• Cougars' comeback falls short in sub-regional championships
    May 07, 2012
    After dropping its first game of the Region VI Sub-Regional, the Barton Community College baseball team strung together consecutive extra inning victories before falling in the championship game Monday afternoon in Garden City. Barton, which lost its opener Saturday afternoon 8-1 to Cowley College, immediately had to return to the diamond to battle through the elimination side of the bracket and earned a 7-6 come-from-behind extra inning win over Labette Community College. On Sunday Barton faced top-seeded and tournament host Garden City Community College where the Cougars ended the Broncbusters season by winning 2-1 in twelve innings. Facing the same Cowley team that defeated the Cougars handily in the first round, Barton led 1-0 before Cowley tied it in the seventh then tacked on three runs in the ninth to end the Cougars season 4-1. Cowley, 32-24 on the season, advances to the Region VI Championships held in Wichita May 14-16 while Barton ends its season at 33-26.
  • Cougar baseball wraps up regular season with win, prepare for Region VI playoffs
    May 02, 2012
    The Barton Community College baseball team ended the 2012 regular season with a win as they defeated Coffeyville Community College Tuesday afternoon 9-6 at Emporia State University’s Glennen Field. The Cougars, who improve to 31-24 on the season, finished sixth in Region VI play at 10-18. They will travel to Garden City this weekend to begin Region VI Super Regional play at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday against the Eastern Division’s third place team Cowley College. The Tigers finished their regular season dropping 3-of-4 to Coffeyville earlier in the week and will enter the contest with a 28-24 overall record including a 25-11 mark in region play. The winner of the Barton-Cowley matchup will play at 1:00 p.m. Sunday against the winner of host Garden City Community College and Labette Community College. The two matchup losers will play in an elimination game Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. for the right to advance in the double-elimination tournament. Winners of each of the four Region VI Super Regionals will advance to Wichita for the May 12-14 Region VI Championship.
  • Garden City ends Cougars home schedule with twin bill sweep
    April 28, 2012
    Wrapping up its 2012 home schedule at Lawson-Biggs Field, the Barton Community College baseball team dropped both games of today’s doubleheader 7-1 and 4-3 to Garden City Community College. The Cougars fall to 30-24 on the season, finish seventh in the conference with a 12-20 record, and tied for sixth in the region at 10-18. With today’s sweep and winning 3-of-4 over the weekend, Garden City will share at least a tie for the conference title and a second place in the region in finishing at 23-9 and 19-9 respectively and 36-19 overall. Barton’s next game will be Tuesday in Emporia against Coffeyville Community College. First pitch for the 9-inning game is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Emporia State University’s Glennen Field.
  • Cougars bounce back from tough loss, spoil Garden City’s hope of top seed
    April 28, 2012
    After surrounding the lead in the final inning of game one to lose 6-3, the Barton Community College baseball team bounced back and held on for a 5-4 victory over Garden City Community College in game two of today’s doubleheader at Lawson-Biggs Field. The Cougars, 30-22 on the season and 12-18 in the Jayhawk Conference, dropped Garden City into a three-way tie for the conference title as they dropped to 21-9 in conference play and 34-19 overall. In Region VI play the Cougars move to 10-16 while Garden City sees their hopes of the top region seed dashed as they move to 17-9, three games behind Seward County Community College. The two teams will return to the diamond Sunday for another doubleheader at Lawson-Biggs Field beginning at 1:00 p.m.
  • Cougars break from conference schedule, rout Kansas Wesleyan JV
    April 24, 2012
    Taking a break from the grind of the Jayhawk Conference schedule, the Barton Community College baseball team had an enjoyable evening at the ballpark in a 17-4 win over the Kansas Wesleyan Junior Varsity tonight at Lawson-Biggs Field. The Cougars, 28-21 on the season and 11-17 in the Jayhawk Conference, scored in every inning in cruising to the run-rule victory. Great Bend native Nick Ney got the start and picked up his first victory for Barton allowing 5 hits and two runs in three innings of work as the Cougar pitching staff combined to surrender only seven hits and two walks. Offensively Barton pounded out eleven hits as twelve of the thirteen hitters reached base. The Cougars will travel to Hesston College Wednesday for another non-conference game before returning home this weekend for a regular season concluding series with Garden City Community College. First pitch for Saturday’s doubleheader is 1:00 p.m. with “Pack the Park” tailgate festivities beginning at noon.
  • Cougar Baseball splits day one of weekend series with Dodge City
    April 21, 2012
    The Barton Community College baseball team needed extra innings in game one then were shutout in game two as they split the first day of the weekend series with Dodge City Community College in Dodge City. After scoring four runs in the top of the first in game one, the Cougars surrendered four runs in the fifth and sixth to send the game to extra innings. Barton was able to score three in the top of the eighth then shut down the Conquistadors in the home half to win 8-5. Game two was dominated by pitching and timely defensive plays as Dodge City scored one in the third and two in the fifth to win 3-0. With the day’s split, the Cougars are 26-20 on the season and 10-16 in conference play while Dodge City moves to 16-26 overall and 10-20 in conference.
  • Cougars blow open game with big seventh inning to beat Brown Mackie 13-1
    April 17, 2012
    The Barton Community College baseball team scored early then plated seven more runs in the seventh inning to beat Brown Mackie College 13-1 Tuesday evening at Rathert Stadium in Junction City. Playing a neutral site contest to provide a free family and military appreciation night at the ballpark, the Cougars improved their record to 25-19 on the season while Brown Mackie slips to 5-22. Barton is in the midst of a ten game road trip stretch as they will travel to Dodge City this weekend to take on the Conquistadors in a four game series. First pitch for Saturday and Sunday’s doubleheader is set for 1:05 p.m. at Cavalier Field.
  • Barton Baseball picks up conference series win against Butler
    April 09, 2012
    Since splitting the conference opening season series at Hutchinson, the Barton Community College baseball team has lost each conference series three games to one. This past weekend the Cougars picked up their first series win by capturing three of the four games against Butler Community College at Barton’s Lawson-Biggs Field. On Friday the Cougars needed a bottom of the seventh game-tying home run by Federico Castagnini to go on to win game one 8-7 in eight innings. Butler was able to split Friday’s doubleheader by scoring five runs in the last three innings to win 9-8. In Saturday’s game one sophomore Ashton Sivigliano pitched a two-hitter as the Cougars run-ruled Butler 11-1. Barton wrapped up the series by scoring four runs in the third and three in the fifth to cruise to the 8-2 victory. With the three victories, Barton improves to 9-15 in conference and 23-16 on the season while Butler drops to 10-10 in conference play and 19-19 overall. The Cougars will have the week off until facing Metropolitan Community College-Longview in a four game series next week-end in Kansas City, KS. Barton will play its next ten games on the road before returning home April 28 against Garden City.
  • Garland’s 3-run home run lifts Barton Baseball to 18-16 victory in weekend series finale at Cloud County
    April 02, 2012
    Clayton Garland’s three-run home run in the top of the ninth gave the Barton Community College baseball team a much needed 18-16 victory in the weekend series finale Sunday against Cloud County Community College. The Thunderbirds scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to take Saturday’s game one 4-3 then followed with an 18-2 blasting of the Cougars in game two. On Sunday Cloud again came from behind scoring one run in each of the last three innings to escape with a 3-2 victory. Trailing 3-0 in the weekend series and squandering a ten run lead in Sunday’s game two, Barton suddenly found themselves trailing 15-14 headed to the ninth. After back-to-back singles by Alex King and Adam Smith and a Federico Castagnini groundout, Garland cleared the table with his home run. The Cougars added an insurance run on a Ryan Tracy fielder’s choice scoring Dylan Turpin who had doubled to right field after Garland’s homer. Barton, 20-15 on the season, will take a break from conference play on Tuesday as they travel to Hays to play a 4:00 p.m. nine-inning game against the Fort Hays State University junior varsity. The Cougars, who are now 6-14 in conference play, will return to Jayhawk West action this Friday and Saturday as Butler Community College comes to Lawson-Biggs Field. Friday’s doubleheader will begin at 2:00 p.m. with Saturday’s doubleheader scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
  • Baseball caps weekend series at Seward with big win
    March 19, 2012
    The Barton Community College team finished its weekend series against Seward County Community College on a positive note by winning 18-8 in game two of Sunday’s doubleheader in Liberal. The Saints won both Saturday games by the scores of 9-2 and 15-3 and captured game one 7-3 on Sunday. In going 1-3 over the weekend, the Cougars slipped further down the conference standings to 4-8 and 17-9 overall while Seward improves to 8-4 in the Jayhawk and 15-14 overall. Barton will take a break from conference action and travel to region foe Brown Mackie for a nine-inning game at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday in Salina, Kansas.
  • Cougars cruise to 16-7 win in non-conference play
    March 14, 2012
    The Barton Community College team took a break from conference action and defeated the Bethany College Junior Varsity 16-7 Wednesday evening at Lawson-Biggs Field. The Cougars, who had defeated Bethany previously 21-11 on February 22, scored in bunches to capture the win. After trailing 1-0 after the first, Barton scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth behind triples by Clayton Garland and Ryan Tracy followed by a three-run homerun by Tanner Carpenter. After Bethany scored one in the fifth and five in the sixth, the Cougars struck back with five more runs in the home half of the sixth then later added four in the eight in cruising to the victory. Barton improves to 16-6 on the season and will next play Seward County Community College this weekend. The two teams will play doubleheaders on both Saturday and Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m. each day.
  • No. 16 Cougar baseball bounces back on Saturday to set up series finale
    March 10, 2012
    After dropping the first two games of the four-game series, the No. 16 ranked Barton Community College baseball team redeemed itself by winning game three against Pratt Community College to set up Sunday’s finale. Pratt put on a hitting display on Friday in cruising to an 18-6 win then scored five runs in the top of the seventh of Saturday’s game one for a surprise 9-8 win. In game two of Saturday’s doubleheader the Cougars exploded for eleven runs in the fourth and shut out the red hot Beavers 15-0. Barton, 15-5 on the season and 3-4 in conference play, will tangle again with Pratt, 10-5 on the season and 5-2 in conference play, on Sunday in a nine-inning game starting at 1:00 p.m. at Lawson-Biggs Field.
  • Cougars battles back for 9-8 extra inning win over Hutchinson
    March 02, 2012
    The No. 16 ranked Barton Community College baseball team fought from behind to win 9-8 in ten innings over Hutchinson Community College Friday in Hutchinson. The Cougars scored seven unanswered and received solid relief pitching to capture game one of the Jayhawk Conference season opener for both teams. With the win Barton improves to 13-1 on the season while Hutchinson drops to 4-4. The two teams will be back on the diamond Saturday for a pair of seven innings games beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Hutchinson’s Bud Detter Field. The four-game series will wrap up with a nine inning game at 1:00 p.m. Sunday.
  • Cougars enter national poll at #16
    February 29, 2012
    Fresh off a weekend five game sweep, the Barton Community College baseball team is ranked No. 16 in the first regular season NJCAA Division I national poll recently released. Barton’s 12-1 start is also the best start since the 2006 season when the Cougars started 7-1. Barton will get its stiffest test of the early season as they travel to Hutchinson for a four game series with Hutchinson Community College. First pitch for Friday’s nine inning game will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Hutchinson’s Bud Detter Field. The two teams will return to the diamond at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday for a seven inning doubleheader and then wrap up the series with a nine inning game at 1:00 p.m. Sunday.
  • Castagnini named Jayhawk Conference baseball player of the week
    February 28, 2012
    Barton Community College baseball player Federico Castagnini has been named the KJCCC Verizon Wireless Player of the Week. Castagnini, a sophomore from Verona, Italy, batted .526 for the week, had a .667 on base percentage, scored 11 runs, and drove in another 11 runs in helping to lead Barton to a perfect 6-0 week including a five-game series weekend sweep of Western Nebraska Community College. Batting near .500 for the year, Castagnini has been an integral part of Barton’s 12-1 record to start the season.
  • Cougar baseball sweep five-game series, off to 12-1 start on season
    February 27, 2012
    With a five-game sweep this past weekend, the Barton Community College baseball team is off to a 12-1 start, its best start since the 2005-06 season when it started 7-1. The Cougars, who started the season 3-1 after a trip to Texas, have won ten straight including this past weekend’s sweep of Western Nebraska Community College. Barton won 5-4 and 7-2 on Friday, 14-9 and 11-4 on Saturday, then completed the series sweep with a nine inning 7-2 victory on Sunday. The Cougars will have the week off before starting a four game series with Hutchinson Community College at Hutchinson on Friday. First pitch for Friday’s nine inning game will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Hutchinson’s Bud Detter Field. The two teams will return to the diamond at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday for a seven inning doubleheader and then wrap up the series with a nine inning game at 1:00 p.m. Sunday.
  • Castagnini and Harris sign Division I letters of intent
    November 11, 2011
    Two Barton Community College baseball players signed NCAA Division I letters of intent Thursday at the Kirkman Activity Center on the Barton campus. Sophomores Federico Castagnini and Jason Harris committed to four-year schools on the second day of the early signing period. Both players will move on to nationally acclaimed schools as Castagnini signed with Creighton University and Harris signed with the University of North Carolina Charlotte.