McPHERSON – For two rounds it was a battle between Barton Community and Sterling College. But the final round was nearly all Sterling as Barton took runner-up spot in the first meet of the 2015 fall season for the men’s golf team.Barton led after the opening day of the two day event at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson. But the Cougars couldn’t keep it going through all three windy rounds of golf and fell behind Sterling.Sterling won the Central Kansas Classic with a 3-round total of 926.