Official account for Cloud County Community College Athletics. NJCAA & KJCCC members and the
#13
ranked Two-Year College in the 2022-23 NATYCAA Daktronics Cup.
BASE: Cloud County gets a 3-1 win in game 2 over Seward County to give head coach Eric Gilliland his 100th career victory as the T-Bird skipper. Congrats to Coach Gilliland on the accomplishment.
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Congratulations to Erik Sabrowski (
@ErikSabrowski
) for being drafted by the San Diego
@Padres
in the 14th round! Sabrowski was the KJCCC West Pitcher of the Year and had the third highest K/9 (15.95) of any NJCAA Division I pitcher this season
#MLBDraft
MBB: Go crazy, folks!!!
Cloud County men upset the defending national champions and No. 1 ranked Hutchinson!! Final score, 82-79
@CCCCNews
@KJCCCmedia
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BASE: We will see you tomorrow with the
@CloudBaseball
team as Danny INFANTE hits a walk-off Grand Slam on a 3-2 pitch with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. 6-5 Final score for the T-Birds!
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BASE: Jacob Biller, a Manhattan native and former K-State standout, has been added to the Cloud County coaching staff! Biller will work with hitters and as an infield instructor. Welcome to Concordia!
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Cloud County graduate Erik Sabrowski was out at "The K" yesterday to meet with the Kansas City Royals. We personally think that shade of blue looks good on him
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BASE: Survive and ADVANCE!
@CloudBaseball
with an 11-6 elimination victory over the KJCCC West regular-season champs Barton to move on to tomorrow. Opponent and game time will be determined later today.
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MBB: Attention, please... Zion Obanla has been cleared for TAKEOFF! An absolute POSTERIZATION of 1 of the top
@NJCAABasketball
players this year. If this isn't
#SCtop10
worthy we're not sure what is!
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BASE: In game 2 of today's Cloud County opener at Fort Scott, the T-Birds erupt for 16 runs on 16 hits to close out a sweep with a 16-7 win in 7 innings. T-Birds go 2-0 to open the season.
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BASE: 4
@cloudbaseball
players have signed their National Letters of Intent to move on to NCAA Division I programs after this upcoming season. Congrats to Bradan, Clayton, Josh, and Connor.
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BASE: FINAL
ON. TO. WICHITA!! Cloud County wins 14-4 in Game Two, makes school history by advancing to 2nd round of the Region VI/Central District Playoffs! T-Birds play winner of Pratt/Cowley at 1 p.m. Wednesday
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@KJCCCmedia
@CCCCNews
BASE: A win to advance in the NJCAA Region VI Plains District Tournament also came with a milestone for
@CloudBaseball
as T-Bird head coach Eric Gilliland picked up his 250th win as head coach. CCCC advances to take on KCKCC next week.
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BASE: The Cloud County Community College Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to accept a generous donation going toward the construction of an indoor baseball practice facility on campus.
BASE: The season doesn't start until February, but
@cloudbaseball
has already had 5 players sign NCAA DI letters of intent for 2022-23. A lot of good talent on this year's T-Bird squad that you'll want to watch come spring.
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BASE: FINAL
Peters works a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close the door on the 6-2 victory in Game Four! T-Birds and Blue Dragons split the series, Cloud County guaranteed to host its first playoff series as member of KJCCC
@KJCCCmedia
@CCCCNews
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MBB: Welcome to Cloud County the 6th head men's basketball coach in program history Devin Kastrup! Kastrup joins the T-Bird program after a 2-year head coaching stop at Southwestern CC in Creston, IA.
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WREST: History has been made as Zach Ferris wins 3-2 in an INSTANT CLASSIC! The match goes to the 2nd overtime tiebreaker and gets an escape and 2nd stall call on his opponent to win the National Championship! Ferris is the first National Champion in Cloud County's History.
BASE: The Cloud County baseball program announced it has 13 players from the 2019 team moving on to play at four-year programs. It's the second highest four-year placement amount in program history! Congratulations and good luck to our former
#DirtyBirds
🗣️ PSA: Grant Schmidt (
@GrantSchmidt_3
) hurts baseballs
Here's his second moonshot in today's 10-3 win over Butler. We don't know what the exit velocity was on this one, but the ball was ticketed for speeding in Belleville
#SchmidtHappens
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Cloud County Athletic Director Matt Bechard has announced 2 hires to lead the
@CloudCounty_MBB
and
@CloudCountySB
programs moving forward. Help us in welcoming Kyle Pugh to lead Men's Basketball and TJ Segebart to lead the Softball program.
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BASE: Redshirt freshman Jace Armstrong gives Cloud County the lead with his first career home run to dead center!! Armstrong lined it just to the left of the 390 sign!
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BASE: 16
@cloudbaseball
players are moving on to 4-year colleges, with 12 signing NCAA Division I Letters of Intent. What a great group of T-Birds we had the last 2 years who left it all out on the field for the program.
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#CloudProud
WBB: On Wednesday, Cloud County freshman Scout Frame became just the third women's player in Cloud County history to score 40 points in a game, leading the T-Birds to a 93-74 road win over Allen County
BASE: FINAL
Erik Sabrowski throws an absolute gem in Game One, leading Cloud County to a 3-0 win over Hutchinson. 7 IN, 2H, 1BB, 18Ks
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@CCCCNews
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Alright
@SportsCenter
, We'll give you your choice between 2 POSTERIZATIONS as Joe Kearney decided that 2 MONSTER DUNKS is better than 1. We'll take either as an
#SCTop10
as both are worthy.
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BASE: The Cloud County baseball program achieved a program record during 2017-18 as the T-Birds had 19 players commit to four-year institutions
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Release:
BASE: 1 inning in the books at Lee Doyen field and it's a 4-0 Cloud County lead as the T-Birds load the bases for Trevor Stevens to clear the bases with a grand slam.
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BASE: Cloud County sophomore Kade Wallace caps a five-run third inning with his first career Grand Slam!! T-Birds up 5-0 on Butler heading to the bottom of the third
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BASE: FINAL
Jackson Dietel tosses a complete game, T-Birds take Game Four to win the series, 3-1, over Pratt to begin KJCCC West action!
@KJCCCmedia
@CCCCNews
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Hear the post-game thoughts of
@cloudbaseball
head man Eric Gilliland following his team's 11-6 win over Barton to advance to tomorrow at the Plains District Tournament.
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BASE: Congrats to Noah Olson of
@cloudbaseball
for becoming just the 4th T-Bird since 2004 to be named an All-NJCAA Region VI Baseball selection. Olson was named a first-team all-region pick.
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BASE: With five hits on Thursday, sophomore outfielder Matt Bondarchuk moved into sole possession for the most hits (141) in a career at Cloud County!! Bondarchuk already owns the school record for most hits (84) and singles (72) in a single season
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BASE: Cloud County sophomore Ryan Krolikowski wins KJCCC DI Hitter of the Week after going 9-for-13 with 10 RBI, and 5 extra-base hits. He reached base safely in the first 10 plate appearances during last week's series win over Colby
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Look at this
#ThrowbackThursday
gem of head baseball coach Eric Gilliland signing to play at Cloud County back in 2005.
His 2018 T-Birds get their season underway today (1/3:30 p.m.) on the road against Fort Scott
Live Stats:
BASE: The
@CloudBaseball
team is heading to Manhattan as the T-Birds knock off Neosho 15-12. CCCC will take on KCKCC in game 1 at 10 AM on Tuesday, May 17th.
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BASE: A .765 batting average to extend a reached base streak to 19 games and hit streak to 9 games for Demitri Shakotko has landed the freshman KJCCC West Player of the Week honors. Shakotko is now hitting .505 in the KJCCC this season.
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BASE: Congrats to six
@cloudbaseball
players on being named All-KJCCC West Division Selections today. The list includes Noah Olson, Kolby Dougan, Garrett Redden, Willie Ponce, Williams Camacho-Soto, and Christian Womble.
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BASE:
@CloudBaseball
with 3 players named 2nd Team All-NJCAA Region VI on Wednesday afternoon, a day after having 10 All-KJCCC West selections. Congrats to Demtri, Mason, and Cole on the honors.
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#CloudProud
BASE: FINAL
Whew, we can exhale! Cloud County leads 7-0, trails 9-8, wins 10-9 in wild Game Four against Barton to earn 3-1 series victory! Asher pitches 3 shutout innings of relief, Dietel goes 4-for-6 w/ 2 HRs and 6 RBI
@KJCCCmedia
@CCCCNews
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BASE: 5
@cloudbaseball
players have signed National Letters of Intent for 2024-25 with NCAA Division I Universities. Some big names coming off the board as the T-Birds get ready for their 2024 season beginning on February 8th.
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BASE: KROLIKOWSKI!!!! You cannot get this man out! His grand slam makes him 6-for-6 with 4 extra base hits so far today! Cloud County is now up 8-2 on Colby and still batting in B5
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BASE: GAME DAY
Good luck to the Cloud County baseball team as it opens its 2019 season on the road against Fort Scott!
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#DirtyBirds
Video:
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BASE: Not much better than knowing it's opening day for the Cloud County baseball team as the T-Birds are in Fort Scott. First pitch at 3:30 PM and you can watch live at .
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BASE: The Cloud County baseball team couldn't ask for a much better start to the season, earning a 6-2 and 16-7 win to sweep a road doubleheader at Fort Scott. Tomorrow's games have been cancelled due to forecasted rain.
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BASE: KJCCC postseason honors were announced Tuesday afternoon and
@CloudBaseball
leads the KJCCC West with 10 All-KJCCC honorees. More information on all 10 selections is below.
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MBB: A historical win tonight for
@CloudCounty_MBB
as the T-Birds knock off
#8
Hutchinson at the Hutchinson Sports Arena 87-82! Just the 3rd win at Hutch in program history (1978, 2007, and 2021).
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MBB: FINAL
For the second straight year Cloud County tops nationally ranked Hutchinson at home! T-Birds hold on for 72-64 victory over No. 7 Blue Dragons!
@KJCCCmedia
@CCCCNews
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BASE: The KJCCC co-leader in wins (8), as well as the conference leader in strikeouts (88) and ERA (2.43), Cloud County freshman pitcher Kolby Dougan, has earned his 3rd KJCCC Pitcher of the Week honors. Congrats to Kolby on the award.
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BASE: Cloud County rallies for a run in the top of the 9th to force extras, gets a Ty Nelson go-ahead RBI in the 11th to take a 5-4 win over Seminole State. T-Birds finish the weekend 2-1.
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BASE: Starting the weekend off with a win as the Cloud County baseball team earns an 11-6 victory over NEO in Edmond, OK. Noah Olson goes 1-2 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored to lead CCCC.
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BASE: Jack Mount strikes out 4 straight and is now your
@CloudBaseball
career record holder in strikeouts! T-Birds get a solo bomb from Alex Diaz to break a 2-2 tie. 3-2 Cloud County after a scoreless 3rd to send things to the 4th.
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BASE: A road win on Sunday means home games for
@CloudBaseball
in May as the T-Birds split a doubleheader at Seward to secure a home playoff series in Region VI Tournament. CCCC reaches 20-wins in the KJCCC for first time in program history.
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It's been 372 days since Cloud County redshirt sophomore Alvin Thompson made ESPN's Top-10 plays for a dunk against Hutchinson last season. We think he might have another shot at
#SCtop10
after finishing off this alley-oop from Jerome Kidd Jr.
BASE: The
@cloudbaseball
coaching staff has announced that 4 current T-Birds have signed National Letters of Intent with 4-year universities for the 2023-2024 season. Congrats to Brady, Cole, Brayden, and Cayden on your signings.
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#CloudProud
WBB: On Tuesday, Cloud County sophomore Scout Frame signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her career at Flagler College, a NCAA Division II program in St. Augustine, Florida!
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BASE: 7
@cloudbaseball
players have been named All-KJCCC West Division for their play in 2022. More information is below as the T-Birds cap off a record-setting year with postseason awards.
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Congratulations to T-Bird Outfielder Grant Schmidt on his commitment to Fort Hays State University. Schmidt hit 13 Home Runs in the 2019 season, all of them coming in Jayhawk Conference and postseason games.
@GrantSchmidt_3
@CCCCsports
.
BASE: Clayton Loranger says let's go home and ends it with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 5th. Final score 12-1 in 5 innings as the T-Birds move to 10-1 overall.
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BASE: Sophomore pitcher Erik Sabrowski set the school record for single-game strikeouts (18), helping the T-Birds to a doubleheader split against Hutchinson on Thursday
BASE: FINAL
Ryan Krolikowski drills a 3-run, walk-off HR in the bottom of the ninth to give Cloud County a 5-2 win over Seward County in Game One!!
@KJCCCmedia
@CCCCNews
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BASE:
@CloudBaseball
gives up a single run to
#9
Cowley in the top of the 1st, but Joel Benes puts the T-Birds out in front with a 3-run BLAST to dead center field. 3-1 CCCC heading to the bottom of the 2nd.
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BASE: FINAL
Cloud County takes Game One by a 10-6 final! Grant Schmidt was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI, Trey Asher picked up the win with four strong innings of relief!
@KJCCCmedia
@CCCCNews
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BASE: That was fun! We'll try to do it again tomorrow 💪 T-Birds play at 1 p.m. Friday against the loser of the Hutchinson/Colby matchup later this afternoon
@KJCCCmedia
@CCCCNews
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BASE: Coming off its first winning season since 2003, the Cloud County baseball team is looking to "break through" as one of the top teams in the KJCCC West in 2019. The T-Birds get their season underway Friday on the road against Fort Scott
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BASE: A career-high 9 strikeout performance for Phil Brennaman leads to KJCCC West Pitcher of the Week honors for the sophomore. Brennaman retired the final 17 batters he faced, allowing 1 hit over 6 innings.
BASE: Ian Riley has set the new
@CloudBaseball
record for runs scored in a single season as he is at 4 and counting today to run his total over past the previous record of 74 set by Kipp Oertle in 1989. T-Birds lead 5-1 in the bottom of the 8th.
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BASE: A ticket to Wichita has been punched by
@CloudBaseball
. The 4-run inning in the 6th breaks a 3-3 tie and the T-Birds close things out for win 37 of the year. T-Birds will be the 5-seed and await their opponent for next Tuesday night.
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BASE: 9 players for
@CloudBaseball
have earned All-KJCCC West Division honors including KJCCC West Pitcher of the Year Kevin Mannell! T-Birds had their best KJCCC West finish in program history and totaled 40 wins this season.
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BASE: Hard to argue with the numbers that Tom Poole of
@CloudBaseball
put up last week as the T-Birds go 6-0 behind 4 HRs and 14 RBIs from the Calgary, Alberta, Canada native which earns him KJCCC Baseball Player of the Week honors.
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As the Cloud County athletic department gets things ready for the upcoming fall sports season, we wanted to give a special shoutout to our former Assistant to the Athletic Director Ann Lowell. Ann retired in May after working in the department for 15 years.
BASE: Starting the week off with a ranked road W!
@CloudBaseball
avenges last week's loss to
#4
Iowa Western by jumping out to a 4-0 lead and holding on for a 4-2 win in Council Bluffs. T-Birds have now won 12 of their last 14 to improve to 20-7 overall.
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BASE: Cloud County sophomore Jackson Dietel (
@jacksondietel15
) has won KJCCC Division I Player of the Week for Week 10! Dietel helped the T-Birds to a 3-1 series win over Barton, highlighted by a 4-for-6, 2 HR, 6 RBI performance in Game Four
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