1997 NWAACC Baseball Championship

The 1997 NWAACC Baseball Championship was held May 22-26 in Longview, WA. Lower Columbia College defeated Big Bend Community College in the championship game.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Bellevue Community College	20-21	Mike Kanzaki
Big Bend Community College	27-15
Lane Community College	28-13	Donny Harrel
Lower Columbia College	35-8	Kelly Smith
Mt. Hood Community College	23-20	Dale Stebbins
Olympic College	30-11
Tacoma Community College	22-20
Walla Walla Community College	27-16

Results

1997 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Mt. Hood	6
		Walla Walla	4
							Mt. Hood	5
							Tacoma	7
		Tacoma	4
		Olympic	3
												Tacoma	6
												Lower Columbia	8
		Big Bend	7
		Lane	5
							Big Bend	6
							Lower Columbia	7
		Lower Columbia	12
		Bellevue	5
						Loser's bracket
							Walla Walla	14
							Olympic	10				Big Bend	8
												Walla Walla	6
							Lane	15
							Bellevue	3				Mt. Hood	6
												Lane	5

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
		Lower Columbia	2									Lower Columbia	17
		Mt. Hood	3									Big Bend	3
							Mt. Hood	6
							Big Bend	7
		Tacoma	2
		Big Bend	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Mt. Hood Community College	6-4	Walla Walla Community College
Game 2	Tacoma Community College	4-3 (11)	Olympic College
Game 3	Big Bend Community College	7-5	Lane Community College
Game 4	Lower Columbia College	12-5	Bellevue Community College
Game 5	Walla Walla Community College	14-10	Olympic College	Olympic eliminated
Game 6	Lane Community College	15-3	Bellevue Community College	Bellevue eliminated
Game 7	Tacoma Community College	7-5	Mt. Hood Community College
Game 8	Lower Columbia College	7-6	Big Bend Community College
Game 9	Mt. Hood Community College	6-5	Lane Community College	Lane eliminated
Game 10	Big Bend Community College	8-6	Walla Walla Community College	Walla Walla eliminated
Game 11	Lower Columbia College	8-6	Tacoma Community College
Game 12	Big Bend Community College	6-2	Tacoma Community College	Tacoma eliminated
Game 13	Mt. Hood Community College	3-2 (11)	Lower Columbia College
Game 14	Big Bend Community College	7-6 (11)	Mt. Hood Community College	Mt. Hood eliminated
Game 15	Lower Columbia College	17-3	Big Bend Community College	Lower Columbia wins CWS