1973 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1973 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 26-31 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. Ranger College defeated Gulf Coast Community College in the championship game. Donnie Moore of Ranger was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Community College of Baltimore	21-7	Elliott Oppenheim
Columbia State Community College	35-5	Jim Painter
Gulf Coast Community College	27-20	Bill Frazier
Indian Hills Community College	25-13	Pat Daugherty
Mesa Community College	32-16	Jim Frye
Ranger College	34-20	Jack Allen
College of Southern Idaho	21-13	Bob Banfield
Three Rivers Community College	25-11	Jerry Blemker

Results

1973 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Columbia St.	9
		Baltimore	1
							Columbia St.	8
							Indian Hills	0
		Indian Hills	9
		Gulf Coast	1
												Columbia St.	4
												Ranger	7
		Three Rivers	7
		Southern Idaho	5
							Three Rivers	2
							Ranger	3
		Ranger	8
		Mesa (AZ)	5
						Loser's bracket
							Baltimore	0
							Gulf Coast	8				Three Rivers	1
												Gulf Coast	12
							Southern Idaho	6
							Mesa (AZ)	9				Indian Hills	2
												Mesa (AZ)	7

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Ranger	3									Gulf Coast	0
		Gulf Coast	8									Ranger	5
							Ranger	11
							Columbia St.	1
		Columbia St.	13
		Mesa (AZ)	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 26
Game 1	Columbia State Community College	9-1	Community College of Baltimore
Game 2	Indian Hills Community College	9-1	Gulf Coast Community College
Game 3	Three Rivers Community College	7-5	College of Southern Idaho
Game 4	Ranger College	8-5	Mesa Community College
May 27
Game 5	Gulf Coast Community College	8-0	Community College of Baltimore	Baltimore eliminated
Game 6	Mesa Community College	9-6	College of Southern Idaho	Southern Idaho eliminated
Game 7	Columbia State Community College	8-0	Indian Hills Community College
Game 8	Ranger College	3-2	Three Rivers Community College
May 28
Game 9	Gulf Coast Community College	12-1	Three Rivers Community College	Three Rivers eliminated
Game 10	Mesa Community College	7-2	Indian Hills Community College	Indian Hills eliminated
Game 11	Ranger College	7-4	Columbia State Community College
May 29
Game 12	Columbia State Community College	13-5	Mesa Community College	Mesa eliminated
Game 13	Gulf Coast Community College	8-3	Ranger College
May 30
Game 14	Ranger College	11-1	Columbia State Community College	Columbia State eliminated
May 31
Game 15	Ranger College	5-0	Gulf Coast Community College	Ranger wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• 1B: Mickey Dearstone, Columbia
• 2B: Wayne Williams, Ranger
• 3B: Dan Graham, Mesa, Ariz.
• SS: Julio Delgado, Mesa, Ariz.
• IF: Jerry Stamps, Gulf Coast
• IF: Randy Davidson, Columbia
• IF: Chuck Smith, Columbia
• OF: Richard Toth, Gulf Coast
• OF: Leo Whiteside, Columbia
• OF: Wayne Benson, Ranger
• C: Dave Stauffer, Ranger
• C: John Trageser, Gulf Coast
• P: Donnie Moore, Ranger
• P: Randy Smith, Three Rivers
• P: Terry Keifer, Indian Hills
• P: Charles Rogers, Columbia

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