2014-2015 Baseball News
16 Seward Student-Athletes Honored in Record NJCAA Academic Award Class
June 24, 2015
If classroom performance is any judge of it, there are going to be a record number of former NJCAA student-athletes making their mark on the working world in two years as the NJCAA announced on Wednesday that a record 2,026 athletes, including 16 Seward County Saints and Lady Saints from six different teams have earned NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards, formerly known as the NJCAA’s Academic All-American award.
Four Saints Named to NJCAA All-Region VI Team
May 15, 2015
The awards keep coming in for the Jayhawk West Conference Champion Seward County Saints as Thursday a quartet of Seward players were named to the NJCAA All-Region VI Team.
League High Seven Saints Named All-Jayhawk West
May 14, 2015
Following yet another Jayhawk West Conference Championship season, seven Seward County Saints have been named to the All-Jayhawk West Teams as released by the league Wednesday.
Saints Come Up Just Short to End 2015 Season
May 10, 2015
As if a 14 inning loss wasn’t enough in their Region VI Championship Tournament opener Friday against Coffeyville, the Seward County Saints took the left and the right hook on Saturday as they couldn’t hold another late lead, this one against #4 Johnson County as they fell 4-3 to eliminate them from the tournament and end their 2015 season.
Unlucky 14 For Seward in Wichita Heartbreaker
May 09, 2015
Bright and early Friday morning the Seward County Saints and Coffeyville Red Ravens were the first two of eight teams to hit the diamond at Lawrence Dumont Stadium in downtown Wichita for the 2015 Region VI Championship Tournament. The Saints and Ravens battled to a draw through 9 innings and remained deadlocked through 13 before Coffeyville broke through in the top half of the 14th thanks to a pair of Seward defensive miscues to take and blow open the lead before going on to win 7-2.
Saints Hammer Highland to Advance to Wichita
May 03, 2015
Behind the left arm of freshman Jakob Hernandez and the big bat of sophomore Dillon Drury, the Seward County Saints hammered visiting Highland 18-7 Sunday in a winner take all game three of their Region VI Tournament 1st Round series to advance to the tournament championships next weekend in Wichita.
Seward Settles For Split to Force Deciding Game Three With Highland
May 02, 2015
Many people say that the postseason is a whole different animal and that was most certainly the case as the Seward County Saints and Highland Scotties locked up at Liberal’s Brent Gould Field for the 1st Round of the 2015 Region VI Tournament Saturday afternoon. With two teams going in vastly different directions at regular seasons end, Seward winning 12 straight Jayhawk West games at one point to finish 1st and Highland losing 9 in a row to finish in an 8th place tie, it seemed that the Saints would clean up on their home field, but that most certainly wasn’t the case. Highland came out and took an early 4-0 lead in game one and never looked back. The Saints cut it to a 6-5 game at one point, but the Scotties responded with three runs in the next inning to open their lead back to 9-5 which is the count they would stun Seward by in the opener. Game two was quite another case. The Saints scored six 1st inning runs and seven more in the 2nd to blow the game open 13-0 early and later coasted to a 16-3 run rule victory to force a winner take all game three on Sunday at noon.
Williams Collects National Player of the Week Honors
April 30, 2015
Seward County catcher Brent Williams saved his best for last in the final week of the 2015 regular season and after picking up Jayhawk Conference Player of the Week Honors on Tuesday, the sophomore backstop collected an even bigger award on Thursday as was named the NJCAA National Player of the Week.
Seward/Frank Washed Out Tuesday
April 28, 2015
Due to continued rain in the Liberal area, Tuesday’s Seward County vs. Frank Phillips Baseball doubleheader has been cancelled. No makeup games will be played. The Saints will now look ahead to this weekend’s NJCAA Region VI Tournament 1st round games where they will host Highland on Saturday and Sunday at Brent Gould Field. The Saints and Scotties will play a 1:00 doubleheader on Saturday with the if necessary game at 1:00 on Sunday.
Brent Williams Named Jayhawk Conference Player of the Week
April 28, 2015
After leading his Seward County Saints to a Jayhawk West Conference Championship last week, Seward sophomore catcher Brent Williams has been named the KJCCC Player of the Week.
West Champion Saints Slip in Regular Season Finales
April 27, 2015
In sports coaches cringe when they hear the phrase “you have nothing to play for” but in reality there are days when that is just about the case. With that situation at hand Sunday in Great Bend, the already crowned Jayhawk West Champion Seward County Saints took the field for their final two games of the regular season against the Barton Cougars. Game three of the series was a back and forth battle with Barton getting six runs in the 2nd and the Saints seven in the 4th, but in the end it was the Cougars squeaking out a 10-9 victory over Seward. In the series finale, the Saints offense couldn’t come up with the big hit as they left 12 runners on in a 5-2 loss to wrap up the regular season.
Seward Clinches Jayhawk West Conference Championship
April 26, 2015
For the 11th time in the past 15 seasons, a banner will be raised at Brent Gould Field in Liberal after the Seward County Saints clinched the 2015 Jayhawk West Conference Championship with a sweep of the Barton Cougars Saturday in Hays. In game one the Saints erased an early 5-1 deficit to come from behind and win 9-7 over the Cougars. In game two it was a different story as the Saints smashed five home runs in a 12-5 romp to secure the conference title.
Jakob Hernandez Named KJCCC Pitcher of the Week
April 25, 2015
After his first career shutout on Wednesday against Clarendon, Seward freshman Jakob Hernandez has been named the KJCCC Pitcher of the Week.
Bats Silenced in 2-0 Loss to Clarendon
April 24, 2015
Just three days after putting a beating on Jayhawk West rival Butler with their bats, the Seward County Saints went ice cold Wednesday afternoon at Clarendon, managing just a pair of hits in a 2-0 loss to the Bulldogs to drop to 30-20 on the season.
Three Legends Take Their Place in Seward Athletics Hall of Fame
April 22, 2015
It was a night to celebrate in the Greenhouse on Friday as three of the greatest Seward County Saints and Lady Saints to ever put on a uniform were inducted into the Saints Athletics Hall of Fame. The top two scorers and rebounders in Lady Saints Basketball history, Tegan Cunningham and Jamie Talbert, joined the leading hitter in Saints baseball history, Tim Forkner, as the Class of 2015.
How Sweep It Is! Butler No Match For Red Hot Saints
April 20, 2015
One month ago, the Seward County Saints were a 6th place baseball club with a 12-17 overall record on the season. After winning 18 of their past 20 the Saints are now 30-19 and in sole possession of first place in the Jayhawk West Conference standings after a thorough beat down of visiting Butler Monday afternoon at Brent Gould Field in Liberal. In a matchup between two of three teams tied for the conference lead going into the weekend, the Saints clearly showed the Grizzlies who was boss Monday, run ruling them 11-1 in game three of the series and doing it again in the series finale 13-3 to sweep the four game set by a combined score of 45-11.