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Lady Cougars improve standings in Day 2 of tourney
NJCAA Golf
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Barton Community College women’s golf team made a move on the second day of the NJCAA Women’s Golf National Championship being held at the LPGA International Golf Club in Daytona Beach, Florida.  
The Lady Cougars moved from 11th to ninth place with a consecutive consistent round of golf, shooting a 71 over par 359 after shooting a 357 in Day 1.  
With two days of competition remaining, freshman Natthakan Teeratrakul held her 14th overall standing, improving a stroke from the previous day to finish with a 79.  
Kaylee Crawford was one stroke behind Monday’s performance, finishing with a 92 but moved up a spot to tie for 51st.
Blakelee Cooper dropped a few strokes to finish with a 95, allowing teammate Kara Koepplin’s 93 to catch her for the 57th placing.
Madison Walden rounded out the team with a 103 to remain in a tie for 83rd place while fellow freshman Abbie Thelen, competing as an individual, improved by three strokes to card a 97 to move up into a tie for the 78th position.
The Lady Cougars will start Day 3 with their second consecutive day of early tee times and starting on the back nine with Thelen getting things started with a 6 a.m. Central Time tee off the box.

First-place Cougars complete 4-game sweep
Barton baseball
First-place Cougars sweep Colby COLBY — The Barton Cougars solidified first place with a 4-game sweep of Colby Sunday 9-4 and 8-6 in 10 innings. The Cougars (25-8, 16-4 Jayhawk) lead Cloud County (26-11, 15-5 Jayhawk) by one game. COUGARS 9, COLBY 4 (G1) — Barton's Ayden Hadley homered, doubled and singled and drove home five runs. Wyatt Yetter doubled home a run. The Cougars' defense converted a pair of double plays. Bartlett 3-run homer followed McCormick's RBI single for a 4-0 lead. Hadley and Yetter delivered RBI doubles in a 3-run fifth inning for 7-0 lead. Colby ripped a 2-run fifth-inning homer and added two sixth-inning runs after a trio of walks. Barton's Owen Pote (5-2) earned the pitching victory. COUGARS 8, COLBY 6 (G2) — The Cougars parlayed four walks and a hit batter for a pair of 10th-inning runs. Hunter Alvord and Hadley drew bases-loaded walks for an 8-6 lead. Hadley's third-inning double scored Alvord. Colby tied it 1-1 after three innings. Four Colby singles led to a 3-1 lead. Alvord's fifth-inning homer made it 3-2. Kyle Graves' RBI single and Tate Blasi's RBI bases-loaded fifth-inning walk handed the Cougars a 4-3 lead. Colby's 2-run seventh-inning homer handed the Trojans a 5-4 lead. The Cougars led 6-5 after Hadley's scored on an error after he doubled home pinch-runner Cooper Tabor. Colby ripped a homer for a 6-6 tie. Cougar reliever Landon Haines (3-0) struck out five batters in 32/3 innings. Barton 040 230 0 — 9 Colby 000 022 0 — 4 Pote, McCarthy (6), Golden and Hadley. W—Pote, 5-2. 2B—BC—Hadley, Yetter 2; C—Thatcher. HR—BC—Hadley (7) Barton 001 012 002 2 x— 8 Colby 001 200 201 0 — 6 Minaker, Haines (7) and Hadley. W—Haines, 3-0. 2B—BC—Hadley 2, Walker. HR—BC—Alvord (8) JAYHAWK WEST Barton 16-4 25-8 Cloud 15-5 26-11 Colby 10-6 22-15 Butler 11-7 19-14 Hutchinson 8-8 26-11 Dodge City 8-12 22-15 Garden City 5-11 16-18 Pratt 3-13 10-28 Seward 2-12 15-22 4-3—Barton 7-19, Colby 0-0; Hutchinson 2-5, Cloud 1-13; Dodge City 12-14, Garden City 11-3; Neosho 11-6, Pratt 4-5 4-5—Butler 7-12, Seward 4-0; Pratt 5-6, Neosho 4-2 4-6—Barton 9-8, Colby 4-6; Cloud 5-16, Hutchinson 2-4; Pratt at Neosho 4-7—Seward at Butler 4-8—Barton at McPherson JV; Cloud at SE, Neb.; Neosho at Butler; Garden City at McCook, Neb. 4-10—Barton at Garden City; Cloud at Highland; Seward at Colby; Hutchinson at Butler; Dodge City at Pratt
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