Barton eSports opens fall season with solid results #GoBarton

Fresh off its' best season in program history, the Barton Community College eSports squad has hit the ground running to open the 2022-2023 season. The Cougars opened the season with a 4-4 week before bouncing back with a solid 6-2 mark.

Sitting at 10-6 after the opening two weeks, the Barton gamers will look to carry the momentum into week three action that opened up Monday with another 8-slate of games throughout the week.

Week 1
Tuesday's action highlighted the start of the runback tour for the five pack of Rainbow 6 Siege gamers. Picking up where they left off a season ago, the Siege pack routed Northeast Community College in straight maps earning a 2-0 result to notch the program's first victory of the 22-23 season. Caden Nokleby made it a perfect night for the Cougars starting his Madden 22 season with a 2-1 victory over Navarro College.

Barton's next victories of the week came on Thursday evening as the squad posted a 2-1 evening. Starting the night off on the positive side was the Call of Duty Gunfight 2v2 squad of Adam Hardin and Kindric Castro blasting right past Heartland Community College securing a 3-0 outcome.

Competing in Mario Kart for the first time in the program's three-year existence, Harley Headley scored the first victory with a 4-0 sweep over Rockland Community College while Hardin dropped a tight 4-3 battle to Jefferson State Community College.

Other results saw the Rocket League dropping a 3-1 tilt to St. Clair College while both Super Smash participants Frank Wilkens and Headley fell in their matches to Borough of Manhattan Community College and Trinity Valley Community College 3-2 and 3-0 respectfully.

Week 2
Settling in after having a week's experience, the Cougars got off to a solid start as the Rocket League team got back on track rattling off a 3-1 result to Shelton State Community College.

Remaining perfect on Tuesday's the Rainbow 6 Sieges team secured its' second straight 2-0 sweep over rival Hutchinson Community College while Nokleby dispatched his Shelton State opponent 2-0 in Madden 22.

Dropping both Super Smash Bros a week prior, Headley helped produced a 1-1 Wednesday night earning a clean sheet 3-0 win over St. Clair Community College while Wilkens dropped a 3-1 tilt to WVU Potomac State College.

Concluding the week with a 2-1 Thursday, the tandem of Hardin and Castro made it 2-0 on the year in Gunfight 2v2 with a 3-0 triumph over Alexandria Technical & Community College. Recovering from a week 1 defeat was Headley in Mario Kart sweeping Rockland Community College 4-0 while Hardin fell on the short end dropping his second straight 4-3 result to Jefferson State Community College.