Mattson at bat

Two Clark Cougar baseball players comitted to play baseball at the next level.

Braden Mattson, Class of 2011, has committed to TCU for the 2011-2012 school year.  Mattson, who catches and swings a big bat for the Cougars, has been a member of the Clark Varsity Baseball team since his freshman year.  Mattson also had Texas A&M – Corpus Christi and Tulane vying for his talents.  Congratulations Braden!

Jonathon Fargnoli, who graduated in June, has signed to play baseball for Fordham University in the Bronx, NY.  Fargnoli played JV Baseball (2007), Varsity Baseball 2008-2010, and was the starting second baseman for Clark’s 2009 & 2010 seasons. Good luck to Jon at Fordham-we’re sure they’ll enjoy your glove!

All Area/District teams announced

Congratulations to senior Clark Cougars Sam Perez and Shaneve Swift and junior Braden Mattson.  The track (Perez and Swift) and baseball (Mattson) athletes were recognized for their success in the Express News spring awards.  Sam and Sheneve made the All Area track and field teams and Braden was named to the All Area team as a catcher.

Congratulations, Cougars!  You make us proud.

Clark Baseball

Two Clark Cougar baseball players have been selected to play in this year’s Jr./Sr. All Star game this coming Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 7pm at the Blossom Athletic Center.  The game highlights area athletes who have achieved success on the field and gives them a chance to showcase their talents for college coaches and recruiters, as well as play against-and with-some of the best in the city.   The game format pits the Junior athletes vs. the Senior athletes.  Last year Carl O’Neal, Clark ’09, showcased his pitching at the game.

This year, Clark has 2 Varsity Players who were invited to play in the game; Braden Mattson (Catcher) and Hunter McFall (OF/IF).  They will be playing on the Junior team. This is quite an achievement for the players and gives them an opportunity to play with some of their regular season opponents, have a little fun, and hopefully have the Juniors come out on top (again) this year.

Both Braden & Hunter have tickets to sell for the game at the low price of $5 so please help to support area baseball as well as Clark baseball by purchasing your tickets from Braden & Hunter.  You can find out more information at jimscout.com.  Way to go Coogs!

Hunter McFall

Several of this year’s Clark Cougars made the All District list for 28-5A.  Clark baseball went 11-5 in district play and reached the playoffs after pundits predicted a middle of the road team at the beginning of the season.  Two seniors and four juniors received honors.  Congratulations to all!

Rozanski gets only Clark hit in 7th inning

Down a player before the game ever started, the Clark Cougars baseball season ended with a whimper as the Victoria Memorial Vipers scored 16 runs in two games and blanked the Cougars.  You can read more in this article.

The Cougars, not predicted to fair well by local prognosticators, ended up with a good season and a 3rd place finish in District 28-5A to make it to the first round of the playoffs.

Great season seniors and good luck!

Cougars in playoffs

Down 1-0 in a best of three series, the Clark Cougar baseball team takes on the Vipers of Victoria Memorial tomorrow at 2pm at the NISD fields.  Victoria is expecting a loud Cougar crowd.  There will be a send off at Clark at 12:30pm.  Good Luck Cougars!

The Clark Cougars softball team, in the 2nd round of playoffs, fought tough against the defending state champions but just fell short in a game for the ages.  Read more about this classic game here in the Express News or here.

The baseball team traveled to Victoria for the first of a best of three series with Victoria Memorial.  Stellar pitching by the Vipers shut down the Cougar bats as Clark loses 10-0.  Game two is tomorrow at 2pm at NISD.  Show up and be loud!.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Clark Cougars baseball team plays in the first round of playoffs and softball enters the 2nd round for the 2nd year in a row.  Both teams play Thursday.

The baseball team travels to Victoria to begin a best of 2 out of 3 series.  A send off at the school for the team will be at 1:45 for all who can be there and cheer them on.  Game time is at 7:30pm.  Game 2 will be back in San Antonio Saturday at 2pm at NISD.

The ladies play here in town at the San Antonio Sports Complex located at Burbank High School.  They take on Smithson Valley at 7:00pm.

Good luck to both teams.  Go Coogs!

Clark baseball ended the regular season with a 14-0 victory over Holmes at Northside Field.  The Cougars had 16 hits during the game to finish district play with an 11-5 record. Vincent Salazar was the winning pitcher. Clark, as the third place team in 28-5A will play Victoria Memorial, Thursday @ 7:30 in Victoria.  Game 2 is Saturday at 2pm with game 3 scheduled 30 minutes after game 2 if necessary.

Senior class sings alma mater

On a night when the baseball team clinched a playoff spot and the softball team won their game giving them a playoff spot and the best ever season in Clark history, the Clark athletic community celebrated a year of great accomplishments.  The annual Clark Athletic Booster Club Sports Banquet was a phenomenal success with accolades for players and coaches alike.

Highlights included a moment to recognize Coach Lloyd Alexander and his role in shaping a culture of winning in competition and in life, a parade of athletes and coaches that also included each player and teams successes and the awarding of $15,000 in scholarships to Clark seniors.  The $15,000 was a new record for scholarships awarded by the Booster Club and was made possible by parents and their membership fees, cap/tshirt and etc. sales, ad sponsorships by advertisers and volunteers at concession duties and the ATT golf tournament.

The Booster Club has also given over $30,000 this year directly to the athletic department for their needs.

SASports.com’s Jay Tope emceed the event and as usual did an outstanding job.