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Cougars split series with West champ Seward; Region VI playoffs next
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Weather once again played havoc with a Jayhawk West baseball series. Instead of having all four games at home over the weekend, the Barton Community College baseball team was forced to play a pair in Hays Saturday before field conditions allowed them wrap up the series – and the regular season – at home Sunday.Barton lost those two games at Larks’ Park in Hays Saturday against the Jayhawk West champion Seward County Saints but returned home to sweep the final two games Sunday at Lawson-Biggs Field.The split kept Barton in sixth place in the West and will send them to Chanute to open the Region VI playoffs Saturday against Neosho County.Barton lost 9-7 and 12-5 in a doubleheader at Lark’s Park in Hays due to unplayable field conditions at home Saturday then returned to Lawson-Biggs Sunday and swept the Saints 10-9 and 5-2. That ended a 14-game conference winning streak by Seward.“Sweeping Seward on the final day of the season gives us some momentum heading into the playoffs,” Barton Coach Brent Biggs said.