May 2023

CCL CELEBRATES 30 YEARS

To kick-off its 30th year, the California Collegiate League released its slate of games for 2023 summer season. All CCL teams will play 35 league games plus select non-league matchups.

• The Lincoln Potters travel to Arnold Field to face the Sonoma Stompers on June 6 at 6:05 p.m. The Stompers are coming off their debut season in the CCL in 2022.

• On June 8, the Solano Mudcats square-off against the back-to-back CCL State Champion Healdsburg Prune Packers at 6 p.m.

• The action gets started in the Southern Division on June 9. The 2017 CCL Champion Orange County Riptide host the Arroyo Seco Saints at 7 p.m. at The Great Park in Irvine, CA.

• June 10 features a slew of CCL contests. The Walnut Creek Crawdads welcome the Mudcats at 1 p.m., and at 4 pm., the 2018 CCL Champion Conejo Oaks play host to the MLB Academy Barons at Sparky Anderson Field at Cal Lutheran University. The Oaks finished second in last year’s State Championship. The nationally ranked Santa Barbara Foresters face-off against the San Luis Obispo Blues at 6 p.m. at Pershing Park.

• View the complete 2023 CCL schedule [+HERE] and select ‘View All.’

2023 CCL POSTSEAON

• Wild Card Round: Tuesday, August 1
• Divisional Round: Wednesday, August 2
• State Championship: Friday to Sunday, August 4-6

New for the 2023 summer season will be an updated postseason format. The CCL’s 11 teams will vie for a spot in the 2023 CCL State Championship, a best two-out-of-three game series Friday to Sunday, August 4-6.

Following a coin flip at a regular offseason league meeting, the South Division representative will serve as the State Championship host this year. The North Division will host next year and rotate back and forth between Northern and Southern California in subsequent years.

To get to the State Championship, the CCL’s second and third place teams from each division, North and South, will take part in the 2023 CCL Division Wild Card Round on Tuesday, August 1.

The winners of these two Wild Card games will then play the first-place teams in their respective divisions on Wednesday, August 2 for a chance at taking home the CCL’s 2023 State title.

2023 CCL SHOWCASE GAME

• Wednesday, July 12, 7 p.m.
• MLB Youth Academy

The 2023 CCL Showcase Game will be held at Major League’s Baseball Youth Academy on Wednesday July 12. Close to 60 of the CCL’s best players will be in attendance showing off their skills and talents.

NEW CCL COMMISSIONER

Executive Director, Aaron Milam, announced the addition Dr. Michael J. Simpson as new commissioner earlier this month.

“I am looking forward to celebrating the 30th year of the CCL,” said Simpson. “Collectively we will have an opportunity to reflect on the league’s historic accomplishments and anticipate the excitement of a new season. This summer our teams, players, partners, fans and communities can expect to enjoy an entertaining time at the ballpark and an exhilarating brand of baseball.”

#CCL30Years & #CCLBaseball

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