1978 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1978 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 27 to June 2 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. The ten schools qualified by winning one of ten District tournaments. Ranger College defeated Yavapai Community College in the championship game. Jim Mick of Ranger was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Anne Arundel Community College	27-3	Skip Brown
Columbia State Community College		Jim Painter
Iowa Western Community College	33-11	Rick Mathews
Meramec Community College	36-6	Ric Lessmann
Miami-Dade South Community College	35-14	Charlie Greene
Monroe Community College		Dave Chamberlain
Mott Community College	36-15	John Myers
Ranger College		Jack Allen
College of Southern Idaho	29-11	Skip Walker
Yavapai Community College	27-14	Rod Soesbe

Results

College World Series Bracket

Bracket to be included

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 27
Game 1	Ranger College	8-0	Columbia State Community College
Game 2	Mott Community College	2-1	College of Southern Idaho
Game 3	Miami-Dade South Community College	10-2	Anne Arundel Community College
Game 4	Meramec Community College	8-4	Iowa Western Community College
Game 5	Yavapai Community College	6-3	Monroe Community College
May 28
Game 6	Iowa Western Community College	11-4	Anne Arundel Community College	Anne Arundel eliminated
Game 7	Columbia State Community College	10-0	College of Southern Idaho	Southern Idaho eliminated
Game 8	Iowa Western Community College	14-9	Monroe Community College	Monroe eliminated
Game 9	Ranger College	18-17	Mott Community College
Game 10	Miami-Dade South Community College	6-5	Meramec Community College
May 29
Game 11	Columbia State Community College	12-2	Mott Community College	Mott eliminated
Game 12	Meramec Community College	12-2	Iowa Western Community College	Iowa Western eliminated
Game 13	Yavapai Community College	9-6	Miami-Dade South Community College
May 30
Game 14	Columbia State Community College	17-7	Miami-Dade South Community College	Miami-Dade South eliminated
Game 15	Ranger College	12-0 (5)	Yavapai Community College
May 31
Game 16	Yavapai Community College	10-8	Columbia State Community College	Columbia St eliminated
Game 17	Meramec Community College	2-1	Ranger College
June 1
Game 18	Yavapai Community College	9-1	Meramec Community College	Meramec eliminated
June 2
Game 19	Ranger College	12-5	Yavapai Community College	Ranger wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• IF: Jim Mick, Ranger
• IF: Poncho Farias, Ranger
• IF: Kenny Cox, Columbia State
• IF: John Uvodich, Yavapai
• IF: John Lee, Yavapai
• DH: Johnny Rogers, Ranger
• OF: Packy Addison, Iowa Western
• OF: Mike Taylor, Columbia State
• OF: Pedro Rabassa, Ranger
• OF: Ron Pelletier, Yavapai
• OF: David Nenad, Yavapai
• OF: Randy Johnson, Miami Dade
• C: George Gohde, Yavapai
• C: Gary Venner, Ranger
• C: Mike Norment, Columbia State
• P: Tom Sauer, Meramec
• P: Mark Krampitz, Ranger

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