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.