OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The No. 2-ranked Johnson County Community College baseball opened its conference slate with a dominate four-game sweep over Highland Community College.  The Cavaliers outscored the Scotties 56-to-4 over the four games, winning 8-0, 22-2, 10-0 and 14-2. It is the sixth straight series win for JCCC this season.

Colin Coonradt had a big series for the Cavaliers hitting .727 (8-for-11) with five home runs, five walks, nine runs scored and eight RBI in JCCC's conference opening series. He opened the series with two home runs and three RBI in a 8-0 win and followed with another two home runs, three RBI effort in a 22-2 romp the second game. He also walked twice and scored four times. Back at JCCC on Saturday, Coonradt hit his fifth homer in three games and drove in two in a 12-0 victory. For the season Coonradt ranks third in the conference in batting average (.453), second in RBI (24), tied for first in home runs (11), third in doubles (7), second in extra base hits (19) and fifth in runs scored (27).

Logan Groh hit .818 (9-for-11) with a triple, three home runs, six runs scored 10 RBI. Ashton Hartwig hit .615 (8-for-16) with two doubles, a triple, five runs and three RBI.  Brayden Giesler hit .571 (4-for-7) with three doubles, two runs and six driven in, Ryan Bradford batted .400 (6-for-18) with a double and home run, eight runs and six RBI and Jack Jones was a perfect 5-for-5 with two doubles, a homer, four runs and four driven in.

On the mound, Liam Roche tossed a brilliant game to open the series. The left-hander only allowed a single and a walk while striking out a season-high 12 batters over six innings. In the second game, Ronin Vicenti only surrendered one hit and one run over four innings while striking out nine batters.

In the two games at JCCC, JCCC pitchers combined to allow just two runs over 12 innings with 16 strikeouts. Ashton Nance and Victor Christal were the winning pitchers for the Cavaliers.