With a five-game sweep this past weekend, the Barton Community College baseball team is off to a 12-1 start, their best start since the 2005-06 season when they started 7-1. 
The Cougars, who started the season 3-1 after a trip to Texas, have won ten straight including last weekend’s sweep of Western Nebraska. 
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 start a four-game series on the road with Hutchinson on Friday. 
Friday’s nine-inning game will begin at 4 p.m. at Hutchinson’s Bud Detter Field. 
The two teams will return to the diamond at 1 p.m. on Saturday for seven-inning doubleheaders and then wrap up the series with a nine-inning game at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

BCC’s Castagnini named KJCCC Player of the Week 
Barton baseball player Federico Castagnini has been named the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference 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 in helping to lead Barton to a 6-0 week, including a five-game series sweep of Western Nebraska.
Batting near .500 for the year, Castagnini, who signed with Creighton University, has been an integral part of Barton’s 12-1 record to start the season.
 “Feddy had a great week,” said Barton head coach Mike Warren. “He was able to move runners over as well and has really worked to execute our offensive philosophy.
“Feddy has been able to make the adjustment from last year when he hit second to a guy who can hit in the middle of the order and drive runs in. He leads the team in RBIs and runs scored which is what you want out of your No. 3 hitter.”
Castagnini started his week with a one-hit, three-RBI performance in Barton’s 21-11 Wednesday victory over Bethany College JV. Over the weekend, Castagnini drove in eight runs on nine hits while scoring 10 runs. He also added three stolen bases in leading the Cougars to the first five-game sweep in the Coach Warren era.
For the season, Castagnini is batting near .500 with 20 runs batted in and has crossed the plate 19 times.