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No Event
Mon Apr 07
12:00 PM
at NorCal Preview / Big 8 Conference #7
San Jose City / Half Moon Bay GC, Ocean Course
Tue Apr 08
1:00 PM
Sequoias
vs. Taft
Tue Apr 08
2:00 PM
Reedley
vs. Taft
Tue Apr 08
3:00 PM
Sequoias
vs. Taft
Wed Apr 09
12:00 PM
at Big 8 Conference #8
San Jose City / Eagle Ridge GC
Thu Apr 10
2:00 PM
Fresno
vs. Taft
Thu Apr 10
2:00 PM
Taft
at Reedley
Sat Apr 12
1:00 PM
Reedley
vs. Taft
Mon Apr 14
2:00 PM
Coalinga
vs. Taft
Tue Apr 15
2:00 PM
Taft
at Sequoias
Tue Apr 15
2:00 PM
Porterville
vs. Taft
Thu Apr 17
6:00 PM
Taft
at Fresno City College
Mon Apr 21
12:00 PM
at Big 8 Conference #9
Fresno / TBA
Tue Apr 22
1:00 PM
Taft
at Coalinga
Tue Apr 22
2:00 PM
Taft
at Merced
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No Event
No Event
No Event
Tue Mar 25
Final
13 Taft
4 at Sequoias
Thu Mar 27
Final - 10 innings
4 Sequoias
5 vs. Taft
Sat Mar 29
Final
4 Taft
2 at Sequoias
Tue Apr 01
Final
6 Desert
10 vs. Taft
Fri Apr 04
Final
8 Taft
6 at Desert
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No Event
No Event
No Event
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
Wed Feb 26
Final
57 Taft
70 at Shasta
First Round Regional Playoff
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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
Tue Mar 18
Final
2 Taft
3 at Fresno
Tue Mar 18
Final
3 Taft
4 at Fresno
Thu Mar 20
Final
6 Coalinga
10 vs. Taft
Thu Mar 27
Final
5 Merced
10 vs. Taft
Thu Apr 03
Final - 7 innings
1 Taft
4 at Reedley
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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)