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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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Taft College loses at Merced, but Selected for NorCal Playoffs

Taft is back in the playoffs for the first time since the 2019 season. (Image by Rachel Sasi)
Taft is back in the playoffs for the first time since the 2019 season. (Image by Rachel Sasi)

REGIONAL BRACKET


By Brendan Hamilton

Saturday, April 27, was a sigh of relief for the Taft College Baseball Cougars (20-17) as they faced off against the Merced College Blue Devils (16-7) in their final regular season game of the year.

With Fresno City College beating Reedley College on Friday, the Cougars were guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. The game did not go quite as planned, however. Merced came out hot, scoring 4 runs in the bottom of the second, but some strong pitching from Eric Godinez gave the Cougars a chance to rally back. Taft scored 3 runs in the third, 1 in the fifth, and one in the sixth to catapult out to a 5-4 lead. Jackson Berry led the offense in that span with a solo homerun and an RBI triple. Merced rallied late, putting up 3 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to score 3 runs and regain their lead, a lead that would stand for the rest of the game. The final score would be 7-5 for Merced.

Taft College Head Baseball Coach Vince Maiocco commented, "Our guys have dealt with a lot of adversity this year and they have all weathered the storm. The players and coaching staff are really excited to be playing postseason baseball. We like where our team is at this moment in time, and we look forward to the challenge that awaits us in playing Delta College. This series will be a good measuring stick to see where our baseball program stacks up against one of the premier California Juco programs in Delata College."

For the Northern California 3C2A State Playoff Regionals, the #20 seeded Cougars play this Friday, May 3, vs #5 seeded San Joaquin Delta College in Lathrop, CA at Islanders Field at 3:00 pm. Game #2 will be on Saturday at 12:00 pm and if needed, Game #3 will start 45 minutes after Game #2 concludes.