Editing Lewis–Clark State College (section)

== Athletics ==
[[File:Harris Field at LC State.jpg|left|thumb|Historic Harris Field at Lewis-Clark State College]]
The Lewis-Clark State athletic teams are called the Warriors and Lady Warriors. The college is a member of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA), primarily competing in the [[Cascade Collegiate Conference]] (CCC) since autumn 2020<!-- the 2020–21 academic year-->. The Warriors and Lady Warriors previously competed in the [[Frontier Conference]] from 1998<!--1998–99--> to&nbsp;2000<!--2019–20-->.

[[File:Lewis-clark-st bgd from NCAA.svg|thumb|Logo of LC State Warrior athletics]]
LC State competes in twelve intercollegiate varsity sports: men's sports are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, and track & field; women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. The [[school colors]] are navy blue, white, and red.<ref name=lcscadqf/> The nickname "Warriors" was adopted after the school reopened in 1955;<ref name=invjc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ycJeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1202%2C598694|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Junior college group invites Lewis-Clark |date=May 6, 1956 |page=11}}</ref><ref name=puzzle>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mcpeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1871%2C3190083|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=LCNS starting assignments puzzle coach |date=November 27, 1956 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=crbfro>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMpeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1118%2C5498863 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Crusaders beat freshman in overtime |date=December 16, 1956 |page=10}}</ref><ref name=wartmftd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jIJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2404%2C857421 |title=LCNS Warriors meet frosh today |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |date=May 6, 1958 |page=8}}</ref> earlier nicknames include "Pioneers" in the 1930s,<ref name=lwnlwn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9lgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FPUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6439%2C1039100m |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Lewiston Normal wins |date=October 19, 1936 |page=6}}</ref> "Loggers" was adopted through a contest in October 1938,<ref name=tussl37>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZaxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1727%2C522050 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Lewiston Normal meets Cheney Savages in tussle under lights at Bengal Field tonight |date=October 7, 1938 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=torrd37>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZqxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1537%2C607413 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Lewiston Loggers battle Cheney Savages to torrid 13-13 tie under lights at Bengal Field|date=October 8, 1938 |page=10}}</ref> and continued until the 1951 closure.<ref name=lgmt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-MZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1736%2C3033976 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Loggers meet Nampa quintet tonight at 8 |date=February 11, 1941 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=nltmsc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l3lWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=euUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6074%2C1784155 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=NICE Loggers to meet SICE |date=November 20, 1948 |page=10}}</ref><ref name=logrtn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4260%2C327518 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Loggers return from 4-game road journey |date=March 5, 1951 |page=2}}</ref>

===Baseball===
Absent for a decade (1952–1961),<ref name=splt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JrZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2549%2C2508336 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Loggers split final home games |date=May 31, 1951 |page=10}}</ref><ref name=logswwp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KbZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3071%2C2735855 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Loggers sweep Eastern series, compile best modern day record |date=June 3, 1951 |page=8}}</ref> baseball returned as an intercollegiate sport in 1962.<ref name=basnin>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3LBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=py8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5754%2C2115675 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=LCN plans baseball nine next spring |date=December 13, 1961 |page=13}}</ref><ref name=lbschset>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kLpeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5079%2C3057955 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=LCN baseball schedule set |date=Feb 22, 1962 |page=12}}</ref><ref name=ansrc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gcZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3077%2C1973610 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=20 Warriors answer call for baseball |date=March 13, 1962 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=wrrsbo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k8ZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4986%2C5031674 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Warriors bow to CBC frosh |date=March 31, 1962 |page=8}}</ref> Since 1984, the team has won nineteen<!-- 19 thru 2017--> NAIA [[NAIA World Series|national championships]];<ref name=naiabcc12>{{cite web |url=http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/BSB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640701&SPID=96228&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27900|title=Baseball championship history |year=2012|page=1}}</ref> sixteen were under head coach [[Ed Cheff]], who retired after 34 years in 2010.<ref name=lcsbcedc>{{cite web |url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=205292479|publisher=NAIA.org|title=Legendary Lewis-Clark State baseball coach Ed Cheff to retire |date=June 30, 2010}}</ref> LC State has hosted the [[NAIA World Series]] at [[Harris Field]] since 2000, and also from 1984 through 1991.<ref name=naiabcc12/>