The Barton County CC men’s soccer team started their quest for a trip to the National Tournament Tuesday afternoon with a 6-0 win over Cowley College in the quarterfinals of the region 6 tournament. Barton netted all six goals in the first half and coasted to the victory sitting almost every starter in the second half. Springfield Demize midfielder Oscar Narvaez added to his record setting assist season with his 12th and 13th on the year. This ranks Oscar in the top 20 nationally in assists. The shutout also accounted for Barton’s 14th of the year, led by Demize teammates GK Donovan Dowling, and defenders Ous Senghore and James Neighbour. Neighbour and Dowling were the only two Barton players to start in every game of the year. The Cougars maintained their #2 national ranking this week with a 19-0-1 record.
Last Wednesday, Dowling was honored as the National Junior College Athletic Association Division 1 goalkeeper of the week. This is only the second goalkeeper from Barton County to earn this honor. Dowling has 14 shutouts on the season and a goals against average of .310.
The road to nationals for Barton appears to be as difficult as anyone in the country. It will take three more wins to get there, one of which will be against #5 Jefferson College from Hillsboro, Mo, winner of the Region 16 tourney this past weekend, waiting as one of the participating teams in the district tournament for the 4th straight year. Also standing in their way will most likely be #7 Garden City CC for the regional championship.
First, Barton will participate in the region 6 semifinals Saturday at noon in Topeka, KS at the Hummer Sports Complex against Kansas City Kansas CC. With a win, they will advance to the final on Sunday at 1 pm at the same location. Barton defeated KCK just ten days ago by a count of 4-0.
Information about this weekends games and the region 6 tournament can be found at http://www.kjccc.org/soccer/socindex.html
Provided by NJCAA Special Correspondent Austin Dowling
And one final shout out to the Crowder College Roughriders and their first year program. The boys made it to the semifinals of the Region 16 tournament, only losing in PK’s.
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