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Sat Feb 22
12:00 PM
Taft
at Oxnard
DH
Sat Feb 22
2:00 PM
Taft
at Oxnard
DH
Sat Feb 22
2:00 PM
Taft
at Coalinga
Tue Feb 25
12:00 PM
Allan Hancock
vs. Taft
Tue Feb 25
2:00 PM
Allan Hancock
vs. Taft
Tue Feb 25
2:00 PM
Taft
at Porterville
Wed Feb 26
12:30 PM
at Big 8 Conference #3
San Jose City / Half Moon Bay GC, Old Course
Thu Feb 27
1:00 PM
Taft
at Monterey Peninsula
Thu Feb 27
2:00 PM
Porterville
vs. Taft
Thu Feb 27
3:00 PM
Taft
at Monterey Peninsula
Sat Mar 01
11:00 AM
Siskiyous
vs. Taft
Sat Mar 01
1:00 PM
Siskiyous
vs. Taft
Sat Mar 01
2:00 PM
Taft
at Porterville
Mon Mar 03
12:00 PM
at State Preview
Bayonet GC / Monterey, CA
Tue Mar 04
1:00 PM
Taft
at Merced
Doubleheader
No Event
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Tue Feb 11
Final
4 Taft
13 at Antelope Valley
Wed Feb 12
Final
8 Taft
9 at Bakersfield
Fri Feb 14
Final
3 Bakersfield
2 vs. Taft
Tue Feb 18
Final
2 Taft
1 at Coalinga
Thu Feb 20
Final
1 Coalinga
7 vs. Taft
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Wed Feb 05
Final
57 Taft
72 at Fresno
Sat Feb 08
Final
55 Porterville
71 vs. Taft
Wed Feb 12
Final
57 Taft
64 at Merced
Sat Feb 15
Final
90 Taft
93 at Reedley
Fri Feb 21
Final
50 Lemoore
62 vs. Taft
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Mon Apr 20
Postponed
at Big 8 South #9 (Monterey Peninsula)
@ Del Monte GC, Monterey
Mon Apr 27
Postponed
at Big 8 South #10 (Sierra)
@ Yolo Fliers GC, Woodland
Mon May 04
Postponed
at Nor-Cal Championships
@ Coyote Creek GC, San Jose
Mon May 11
Postponed
at CCCAA State Championships
@ Bear Creek GC, Murrieta
Tue Feb 22
Cancelled
at Big 8 South #3
Fresno / Madera GCC
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Tue Sep 03
Final
Reedley L, 344-396
Taft / Buena Vista GC
Thu Sep 05
Final
at Conference Tournament #1 L, 325-415
Reedley / Kings River GCC
Tue Sep 10
12:00 PM
Conference Tournament #2 L, 318-375
Taft / North Kern GC
Tue Sep 17
12:00 PM
at Conference Tournament #3 L, 330-424
Fresno / Sunnyside CC
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Fri Nov 08
Final
0 Merced
0 vs. Taft
Tue Nov 12
Final
3 Taft
0 at Lemoore
Fri Nov 15
Final
3 Fresno
1 vs. Taft
Wed Nov 20
Final
0 Sequoias
1 vs. Taft
Northern California Regional Playoffs / Round 1
Sat Nov 23
Final - 2OT
1 Taft
1 at Folsom Lake
1-1 (4-2)
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Tue Nov 05
Cancelled
Taft
at Porterville
Fri Nov 08
Final
3 Fresno
0 vs. Taft
Tue Nov 12
Final
0 Taft
4 at Lemoore
Fri Nov 15
Final
0 Merced
0 vs. Taft
Wed Nov 20
Final
0 Taft
4 at West Valley
3C2A NorCal Regional Tournament Round One
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Fri Feb 14
Final
4 Taft
2 at LA Valley
Game One of Double Header
Fri Feb 14
Final
6 Taft
1 at LA Valley
Game Two of Double Header
Tue Feb 18
Final - 8 innings
3 Cerro Coso
4 vs. Taft
@ Taft College
Thu Feb 20
Final
2 Shasta
4 vs. Taft
@ Taft College
Thu Feb 20
Final
3 Shasta
9 vs. Taft
@ Taft College
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Wed Nov 06
Final
1 Taft
3 at Fresno
25-11, 25-11, 16-25, 25-13
Wed Nov 13
Final
0 Porterville
3 vs. Taft
25-19, 25-12, 25-11
Fri Nov 15
Final
3 Taft
1 at Sequoias
Tue Nov 26
Final
1 Hartnell
3 vs. Taft
NorCal Regionals, Round 2, 22-25, 25-14, 25-12, 25-18
Sat Nov 30
Final
0 Taft
3 at Sierra
NorCal Regionals Round 3, 25-12, 25-15, 25-21
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Cougars Baseball Win Conference Opener 2-1 against Porterville

Photo Courtesy of Kailee Wakatake
Photo Courtesy of Kailee Wakatake

By Brendan Hamilton

TAFT, CA – The week began once again, with rain changing the Cougars' schedule, moving the conference opener from Tuesday to Wednesday. Despite this change, the Taft College Cougars Baseball Team remained unphased and won the first game in dominating fashion 14-3. Everything began to click after the Porterville College starter plunked two guys, and walked one, loading the bases for Jesus Gonzalez in the bottom of the third. In typical Gonzalez fashion, he hit a ball into orbit giving the Cougars an early 4-0 lead. In the fourth, the Cougars added 4 more runs playing some small ball, as well as getting a 2 RBI single from Yadriel Reyes. The Cougars kept tacking on runs, and after a Hewnelson Vega homer in the 8th inning, the game was capped. Porterville put up some resistance in the eighth and ninth, homering twice to make the game 14-3, but the lead was too large for a comeback. Kaleb Hay went 7 scoreless innings of 1 hit baseball, striking out 8 of his opponents.

Game 2 of the series in Porterville on Thursday saw the Cougars struggle offensively. The scoring opened with an Alex Camorlinga single in the third inning, and Porterville answered back with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning. In the fifth, Alex Camorlinga once again hit an RBI single, and Elijah Olaybal followed with a ball hammered to the wall for another run. Porterville clawed back and evened the game at 3 in the bottom of the sixth. The game remained scoreless for the rest of regulation play as Ian Gross silenced the Porterville lineup. However, in the bottom of the tenth inning, Porterville loaded the bases and Taft College Coach Vince Maiocco rolled the dice, putting 5 infielders out to cut down a run. A ball was hammered to the shortstop, and it got away, allowing Porterville to score the winning run.

On a bright and sunny day hosted the final game of an action-packed series. Porterville came out to play, scoring two quick runs in the top of the first inning. Taft responded with 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the first to even the game at 2 after an Elijah Olaybal triple. Jackson Berry singled in the bottom of the second inning to give the Cougars an early 3-2 lead. The lead did not last long as Pirates scored two in the top of the third, and one more in the top of the fourth to take a 5-3 lead. The Cougars stormed back, scoring 3 in the bottom of the fourth to take a 6-5 lead. After a few innings of play, Porterville scored one run tying the game at 6; however, a Jackson Berry placed a safety squeeze RBI bunt to push the Cougars ahead 7-6. Shimboku Matsudo would finish the Pirates off as he went an outstanding, 6 innings of 2 run baseball in relief, closing the game at 7-6.

After the Porterville week, Taft is 6-6 overall, and 2-1 in Conference play. The Cougars' next game is on Tuesday, February 27 in Lancaster, CA against Antelope Valley College.