News and information about the 96th season of the

Ban Johnson Collegiate League, Kansas City's premier

wood-bat league for college and college-bound players

July 16, 2023 | No. 7

Regal Plastic RHP Roy Holcom threw six innings in Monday's win over the Adapt Prospects.

BJCL postseason set: Regal vs. Legends, Raiders vs. Stars

Regal Plastic won a defacto play-in game on the final day of the regular season to clinch the final berth in the 2023 BJCL Postseason. The matchups for next week's playoffs are the same as last season.

Third-generation BJCL alum Nick Goodwin drafted by Blue Jays

Former Building Champions shortstop Nick Goodwin is the latest Ban Johnson Collegiate League alumnus selected in the MLB Draft — and he’s got a decades-long family legacy in the league.

BJCL helps Giants assistant, former Marine pilot Nick Lictenberger re-adjust to civilian life

Early in the 2023 Ban Johnson Collegiate League season, NKC Apartments Giants assistant coach Nick Lictenberger would get home after a game battling a migraine with the muscles in his shoulders painfully knotted up.

To understand why, and why coaching in the BJCL has been a welcome dose of normalcy this summer, you have to understand Lictenberger’s job for the last decade: He's flown an H1 Zulu Cobra attack helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Manny's Pitcher of the Week

RHP Peyton Bowers, Milgram Mustangs

Bowers (Olathe West/William Jewell) closed the season in style Monday against the KC Knights.