In addition to the 17 Clark baseball and softball players on the All District teams this year four spring athletes landed on the Express News All Area lists.

Braden Mattson was named to the E-N Super Team for baseball. The TCU bound catcher was also on the All-Area list for the second consecutive season. Also named All-Area for baseball is infielder Hunter McFall who will continue his baseball career at Texas Tech. Clark’s exciting 4-3 win over O’Connor was listed among the best games of the season.

Henessey Soto was named to the softball All-Area team. Soto, a junior pitcher, was also the District 27-5A Most Valuable Player for 2011.

In tennis, Clark’s Justin Randell was named to the All-Area team in Boy’s Singles. Randell is a senior.

Congratulations to all these Cougars and their teammates for representing Clark, Texas so well!

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.

The Clark softball team blanked Stevens on Friday 7-0, but waited until the 5th inning to make it happen. Clark and Stevens were locked in a scoreless tie until the 5th when the Cougars bats woke up and 6 runs were scored. They added one more run in the 6th and held off Stevens throughout to get the win. Pitcher Henessey Soto picked up her 13th win of the season.

With two games remaining in the regular season Clark has secured a playoff spot. Holmes is up next on Tuesday at 7:00.

CONGRATULATIONS COUGARS!

Soto pitching and hitting

The Cougars softball team secured an 8-1 win over Warren on Tuesday. Clark spread its runs almost evenly through the game scoring in every inning except the 2nd. The Cougars had 14 hits to Warren’s 3. Henessey Soto was on the mound and gets her 12th win of the season. Soto is batting .542 on the season followed by Megan Martinez at .452 and Dani Nash at .442.

The Cougars are in 3rd place in District, but just a half game behind 2nd place Taft. Next up is Stevens on Friday at 7:00pm at Northside.

Clark softball beat Brandeis 5-3 on Tuesday at Northside. The victory means Clark takes sole possession of 3rd place in district with an 8-3 record. Henessey Soto was on the mound for the Cougars and gets her 12th win of the season. The team had 8 hits during the game.

Up next for the Cougars is a game against Jay on Friday at 5:00.

The Clark softball team got back to its high scoring ways with a 12-1 victory over Marshall last Friday. The Coogs scored 6 runs in the 3rd and another 6 in the 4th to take the win. They had 14 hits in the game and 1 error.  Henessey Soto was on the mound for her 11th win of the season.

Up next is a big game against Brandeis on Tuesday the 29th at 7 pm. Clark and Brandeis are tied for 3rd place in District 27-5A with identical 7-3 district records.

GO COOGS!

Clark Softball Wins

Clark softball won a close one against first place Taft 2-1 at Northside on Tuesday. The runs didn’t come until the 6th inning when both teams scored. Clark had 7 hits for the game and Taft had 3. Henessey Soto was on the mound for Clark and (continue reading…)

Cougars continue to win

The Clark Cougars girls softball team continued their streak of dominating opponents with a 10-0 victory over Stevens.  Henessey Soto pitched a one-hit game and the Cougar bats were hot early, sc0ring 7 runs in the first two innings.

The Cougars are 12-5 and 5-1 in District 27-5A.

PHOTOS

Clark softball continued its winning ways on Tuesday with a 9-2 victory over Warren. The Cougars racked up 17 hits and got runs from Megan Aragones, Alex Losoya, Henessey Soto, Britney Ramos, Dani Nash, Liz Rodriguez and Gabby Aguilar. Soto was the winning pitcher, spending all 7 innings on the mound.

Clark is now 11-5 on the season and 4-1 in district for 2nd place in the standings. Next game is Friday at 5:00 against Stevens at Northside.

The Clark softball team continued their district hitting streak with a 15-4 rout of the #5 ranked Brandeis broncos on Wednesday. The Cougars took a respectable 4-1 lead into the 5th inning and then exploded with 6 runs in the 5th and 5 more in the 6th inning – off a game total of 12 hits. Henessey Soto was on the mound for the Cougars as they up their  record to 9-5 and their early district record to 2-1 for a share (continue reading…)