1986 CCCAA Baseball Championship

The 1986 CCCAA Baseball Championship was held May 23-26 in Long Beach, CA at Blair Field and on the Long Beach State University campus. College of the Canyons defeated Rancho Santiago College in the championship game to win their third CCCAA title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Record	Head Coach	Notes
1	College of San Mateo	30-7	John Noce	2nd CWS
2	College of the Canyons	35-5	Mike Gillespie	3rd state title
3	Sacramento City College	27-8-1	Jerry Weinstein	6th CWS
4	Rancho Santiago College	30-8	Don Sneddon	2nd final
5	Merced Junior College	23-12	Chris Pedretti	2nd CWS
6	Long Beach City College	23-12	Ken Gaylord	2nd CWS
7	Butte College	31-17	Jim Lauer	1st CWS
8	San Diego Mesa College	33-6	Eric Swanson	1st CWS

Results

1986 College World Series Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	San Mateo	9
	8	San Diego Mesa	3
						1	San Mateo	1
						4	Rancho Santiago	2
	4	Rancho Santiago	9
	5	Merced	4
											4	Rancho Santiago	11
											2	Canyons	6
	2	Canyons	5
	7	Butte	3
						2	Canyons	10
						3	Sacramento City	0
	3	Sacramento City	14
	6	Long Beach City	4																		4	Rancho Santiago	6	5
																					2	Canyons	7	7
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						3	Sacramento City	6
	8	San Diego Mesa	15			8	San Diego Mesa	7								2	Canyons	4
	5	Merced	3								8	San Diego Mesa	1			6	Long Beach City	1
											6	Long Beach City	6
						1	San Mateo	4
	7	Butte	0			6	Long Beach City	11
	6	Long Beach City	16

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	College of San Mateo	9-3	San Diego Mesa College
Game 2	Rancho Santiago College	9-4	Merced Junior College
Game 3	College of the Canyons	5-3	Butte College
Game 4	San Diego Mesa College	15-3	Merced Junior College	Merced eliminated
Game 5	Sacramento City College	14-4	Long Beach City College
May 24
Game 6	Long Beach City College	16-0	Butte College	Butte eliminated
Game 7	College of the Canyons	10-0	Sacramento City College
Game 8	Rancho Santiago College	2-1	College of San Mateo
Game 9	Long Beach City College	11-4	College of San Mateo	San Mateo eliminated
Game 10	San Diego Mesa College	7-6	Sacramento City College	Sacramento eliminated
May 25
Game 11	Long Beach City College	6-1	San Diego Mesa College	San Diego Mesa eliminated
Game 12	Rancho Santiago College	11-6	College of the Canyons
Game 13	College of the Canyons	4-1	Long Beach City College	Long Beach eliminated
May 26
Game 14	College of the Canyons	7-6	Rancho Santiago College
Game 15	College of the Canyons	7-5	Rancho Santiago College	Canyons wins CWS

Northern California Playoffs

(Best of three)

Winner	Series	Loser
San Mateo College	2-0	Cosumnes River College
Sacramento City College	2-0	Mission College
Butte College	2-0	Yuba College
Merced College	2-0	Skyline College

Southern California Playoffs

(Best of three)

Winner	Series	Loser
Long Beach City College	2-0	Taft College
Rancho Santiago College	2-0	San Bernardino Valley College
San Diego Mesa College	2-0	Orange Coast College
College of the Canyons	2-0	Los Angeles Harbor College