The details of the Cowlitz Black Bears’ newly minted front-office position still need to be hammered out, but what is determined is Grady Twei…
Five Cowlitz Black Bears were named to the All-West Coast League team, as announced by league president Donnie Marbut on Monday.
Better Know A Black Bear: Jace McKinney, Mt. Hood Community College
For the Cowlitz Black Bears, their 2016 season is about more than the recent five-day stretch going from playoff contenders to being on the ou…
A week ago, the Cowlitz Black Bears turned into a surprise playoff contender. Oh, how quickly things change.Â
Andy Armstrong had a touch decision to make prior to his graduation at South Salem (Ore.) High School.
Just as the Cowlitz Black Bears have done in countless games this season, they’ve saved the best for the end.
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Cowlitz had the game-winning run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, but the Black Bears failed to get the key hit in a 3-1 loss t…
On tired legs, Cowlitz edged out Bellingham Tuesday night for its sixth straight win.
The Cowlitz Black Bears got home at 3 a.m. after Monday’s victory in Bend, but they didn’t use their late arrival as a reason to mail in Tuesd…
The Cowlitz Black Bears parlayed strong pitching, solid defense and timely hitting into a 6-0 victory over Bend in West Coast League baseball …
This summer holds more weight for Weston Hatten than it does many West Coast League players.
After sharing dugouts for Tuesday’s West Coast League All-Star Game, Cowlitz and Bend went to their separate baselines Wednesday to open a thr…
Coaching baseball is all Donnie Marbut knows.
A three-year letterman in basketball at Twin Falls (Idaho) High School, it was assumed Damon Jones, at 6-foot-5, would pursue a career on the …
They call it all-star festivities for a reason. The home-run derby, mid-game pie-eating contests and skydivers landing to deliver the game bal…
With so many talented players at Tuesday’s West Coast League All-Star Game, coaches had to get creative to get everybody playing time.
The baseball paths differ for Donnie Marbut, the West Coast League’s president with nearly 20 years of coaching baseball, and Rob Nelson, a fo…
When Kerry Yovan, a two-time cancer survivor, mentions her son and her battles with melanoma in the same sentence, tears well up.
The Cowlitz Black Bears and the West Coast League are hosting events open to the public Monday and Tuesday to kick off All-Star festivities fo…
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Jack Reisinger hit a two-out RBI single and Austin Dick forced a bases-loaded double play in the ninth to lift Cowlitz to a 5-4 road victory o…
Lorin Archibald, a staple at first base at David Story Field the past two years for Lower Columbia College and the Cowlitz Black Bears of the …
Cowlitz wouldn't have to sweat until the end this time.
Austin Dick seems to have an affinity for summer baseball, even if it keeps him away from his other passion — flyfishing.
Reliever Austin Dick got out of a jam in the ninth inning to record his second save in three games in the Cowlitz Black Bears’ 2-1 victory ove…
The Cowlitz Black Bears needed something to change at the plate.
The Cowlitz Black Bears have had the dramatic flair lately, getting three walk-off victories and an eighth-inning comeback win the past three weeks.