The Kitsap BlueJackets were an amateur baseball team located in Bremerton, Washington . They played in the West Coast League , a collegiate summer baseball league , from 2004 to 2016. Kitsap called the Gene Lobe Field at Kitsap County Fairgrounds and Event Center home.
30-698: The BlueJackets' mascot was Jack the BlueJacket. In 1946, local community leaders had a dream about establishing professional baseball on the Kitsap Peninsula. The result was the Bremerton Bluejackets, the county's first and only professional baseball team. In 2004, another group of baseball entrepreneurs led by Rick Smith, bought the Kitsap Bluejackets and became an inaugural member of the prestigious West Coast League ,
60-538: A collegiate woodbat league founded in 2011. In 2015, a new ownership group with MACK Athletics and Matt Acker purchased the team. In 2016, ownership relocated the team to Port Angeles, Washington and renamed them the Port Angeles Lefties . West Coast League The West Coast League ( WCL ) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league founded in 2005, comprising teams from Washington , Oregon , British Columbia and Alberta . The WCL
90-778: A pale maize tone described by team officials as "Corvallis cream." The Knights finished the 2022 regular season first in the South Division with a 39-15 record, the best in the league. The Knights defeated the Pippins 2-1 in the South Division Semifinals and will host the Raptors in the South Division Final. Kiko Romero is sixth in the WCL in runs batted in (34) while Sean Wiese has five wins on
120-562: A re-branding party and unveiled the new logo for the club. According to logo designer Jason Klein of the San Diego graphic design company Brandiose , the new team logo includes a head of grain as a tribute to the agricultural heritage of the Willamette Valley and the regional affinity for craft brewing. Concurrent with the change, the team officially adopted two new team colors in addition to its traditional cardinal — gold and
150-662: A thrilling Game 3 and capture their fourth championship, and first of seven consecutive championships from 2016 to 2023. 2017 In 2017, the Kitsap BlueJackets went under new management, and were replaced by the Port Angeles Lefties . Corvallis went on to win its second consecutive and fifth overall title. 2018 In 2018, the Gresham GreyWolves were rebranded as the Portland Pickles under new management. The Ridgefield Raptors also joined
180-775: The Aloha Knights, are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Corvallis , Oregon . Founded in 1990 in Beaverton by Dan and his brother Joe Segel, the Knights moved to Corvallis from Gresham in 2007. They play in the West Coast League , a college summer wood-bat league where college players and prospects prepare for the pros. The league comprises teams from British Columbia , Oregon and Washington . Corvallis plays its home games at Goss Stadium , also
210-697: The Corvallis Knights , beating them 2 games to nothing in the South Division playoffs. Also, the other expansion team, the Canadian Victoria HarbourCats , set a single game and All-star game attendance record of 4,210 in viewing. Finally, history was made in Kitsap after the last out of the top of the ninth when Spenser Watkins threw a spectacular perfect game, the first in West Coast League history. 2014 In 2014
240-621: The Yakima Valley Pippins came on board, giving the WCL their twelfth team. Future major leaguer Eli Morgan was 8-0 for them. Also, in the 2014 year, because of the expansion of Yakima , the WCL restructured their league format for the 4th time in its history, moving to a 3-division format, with East, West, and South Divisions. The playoff format adopted was similar to the MLB format, with only one wild card instead of two. The teams are shown in their respective geographical division in
270-678: The 2010 season, along with Walla Walla, Washington , which in turn cause a balanced schedule. The Moses Lake Pirates ceased operations following the 2010 season. 2011 In 2011 the league expanded to Klamath Falls , which in turn caused a 54-game unbalanced schedule. Also, in the Summer of 2011 the Wenatchee Applesox won the East Division Pennant, and the Walla Walla Sweets came in second and beat
300-967: The Applesox in the Division Playoffs to go on to play the Corvallis Knights where they lost 2 games to 0. In the West Division the Corvallis Knights won the Pennant and the Bend Elks were 8 games behind them but lost 2–0 in the Divisional games. 2012 In 2012, the Wenatchee AppleSox won the East Division after topping the Bellingham Bells in the first round of the playoffs. At the same time, in
330-709: The Knights in the 2024 all star game in Bellingham. Former Knight Travis Bazzana was selected as the first overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Guardians on July 14th. The Knights made the playoffs for the seventeenth straight season after winning the first half. The Knights swept the Raptors 2-0 in the South Divisional Series but were upset in the South Division Championship Game 1-4 by
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#1732780460255360-871: The Medford Rogues left the WCL and joined the Great West League. Also, the league announced that the Klamath Falls team would leave the league, with its place taken by a new team based in Gresham, Oregon. On December 4, 2015, the Gresham Baseball Club announced that the team would be named the Gresham GreyWolves. In 2016, the Victoria HarbourCats set a single-season record for wins with 40, breaking
390-745: The North with a 19-game winning streak, and tied Bellingham for the second-half lead, with the Bells holding the tiebreaker by virtue of winning the season series. In the South, the first half was won by the Corvallis Knights, while the second half was won by the Yakima Valley Pippins. Both Corvallis and Bellingham swept their first-round playoff series, setting up a rematch of 2014's WCL Championship Series. The 2016 edition saw Corvallis win
420-1077: The Pickles defeated the Wenatchee AppleSox, 6-5, in the WCL Championship Game with a walkoff run in the bottom of the 9th inning. This marked the first WCL title for the Portland Pickles in team history, and the first team other than Corvallis to win it all since the Bend Elks in 2015. The Pickles were the 6th unique team to take home the trophy. Mitchell Gunsolus, Wenatchee AppleSox, 2012 Grant Melker, Corvallis Knights, 2014 Michael Lucarelli, Corvallis Knights, 2014 Mitch Skaggs, Yakima Valley Pippins, 2015 Evan Johnson, Wenatchee AppleSox, 2017 Chandler Anderson, Corvallis Knights, 2018 Gio Diaz, Portland Pickles, 2018 Joichiro Oyama, Wenatchee AppleSox, 2022 Corvallis Knights The Corvallis Knights, founded as
450-581: The Team Table below. The play-off race came down to the last 2 days of league play with a race between Bend and Wenatchee for the first WCL Wild-card spot. Bend edged Wenatchee by just 1 game, causing Wenatchee to miss the playoffs for the first time. Yakima, Bellingham, and Corvallis won their divisions and set the field for the first three-division WCL playoff. The first round playoff pairings were Bellingham vs. Yakima and Corvallis vs. Bend. Both Corvallis and Bellingham won their first 2 games and advanced to
480-527: The Victoria HarbourCats to win its seventh consecutive and tenth overall title. 2024 On January 19, 2024, the West Coast League announced it had awarded a expansion franchise to Salem, Oregon. The new Salem team will start play in 2025 as the league's 17th team. The Portland Pickles defeated the Corvallis Knights, 4-1, on August 14, 2024 in the WCL South Division Championship, ending the Knights' 7-year title run. On August 16,
510-486: The WCL Championship series. Bellingham won both games 2 and 3 of the series, making them the 4th team to ever win the WCL Championship. 2015 In 2015, the West Coast League saw its fifth league champion, the Bend Elks. Kelowna, Bellingham, Bend, and Corvallis advanced to the playoffs, in which Bend swept both Corvallis and Kelowna to capture their first WCL championship. 2016 In the 2015–2016 off-season,
540-489: The WCL record for the most games with a batting appearance—tying Mitchell Gunsolus of the Wenatchee Applesox from 2012 and Cole Norton from the Kitsap Bluejackets in 2011. Also, Grant Melker set the WCL record for the most bases stolen by one player in one season with 29 steals. The Corvallis Knights hit 95 doubles in the 2014 season, setting the record for the most doubles by any one team in one year. They also set
570-450: The West Coast League announced a partnership with Major League Baseball as a part of the growing list of larger collegiate leagues partnering with MLB to further grow collegiate summer wood bat baseball. The agreement was reached to jointly pursue initiatives of mutual interest, including player and coach development, technology innovation related to scouting and fan experience, and community engagement. 2023 In 2023, Corvallis defeated
600-574: The West Coast League, bringing the total number of teams to 13. Corvallis went on to win its third consecutive and sixth overall title. 2019 In 2019, Corvallis won its fourth consecutive and seventh overall title. 2020 The West Coast League canceled its 2020 summer collegiate season due to the COVID-19 pandemic . 2021 In 2021, the Springfield Drifters , Nanaimo NightOwls , and Edmonton Riverhawks announced plans to join
630-595: The West Coast League, bringing the total number of teams to 16. The WCL split back into two divisions of eight teams apiece for the North and South regions. However, five Canadian teams in the West Coast League did not play the 2021 season due to pandemic-related border and gathering limitations. They planned to resume play in 2022, which would be the inaugural season for Springfield, Nanaimo, and Edmonton. Corvallis went on to win its fifth consecutive and eighth overall title. 2022 In 2022, Corvallis won its sixth consecutive and ninth overall title. On September 19, 2022,
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#1732780460255660-669: The West Division the Corvallis Knights defeated the Cowlitz Black Bears . In the league's championship series, the AppleSox beat the Knights and captured their fifth league title. 2013 In the 2013 season the league changed from an East/West division format to a North/South division format because of further league expansion, of the Victoria HarbourCats , and the Medford Rogues , which brought
690-626: The home of the Oregon State Beavers . The Knights are named after Penny Knight, their top sponsor. Penny is married to Nike co-founder Phil Knight . The Corvallis Knights put up 35 wins and 19 losses in the 2014 WCL season. The Knights tried to retake their WCL Championship throne but fell short of the title by one game. Corvallis forced the third-ever Game 3 of the WCL Championship Series. The Knights put up Michael Lucarelli and Grant Melker for 54 games tying
720-399: The middle of August. 2005–2009 In 2005 the teams played 42 games. For the 2007 season, this was the first year that the WCL used divisions. They separated the league into two divisions, East and West, based on geographical location. The playoffs worked in an odd way. The top two teams in the standings at the end of the season would playoff a best 2 out of 3 in both divisions. Then,
750-558: The mound. The Knights have seen 61,390 total fans go through the gate. On June 10th, infielder Kevin Takeuchi was selected as the league's player of the week after batting in ten runs and reaching base seventeen times. On June 17th, Takeuchi once again won the award after batting in and scoring sixteen runs while making base seventeen times. On July 9th, Brandon Cabrera, James DeCremer, Tyler Horn, Kaden Segel, Kevin Takeuchi, Blake Wilson, and Ty Yukomoto were selected to represent
780-421: The number of teams to 11. Also, in 2013 records were set and matched. Walla Walla Sweets pitcher Sean-Luke Brija matched the league record in saves, with 13 outstanding saves in the 2013 season. It was the first year an expansion team, in their first year, made the playoffs. The Medford Rogues made the playoffs by a tie, and winning their last 3 regular season games but, they lost their Cinderella Story season to
810-466: The previous record of 39 (2011 Wenatchee AppleSox). Victoria also broke all three attendance records by having the highest attendance in a single game, season total, and game average. They had 60,466 total fans through the gates, averaging 2,239 a night, with a record 5,133 in one game on June 30 against the Kelowna Falcons. In the new split-season playoffs format, Victoria won the first half in
840-414: The record for the most sacrifice flies and stolen bases, hitting 39 flies and stealing 119 bases in one season, respectively. The Knights kept the records rolling with Jackson Lockwood winning eight games, tying the record of Eli Morgon of the Yakima Valley Pippins in the same year. Corvallis sold 43,938 tickets in the season and hosted 1,292 fans one night. On February 12, 2015, the Corvallis Knights held
870-423: The winners of the sets would playoff in the championship series, also a best 2 out of 3. In 2009, the league expanded the schedule to 48 games, at the same time going to an unbalanced schedule. Since 2012, the West Coast League has scheduled 54 league games for each team (with games against non-league opponents not counted in standings). 2010 In 2010 the league added Longview / Kelso (Cowlitz), Washington for
900-576: Was previously named the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League ( WCCBL ), but in 2008 it was renamed as the West Coast League. The league is designed to develop college talent, and only current college-eligible players are allowed to participate. The West Coast League has produced dozens of professional players, including a number of major leaguers. League teams are operated similarly to professional minor-league teams. The WCL's season typically runs from early June through
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