BASEBALL: Chaparrals Head to Post-Season, NJCAA Region 5 Regional

Midland College Chaparrals Baseball 
NJCAA Region 5 "Regional" Tournament at McLennan CC in Waco, TX
May 14-17, 2021 

By Forrest Allen
Director of Athletics
Midland Ciollege

MIDLAND, TEXAS - The Midland College Chaps baseball team narrowly missed out on an opportunity to host the NJCAA Region 5 "Regional" Tournament in the cozy confines of Christensen Stadium.  The Chaps finished the conference slate of games in second place; two games behind Howard College. 

This year only the conference champions in the WJCAC and NTJCAC host the regional round of the 2021 post-season for a four-team, double-elimination tournament.  McLennan Community College won the Northern Conference title this season.  

Waco Regional teams are N1 McLennan (37-16), W2 Midland (28-14), N3 Temple (37-14) and W4 Odessa (21-24). 

Big Spring Regional teams are W1 Howard College (37-11), N2 Weatherford College (36-18), W3 Clarendon College (30-20) and N4 Cisco College (40-14).  

Midland College is scheduled to take on Temple College on Friday, May 14th at a time to be announced.  The Chaps and Leopards faced one another in a three-game series in late February.  Temple won two of the three games on their home field.  

The Chaparrals have taken a few days to rest and practice in preparation for the Regional Tournament.  The time off allowed coaches Rodriguez, Fanning and Blessie to align their pitching staff for the three-day tournament grind in Waco.   

The winners of the Waco and Big Spring Regionals will face off in a best of three game "Super Regional" Tournament (May 21-23) with the winner qualifying for the 2021 NJCAA Division I Baseball Tournament (May 29-June 5) in Grand Junction, CO.  

NJCAA Region 5 "Regional" Tournament Bracket:
https://njcaaregion5.com/information/Baseball_RegionalSuper-Regional_2021_Bracket.pdf  

Heach Coach Hector Rodriguez with Chaps	Jared Gibson	Bo Blessie
Chris Garcia, and Assistant Coach Nolan Fanning	Tyler Wulfert	Caleb Huertz