2016-17 Barton Baseball News
Michael Sinks of the Barton Community College baseball team was recently named to the first team All-American squad selected by the NJCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
Concluding a forty-plus win season, the accolades for the Barton Community College baseball team rolled in today as the Cougars earned not only the coaching and pitching honors of the year but had eight selected by fellow coaches for the All-KJCCC West Division team and four named to the All-Region VI team.
The Barton Community College baseball team had its season come to an end Saturday as a Cougar rally fell short 7-5 to Fort Scott Community College this morning at Wichita's Lawrence Dumont Stadium in an elimination game of the eight-team Central District Region VI Tournament. The loss concludes Barton's season at 42-18 while Fort Scott improves to 38-23 advancing to Sunday's 1:00 p.m. game against the loser of Hutchinson-Johnson County.
The Barton Community College baseball team fell 5-2 to Neosho County Community College this morning at Wichita's Lawrence Dumont Stadium in the opening game of the eight-team Central District Region VI Tournament. The loss bounces the 42-17 Cougars to the elimination side of the bracket to play in Saturday's 10:00 a.m. contest against the loser of the Fort Scott-Cowley contest while Neosho improves to 40-20 and will play the winner of the contest at 4:00 p.m. Saturday.
Cole Henley of the Barton Community College baseball team is the latest Cougar awarded the KJCCC Division I Player of the Week honor.
The Barton Community College baseball team pounded out twenty hits Saturday at Lawson-Biggs Field putting an end to Allen Community College’s season 15-6 in first round Central District Region VI Tournament action. The Cougars scored in all but the first two innings including a six-run sixth and a dagger four-run eighth to sweep the best-of-three series concluding Allen’s year at 28-27. The victory improves Barton to 42-16 on the season and advances the Cougars to double elimination play beginning 10:00 a.m. Friday at Wichita’s Lawrence Dumont Stadium. Barton will play the winner of Sunday’s Cloud County at Neosho County winner-take-all game in Chanute.
The Barton Community College baseball team held off an Allen Community College rally Friday at Lawson-Biggs Field to come away with a 7-5 win in the opening round of the Central District Region VI Tournament. Behind a combined five-hit nine strikeout pitching performance, the Cougars erased a two run deficit with seven unanswered while getting a combined five hitter to hold off the Red Devils. The victory improves Barton to 41-16 on the season but more importantly puts the Cougars ahead in the best-of-three series as Allen drops its fourteenth consecutive slipping to 28-26.
Corrigan Bartlett of the Barton Community College baseball team is the latest Cougar awarded the KJCCC Division I Player of the Week honor.
Thankfully the Barton Community College baseball team has already wrapped up hosting a home playoff series as the No. 18 ranked Cougars’ final regular season games have been moved out of town due to the amount of moisture in the Great Bend area over the weekend. The series finale doubleheader against Cloud County Community College will now be played at Washburn University’s Falley Field in Topeka with a 1:30 p.m. first pitch to conclude the regular season. Also with the change, there will not be any local radio or web streaming but live stats will be available at www.BartonSports.com, as well as, social media updates on Twitter via “BartonSports”.
The Barton Community College baseball team concluded its regular season today traveling to Topeka and coming away with a doubleheader split in hosting Cloud County Community College. Having moved the games to Washburn University’s Falley Field due to wet field conditions at Lawson-Biggs Field, the No. 18 ranked Cougars took game one 5-2 but dropped the four-game series finale 7-2 as the T-Birds scored seven runs in the final three innings to earn the split.
For the second time in three games, a ninth inning rally fell a run short as the No. 18 ranked Barton Community College baseball team split Friday’s doubleheader with Cloud County Community College. Barton plated five runs in the opener’s third inning to hold off the T-Birds 5-4 but the tide flipped in the night cap with Cloud County being the one to put up a five-run third inning to gain the edge before capitalizing on the fourth Barton error of the game providing the winning run in a 10-9 score. The split ended Barton’s hopes of chasing the Jayhawk West crown while tightening up the chase for second place as the Cougars come back to the field at 20-10 and 39-15 overall. In its own chase to hold on to the sixth place in the West, Cloud County moved one step closer opening up a two game lead over Butler at 11-19 and 26-28 on the season. Due to forecasted weather rolling through the area, the final two games of the series at Lawson-Biggs Field have been pushed back to Monday beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Mother nature has struck again forcing adjustments to the Barton Community College baseball and softball schedule.
A ninth inning rally fell a run short Wednesday night as the Barton Community College baseball team dropped a non-conference game at No. 6 Hutchinson Community College. Trailing by four after a Blue Dragon four-run third inning, the Cougars climbed back before striking back for two ninth inning runs but left two stranded in coming up short. The loss snapped Barton eleven game win streak slipping to 38-14 on the season while the Blue Dragons captured their thirteenth consecutive victory improving to 39-11. Returning to conference play this weekend to wrap up the regular season, the Cougars look to hold on to the second spot sitting at 19-9 as Cloud County Community College with a four game win streak at 25-27 look to hold on to the sixth slot in the standings coming to Lawson-Biggs Field with a 10-18 Jayhawk West record. With forecasted rains in the forecast, the four-game set is slated to begin with a pair of games at 1:00 p.m. on Friday with the remaining two games set for 1:00 p.m. Monday.
For the sixth time this season, the Barton Community College baseball team has been awarded the conference performance award of the week as Michael Sinks earns this week’s KJCCC Division I Player of the Week honor.
The Barton Community College baseball team completed its second straight conference sweep on Sunday taking the remaining pair of games at Colby Community College. The Cougars jumped out to eight run lead through the first three innings to take the seven inning contest 10-6 before erasing a two run deficit getting a four-hit combined pitching performance for a 6-3 series clincher. The sweep over the weekend leap frogged the Cougars over the Trojans in the conference standings as Barton’s eleventh straight win puts them alone in second place in the West standings at 19-9 while improving to 38-13 on the season. Colby drops back to the fourth slot in the standings at 17-11 and 26-20 overall. Barton’s next action comes Wednesday as the Cougars travel to the equally red-hot and winners of twelve straight Hutchinson Community College for a non-conference 5:00 p.m. nine inning affair before wrapping up the regular season this weekend hosting Cloud County Community College.
The Barton Community College baseball team won its ninth straight with a record performance in Saturday’s doubleheader sweep at Colby Community College. The Cougars took game one 16-10 before finishing off the Trojans in the nine inning nightcap 8-2. In the process of handing the Trojans their first Saturday sweep, the Cougars’ Michael Sinks became Barton’s all-time hits leader surpassing George Martinez’ 2001-02 mark of 163. The victories move Barton into a second place tie with the Trojans in the Jayhawk West standings at 17-9 improving to 36-13 as Colby drops to 26-18. The teams will wrap up the four-game series on Sunday with an 11:00 a.m. first pitch.
