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No Event
Wed Feb 19
12:00 PM
at Big 8 Conference #2
Reedley / Ridge Creek GC
Thu Feb 20
11:00 AM
Shasta
vs. Taft
Thu Feb 20
1:00 PM
Shasta
vs. Taft
Thu Feb 20
2:00 PM
Coalinga
vs. Taft
Fri Feb 21
6:00 PM
Lemoore
vs. Taft
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
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Sat Feb 08
Final
8 Antelope Valley
4 vs. Taft
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
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Sat Feb 01
Final
52 Taft
108 at Sequoias
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
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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
Thu Feb 13
Postponed
Taft
at LA Valley
Postponed due to rain - Rescheduled for 2/14
Thu Feb 13
Postponed
Taft
at LA Valley
Postponed due to rain - Rescheduled for 2/14
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
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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 Split Series Against Cerro Coso College 1-1

Jackson Berry slides into second base against Cerro Coso. (Photo courtesy of Dough Keeler)
Jackson Berry slides into second base against Cerro Coso. (Photo courtesy of Dough Keeler)

BOX SCORES: GAME 1 | GAME 2


TAFT, CA – On Thursday, February 8 against the Cerro Coso College Coyotes, The Taft College Cougars Baseball Team were unsure of their expectations heading into the 2-game series. Cerro Coso College had a 4-2 record going into the weekend and Taft was a measly 0-3. However, the Cougars got off to a scorching start when Jesus Gonzalez led off the game by hitting a screaming line drive in the gap for a double, and the Cougars rolled from there. Catcher Manny Esparza hit Gonzalez in with a sac fly to open the scoring. Later in the first inning, Ethan Kelly hit Jackson Berry in for his first collegiate hit and RBI. The Cougars plated 3 in the bottom of the first, 7 in the third, and 4 in the fourth. In the eighth Inning, Dawson George collected his very first collegiate hit capping off a successful 15-8 win against the Coyotes.

On Friday, the script was flipped, and the Coyotes got out to a hot start taking an early 1-0 lead. The Cougars answered by scoring one of their own in the top of the second when Owen Hayes reached home on a wild pitch. Cerro Coso marched to the top with a grand slam in the bottom of the third to take a 5-1 lead. Taft responded with a run in the top of the fourth to narrow the lead to 5-2, but it was not enough to fend off the Coyotes. In the bottom of the fourth, Cerro Coso added another run to make it 6-2, and despite resilience from the Cougars who made it 6-4 in the top of the fifth, plating 4 in the Bottom half of the inning, Cerro Coso took a commanding 10-4 lead. The scrappy Cougars were able to make it close in the top of the eighth by getting the tying run on base, but they failed to capitalize. Cerro Coso ran away with the game in the bottom of the eighth scoring 5 and making it a 15-7 ball game, which ultimately was the final score.

The weekend finished off with a bit of fun as the Alumni rolled into town and battled the Cougars, making it a close game, but the Cougars came out on top 12-8.

Baseball plays again at home against cross town rival Bakersfield College tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13 at 1:00 pm at the Cougar Field.

(Photo courtesy of Dough Keeler. Pictured Justin Austin)