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Cougar women down Colby Trojans
Barton Basketball
Updated: Mar 10, 2024, 3:54 PM
Published: Mar 6, 2024, 4:22 PM

COLBY — Barton Community College's women outscored Colby 41-12 after halftime for a 62-32 Jayhawk League basketball victory Tuesday.

The Cougars (21-9, 16-8 Jayhawk) earn the fourth seed and plays the Coffeyville/Colby winner in Tuesday's Region 6 Tournament. Colby drops to 8-21, 4-20 Jayhawk. 

Barton's reigning KJCCC Player of the Week Vivian Onugha contributed three assists, 16 points and 10 rebounds for her 12th double/double. Vivian Onugha dished three assists with 10 points and 12 boards for her 15th double/double. Quezia Bertoni scored 10 points. Darby Smith delivered a spark with seven points and six steals.

The Cougars converted 25 of 58 field goals (43%), 7 of 13 from 3-point range (54%). 

Colby's Aryanna Perez scored 11 points. Colby shot 12 of 46 (26%) with 22 turnovers. Sophie Bennet contributed eight points.  Shelia Lee hauled down nine rebounds.

NOTES – Barton has won the last 8 in the series. Barton has won last four in Colby and 10-of-last-11. Barton leads the series 34-4 in Colby and 69-10 overall.

PLAYER OF WEEK – Onugha was named the KJCCC Player of the Week in the final week's voting of the 2023-24 season.

She averaged 12.5 points and 10.5 rebounds against No. 14 Dodge City and No. 1 Hutchinson. Onugha grabbed seven offensive boards and shot 50%.

She scored 14 points and grabbed eight boards against Dodge City. Onugha followed with 11 points and 13 rebounds for her 11th double/double.

Onugha contributed 10 points and 12 rebounds for her 12th double/double.

 Barton 17 4 22 19 — 62

Colby 11 9 4 8 — 32

BARTON (21-9, 16-8)—Ojenuwa 7-14 2-3 16, Bertoni 4-8 0-0 10, Onugha 5-10 0-0 10, Darby Smith 2-5 1-4 7, Vogl 2-4 2-3 7, Boettjer 2-9 0-0 6, Grace John 1-4 0-0 2, VonLintel 1-2 0-0 3, Toombs 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 25-58 5-10 62.

COLBY  (4-20, 8-21)—Perez 3-14 2-2 11, Bennett 3-9 0-0 8, Lopez 3-12 0-0 6, Brenes 1-4 -0 3, Balde 1-1 0-0 2, Biduaya 1-6 0-0 2, Totals 12-46 2-2 32.

3-pointers—BC 7-13 (Bertoni 2-2, D. Smith 2-3, Boettjer 2-6, VonLintel 1-1, John 0-1); C 6-17 (Perez 3-8, Bennett 2-4, Brenes 1-3, Lopez 0-2). Rebounds—BC 35 (Onugha 12); BC 24 (Lopez 6). Assists—BC 10 (Onugha 3, Ojenuwa 3); C 8 (Brenes 3). Steals—BC 11 (D. Smith 6); C 7 (Perez 3). TO—BC 12, C 22.

JAYHAWK WOMEN

Hutchinson 24-0 30-0

Dodge City 19-5 25-5

Butler 17-7 23-7

Barton 16-8 21-9

Coffeyville 14-10 19-11

Seward 12-12 16-14

Garden City 11-13 16-13

Independence 10-14 16-14

Cowley 10-14 16-14

Cloud 10-14 14-15

Pratt 7-17 13-17

Colby 4-20 8-21

NW Tech 2-22 3-25 

3-5—Barton 69, Colby 32

3-6—Butler 62, Cowley 50; Cloud 117, NW Tech 72; Seward, Pratt; Coffeyville 69, Independence 51; Hutchinson 74, Garden City 64

REGION 6 

1 Hutchinson 30-0 bye; 3-9—8 Cowley 16-14 vs 9 Cloud 14-15

4 Barton 21-9 bye; 3-9—5 Coffeyville 19-11 vs. 12 Colby 8-21

2 Dodge City 25-5 bye; 3-9—7 Garden City 16-13 vs. 10 Independence 16-14 

3 Butler 23-7 bye; 3-9—6 Seward 16-14 vs. 11 Pratt 13-17 winner
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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