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BCC women hand Central Methodist loss
Continue play in the Hutch Pawn and Jewelry Classic Saturday night
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Full court pressure defense turned the tide Friday as the Barton Community College women's basketball team won handily 70-55 over the junior varsity squad from Central Methodist University in the opening game of Hutch Pawn and Jewelry Classic at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.  Barton improves to 4-2 on the season heading into Saturday's 1:30 p.m. game against 4-3 Murray State College to wrap up the two-game classic.

Tied at eighteen after the first ten minutes Barton slapped on a full court defense forcing eleven second quarter turnovers outscoring the Eagles 23-8 building a fifteen point halftime lead.  Despite forcing sixteen additional turnovers in the final twenty minutes, the Lady Cougars simply couldn't get shots to fall shooting a dismal 34% keeping the score respectable.  

Leading the Cougars was the play of Megan Jirak recording her fourth double-double in six games scoring a career high twenty-three points and hauling down thirteen rebounds to go along with three blocks.  Jalisa Jones was the only other Lady Cougars to reach double-digits with fifteen points while getting five of Barton's seventeen steals.  Two days after setting a career high, Kilee Harris nearly grabbed her third double-double of the season finishing with nine points and nine rebounds.  Dominique Baker and Alexus Bryson each contributed seven points while combining for eleven assists as Bryson setting a new career high accounting for seven of those.

Hope Wright and Mary Rose Gonzalez were the lone Lady Eagles to reach double-figures with fourteen each with Gonzalez hauling down eleven rebounds in recording a double-double performance. 

Larned softball sweeps Ellis
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Larned pitcher Karley Lemuz - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune
Larned softball wins opener LARNED — Larned's softball team scored 39 runs to dominate the Ellis Railroaders 21-4 and 18-5 in Friday's doubleheader. LARNED 21, ELLIS 4 (G1) — Larned's Brooks Simmons tripled and drove home a trio of runs. Driving home a pair of runs were Eowyn Hedding, Maya Wilson, Teagan Walker, Jadyn Crosby and Jillian Hagerman. Hagerman and Karley Lemuz each doubled. Lemuz (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. The Indians took advantage of nine walks, seven errors, six wild pitches and two hit batters. Ellis' Maleah Vine drove home two runs. Rylan Aschenbrenner had an RBI LARNED 18, ELLIS 5 (G2) — Larned's Hedding doubled and drove in three runs. Walker and Hagerman each drove in two runs. Driving home one run were Lemuz, Brooke Simmins, Crosby, Ivy Hope and Gillian Smith. Crosby (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. Railroader Vine drove home two runs. Kia Mader and Raegan Jimenez drove in runs. Larned 010 938 — 21 15 1 Ellis 400 000 — 4 2 7 Lemuz and Brooke Simmons. Rome and Ashenbrenner. W—Lemuz, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-3. 2B—L—Hagerman, Lemuz. 3B—L—Brooke Simmons Larned 240 2(10) — 18 17 4 Ellis 00 14 — 5 6 2 Crosby and Hedding. Rome and Jimenez. W—Crosby, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-4. 2B—L—Hedding, Walker; E—Rome, Jimenez. 3B—L—Walker
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