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Edward advances to semifinals; Facey just misses finals
Rio 2016

Alonso Edward’s quest for an Olympic medal is still alive. Simone Facey’s came to an end.
Edward cruised into the semifinals of the men’s 200m winning the first heat of the day. The Panama star ran a 20.19 to secure his spot in the semis.
The time was sixth best during the heats. He will run in the semifinals Wednesday.
Facey, meanwhile, just missed a spot in the women’s 200m final. She finished third in her heat with the top two making the finals.
The next two fastest times advanced as well but Facey missed by three spots. She ran a 22.57 and needed a 22.49 to reach the finals.
In men’s basketball, Antanas Kavaliauskas and Lithuania lost for a second straight game after opening group play with a 3-0 record.
Lithuania ended in a four-way tie at the top of Group B. That left Lithuania with the third seed in the group after the tiebreaker and a quarterfinal matchup with Australia.
That contest will be played at 9 am Wednesday. If Lithuania wins its quarterfinal game it would get the winner of the Croatia and Serbia game Friday.

Men’s Basketball
Antanas Kavaliauskas, Lithuania Aug. 17 – Quarterfinals v Australia, 9 am Aug. 19 - Semifinals v Serbia or Croatia (if win quarterfinal)
Track and Field
Men’s 200m
Alonso Edward, Panama
Aug. 17 – Semifinals
Aug. 18 – Finals
Men’s 4x100m relay
Tyson Gay, USA; Akeem Haynes, Canada
Aug. 18 – Heats
Aug. 19 – Finals
Women’s 4x100m relay
Veronica Campbell-Brown, Simone Facey, Jamaica Aug. 18 – Heats Aug. 19 – Finals

Cougar baseball shocks No. 3 Cowley Tigers
Barton baseball
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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