Clark Baseball is now 7-2 in district with a  win over Taft Monday night.  Chad Dullnig was on the mound for the 10-2 victory.  Clark was winning 1-0 in the 4th inning when Robert Martin hit a triple with the bases loaded. A steal to home put the Cougars up by 5.  In the bottom of the 6th, with bases loaded, two more runs were scored with a double by Hayden Brown. Devin Haley’s hit scored  two more for Clark and John Henderson added one more with a single.  The Cougars face the Marshall Rams Friday night 7:30pm.

The Clark baseball team opened their 2012 season with an 8-1 victory over Taft on Tuesday. Senior pitcher Robert Martin gets the win for the Cougars, holding the Raiders to one 6th inning run for the game. Clark scored 5 runs in the 3rd inning to take the lead, adding two more in the 5th and one in the 6th. The win gives Clark a 1-0 district record to start the season.

Up next is the Northside tournament on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before meeting Marshall for the next district game on Tuesday of next week.

The Clark softball team also beat Taft on Tuesday by a score of 12-2. The Cougars had 8 runs in the second inning and added 4 more in the 4th. Taft finally got two runs in the 5th inning, but it was not enough to continue and the game was called early. Senior pitcher Henessey Soto got the win.  Clark is now 3-0 on the season including a win over Madison.

Up next is the Judson tournament on Friday and Saturday. Their next district game will be against Brandeis on Tuesday at 7:00.

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.

Martin recognized for effort

Congratulations to Robert Martin, a Clark jr. baseball player, who has been selected as KABB-TV’s “Max Scholar Athlete” of the week.  Key to wins over O’Connor and the Cougars first playoff game against Southwest, Robert talks about why he’ll always be a success – on and off the field – in this video interview.
Congratulations, “Quickie”!

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…)

GO COOGS!

Clark Baseball picked up its 11th District win of the season on Friday beating Jay 14-9.  The game got off to a rough start with Clark errors and a bases loaded grand slam in the top of the 3rd inning leaving Clark facing an 8-0 deficit.  Clark slowly began to battle back, scoring 3 runs in the 3rd inning and 2 runs in the 4th.  But Clark really woke up in the bottom of the 6th inning – recording 9 runs to take the lead.  Starting on the mound for the Cougars was Chad Dullnig, who pitched 2 2/3 innings.  Chris Werland came in to bring the 3rd inning to a close and pitched the 4th-6th inning, giving up only 1 run.  Matt Cohen came in to close the game  in the top of the 7th inning and got 3 quick outs.  Clark had a total of 15 hits for the game.  Notables: Jason Cervantes went 4-4, with a 2-run home run.  Hunter McFall, Braden Mattson, Werland, and Robert Martin each had 2 hits, with Dullnig, Cohen, and Ryan Skowronski with one hit each.

Clark remains in 1st place in District and will face Warren on Tue, Apr 12 at 4:45pm on NS#2.

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…)