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Cougar men make it three straight with win over Garden
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MIKE Marzolf
Updated: Oct 11, 2016, 7:00 PM
Published: Oct 11, 2016, 5:46 PM

It’s pretty much down to a 2-team race for the second spot in both the Jayhawk West and Region VI standings in men’s soccer.
Barton and Pratt are locked in a tight battle with just four games left heading into Monday. Barton did it part to stay neck-and-neck for that second spot with a 2-1 win over Garden City at the Barton Sports Complex.
The win improved the Cougars to 4-3 in the Jayhawk West with one conference game remaining. Pratt is also 4-3. Barton’s final game in the West is against Dodge City (0-5-1) while Pratt is at Cloud County (6-0-1).
The situation is similar in the region standings for playoff seeding as well. Barton is currently 6-3 with three games to play. Those three are against the bottom three teams in the region. Pratt is 7-3 with games at Cloud and last place Hesston.
Things did not get off to a great start Monday as Garden City’s Felipe Andrade stole a corner kick the Cougars were not able to clear and drove it in the net from 25 yards out just 7:31 into the contest.
That would be a defensive mistake the Cougars would not repeat. Barton held the Broncbusters off the board the final 82:29 of the game.
Meanwhile, Barton did just enough on offense to pick up the win.
Barton didn’t trail long as Lucas Alves continued his stellar play. Alves evened the score at 1-all just two minutes later when he took a pass from Julio Vicente, faked a shot then buried the ball in the net. It was the sophomore’s fourth goal in the past three games.
The game remained tied through halftime and into the early stages of the second half. Barton took its first lead of the game with 34:45 to play.
Alves sent in a corner kick that Kota Endo headed just high, hitting the crossbar. Johnny on the spot was Boris Tonzi, a defenseman up for the corner kick. Tonzi leapt and headed the ball directly back to the goal and past the Broncbusters’ keeper for a 2-1 lead.
The first goal of the season for Tonzi proved to the game winner for the Cougars, now 8-3 on the year.
Hesston will come the Barton Sports Complex Thursday as the Cougars strive for that second seed. Hesston is 2-9-1 on the season.


Barton 2, Garden City 1
Garden City 1 0 – 1
Barton 1 1 – 2
Garden – Felipe Andrade (unassisted), 7:31
Barton – Lucas Alves (Julio Vicente), 9:29
Barton – Boris Tonzi (Kota Endo), 55:15
Cougar baseball shocks No. 3 Cowley Tigers
Barton baseball
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 9:54 PM
ARKANSAS CITY -- The Barton Cougar baseball team scored early and often plating 11 of its runs over the first four innings to upset No. 3 Cowley College 12-8 on Tuesday. The Cougars (21-8) have won four in a row over the Tigers (23-7). Barton plays Jayhawk West leader Colby at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawson-Biggs Field. The Cougars travel to Colby Sunday. Tyler Janssen led the Cougars balanced offensive attack providing three of the Cougars six extra base hits on the afternoon, finishing 3-for-5 and single shy of the cycle. The freshman drove in four runs highlighted behind his fourth-inning three-run round tripper for his fourth of the year. Eight of Barton's nine in the lineup furnished a hit with Janssen being joined by Kyle Graves 3-for-6 day at the plate and RBI, as the duo combined for six of the Cougars 14 hits on the afternoon. Kyle Walker was second in runs produced, driving in two of his three runs during Barton's four run top of the second frame, finishing 2-for-5 at the dish with a walk. Rounding out the Cougars' multi-RBI performances was Ayden Hadley and Wyatt Yetter, each driving in two runs apiece. Hadley distributed his pair with a first inning double while Yetter added the final run of a three-run first on a groundout followed by a leadoff fourth inning blast for his first big fly of the season. Despite finishing 0-for-1 at the plate, Barrett Donaldson generated three of Barton's nine walks created with a run scored. Braden Hauschel earned a no-decision in his one-inning of work allowing three runs on two hits with a walk and strikeout. Eli Lang (1-0) notched his first collegiate victory tossing 4.1-innings in relief scattering seven hits and three runs with Landon Haines getting the final two outs of the sixth allowing one hit with a stirkeout. Andrew McCarthy tossed a scoreless seventh with a strikeout while operating around a pair of walks. Cade Kunz handled the eighth yielding two runs on a hit and collected a strikeout before handing off to Preston Golden for the ninth, as the sophomore locked it down
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