WICHITA — Kansas City held off a brave comeback bid from the Barton Cougars for a 14-12 victory in Thursday's second round of the Region 6/Plains District baseball tournament. The Cougars (34-21) meet Hutchinson (46-14) in an elimination game at Wichita State's Eck Stadium. Dalton Jorgensen and Kyle Walker paced the attack with three hits apiece, combining to go 6-for-8 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Hayden Oviatt and J.J. Spafford each belted home runs and drove in a trio of RBIs. Kyler Horsman doubled twice and had an RBI. Horsman doubled home Walker for a 1-0 lead. Kansas City answered with two runs. Jorgenson singled home Micah McGavran for a 2-2 tie. Barton starter Brian Justice (5-7) yielded six runs. Kansas City built an 11-2 advantage through six frames. Barton's Spafford hit a 2-run homer and Rhett Winchester's sacrifice fly made it 11-5. Oviatt's 3-run homer and Jorgensen's run on a wild pitch made it 12-9. Kansas City's Brady Kern provided a clutch 2-run homer for a 14-9 margin. The Cougars patiently worked five walks in a 3-run ninth inning. A bases-loaded hit batter and two bases-loaded walks gift wrapped a 3-run ninth inning. Reliever Lucas Clarke preserved the lead by retiring three Cougars to end the game. COUGARS 11, CLOUD 9 The Barton Cougars shocked No. 2 ranked Cloud County 11-9 Wednesday. Barton's Jorgensen delivered a 2-run game-winning single broke a 9-9 tie and scored Oviatt and McGavran in the eighth inning to upset the Thunderbirds. McGavran walked, Oviatt singled and Spafford's bunt moved the runners to third and second. Reliever Landon Ritchey (5-0) stranded the tying runners on-base in the eighth. Trey Mackwood earned a save with a game-ending line drive double-play. Barton's Winchester delivered five hits. Walker went 3-for-6 with three runs scored and two RBIs. Barton's top two batters combined to bat 8-for-12. The Cougars roared to an 8-0 lead. Walker scored on a Kyle Graves first-inning double. McGavran's 3-run third inning homer brought home Horsman and Winchester. Spafford's perfect bunt single set up a 4-run fifth inning. McGavran scored on Jorgensen's fly ball. Walker doubled home Spafford and Oviatt. Walker scored on Carter Helm's single. Barton starter Antonio Mendez yielded two runs in seven innings in a 100-pitch outing. Leading 9-2, Cougar relievers Daegan Vinduska, Jake Field and Landon Ritchey were ineffective when nine consecutive Thunderbirds reached base on six hits, two walks and a hit batter in a 7-run seventh inning for a 9-9 tie. Vasya Seymour greeted Barton's third reliever Ritchey with an infield single for a 9-7 score. Joey Marino's single drove home Luke Clayton and Nolan Green for a 9-9 tie. Barton 110 000 343 — 12 12 2 Kansas City 203 114 12x — 14 17 0 W—Kennedy. L—Justice. SV—Clarke Barton 103 040 120 — 11 19 1 Cloud 000 002 700 — 9 12 1 Mendez, Vinduska (7), Field (7), Ritchey, Mackwood (9) and Jorgensen. LInton, Rempel (5), Razak (5), Fox (8), Timbrook (8), Gannon (9) and Seymour. W—Ritchey, 5-0. L—Fox. SV—Mackwood (2). 2B—BC—Graves, Walker; CC—Green 3. HR—BC—McGavran. WICHITA ECK STADIUM FRIDAY G9—10 am.—Hutchinson (46-14) vs. Barton (34-21) G10—1 pm.—Cloud (46-6) vs. Johnson (57-3) G11—4 p.m.—Kansas City (42-18) vs. Cowley (37-21) G12—7 p.m.—Winners G9 vs. G10 SATURDAY G13—1 p.m.—Winner G12 vs. Loser G11 G14—4 p.m.—Winner G11 vs. Winner G13 THURSDAY—Kansas City 14, Barton 12; Cowley 11, Johnson 5; Cloud 11, Butler 3; Hutchinson 18, Seward 10 WEDNESDAY—Kansas City 10, Butler 2; Barton 11, Cloud 9; Johnson 11, Seward 3; Cowley 4, Hutchinson 2