2013-2014 Seward County Baseball News
Three Saints Baseball Players, Six Seward Teams Earn NJCAA Academic Awards
June 24, 2014
Seven Seward County student-athletes and six of the seven teams on campus were honored on Tuesday with the NJCAA’s annual academic awards release.
Former Saint Gavin Glanz Drafted by Colorado Rockies
June 18, 2014
Following an exceptional two year career with Seward County and two more solid years at Oral Roberts, former Saints righthander Gavin Glanz will begin the next chapter of his baseball career after being drafted and signing with the Colorado Rockies this week.
57 Seward Athletes Make AD Honor Roll
June 17, 2014
It was another banner year in the classroom for Seward County student-athletes in 2013-2014 and 57 of those Saints and Lady Saints were rewarded on Tuesday as Athletics Director Galen McSpadden announced the Spring AD Honor Roll.
Brent Williams Named 1st Team NJCAA All-American
June 05, 2014
With all of the success that the Seward County baseball program has had since the turn of the century, you know it is special when something good happens that hasn’t happened in over a decade, and that is exactly what happened on Tuesday, as freshman catcher Brent Williams was named a 1st Team NJCAA All-American. Williams becomes the Saints first 1st Team All-American since Ryan Nelson earned the honors during the 2003 season.
Williams, Connolly, & Olson Named All-Region VI
May 20, 2014
Three Seward County freshmen were honored by the NJCAA on Tuesday as Brent Williams, Kevin Connolly, and JB Olson were all named to the All-Region VI Team.
Six Saints Named All-Conference, Williams Freshman of the Year
May 13, 2014
Six Seward County Saints were honored by the conference this weekend as members of the All-Jayhawk West team. Catcher Brent Williams took home top honors as he was named a 1st Team selection as well as the Jayhawk West Freshman of the Year. Fellow freshmen Kevin Connolly and JB Olson were named 1st Team members as well. A trio of Seward sophomores earned 2nd Team All-Conference honors including lefty Austin King, outfielder Bryson Allen, and utility man Reed Thompson.
Rival Busters Walk Off Saints Season
May 11, 2014
They say pitching and defense wins championships and the Seward County Saints struggled with both again on Sunday in the Region VI Tournament as Seward committed 4 errors and gave rival Garden City 7 free passes to allow them to hang around and eventually knock off the Saints 7-6 in walk off fashion to end their 2014 season.
Saints Survive in Wichita Thanks to Hot Start
May 10, 2014
A hot start and a solid finish was the recipe for success for the Seward County Saints this afternoon in Wichita as they survived and advanced in the Region VI Championships with an 8-7 win over the Butler Grizzlies.
Mistakes Cost Saints in Opening Round Loss
May 10, 2014
The Seward County Saints got off to a good start Friday night in their Region VI Tournament 1st Round game with the rival Hutchinson Blue Dragons and finished the game with guns a blazing, but it was the middle innings that did them in as a four run 9th inning wasn’t enough to erase a five run Hutchinson lead as the Dragons hung on to win 8-7 to push Seward to the elimination bracket.
Williams Breaks NJCAA Doubles Record as Saints Pummel Panthers
May 06, 2014
In a do or die situation Sunday afternoon at Hudson Field in Chanute, the Seward County Saints gave the proverbial monkey on their back a nice boot as they eliminated the two time defending Region VI Champion Neosho County Panthers with a 14-2 run rule pummeling to advance to the Region VI Championships next weekend in Wichita.
Saints Split; Setup Sunday Showdown
May 03, 2014
It was a day of comebacks on Saturday as the Seward County Saints and Neosho County Panthers squared off in the first round of the 2014 Region VI Tournament. In the best of three series in Chanute, it was Seward who was down to their last strike in game one, coming from behind to win 9-8 in 10 innings before the Panthers erased a 4-2 Saints lead in the 8th inning of game two to scathe off elimination with a 5-4 walk off win to split the doubleheader. The split sets up a winner take all, Sunday contest with the winner moving on to the Region VI Championships and the loser packing it up and heading home for the year.
Allen Notches Saints Second National Player of the Week Award
May 01, 2014
Just moments after being announced as the KJCCC Player of the Week on Wednesday morning, Seward County sophomore centerfielder Bryson Allen topped that award by being named the NJCAA National Player of the Week.
Austin King Earns Capital One Academic All-District Honors
May 01, 2014
Seward County sophomore Austin King became one of just two players in school history to accomplish a feat on Thursday, as he was named to the 2014 Capital One Academic All-District 1st Team as announced by CoSIDA.
Bryson Allen Named Jayhawk Player of the Week
April 30, 2014
Seward County centerfielder Bryson Allen was rewarded by the Jayhawk Conference for a big week on Tuesday as he was named by the league, its Player of the Week in a league release.
Saints Game With Clarendon Cancelled
April 29, 2014
The Seward County vs. Clarendon Baseball game scheduled for Tuesday at Brent Gould Field in Liberal has been cancelled due to wet playing conditions. The game will not be made up.
Struggling Saints Swept on Day Two by Butler
April 28, 2014
The Seward County Saints finished off a forgettable Jayhawk West Conference schedule on Sunday, dropping both games of a doubleheader to Butler to finish the conference season at 16-16, their most conference losses in school history. Needing two wins Sunday to clinch a home playoff series, Seward failed terribly as they were unable to hold a late lead to lose game one 6-5 before being drubbed in game two of the doubleheader 17-7 to wrap up their conference season.