However, by the close of the season, the league's expansion plans were thwarted by the termination of operations by the Lewiston Broncs and Tri-City Atoms.
[4] Tom Trebelhorn, who played the previous season in the Oakland farm system at Lewiston, served as manager.
Trebelhorn returned as manager in 1976 and the most intriguing player on Boise's roster was Rickey Henderson, fresh out of high school.
[9] A little more than a month later, it was confirmed that the Boise franchise was departing the City of Trees for Medicine Hat as a member of the Pioneer League.
Boise took a one-year hiatus from baseball, with the unaffiliated Buckskins beginning (and ending) play in 1978; the Hawks' first season was nine years later.