The hot-streak included their signature 4-3 comeback win at San Francisco City College against the Rams and four straight victories in the Golden Valley Conference Tournament where the 49er's scored 36 runs and allowed only two. Yuba College. The Devils had advanced with a 20-5 win over the Ohlone College Renegades. Mascaro's. Gallagher and his Cowboys also competed at the National tournament. 1956 Forty Niners--Coach Dan Dillion's Yuba College baseball teams finished in second place five times during the 1950s while Grant Tech, now American River College, Vallejo College, now Solano Junior College, Santa Rosa Junior College, and the Wolverines of Sierra College took turns winning championships. Five Yuba teams won conference championships including the football team's California Community College State championship with Fred Riley breaking O.J. Toggle navigation FieldLevel. His career on-base-percentage also ranks today as an all-time Yuba record. The 1980 Prospectors won 34 games, most in school history, and their 34-7 record (.829 winning percentage) ranks 2nd all-time, trailing only the 1956 team with their 20-4 mark or .833 winning percentage. The win pushed the 49ers into the winner's bracket against Hartnell College of Salinas, California after the Panthers defeated Marin in the other first-round game. Jim McDonald and Tim Grant shared the shutout in game one. He pitched nearly half of the team's total innings pitched. THE 1988 FORTY-NINERS--The Yuba College Athletic Department first began compiling and posting baseball statistics and records in 1967, the year Gary Engelken took the helm as head baseball coach. In an attempt to win the Golden Valley Conference tournament for a second straight year, Yuba started pitcher Dave Rottman for the third time in four days. Are you on the list? They ended the scheduled season at 31-5 after thrashing league foe College of the Redwoods 18-7 and 6-3 in a doubleheader. The 49ers coasted to the 16-9 win, registering the school's first of only two victories ever in a state tournament. Mark Cartwright picked up the victory in game two of the doubleheader while Lon Kuykendall hit a grand slam. The Yuba College baseball team was able to find a break in the weather and faced off with Sierra College on Saturday afternoon in Rocklin. The 49ers finished the regular season by winning 5 of their next 7 league games including a 14-13 win over Los Medanos and Cooper Amyx's 3-1 win against Napa Valley. Despite Yuba's failure to win a state title, the 1980 team recorded several milestones and accomplishments. Shortly after the halfway mark of the schedule, Stam had a 7-1 record with a 1.06 ERA including 64 strikeouts in 59 innings while giving up 39 hits and 22 free passes. Davis Aggie J.V's. The team's signature game was a 10-0 blanking of the Napa Valley Chiefs and their All-Conference pitcher Warren Brusstar. They hit .305 as a team and their 231 runs (7.0/gm), 326 hits (9.9/gm), 44 doubles, 18 triples, 15 home runs, and 94 stolen bases (2.8/gm) in 33 games were all-time bests. Mark Cartwright's 12 single-season victories tied a school record while his .923 winning percentage remains as Yuba's best all-time. Jim Stassi set several Yuba records -- Most Runs Scored (51), Most RBI's (41), Most Hits (69), Most AB's (155), while his eight triples are shared as an all-time Yuba record. There he hit .130 in 18 games after joining Swanson and Marysville High School star Ray Webster. It could be contributed to Jim McDonalds 90 mph low sinking fastball, the great defensive work of infielders Jeff Lawrence, Ray Emerald, and All-State player B.J. He gave up baseball, graduated from FSU cum laude, and cared for disabled children for several years before founding and becoming head pastor at the Westside Christian Church in Roseville, Calif. Jim Bravos hit .397. The single most reason for Yuba's success in 1984 would have to be the Herculean effort of Jim "Big Mac" McDonald. Bill Bravos hit .400 and All-State first baseman Steve Gledhill hit .400 including 7 doubles, 7 triples and 3 home runs with a slugging percentage of .673. He opted to attend the University of California at Berkeley where he posted an 11-11 record over the course of two years. The 1980 Prospectors won 34 games, most in school history, and their 34-7 record (.829 winning percentage) ranks 2nd all-time, trailing only the 1956 team with their 20-4 mark or .833 winning percentage. Yuba began the season with five straight wins including an 8-0 shutout over the Renegades of Ohlone College and captured the championship of the Santa Rosa Baseball tournament which fielded some the top Junior College teams in Northern California. Composite; Search; Menu; Site Navigation. The 24 victories were the most by any Yuba baseball team at that time and rank fifth in school history. He had spent the '66 season at Yuba College where he set a school record for most wins in a season when he won eight games while losing two with a 2.02 ERA. The Miners followed with another 5-game win streak improving to 10-1 on the season which included Jim McDonald's 3-0, one-hit shutout over Cosumnes River College. Only two pitchers in Yuba history have tallied more than 200 strikeouts. He was again drafted in the '69 January Draft-Secondary Phase from Yuba College by the Houston Astros. In the State final, Merced bested MiraCosta to win their 5th straight title and 7 of the last 9 before moving up to the Division l ranks. Showcase your skills and increase your chances to be recruited and playing Yuba College Baseball. On the 31st of March, McDonald, or "Big Mac" as they called him, turned in a stellar 10-inning performance against league-leading College of Marin only to suffer a 1-0 loss, his first of the season. Your profile is visible to all U.S. college Baseball coaches. The Forty Niners ended the regular scheduled season with an 18-1 league mark, a school record for league victories and winning percentage. Hard-throwing freshmen right-handers Mark Cartwright and Dave Chiono handled most of the pitching while sophomore catcher Jim Stassi led the hitting barrage at the plate. Mascaro's .529 average is a Yuba College and Golden Valley Conference record that still stands today and ranks among the state's all-time best; possibly the best ever. Home; Teams. The 30 runs scored remains as a 49er school record. The twenty wins in a season and ten league victories were school records that stood for thirteen years while the team's .833 winning percentage still ranks as Yuba's best all-time. After losing a doubleheader against Ohlone College, Yuba went on another 5-game win streak including a 5-0 shutout over the Napa Valley Chiefs and 7-1 and 5-3 wins over arch-rival Sierra College. Frank Mascaro led the State of California in hitting and ranks as only a few California Community College players ever to top the .500 mark during the wood-bat era. Among the earliest Forty Niner to sign a professional baseball contract was 2nd baseman Merle "Rabbit" Anthony. Thanks for visiting the Yuba College Baseball program info page. McDonald's career 237.3 innings pitched is a 49er record and his 1.31 earned run average lasted 22 years and ranks 2nd all-time to Ryan Zaft's 1.28 mark set in 2006 after Zaft spent the '03 season at Yuba and the '05 season at Sacramento City College. Any other web site containing information about Solano Community College Athletics is not sanctioned by Solano Community College and therefore may not contain accurate information. The 1980 team set several team and individual records with six members named to the Division ll All-State Team (Mark Cartwright, Jim Stassi, Mondell Williams and Bob Noreen-1st team All-State) while four players were drafted by major league organizations. The triumphs set the stage for a rematch in the GVC league's best two-out-of-three championship series. California Community College Baseball Coaches Association. 1984 FORTY NINERS:The early 1980s marked the beginning of a trend whereby several of Nevada's top ballplayers from the Reno area would begin their college baseball careers at Yuba College. Yuba's ace pitcher Jim McDonald pitched eight innings and suffered a tough 8-7 loss as the Niners threatened in the 9th, only to strand runners at 2nd and 3rd. His best year was 1961 when he went 12-6 with a 2.58 ERA for the level-D Batavia Pirates of the NY-Penn League. The 49ers began the 1984 season by scoring 30 runs in a doubleheader against the Ohlone College Renegades winning 15-0 in the opener, and 15-11 in game two. THE 1970 49ERS---Yuba began the season with five straight wins including an 8-0 shutout over the Renegades of Ohlone College and captured the championship of the Santa Rosa Baseball tournament which fielded some the top Junior College teams in Northern California. Yuba won the first game 17-1. What's notable about the 13-16 team is that several records and accomplishments were not recognized and never posted. The '72 49ers had to settle for a 2nd place finish in the Golden Valley Southern Division and a 17-11 record overall. Exceptions were 1974 and 1988 when coach Engelken went on sabbaticals. Dave Rottman pitched in all four games as he stopped Santa Rosa (eventual winners of the Camino Norte League) 5-3 in the opening round, picked up a save with three innings of relief work in a 7-4 victory versus College of Marin, lost 2-0 to San Mateo in the semifinals, and then picked up another save in Yuba's 3-2 win in the finals against the same Bulldogs, ranked #5 in the state at that time. The game was lost as relievers gave up an additional two runs and Yuba fell 7-2. He was named to the All-Kansas state team where his Cowboys reached the state finals before bowing to future New York Yankee great Ron Guidry and the Liberal BeeJays who went on to finish 3rd at the National Baseball Congress semi-pro World Series in Wichita. Stam’s 9-3 win in the first game tied the all-time Yuba team record of 20 wins in a season equaling the ’56 Yubans who finished at 20-4. The loss set up a rematch with College of the Siskiyous as the Eagles had earlier eliminated College of Marin with a 3-2 victory. Although nicknamed "Animal" for his base-running style, "Workhorse" would have been more appropriate as he accounted for more than half of Yuba's 23 victories and logged 130 of the team's 266 innings pitched. Jim McDonald received a scholarship from the University of Arizona where he posted a 7-0 record and four saves with a 4.50 ERA in 1985. The 49ers coasted to the 16-9 win, registering the school's first of only two victories ever in a state tournament. Yuba's baseball team committed 74 errors in 33 games (2.4 errors per game), but in spite of their defensive woes, hit and pitched their way to Yuba's first of only two conference baseball championships in over 85 years of fielding a baseball team -- the other title coming in 1980. Yuba's best chance at winning a conference title during the decade came in 1956, despite losing two of their best hitters early in the season when 3rd baseman Harold Swanson and outfielder Jim Warren signed professional contracts with the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League. The 20 K's stands alone as the most strikeouts by a Gold Digger pitcher in the post-season and may very well stand as a state post-season record. McDonald's single-season and career innings pitched could stand today as state records. The 24 victories were the most by any Yuba baseball team at that time and rank fifth in school history. Dave Rottman set school records for doubles (10) and slugging percentage (.613). Team history. A major sports journal listed his average as among the best in the nation. Yuba defeated Solano 8-3 in the opening round and Cosumnes River 6-2 in game two with Amyx picking up the win. Five Yuba teams won conference championships including the football team's California Community College State championship with Fred Riley breaking O.J. After taking 2 of 3 games from College of the Redwoods in the Golden Valley Conference finals, Yuba's 1970 season came to an abrupt halt at De Anza College of Cupertino in the 1st round of the California State Community College playoffs when Stam and his 49ers were shut out by the Dons 6-0. What's notable about the 13-16 team is that several records and accomplishments were not recognized and never posted. The victory started a 21-game winning streak which stands today as an all-time Yuba record for most wins in a row. The triumphs set the stage for a rematch in the GVC league's best two-out-of-three championship series. Research the program and learn how to get recruited for college men's baseball at Yuba College . The 30 runs scored remains as a 49er school record. Madison is the founder and owner of the Madison Bat Company, a wood bat manufacturing business specializing in Maple, Ash, and Birch custom baseball bats. Rottman has won more games and struck out more batters in Yuba-Sutter history, both in a single year, and most all-time. In 1973, Mascaro and Brusstar became teammates for Bob Bennett's Fresno State Bulldogs. Yuba College and Woodland Community College, offer degrees, certificates and transfer curricula at college campuses in Marysville and Woodland, educational centers in Clearlake and Yuba City, and through outreach operations in Williams and on Beale Air Force Base. Madison's .772 slugging % ranks 2nd all-time behind Mascaro's .777 mark, also set in '72. In 1988, Engelken was hired by the Montreal Expos as a minor league coach and left for Bradenton, Florida leaving Yuba pitching coach Dave Chiono in charge for the '88 season. 2088 North Beale Road Marysville, CA 95901 Phone: (530) 741-6700 110 People Used More Courses ›› View Course Home Page - Yuba College Athletics Live yc.yccd.edu. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); 2088 North Beale Road Get In Touch. It was a match-up against Sierra’s ace and All-Conference pitcher Gary Forgard who set records at Del Oro High School in Rocklin before attending Idaho State and later pitching at Fresno State. Upon returning to California, Rottman joined the Twins of the Bay Area's Peninsula League at mid-season where he hit .290 as the team's 2nd baseman when not pitching. During spring break, the 17-6 Forty Niners ventured south and entered the West Los Angeles Baseball Tournament. The 49ers opened the season with a 13-1 trouncing of Napa Valley College on the strength of Dave Chiono's nine strikeouts in five innings and a Jim Pappas home run. Mascaro holds six major Yuba records that stand to this day and arguably would be considered the greatest hitter ever to don a Yuba College baseball uniform. They hit .305 as a team and their 231 runs (7.0/gm), 326 hits (9.9/gm), 44 doubles, 18 triples, 15 home runs, and 94 stolen bases (2.8/gm) in 33 games were all-time bests. Note: Statistics are for MLB play. Yuba College Athletic event news, game results, team standings, player news & stats. Jim McDonald pitched his 3rd shutout of the year and the team's 4th. The following season, Stassi began at Shreveport of the AA Texas League where he hit .273 before advancing to the AAA level where he hit .278 with 97 at-bats. California Community College Baseball Coaches Association. Here you'll receive information regarding the college and information on their Baseball program like who to get hold of about recruiting, names of past alumni, what opportunities are available and ways to begin the recruiting process. After hitting .302 his junior year at Fresno St., Mascaro turned humanitarian. Thank you. Rottman's 10-4 victory in the second game was the record-breaker as Yuba improved to 21-4 on the season. Yuba opened the tournament with a 16-5 victory over the host 19-7 West Los Angeles Wildcats. California Community College Baseball Coaches Association. Brusstar went on to star at Fresno State before spending nine seasons in the major leagues including a stint with the World Champion Phillies. Swanson hit .225 in 111 at-bats and .200 a year later for the Fresno Sun Sox of the "C" California League while the eighteen-year-old Webster hit .253 in 462 at-bats for the Senators. College of Marin took top BVL honors while Los Medanos finished 2nd. Dave Rottman established 20 school records during his two years at Yuba College, 10 of which have withstood the test of time and still stand today. Players are taught fundamentals that include hitting, pitching, infield, outfield, catching, base running, bunting, cut-offs and relays, rundowns and sliding. Other schools in the double-elimination tournament included Ohlone College of Fremont, MiraCosta College of Oceanside (formally known as Oceanside-Carlsbad Junior College), and Merced College coached by the legendary Butch Hughes. Rottman lasted two innings surrendering a grand slam, his only home run allowed at the college level, as Yuba fell 7-3, ending the first half of the season with a 12-6 record, 4-0 in league play. Yuba's record-breaking 24-9 season set benchmarks for the record books in both the hitting and pitching departments setting more than 20 school records. 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