The Yuba City Bears were a summer collegiate baseball team based in

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, in the

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and representing

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. They were a member of the

Great West League The Great West League (GWL) was a collegiate summer baseball league founded in 2014, comprising teams from California and Oregon. The league was designed to develop college talent, and only current college eligible players are allowed to parti ...

, having been established in 2017, and had played their home games at

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adjacent to Ellis Lake, in Marysville. They had shared the facilities with the

Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox The Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox were a summer collegiate wood-bat baseball club based in Marysville, California, in the United States, that began as an independent professional team in 1995. They played their home games at Bryant Field, adjacent to E ...

, but have since folded their GWL operations.

Team history

The Yuba City Bears collegiate woodbat team gets its name from a former minor league baseball team that played from 1932 to 1949. They were founded to bring back a natural rivalry with the

Marysville Gold Sox The Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox were a summer collegiate wood-bat baseball club based in Marysville, California, in the United States, that began as an independent professional team in 1995. They played their home games at Bryant Field, adjacent to El ...

as the original Bears and Marysville Giants competed during that time. On November 7, 2017, the GWL announced that the Bears were not going to play in 2018 and have since been replaced by the San Francisco Seals.SAN FRANCISCO SEALS JOIN GREAT WEST LEAGUE
GWL website, November 7, 2017

Year-by-year record

Coaching staff

* Jeramy Gillen - Head Coach * Stuart Bradley - Assistant Coach * Brandon Asher - Assistant Coach * Marc Giampaoli - Athletic Trainer

Radio broadcasts

The Yuba City Bears official flagship radio station is KETQ-LP 93.3 in Yuba City and Marysville.

References

External links

Yuba City Bears official website
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