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Bat Cats complete four-game sweep
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Barton Cougar assistant baseball coach Alex King enjoyed a happy homecoming at Al Burns Memorial Field Wednesday. King directed the Fort Collins Foxes to an 8-7 non-league baseball victory over the Bat Cats.
Updated: Jul 26, 2020, 12:00 AM
Published: Jul 25, 2020, 11:58 PM

BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

NEWTON – Great Bend's Seth Kenagy drove home three runs and pitcher Adrian Talavera struck out eight batters as the Bat Cats raced past the Newton Rebels 13-2 in Friday's Sunflower Collegiate League baseball showdown. 

Nine Bat Cats contributed a run, hit or RBI. Alex Rodgers, Collin Meinert and Chance Ragsdale each contributed a pair of RBIs. Talavera yielded a two-run double to Erik Garza and worked 61/3 innings. Third baseman Ragsdale turned a seventh-inning double play on Andrew Brautman.

The fourth-place Bat Cats (17-18, 16-16 Sunflower) completed a four-game sweep against Newton. Great Bend returns home Monday and Tuesday against Liberal.

Kenagy doubled home Chandler Bloomer and Tyler Henry in a two-run second inning. Kenagy singled home Christian Oliver in a five-run fourth inning. Bloomer singled home Jake Baker and Brady Michel. Rodgers and Meinert hit back-to-back sacrifice flies for a 7-2 lead.

Oliver scored on Rodgers' fifth-inning groundball and Ragsdale scored on an error for a 9-2 lead. Kenagy scored on Meinert's seventh-inning groundball. Kenagy scored on Meinert's eighth-inning groundball. Bloomer and Henry scampered home on Ragsdale's ninth-inning single.

BAT CATS 13, REBELS 2

Bat Cats 020 520 022 – 13 18 1 

Newton 020 000 000 – 2 4 2

Talavera, Smith (7), Shadrick (9) and Bloomer. Royle, Paten (5), Gillig (8), Knipfer (9) and Eshelman. W–Talavera. L–Royle. 2B–BC–Bloom,er Rodgers, Kenagy; N–Garza.

SUNFLOWER COLLEGIATE LEAGUE

Cheney Diamond Dawgs 23-5 29-5

Hutchinson Monarchs 23-5 25-5 

Rose Hill Sluggers 21-7 24-8

Great Bend Bat Cats 16-16 17-18

Derby Twins 11-16 11-18

Mulvane Patriots 10-18 12-18

Newton Rebels 9-19 12-20

Sunflower Seeds 8-20 8-20

Haysville Aviators 6-21 8-24

7-23–Bat Cats 12, Newton 8; Hutchinson 9, Cheney 6; Haysville 2, Seeds 1; Seeds 5, Haysville 2; Rose Hill 8, Mulvane 2

7-24–Bat Cats 13, Newton 2; Cheney 6, Seeds 4

7-27–Liberal at Bat Cats

7-28–Liberal at Bat Cats
Cardinals' trio wins tennis titles
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The Hoisington girls tennis team features Annabelle Gonzalez, Aubree Martin, Jaylin Kolas, Decelia Bray, Jillian Axman, Brennley Reif, Coach Kiley Klug
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 7:34 PM
Cardinals win Ellsworth tennis title ELLSWORTH — Hoisington's No. 1 singles Jasper Pawlowski, No. 2 singles Brody Rossman and No. 2 doubles Kian DeLong/Xander Mooney placed first as the Cardinals won the Ellsworth tennis title April 3 with 67 points. In championship matches, Jasper Pawlowski defeated Cimarron's Landon Houseman, 8-2; Rossman downed Cimarron's Jacob Pando 8-4; and DeLong/Mooney defeated Trego's Lucas Dreher/Mason Yingling 8-6. Trego's No. 1 doubles Graeden Deines/Camdyn Flavin edged Hoisington's Leyton Mooney/Gabriel Pawlowski, 8-7 (7-2) in a tiebreaker. ELLSWORTH TOURNAMENT TEAM SCORES—1—Hoisington 67; 2—WaKeeney Trego 55; 3—Ellsworth Black 42; 4—Cimarron 38; 5—Lyons 28; 6—Colby 25; 7—Ellsworth Red 23 NO. 1 SINGLES—1ST—Jasper Pawlowski, H def. Houseman, Cim, 8-2; 3RD—Chuen, Lyons def. Smith, WT, 8-1; 5TH—Weder, EBlack def. Denny, Colby, 8-5; 7TH—Janssen, ERed def. Martin, Good, 8-7 (7-1) Pawlowski def. Smith, WT, 8-1; Pawlowski def. Chuen, Lyons, 8-2 NO. 2 SINGLES—1ST—Brody Rossman, H def. Pando, Cim, 8-4; 3RD—Deines, WK def. Taylor, EBlack, 8-4; 5TH—Peter, Lyons def. Shaw, Colby, 8-5; 7TH—Fall, Lyons def. Wooten ERed, 8-1 Rossman def. Fall, Lyons, 8-2; Rossman def. Taylor, EBlack, 8-0 NO. 1 DOUBLES—1ST—Deines/Flavin, WT def. Leyton Mooney/Gabriel Pawlowski, H, 8-7 (7-2); 3RD—Davis/Kyler, EBlack def. De La Cruz/Maze, ERed, 8-1; 5TH—Haines/Wright, Colby def. Kite-Tatro, Cim, 8-1 Mooney/Pawlowski def. Haines/Wright, Colby, 8-3; Mooney/Pawlowski def. Davis/Kyler, EBlack, 8-2 NO. 2 DOUBLES—1ST—Kian DeLong/Xander Mooney H def. Dreher/Yingling, WT, 8-6; 3RD—Conley/Placencia, E Black def. Wedere/West, ERed, 8-3; 5TH—Jeager/Haug, Colby def. Loughridge/Miranda, Lyons, 8-2 DeLong/Mooney def. Casas/Foster, Cim, 8-2; DeLong/Mooney def. Conley/Placencia, EBlack, 8-3
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