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Cougars set for Jayhawk play after sweep of Sterling JV
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Things went pretty much as anticipated for the Barton softball team Thursday afternoon at Cougar Fields.
Barton rolled to a pair of easy wins over the Sterling College JV. Barton won the opener 12-0 and finished things off with a 14-2 win for the sweep. The Cougars are now 12-3 on the young season with Jayhawk Conference play next on the docket for Barton.
Barton didn’t put the first game away until a 7-run fourth inning to take the 12-0 lead. Barton scored four times in the first but it wasn’t until the big fourth the Cougars got comfortable.
Kat Frakes and Kaci Isaacson had the only two extra base hits in the wins with doubles. Frakes and Payton Summers both had a pair of hits while Frakes, Payton Reynolds and Isaacson each drove in two.
Reynolds allowed just one hit in her four innings in the circle to pick up the win and improve to 6-0 on the season.
In the second game, it was an 8-run second that gave the Cougars a comfortable lead on the way to the easy win.
Frakes had two doubles in the contest as Barton’s only extra base hits. The freshman from Topeka had a big game at the plate, going 3-for-4 with four RBI and three runs scored.
Second baseman Mickenzie Toler was 4-for-4 with three RBI. Summers and Isaacson each had two hits for the Cougars.
Frakes wasn’t as solid pitching, giving up three hits and both runs in her 2.1 innings of work. Amanda Evans and Braylin Bretz finished the remaining 2.2 innings without giving up a hit.
Now it’s on to the Jayhawk West where the Cougars will open with a pair of doubleheaders at home.
Pratt visits Cougar Fields Wednesday in a twinbill while Garden City comes to town Saturday for a pair. Both games will start at 2 pm.

Cougar baseball shocks No. 3 Cowley Tigers
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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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