1970 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1970 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 29 to June 3 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. Mesa Community College defeated Mesa State College in the championship game. Larry Patton of Columbia State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Columbia State Community College	25-1	Dave Hall
Hagerstown Community College	17-5	Cokey Robertson
Meramec Community College	25-0	Ric Lessmann
Mesa Community College	34-10	Jim Brock
Mesa State College	28-5	Bus Bergman
Panola College	32-12	Bill Griffin
South Georgia Junior College	40-16	George A. Cook
St. Clair County Community College	27-7	Dick Groch

Results

1970 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Meramec	9
		St. Clair County	5
							Meramec	6
							Columbia St.	10
		Columbia St.	8
		South Georgia	0
												Columbia St.	7
												Mesa (AZ)	4
		Mesa (AZ)	9
		Panola	8
							Mesa (AZ)	7
							Mesa St.	4
		Mesa St.	4
		Hagerstown	0
						Loser's bracket
							St. Clair County	5
							South Georgia	3				Mesa St.	8
												St. Clair County	0
							Panola	1
							Hagerstown	6				Meramec	9
												Hagerstown	7

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Columbia St.	7									Mesa St.	0
		Mesa St.	8									Mesa (AZ)	8
							Columbia St.	1
							Mesa (AZ)	5
		Mesa (AZ)	11
		Meramec	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 29
Game 1	Meramec Community College	9-5	St. Clair County Community College
Game 2	Columbia State Community College	8-0	South Georgia Junior College
Game 3	Mesa Community College	9-8	Panola College
Game 4	Mesa State College	4-0	Hagerstown Community College
May 30
Game 5	St. Clair County Community College	5-3	South Georgia Junior College	South Georgia eliminated
Game 6	Hagerstown Community College	6-1	Panola College	Panola eliminated
Game 7	Columbia State Community College	10-6	Meramec Community College
Game 8	Mesa Community College	7-4	Mesa State College
May 31
Game 9	Mesa State College	8-0	St. Clair County Community College	St. Clair eliminated
Game 10	Meramec Community College	9-7	Hagerstown Community College	Hagerstown eliminated
Game 11	Columbia State Community College	7-4	Mesa Community College
June 1
Game 12	Mesa Community College	11-5	Meramec Community College	Meramec eliminated
Game 13	Mesa State College	8-7	Columbia State Community College
June 2
Game 14	Mesa Community College	5-1	Columbia State Community College	Columbia State eliminated
June 3
Game 15	Mesa Community College	8-0	Mesa State College	Mesa (AZ) wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• 1B: Vernon Wilkins, Mesa, Ariz.
• 2B: Gus Lombardo, Meramec
• 3B: Joe Steiner, Meramec
• SS: Donald Rhoten, Columbia
• OF: Dennis Kendrick, Mesa, Ariz.
• OF: Ken Mosley, Meramec
• OF: Herb Genung, Mesa, Ariz.
• C: Bernie Boehmer, Meramec
• P: Jim Otten, Mesa, Ariz.
• P: Mike Hall, Mesa, Colo.
• P: Larry Patton, Columbia
• U: Tony Cianelli, Hagerstown
• U: Al Torrey, Mesa, Colo.
• U: Phillip Williams, Columbia
• U: Emrick Jagneaux, Panola

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