Baseball

The Barton Community College baseball team struggled at the plate Saturday at Lawson-Biggs Field in dropping a 5-0 contest with Division II No. 20 Des Moines Area Community College.

Barton drops to 5-5 on the season while Des Moines leaves Great Bend reaching the .500 mark at 3-3.

The Cougars will have a mid-week game with the junior varsity squad at Fort Hays State University in Hays at 4:00 p.m. before turning attention to the conference opener next weekend at Colby Community College.

Softball

The Barton Community College softball team improved to 8-0 on the season with double-digit margin victories Friday at Brown Mackie College. The Lady Cougars scored ten unanswered to take game one 11-1 then scored in all but one inning of the nightcap to capture a six inning 14-2 victory.

Barton will again take to the road for their next game traveling to Fort Scott Community College for a 2:00 p.m. doubleheader.

The Lady Cougars next home game will be the following day on Thursday hosting the junior varsity squad from Sterling College in a 2:00 p.m. doubleheader at Cougar Field.