bacone
• P: Larry Horton, Odessa

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