Clark Cougars

Following successful seasons for both teams Clark baseball placed 10 players on the All District team and 7 Clark softball players made their All District squad.

For softball:  Henessey Soto and Dani Nash were unanimous 1st team picks. Also making 1st team were Megan Martinez, Britney Ramos and Liz Rodriguez. Named to 2nd Team All District were Megan Aragones and Jeslene Renteria.

For baseball: Pitcher Chris Werland, Infielders Jason Cervantes and Hunter McFall, Outfielder Robert Martin, Catcher Braden Mattson and Utility Matt Cohen were all named 1st Team All District.

Infielder Chad Dullnig and Outfielder Ed Moore made 2nd Team All District and Ryan Skowronski and John Henderson were Honorable Mention All District.

District 27 5A CHAMPIONS!

Clark baseball defeated Holmes 13-2 in 5 innings of play to become District Champs for the second time in school history.   Once again the story of the game was the Clark bats – and what a story they told.   Clark had a total of 12 hits for the game with several standouts.  Coming into the 3rd inning, Ed Moore led off with a double.  He was followed at the plate by John Henderson who hit a double and scored Moore.  Next up was Jason Cervantes who singled.  Hunter McFall stepped into the batters box and hit a sacrifice to deep center to score Henderson.  Braden Mattson was up next and on a 1 ball, 1 strike count, hit a bomb over the left center field fence.  The inning ended with the score, Clark 4, Holmes 2.  In the 4th inning, the bats continued to crack.  With 2 outs , and 3 runners on base, McFall stepped into the batters box and delivered a single that drove in Moore and Henderson, leaving McFall and Cervantes on base.  Mattson stepped into the box and delivered a deep double to left field fence, which scored the base runners.  Chad Dullnig reached base on an error which also scored Mattson.  The 4th inning ended with a score Clark 9, Holmes 2.  In the 5th inning, Robert Martin led off with a walk, and scored on a double by Moore.  Henderson got on base with a walk and Cervantes single scored him.  McFall singled to score Cervantes and the Cougars quickly had 4 more runs.   Starting on the mound for the Cougars was Ryan Skowronski who pitched 2 innings, giving up 2 runs. (continue reading…)

Clark baseball enjoys big win

Thursday night, Clark defeated Stevens 6-2 to remain in 1st place in District and is now assured of at least a share of the District Championship. The Falcons jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning – but those were the last runs that Clark allowed.  In the 2nd inning, Clark bats responded.  Matt Cohen started off the inning with a single.  Chris Werland moved Cohen to 2nd on a sacrifice bunt.  Robert Martin stepped into the batters box and with a 1 ball, 2 strike count, hit a home run over the left field fence – scoring himself and Cohen.  Next up was Ed Moore who hit a blooper between the pitcher and 2nd baseman and he beat out the throw to 1st base.   (continue reading…)

Hot bats beat Rams

Clark Baseball won their 9th district game beating Marshall 10-9 in 7 tough innings of play.  The Rams and Cougars came out hitting, tied 1-1 after the first inning.  Ram bats stayed hot in the next two innings, scoring three more runs.  In the bottom of the 4th, Clark bats woke up with 5 hits, including a 3-run home run by Hunter McFall, ending the inning Clark 5-Marshall 4.

Marshall responded in the 5th inning, scoring twice.  5 runs by Clark ended the inning, Clark 10 – Marshall 6. (continue reading…)

Skowronski helps himself

Clark baseball remained undefeated in district, beating the Jay Mustangs 14-10 in 7 long innings of play.  Starting on the mound for the Cougars was Ryan Skowronski.

Clark’s first at bat saw 6 batters step into the box, recording 2 walks (Cervantes & Dullnig) and a RBI single by Matt Cohen. In Jay’s first at bat, a home run set the stage for a tough game.  Clark defense quickly took care of the next batters to close out the inning.

In the 3rd inning, Jay scored another run, giving Jay a 2-1 lead at the end of 3.  Jay scored another 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th and Chris Werland took the mound to get the last Jay out; score Jay 5, Clark 1.

At the top of the 5th inning, Clark bats said “ENOUGH”.  Hunter McFall led off the inning and hammered  a ball to the wall with a triple. Braden Mattson followed with a single, putting Clark runners on the corners.  Chad Dullnig had a nice sacrifice fly to score McFall and advance Mattson.  Mat Cohen hit a single to score Mattson and Werland’s fielders choice scored Cohen.  The Mustangs were not to be stopped, scoring another 3 runs in the bottom of the 5th, score Jay 8 Clark 4.   (continue reading…)