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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 Baseball Win Series 2-1 Against Gavilan College

Jackson Berry (Photo by Taft Midway Driller/@midwaydriller)
Jackson Berry (Photo by Taft Midway Driller/@midwaydriller)

Story by Brendan Hamilton

TAFT, CA – After an extremely early morning for the Taft College Cougars Baseball Team, the first game of the doubleheader kicked off in a usual fashion with Jesus Gonzalez hitting a line drive single. Yadriel Reyes then drove him in with a double to open the scoring, giving the Cougars an early 1-0 lead. Gavilan College responded with two runs of their own in the bottom of the first jumping out 2-1. The game remained at a stalemate until the fifth inning when Jackson Berry hit a 2 RBI double and Taft added 3 more runs in the inning, switching the lead to 6-2 in favor of the Cougars. Scoring remained at bay as starter Jacob Canuel went five straight scoreless innings after the first and Shimboku Matsudo closed the door for the next two until the ninth. Gavilan jolted to life in the bottom of the ninth inning scoring 4 runs, tying the game 6-6 leading into extra innings. In the tenth inning, Taft capitalized on their chances and scored 3 runs giving them a 9-6 lead. Eric Godinez held the lead at 9-6 allowing the Cougars to win game one of the three game series.

Game two was an even better one for Taft despite getting down to an early 2-0 lead after four innings of play. A three run fifth inning switched the tides of the game as Alex Camorlinga started the rally with a single, letting the Cougars spring out to a 3-2 lead. It was all Cougars from there, a 4 run eighth beginning with an Elijah Olaybal rocket to centerfield brought the lead to 7-2. Gavilan came back in the ninth with a run of their own, but it was not enough to fend off the Cougars, ending the game at 7-3. The pitching staff was excellent in the game with Keigo Wajima going 4 innings allowing 2 runs, Ian Gross went 3 innings of shutout baseball, and Alex Camorlinga went 2 innings giving up one run.

The third and final game of the series was a rainy mess causing delays, and much confusion for both teams. However, the game went on and scoring was early and often. Both teams surrendered more than six runs in the first five innings of play with errors plaguing both sides. Gavilan, up 8-6, maintained their lead and added 3 more runs in the bottom of the eighth making the score 11-6. Although the Cougars provided some resistance in the ninth by scoring a run, Gavilan College held on and the game ended 11-7.

A wild and wet weekend series brings the Cougars' record to 4-5 heading into their first Central Valley Conference game on Tuesday, February 20 at home, against Porterville College.