2012-13 Barton Men's Soccer News
Barton Community College men's soccer player Vinicius Braga became the latest Cougar from the 2012 Region VI Championship team to commit to play at the next level, signing with Bellevue University of Bellevue, Nebraska.
Barton Community College men's soccer player Diogo Quirino became the second Cougar from the 2012 Region VI Championship team to commit to play at the next level, signing with the University of North Florida.
Barton Community College men’s soccer player Gonzalo Gelso became the first Cougar from the 2012 Region VI Championship team to commit to play at the next level, signing with the University of California Santa Barbara.
Barton Community College recently approved the hiring of Kevin Kewley as head coach for the men’s soccer team. Kewley becomes only the third coach in Barton’s nationally renowned and Region VI powerhouse men’s soccer program. Arriving from fellow region school Pratt Community College, Kewley began the men’s soccer program at Pratt three years ago compiling a 27-25-1 record including a 10-6-0 season last year. Kewley replaces Oliver Twelvetrees who recently departed to begin the men’s soccer program at Brevard Community College in Melbourne, Florida.
The Region VI men’s soccer championship trophy returns to Great Bend as the No. 6 ranked Barton Community College men’s soccer team defeated Johnson County Community College 2-0 on Sunday at Topeka’s Hummer Sports Park. The Cougars’ Sam McCrillis scored a goal in each half as the Cougars won its fifth Region VI Championship and third title in the last four years. Under seventh year head coach Oliver Twelvetrees, Barton has won four region titles and is one game away from a return trip to nationals. Next up for the 16-2-1 Cougars will be the Plains District Championship on Saturday, November 3, at an opponent to be named later this week.
Standing in the Barton Community College men's soccer team’s path to the championship game, the Dodge City Community College team kept things interesting but the No. 6 ranked Cougars prevailed 2-0. Next up for the 15-2-1 Cougars will be Johnson County Community College in the Region VI Championship at 12:00 p.m.
It only took the Cougars two minutes to score and only six minutes to get the winning goal as the No. 7 ranked Barton Community College men’s soccer team blitzed Northwest Kansas Technical College 7-1 Tuesday at the Cougar Soccer/Track Complex in first-round action of the Region VI playoffs. The scoring duo of conference player of the week Ebu Camara and Sam McCrillis accounted for the first three Barton goals as the Cougars raced out to a 4-0 lead with just under eighteen minutes into the contest. Despite Northwest getting a first half goal to draw within 4-1 at halftime, the Cougars put the Mavericks away scoring three goals in fourteen minutes late in the contest. Next up for the top-seeded 14-2-1 Cougars will be a trip to Topeka’s Hummer Sports Park in the regional semifinals on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. against 12-7-0 Dodge City Community College. Barton defeated the Conquistadors 3-2 on September 5 but needed a goal in the game’s last three minutes to get the win. Dodge City, who finished fourth in the regional standings, is coming off back-to-back 1-0 shutout victories over Pratt Community College. The winner of the Barton-Dodge contest will play in the Region VI Championship game at noon Sunday.
The No. 7 ranked Barton Community College men’s soccer team showed no signs of a letdown in scoring a 6-0 victory over Kansas City Kansas Community College Wednesday at the Cougar Soccer/Track Complex. Peppering the Bluedevil defense with twenty-eight shots, the Cougars scored three in each half to finish up the 2012 regular season. Led by Hays freshman Ebu Camara’s hat-trick plus an assist, the second wave of Cougar players were just as effective in attacking and preserving the win. The top-seeded Cougars enter Region VI playoffs on Tuesday with a 13-2-1 overall record and an undefeated 10-0-0 conference/region record while KCK slips to the sixth seed at 6-8-2 overall and 4-5-1 in conference and region play. Barton will host the winner of Saturday’s Hesston College-Northwest Kansas Technical College game on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at the Cougar Soccer/Track Complex.
It’s been almost a year since that fateful day in Topeka that ended the Cougars’ 2011 season. Today the Barton Community College men’s soccer team unleashed a portion of revenge on their tormentor as the No. 9 ranked Cougars dominated the No. 7 ranked Cloud County Community College Thunderbirds 4-0 at Cougar Field. Barton jumped on the defending NJCAA Champions with three first half goals in route to the victory which assures the Cougars at least a share of the conference championship. The Cougars’ championship is the seventh in the past ten years and the fourth of Coach Oliver Twelvetrees’ seven years at the helm. Barton, 12-2-1 overall and 9-0-0 in conference, can clinch the title outright with a victory to wrap up regular season play on Wednesday against Kansas City Kansas Community College. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. at the Cougar Soccer/Track Complex.
For the second straight week and third time this season, Barton Community College men’s soccer players Sam McCrillis and Mauricio Campos have been selected to receive the KJCCC Verizon Wireless Player of the Week honors. McCrillis, who also won the award in week one, headlines the Cougar attack while Campus, who won the award in week four, anchors the Barton defense in goal. Both players have helped the Cougar team to a No. 9 national ranking and the KJCCC Championship crown with their recent 4-0 shutout victory over No. 7 Cloud County Community College. With one game remaining in the regular season, Barton will look to tune up its attack Wednesday against Kansas City Kansas Community College at 4:00 p.m. at the Cougar Soccer/Track Complex. The Cougars will begin Region VI playoff action next Tuesday as they will host a first round game against an opponent yet to be determined.
The No. 9 ranked Barton Community College men’s soccer team built a 5-0 halftime lead to cruise for 5-0 victory over Pratt Community College today in Pratt. Freshman Ebu Camara led the Cougars in goals with two while sophomore Sam McCrillis contributed three assists and one goal. Barton also received goals from freshman Armando Hipolito and a spectacular 40-yard goal from sophomore Gonzalo Gelso. Barton remains undefeated in conference play at 8-0-0 and 11-2-1 overall while Pratt drops to 4-6-0 and 4-11-0 overall. With the victory the anticipation builds for Saturday’s 4:00 p.m. match at the Cougar Soccer/Track Complex against the defending NJCAA champion and fellow conference unbeaten Cloud County Community College.
The No. 10 ranked Barton Community College men’s soccer team remained undefeated in conference and region play with a 5-1 victory over Johnson County Community College Wednesday at Cougar Field. Sophomore Sam McCrillis highlighted the Cougars scoring as he accounted for four of the goals by scoring three and assisting on another. The Cougars improve to 7-0-0 in conference and 10-2-1 while Johnson County falls to 1-4-0 and 4-7-0 overall. Barton will have a week away from competition before taking on Pratt Community College in a 4:30 p.m. conference match in Pratt, Kansas.
Fresh off moving up the national rankings to No. 10, the Barton Community College men’s soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to Northern Oklahoma College – Tonkawa this afternoon in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. The Cougars found themselves trailing 1-0 thirteen minutes into the contest until a Ezequiel Alvarez to Sam McCrillis connection thirty-seconds before halftime sent the teams to intermission locked at one. In a second half stalemate, the NOC Mavericks finally broke through with nine minutes remaining with the game winner and sent the Cougars home with 8-2-1 record on the season. Barton returns to conference play this Saturday at Great Bend High School in a battle of undefeated conference foes set to kick off at 8:00 p.m. Cowley, 6-0 in Jayhawk play owns the top of the standings while the 5-0 Cougars are a half game behind.
The No. 12 ranked Barton Community College men’s soccer team needed two overtimes to defeat Neosho County Community College 1-0 today in Chanute, Ks. The Cougars’ game-winning goal came off of David Lazarof’s volley from Ebu Camara with 2:07 left in double overtime. Barton improves to 7-1-1 on the season and remains undefeated in Jayhawk play at 4-0 while Neosho drops to 5-2-1 overall and 1-1-1 in conference play. Barton will stay in southeast Kansas tonight as the Cougars will play Independence Community College at 3:00 p.m. Sunday in Independence.
Barton Community College men’s soccer Mauricio Vargas Campos has been named the KJCCC Verizon Wireless Goalkeeper of the Week. Campos, a freshman from Jersey City, New Jersey, recorded another solid week helping the Cougars to two road conference victories. In Barton’s 2-1 victory last Wednesday against Coffeyville Community College, Campos’ lone surrender of goal occurred during a defensive breakdown allowing for a one-on-one situation. For the week Campos saved ten shots on goal and recorded his fourth shutout victory including the Cougars’ 2-0 win over Allen Community College last Friday. Barton will have the week off before returning to southeast Kansas for back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday. The Cougars will play Neosho Community College at 6:00 p.m. Saturday and wrap up the trip on Sunday with a 3:00 p.m. game at Independence Community College.
Returning to southeast Kansas for the second time in three days, the No. 16 ranked Barton Community College men’s soccer team defeated Allen Community College 2-0 Friday in Iola, Ks. The Cougars took a 1-0 lead to halftime on Tyler Dixon’s pass to Ebu Camara with fourteen minutes left in the half. Less than one minute into the second half Mariano Gelso connected with Barton leading scorer Sam McCrillis to seal the Barton victory. Barton improves to 6-1-1 on the season and 3-0 in Jayhawk play while Allen drops to 3-2 overall and 1-2 in conference play. Barton will have the week off before returning to southeast Kansas for back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday. The Cougars will play Neosho Community College at 4:00 p.m. Saturday and wrap up the trip on Sunday with a 3:00 p.m. game at Independence Community College.