Softball
An extraordinary group of former athletes and teams from the three Putnam City (OK) District high schools is set to be inducted into the 2026 Putnam City Schools Athletics Hall of Fame class, the committee announced Monday. Among the inductees is Ashly (Bright) Giddens, a two-time All-American softball player at Cowley College.
After opening the District Plains Tournament with back-to-back shutout victories, the second-seeded Cowley College softball team battled hard but could not get past top-seed Johnson County for a district title.
For the second time in as many days, the second-seed Cowley College softball team struck early and then watched sophomore pitcher Dacey Morris spin a complete game shutout as the Lady Tigers defeated third-seed Kansas City Kansas Community College 5-0 on Thursday at the Region VI Tournament in Overland Park, KS.
After a pair of extra inning games earlier in the day pushed the start of its game back more than three hours, the second-seed Cowley College softball team did not let the delay affect them as they got a complete game shutout from sophomore Dacey Morris and three doubles from freshman Hannah Howard in a 4-0 victory over seventh-seed Neosho County on Wednesday in the First Round of the Region VI Tournament played in Overland Park, KS.
Coming off a second-place conference finish, the Cowley College softball team had nine players named to the All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division 2 list.
One out away from sweeping a doubleheader at Cloud County on Thursday, the Cowley College softball team allowed the T-Birds to score five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of game two to defeat the Lady Tigers and earn a split of the two games. Cowley run-ruled Cloud 12-3 in game one before losing 8-7 in the nightcap.
Playing its final home doubleheader of the season, the Cowley College softball team picked up a pair of 11-3, five-inning run-rule wins over Neosho County on Tuesday at Ed Hargrove Field.
Getting nine scoreless innings from sophomore Dacey Morris and home runs from Carsen Carpenter in both games of Saturday’s home doubleheader, the Cowley College softball team defeated Kansas City Kansas Community College in both games of the series. The Lady Tigers won the first game 4-0 before taking game two 8-5.
The Cowley College softball team had its eight-game win streak come to an end in a split of a doubleheader at Allen Community College on Wednesday. The Lady Tigers bounced back from a 2-0 loss in game one to defeat the Red Devils 5-1 in the nightcap.
The Cowley College softball team swept its fourth straight conference doubleheader, winning a pair of games at Highland Community College on Thursday, 11-0 and 6-1.
A busy week across the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division 2 Softball landscape has led to KJCCC D2 Softball Player of the Week honors for Cowley College’s Taverli Tennant and Cloud County’s Maddie Harold as week nine winners.
Improving its record to 5-0 against Pratt Community College this season, the Cowley College softball team shut out the Beavers in both games of Monday’s doubleheader in Arkansas City. The Lady Tigers defeated Pratt 5-0 in game one before run-ruling the Beavers 8-0 in game two.
After scoring double figures in both wins of a home doubleheader against Independence on Thursday, the Cowley College softball team kept the offensive momentum going by scoring a season-high 21 runs in a 21-5 five-inning run-rule of Coffeyville Community College on Saturday at Ed Hargrove Field before run-ruling the Red Ravens 11-3 in game two.
Aided by Breanna Curry’s home-run saving catch in the top of the seventh inning of game two of its home doubleheader against Independence on Thursday, the Cowley College softball team then got a walk-off home run by Carsen Carpenter in the bottom of the seventh to help the Lady Tigers sweep the doubleheader 14-1 and 10-9 and earn head coach Jenny Hoyt her 400th career win.
The Cowley College pitching staff found outs hard to come by while facing No. 15-ranked Johnson County on Thursday at Ed Hargrove Field in Arkansas City, KS. The Lady Cavaliers run-ruled Cowley 14-0 in game one before winning game two 12-6.
Venturing out of conference to play at Jayhawk West foe Butler Community College on Monday in El Dorado, KS, the Cowley College softball team had leads of 7-1 in game one and 7-2 in game two of the doubleheader before losing both games 12-10 and 14-7.
