Don’t look now but the region tournament is just a month away. Although it was just the second time out since the Christmas break for the Barton wrestling team this past weekend, the preparation for regional is definitely underway during the school initial season in the sport.The Cougars traveled to Hastings, Neb. this past weekend and turned in one of their more productive opens of the season.“It was another good tournament preparing us for the Regionals,” Barton Coach Mike Bammes said. “We’ve got things to work on individually just like everybody else and each of them know what they need to do to reach their goals of qualifying for the National Tournament.“We look to compete every time out on the mat and the wrestlers work hard to do that.”Again headlining the Cougars on the mat was Great Bend freshman Kade Sander.Sander finally broke through for a third place finish, three Cougars made it to the semifinals and five of eight reached the quarterfinals.