Isaac Bailey
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- Height:
- 5'10"
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- Hometown:
- Winfield, KS
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- Year:
- FR
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- High School:
- Winfield
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- Class:
- 141
News mentions
The No. 17 ranked Barton Community College Wrestling team had their season cut a day short on Friday, coming up shy of Saturday’s all-american rounds in the NJCAA Wrestling National Championships held in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The Barton Community College Wrestling team finished runner-up on Saturday in Pratt, Kansas, in the NJCAA West/Central District Championships. The Cougars’ 134 points were second only to the 171.5 points from defending national champion and No. 3 ranked Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and well ahead of the 98.5 points scored by No. 16 ranked Labette Community College. Barton put four in the championship matches earning two titles coming in the 285 division from No. 8 Brix Brickey and in the 174 weight class from David Kelly who earned the Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament award. The honor also marks the second straight year a Barton wrestler has earned the honor as Will Bardezbain won last season, as well as, Head Coach Mike Bammes earning the coaching award in the Cougars' first season. Barton also grabbed three third places and three fifth places with five of those coming via a Fall as nine of the ten wrestlers earned national tournament bids earning the Cougars' second straight Region VI Championship as well. Barton will next head to the NJCAA Championships in Council Bluffs, Iowa, held February 23-25 in the Mid-America Center.
The Barton Community College Wrestling squad participated in the NJCAA Nationals Duals on Thursday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, taking on two fellow nationally ranked teams in the fifteen team tournament held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The No. 18 Cougars took on No. 6 Clackamas Community College in the morning match dropping a 35-14 decision before being bounced from the tournament with a disappointing 28-21 loss to No. 9 Lincoln College. Barton will next return to the mat on Friday, January 13, in Kearney, Nebraska, in the Midwest Duals.
The Barton Community College wrestling team returned after a twenty day holiday break to the competitive mat Saturday in Fremont, Nebraska, participating in the in the Viking-Warrior Open hosted by Midland University. The No. 18 Cougars had eleven wrestlers finish 6-22 in their last Open event serving as a final tune-up for the dual portion of their 2016-17 schedule. Barton will next travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to compete in the NJCAA National Duals taking placing January 5-6.
The No. 18 ranked Barton Community College Wrestling team closed out the fall semester of the schedule Saturday traveling to Crete, Nebraska, for the Doane University Open.
The Barton Community College Wrestling team competed Saturday in the always tough Bob Smith Open hosted annually by Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. Fourteen Cougars took the mat finishing 15-28 in the one day nearly 400 athlete event consisting of teams from the NCAA Division I, II, NAIA, and junior college levels.
Coming off an inaugural season of finishing as the No. 15 ranked team in the nation, the Barton Community College Wrestling program began its second season of competition capturing two individual titles Sunday in the Dan Harris Open at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. The Cougars finished the one-day event 35-27 adding two runner-up, a third place, and a pair of fourth places competing against fellow junior college competitors, as well as, competition from the NCAA Division II and NAIA levels.