2016-2017 Baseball News
Three Seward Teams Earn Top KJCCC GPA
August 08, 2017
The academic recognition continues for Seward County athletic teams, as the 2016-17 KJCCC academic report was released Monday (Aug. 7) with three SCCC teams earning the top cumulative GPA in their respective sports. Men and women’s tennis, along with women’s basketball, all earned the highest GPA in their sports.
28 Saints Receive NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards
July 12, 2017
LIBERAL, Kan. (June 12, 2017) – Seward County student-athletes continue to excel both on the field and in the classroom, as 28 Saints qualified for national academic honors for the 2016-17 school year. This was the fifth straight year that Seward saw an increase in NJCAA All-Academic winners.
Two Former Saints Picked in 2017 MLB Draft
June 25, 2017
Two former Seward County standouts saw their dreams come true this week as 2015 grad JB Olson and 2016 alumn Jakob Hernandez heard their names called in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft.
Biddy Tabbed 2nd Team All-Jayhawk
May 16, 2017
Saints ace Jared Biddy was honored by the Jayhawk Conference on Tuesday as the sophomore righthander was named a 2nd Team All-Jayhawk West selection at the conclusion of the Region VI Tournament in Wichita.
Stineman Inks With Tabor
May 10, 2017
Seward County sophomore outfielder Cody Stineman signed on the dotted line on Wednesday in the All-American Room at SCCC, finalizing his commitment to Tabor College where he will finish his baseball career the next two years.
Saints Season Comes to a Close with Run Rule Loss
May 06, 2017
The Seward County Saints saw their 2017 season come to a close Saturday afternoon at Tiger Ballpark in Arkansas City, losing a 12-2 run rule contest to Cowley to end their season at 17-38.
Saints Buried in First Region VI Matchup
May 05, 2017
The Seward County Saints thoughts of an upset win over the Jayhawk East Champion Cowley Tigers was squelched early on Friday in the first game of a Region VI Tournament three game series, as the Tigers put up crooked numbers in four of their first five offensive innings to roll to a 15-1 win over the Saints, putting Seward in a must win situation with the season on the line in game two Saturday.
Roy Allen Appointed Seward Interim Director of Athletics
May 02, 2017
Seward County Athletics will move ahead under the leadership of a new Interim Director of Athletics — one with a familiar face. Trustees appointed Roy Allen to the position, after discussion in executive session, at the regular May meeting Monday night.
Saints Sneak Into Playoffs Despite Another Sweep
April 28, 2017
The Seward County Saints will sneak into the Region VI Tournament as the #16 seed in the 16 team tournament next weekend despite suffering their third sweep of the 2017 season on Friday at Williams Stadium in Garden City, falling 2-0 and 10-7 to the rival Garden City Broncbusters to finish the regular season 17-36 overall and 10-22 in Jayhawk West Conference play.
Auger & Colvin's Enshrined in Saints Hall of Fame
April 28, 2017
Three familiar and deserving faces were inducted into the Saints Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet in the Greenhouse as Softball great Courtney Auger as well as longtime supporters Bill & Virginia Colvin took their place as the class of 2017 in front of a crowd of 300.
Forgettable Day For Saints at Garden City
April 27, 2017
If the Seward County Saints could summon Will Smith and his Neuralyzer from Men in Black after Thursday’s games at Garden City, they certainly would have, as Seward suffered a 4-2 walk off loss in game one of the doubleheader and were then handed their worst loss in program history in game two in a 25-2 thumping to drop all the way back to 10-20 in Jayhawk West Conference play this season.
Saints Split, Lose Third Jayhawk Home Series of 2017
April 23, 2017
The Seward County Saints snapped an eight game losing streak with an 11-7 win in game one of their doubleheader with Dodge City Sunday, but Seward couldn’t keep the momentum going as they fell 8-4 in the nightcap to lose their third Jayhawk West Conference home series of the 2017 season.
Big Innings Doom Seward Again in Losses
April 22, 2017
Seward County pitching only allowed runs in 4 of 16 pitched on Saturday, but two of those four were five spots, and another a seven run frame for the visiting Dodge City Conquistadors as the Conqs took the series opener 12-7 and game two 7-3 to send the Saints to their seventh and eighth straight losses.
Weather Messes With Seward's Weekend Schedule Again
April 21, 2017
A continuing wet April has forced more schedule changes for Seward’s Spring sports this weekend. Saints Baseball has pushed their start time back to 3:30 on Saturday against Dodge City with the school’s annual Helicopter Ball Drop still planned for a 3:00 drop. Lady Saints Softball will resume their unfinished game with Barton at 4:00 at Lady Saints Field in Liberal while their postponed doubleheader Friday against Butler has been moved for the fourth time to Monday at 2:00.
Saints Drop Sixth Straight
April 19, 2017
The Seward County Saints dropped their sixth game in seven days on Wednesday, falling 12-5 to Clarendon in midweek action to fall to 16-29 on the year.
Saints Bats Go Ice Cold as Seward Swept by Barton
April 15, 2017
A frustrating season for the Seward County Saints continued Saturday afternoon at Lawson-Biggs Field in Great Bend as Seward managed just two runs in a doubleheader against the Barton Cougars as Barton wrapped up its first ever sweep of the Saints with 7-1 and 11-1 wins to send the Saints spiraling to 9-15 in Jayhawk West Conference play with two weekends to go.