Barton's Minaker earns Cougar pitching staff's second straight KJCCC weekly honor #GoBarton

Ethan Minaker of the Barton Community College baseball team has been named the week eleven KJCCC West Division Pitcher of the Week.

Last Saturday, Minaker turned in his best performance of the season helping Barton clinch its series sweep of Garden City. The sophomore's career best day resulted in tossing his first collegiate complete game shutout on a new high eight strikeouts, scattering just six hits and a pair of walks in picking up his second victory in his last three starts on the mound.

The weekly award is the second straight and fourth on the season for the Cougar pitching staff, along with the fifth overall for the squad following Anthony Treto's second of the year and catcher Ayden Hadley's nod last week.

Treto and Hadley have additionally earned the national distinction, Treto in week two while Hadley picked up last week's honor. Day one starter along with Treto, Antonio Mendez earned the Cougars' other KJCCC honor in week six.

Most recently yesterday in Pratt, Minaker picked up his second complete game victory on just 81 pitches by scattering seven hits, one walk, and seven punchouts improving to 4-2 on the year.

The performance closed out Barton's week of knocking off 3rd ranked Cowley in a non-conference contest and the sweep over Pratt extending the Cougars' unbeaten streak to 18 straight games improving to 24-4 in league and 36-8 on the season.

Next up for the Cougars is Monday's 5:00 p.m. nine-inning contest hosting the junior varsity squad of McPherson College before heading back out on the road Thursday to begin the final conference series of the season against Dodge City Community College. The first leg of the four-game set opens in Dodge City followed by the backend at Lawson-Biggs Field on Saturday. Game time set for 1:00 p.m. for each date's doubleheader.