Lewis-Clark State College
Milestones in LCSC Baseball History
September 8, 1910 - University of Michigan graduate Guy Chiesman jumped a contract with the Detroit Tigers to teach math and coach baseball at the Lewiston State Normal School (LCSC's name from 1945-1983), a two year teachers' college.
May 3, 1946 - Coach Merel Stonebraker's North Idaho Teachers' College (now LCSC) Loggers "lambasted" Eastern Oregon College 17-2 at Bengal Field behind the 3 hit-16 strikeout pitching of Carmen Ulrich. Centerfielder Dwight Church led the Logger hitters with 4 for 5, including a "devastating" bases loaded home run.
May 16, 1947 - In the season's final home game, an enthusiastic crowds (said to be the largest ever to witness an NICE athletic contest) cheered as the Loggers rolled to a 7-0 victory over the league leading Pacific Coast Conference Washington State Cougars behind Del Owens' pitching and the hitting of Rollie McNair, Jim Lambert and Ken Peterson. In the ninth inning, after walking Jud Heathcote, Owens got his 15th strikeout by fanning Bobo Brayton and umpire Joe Miltenberger signaled game's end.
June 2, 1951 - Northern Idaho College of Education (NICE), now Lewis-Clark State College, swept a doubleheader from Eastern Oregon by scores of 8-0 and 6-3. The victories on the final day of the season game Coach Kinzer's Loggers of NICE an 18-6 win-loss mark, the best record in the school's history.
June 2, 1976 - Coach Ramon Hooker, in his sixth and final season at LCSC, took the Warriors to their first ever appearance in the NAIA College World Series. They lost the title game to Lewis University of Lockport, Illinois, 16-8.
March 4, 1977 - The LCSC Warriors opened the season under new coach, Ed Cheff, with a 15-0 win over Northwest Nazarene behind the pitching of Terry Hendley and Rod Gehring and the hitting of Walt Mason, Sheldon Ireland, Jim Wallace and Bob Maurer. Cheff has coached at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington for the last five years where he compiled a 180-30 record.
June 2, 1978 - At the NAIA World Series in St. Joseph, Missouri, the Warriors finished third when they lost 4-1 to Emporia State of Kansas in the semifinal game.
June 5, 1983 - For the second consecutive year, LCSC's Warriors finished second at the World Series played in Lubbock, Texas. With the loss to the home team, Lubbock Christian College, in the title game, the Warriors finished the season with a 69-7 record. The .908 winning percentage was the highest collegiate record ever. At a community welcome-home picnic in Lewiston after the Series, Coach Cheff said, "Winning the title would have been great this year, but we saved it for '84." The Series will be held in Lewiston in 1984. Warrior outfielder-first baseman, Jim O'Dell, was named NAIA Player of the Year, the first to be so honored in LCSC history. O'Dell set Warrior records with 29 home runs and 131 runs batted in. The 131 RBI's is a new NAIA record.
June 2, 1984 - The Lewiston Morning Tribune headlines read, "Warriors Reign in the Rain. LCSC Crowned NAIA Baseball Champions." Before 4,674 fans, the biggest baseball crowd in Lewiston baseball history, the Warriors downed California's Azusa Pacific College 15-2 in the two hour rain-delayed title game.
June 1, 1985 - The Warriors won their second consecutive World Series championship with a 10-6 victory over Dallas Baptist University before a record-breaking home crowd of 5,121 fans. Series MVP, pitcher Tony Dineen, won three Series games for the Warriors, including the title game.
September 16-30, 1985 - Warriors represented the United States in Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic's two week Friendship Tournament. The Trip was an eye-opening look at a poverty stricken nation and made the team appreciate living in America.
May 28, 1986 - In a 10 inning thriller at Harris Field the Warriors lost a heart-breaking 6-5 World Series title game to Grand Canyon of Arizona before 5,018 fans.
May 10, 1987 - Warrior shortstop Rusty Harris scores his 103rd run of the season in a 19-9 win over Washington State at Pullman. By scoring his 103rd run, Harris, a hometown Lewiston product, broke the NAIA single season mark of 102, which was set by former Warrior, Gary Balmer in 1983.
May 29, 1987 - LCSC regained their national championship title defeating Emporia State of Kansas, 11-4 at Harris Field. Steve Reed, now a Colorado Rockies pitcher, got the title game win. Warrior Pat Mackey set NAIA World Series records with 20 hits and a .741 batting average.
May 31, 1988 - The Warriors won their fourth NAIA World Series at Harris Field by defeating Grand Canyon 9-3.
June 2, 1989 - In the championship game at Harris Field, the Warriors defended their title by downing College of St. Francis of Joliet, Illinois, 5-2 for a "3 Peat". Warrior catcher, John Nessmith was named Series MVP.
April 14, 1990 - LCSC Coach Ed Cheff was named "NAIA Coach of the Decade" by Collegiate Baseball magazine. In the ten year, 1980 - 1989, span Cheff's Warriors compiled a 513-146 (.778) record.
June 2, 1990 - Warriors Mark Rasmussen and Greg Umfleet hit sixth inning home runs to lead LCSC to a 9-4 victory over the Senators of the University of Auburn-Montgomery, Alabama, in the World Series title game at Lewiston. Rasmussen was picked as Series MVP.
May 31, 1991 - LCSC senior right-hander Joe Misa blanked Oklahoma's Oral Roberts University, 7-0, before a standing room only crowd of 5400 in the final World series game played at Lewiston's Harris Field. Next year the Series moves to Des Moines, Iowa.
May 28, 1992 - The Warriors proved they didn't need the home field advantage to win another World Series as they downed Mary Hardin-Baylor of Texas, 14-4, in Des Moines. It was the first Series played outside of Lewiston since 1983.
May 31, 1995 - A tough 8-7 loss to Bellevue College eliminated the Warriors from World Series action - LCSC finished in fourth place, while Bellevue went on to claim the title.
May 31, 1996 - The warriors reclaimed the NAIA throne by thrashing St. Ambrose University 9-0 in Sioux City, Iowa. Freshman Matt Randel picked up the complete game shutout victory. Troy Silva was named World Series MVP.
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