Your hometown Black Bears are thrilled to lead off the 2022 roster announcements with a star returner as well as power hitter with a BIG TIME swing! Join us in welcoming Myles Davis and Andrew Allanson to Cowlitz! Both players come to us from partner school Cal State Bakersfield. Davis was a key cog in…
The Cowlitz Black Bears are proud to announce the 2022 Season Schedule. With more exciting West Coast League expansion teams joining the fray, Black Bears fans can expect high-level competition from throughout the Pacific Northwest. With all Canadian clubs returning the schedule this summer, the league now boasts a full 16 team lineup. Cowlitz will…
The Cowlitz Black Bears have announced the addition of a familiar face to lead your 2022 Bears of Summer. Join us in welcoming Aaron Mathews as the newest manager! Mathews joined the Black Bears in the summer of 2021 under then manager Brian Buress and quickly developed a reputation amongst players and fans as a…
Thank you again for helping your Cowlitz Black Bears complete a fantastic season! We’d also like to thank our sponsors, players, coaches, host families, fans, and staff for making the summer of 2021 a memorable one. We’re already looking ahead to next year and can’t wait to see all of the talented West Coast League teams…
By, Zack Smolen Longview, WA — It all comes down to this. The Cowlitz Black Bears (23-22, 13-8) took care of business, going 4-2 on a six-game road trip and now find themselves one game back of a playoff spot with three games to go. They will try and make their dream of clinching…
By, Zack Smolen Wenatchee, WA — There are six games remaining in the regular season, and the Cowlitz Black Bears (21-21, 11-7) are still right in the thick of the race for a playoff spot. Cowlitz have won five of six series in the second half of the season and with a little help,…
By, Zack Smolen Ridgefield, WA — With the regular season winding down and just nine games left to go, the race to the playoffs has become scorching hot. Following a series victory against the Port Angeles Lefties (12-27, 5-10), the Cowlitz Black Bears will head down I-5 for perhaps their most important set of…
By, Zack Smolen Longview, WA — Following a six-game road trip in which they split three and three, the Cowlitz Black Bears (17-19, 7-5) will head home to take on a familiar foe in the Port Angeles Lefties (11-25, 4-8). Though Cowlitz dropped their first series of the second half in Yakima, they were…
By, Zack Smolen Yakima, WA — Nine games into the second half of the season, and the Cowlitz Black Bears (16-17, 6-3) are playing like the team we always knew they could be. After taking down the Port Angeles Lefties (10-23, 3-6) two games to one on the road, Cowlitz have now won three…
By, Zack Smolen Port Angeles, WA — The Cowlitz Black Bears (14-16, 4-2) are heating up at the right time and will look to keep rolling this weekend as they head out west to take on the Port Angeles Lefties (9-21, 2-4). Cowlitz is coming off a 4-2 home stand to open the second…