IRVINE, Calif. – The Orange County Riptide, a collegiate wood bat summer baseball team playing in the California Collegiate League (CCL), announced today Andrew Ramos has joined the OC Riptide coaching staff. Ramos will handle the catching and bullpen coaching duties for the summer 2022 season. Riptide Head Coach Tim Brown says that Ramos’ unique …
The 2021 Orange County Riptide ended the season 21-19, finishing .500 or with a winning record for the fifth season in the club’s six years of existence. Despite not qualifying for the California Collegiate League (CCL) State Playoff Tournament, in this 2021 OC Riptide Season Recap, the OC Riptide saw tremendous growth both on and …
Irvine, Calif. – In their first stretch of games since the summer of 2019 the Orange County Riptide, led by first-year head coach Mitch LeVier, have gotten off to a 6-4 start in their last ten games which included a lot of offense, evidence of talent on the mound, and an Alaskan round-robin tournament championship. …
Fairbanks, AK – Following Sunday’s 13-3 thrashing of the San Diego Waves the Orange County Riptide, whose offense averages ten runs per game, defeated Bercovich Collegiate by mercy rule 12-1 on Monday night in five innings. It wasn’t much of a contest for the whole night with the Riptide scoring in all five innings of …
Fairbanks, AK – The Orange County Riptide concluded the final game of a three-game series with the Alaska Goldpanners Saturday night, winning 12-5 in a game cut short by inclement weather. The game was delayed by a lightning strike in the area and after a short delay, the umpires declared the Riptide winners due to …
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Fairbanks, AK – The Orange County Riptide came out of the gate hot in the second game of a three game series with the Alasaka Goldpanners but were unable to keep the lead and eventually lost 12-10 on Friday. The Riptide scored four runs in the top of the first courtesy of a grand slam …
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Fairbanks, AK – Following Tuesday’s 13-0 opening night shutout of the San Diego Waves, the Orange County Riptide fell to the Alaska Goldpanners 3-1 in their home opener at Growden Park. The Goldpanners utilized an 8th inning rally to score all three of their runs and dropped the Riptide to 1-1 in the early going …
Irvine, Calif. – The Orange County Riptide started their summer off with a hot start, defeating the San Diego Waves 13-0 on Tuesday night at the Orange County Great Park. Stellar pitching combined with hot bats powered the Riptide to their first win of the 2021 summer ball season. Noah Owen (pictured above), senior pitcher …
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After suspending the 2020 California Collegiate League (CCL) schedule of games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCL along with the Orange County Riptide, finalized the OC Riptide 2021 schedule this week. The OC Riptide will play a total of 42 games from June through July in 2021. 30 of the OC Riptide’s 42 games …
After a one year hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Orange County Riptide will resume play within the California Collegiate League (CCL) in 2021 with a brand new coaching staff. The OC Riptide will be led by Mitch LeVier, who will begin his first year at the helm as Head Coach. …
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