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Avila, Mo. wins KCAC softball title
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Updated: May 6, 2023, 12:37 AM
Published: May 4, 2023, 3:14 PM

No. 5 seed Avila, Mo. completed a sweep of the KCAC softball championship with a 2-0 victory over Oklahoma Wesleyan in Friday's final at the Great Bend Sports Complex.

Avila's Chelsea Kurtz singled home Katie Wentworth after a third-inning double. Pinch runner Samanatha Gatica scored on a fourth-inning Mikayla Cotton sacrifice fly Avila starter Chaunelle Penn (8-7) and reliever Payton Walter combined for a 3-hit shutout.

Avila (34-19) qualifies for a NAIA softball regional May 15-17. Avila upset KCAC softball champion Ottawa 4-2 and Oklahoma Wesleyan 4-0 to advance to Friday's championship game. No. 3 seed Oklahoma Wesleyan (39-10) downed Friends 5-1 in the losers bracket final.

OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN 5, FRIENDS 1 (G13) — Oklahoma Wesleyan's Jess Watson delivered a 2-run double and 2-run single. Pitcher Maddy Wiese struck out seven batters.

FRIENDS 11, BETHANY 4 (G12)  — Laila Spracklen drove in three runs and Aleigha Gale and Carolyn Dallimore each drove in two runs.

AVILA 4, OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN 0 (G11) — Avila pitcher Payton Walter (19-7) shut out Oklahoma Wesleyan. Avila converted a trio of errors into a 4-run inning. Chelsea Kurtz scored on a wild pitch and Jordy Pollo scored on an error. Brooke Bellflower and Kat Wilds delivered RBIs.

FRIENDS 5, OTTAWA 1 (G9) — Friends' Alex Vick doubled and drove home two runs. Laila Spracklin (18-7) threw a 3-hitter.

MCPHERSON 4, BETHANY 3 (17 innings) (G10) — McPherson's Kassidy New singled home Lauren Skinner to end a 4-hour marathon. McPherson pitcher Jordyn Johnson (9-9) threw 247 pitches.

KCAC SOFTBALL 

GREAT BEND SPORTS COMPLEX

FRIDAY—G14—Avila, Mo. 2, Oklahoma Wesleyan 0

THURSDAY—G9—McPherson 4, Bethany 3 (17 innings); G10—Friends 5, Ottawa 1; G11—Avila 4, Oklahoma Wesleyan 0; G12—Friends 11, Bethany 4; G13—Oklahoma Wesleyan 5, Friends 1

WEDNESDAY—FIRST ROUND—Ottawa 7, York, Neb. 3; Avila, Mo. 3, Bethany 1; Oklahoma Wesleyan 3, Kansas Wesleyan 1, 9 innings; McPherson 3, Friends 1

SECOND ROUND—Avila 4, Ottawa 2; Oklahoma Wesleyan 2, McPherson 1, 13 innings

CONSOLATION—Bethany 10, York 2; Friends 9, Kansas Wesleyan 4
First-place Cougars complete 4-game sweep
Barton baseball
Published: Apr 7, 2025, 3:13 PM
First-place Cougars sweep Colby COLBY — The Barton Cougars solidified first place with a 4-game sweep of Colby Sunday 9-4 and 8-6 in 10 innings. The Cougars (25-8, 16-4 Jayhawk) lead Cloud County (26-11, 15-5 Jayhawk) by one game. COUGARS 9, COLBY 4 (G1) — Barton's Ayden Hadley homered, doubled and singled and drove home five runs. Wyatt Yetter doubled home a run. The Cougars' defense converted a pair of double plays. Bartlett 3-run homer followed McCormick's RBI single for a 4-0 lead. Hadley and Yetter delivered RBI doubles in a 3-run fifth inning for 7-0 lead. Colby ripped a 2-run fifth-inning homer and added two sixth-inning runs after a trio of walks. Barton's Owen Pote (5-2) earned the pitching victory. COUGARS 8, COLBY 6 (G2) — The Cougars parlayed four walks and a hit batter for a pair of 10th-inning runs. Hunter Alvord and Hadley drew bases-loaded walks for an 8-6 lead. Hadley's third-inning double scored Alvord. Colby tied it 1-1 after three innings. Four Colby singles led to a 3-1 lead. Alvord's fifth-inning homer made it 3-2. Kyle Graves' RBI single and Tate Blasi's RBI bases-loaded fifth-inning walk handed the Cougars a 4-3 lead. Colby's 2-run seventh-inning homer handed the Trojans a 5-4 lead. The Cougars led 6-5 after Hadley's scored on an error after he doubled home pinch-runner Cooper Tabor. Colby ripped a homer for a 6-6 tie. Cougar reliever Landon Haines (3-0) struck out five batters in 32/3 innings. Barton 040 230 0 — 9 Colby 000 022 0 — 4 Pote, McCarthy (6), Golden and Hadley. W—Pote, 5-2. 2B—BC—Hadley, Yetter 2; C—Thatcher. HR—BC—Hadley (7) Barton 001 012 002 2 x— 8 Colby 001 200 201 0 — 6 Minaker, Haines (7) and Hadley. W—Haines, 3-0. 2B—BC—Hadley 2, Walker. HR—BC—Alvord (8) JAYHAWK WEST Barton 16-4 25-8 Cloud 15-5 26-11 Colby 10-6 22-15 Butler 11-7 19-14 Hutchinson 8-8 26-11 Dodge City 8-12 22-15 Garden City 5-11 16-18 Pratt 3-13 10-28 Seward 2-12 15-22 4-3—Barton 7-19, Colby 0-0; Hutchinson 2-5, Cloud 1-13; Dodge City 12-14, Garden City 11-3; Neosho 11-6, Pratt 4-5 4-5—Butler 7-12, Seward 4-0; Pratt 5-6, Neosho 4-2 4-6—Barton 9-8, Colby 4-6; Cloud 5-16, Hutchinson 2-4; Pratt at Neosho 4-7—Seward at Butler 4-8—Barton at McPherson JV; Cloud at SE, Neb.; Neosho at Butler; Garden City at McCook, Neb. 4-10—Barton at Garden City; Cloud at Highland; Seward at Colby; Hutchinson at Butler; Dodge City at Pratt
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