Here are the results from the SAISD meet:

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Nothing but heat

Earlier this week, Carl O’Neal was named Express News Player of the Week.  After the Clark Cougars took on #6 Stevens, they’ll be calling him The Fireman.  Nothing but heat crossed the plate as O’Neal torched the Falcons for a shutout and the rest of the team hit like h-e-double-toothpicks, lighting them up for ten runs.  The final: 10-0 Clark over Stevens.  The win gives Clark a solid number two position in district, smokin’ their way towards the playoffs.  In the past four Clark wins, they’ve outscored their opponents 45-4.  THAT’S HOT!  Congrats!

Congratulations to Hunter Gathright, Sean Suputra, Alejandro Flores, Travis Gaiser, and Andrew Gold for their effort in the Joe Balander Memorial Golf Tournament against a tough field.  Hunter Gathright won the top individual title.

Congratulations to the Clark Water Polo Teams.  The girls are currently 6-0 with recent victories over O’Connor (7-5), Health Careers (11-1) and Denton (8-7).  The boys team is 4-1-1 with wins over O’Connor, Marshall and Health Careers.  The next events are this weekend at Farris with the girls starting  at 9:30am against Taft and the guys at 3:30pm against Stevens.  Way to go Cougars!

From the Express News and Lorne Chan:

Steve Sylestine, who spent the past four seasons as the Stevens girls basketball coach, was named the boys coach at Clark.  Sylestine, 50, has a 245-156 record in 13 seasons as a head coach. The last boys team he coached was at Jay in 1997-98.  He replaces Kevin Hamilton, who left Clark after 24 years and 13 as head coach to become a Northside ISD assistant athletic director.

“Kevin’s a close friend of mine and it’s going to be a neat thing replacing him,” Sylestine said. “We’re going to try to continue the tradition that’s been established at Clark.”

MORE…Sylestine played high school ball at Clear Lake High and was named the best player of his class on a fan website.  He also played on two AAU National Championship teams, played college ball at Texas A&M University for Shelby Metcalf on the 1980 team that is considered the best team in school history.  Sylestine has been married for 21 years and has three children.  His most recent victory was winning his age class in UTSA’s Diploma Dash 5k in February.

The April 23rd varsity baseball game against Taft has been moved to 4:00pm.  Why? you ask.  We’re not sure.  By the way, don’t forget the sports banquet honoring Clark athletes.  It’s April 23rd.  (Thanks, coaches, district, etc…)