Congratulations to a couple of Clark softball players who are playing summer ball.  Felicia Sanchez and her Northside Little League Senior All Stars won the District 19 title and are competing in Ft. Worth for the regional title.  Christina Rodriquez, a 2009 graduate, is playing for the Texas Challengers Gold, the first San Antonio team ever to qualify as an American Softball Association Gold Team.  They will be competing in a national tournament beginning August 1st.

Both girls played on the 2009 Clark Cougar team, which reached the playoffs and made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs for the first time in school history.  Good Luck ladies!

The area’s best in spring sports as named by the Express News  includes some outstanding athletes from Clark  as do the All District squads for softball and baseball.

 In softball, Christina Rodriguez made the paper’s Super Team. In her senior season the Clark catcher hit .485 and was a unanimous All District selection, she will take her game to the next level at St. Mary’s University next year. Rodriguez was also selected to the Class 5A team for the area. Other softball players named to the 1st team All-District squad are Megan Aragones and Henessey Soto, both sophomore pitchers. On the All-District 2nd team is freshman  Britney Ramos, sophomore Megan Martinez and junior Rochelle Nash.

In baseball, Cougar pitcher Carl O’Neal was named to the Class 5A team and was a unanimous selection for the 28-5A 1st team All-District squad. O’Neal will play ball at St. Mary’s University next year. Also named 1st Team All District are senior Joseph Ybarra and sophomore Jason Cervantes – both unanimous selections,  senior Trey Doebbler and sophomore catcher Braden Mattson. Making All-District 2nd team is junior pitcher Vince Salazar.

In golf, junior Hunter Gathright was named to the All-Area team.

Congratulations Cougars!

Clark Cougars

The Clark Softball team edged out the Holmes Huskies to keep their playoff hopes alive with a 4-2 victory.  Up 3-0 early in the 1st, the Cougars had to withstand a Husky comeback in the 7th. Christina Rodriguez went 2 for 3 with an RBI and Henessey Soto got the win.

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Several Clark Cougar athletes were mentioned in the March 10th edition of the Express News as leaders in their sports.  Congratulations and keep up the good work!

The Clark Cougars softball team scored 4 runs, beating Stevens 4-3.  Meagan Aragones and Christina Rodriguez had hits with Christina earning two RBI’s.  Meagan got the win for the Cougars.

The Clark Cougars softball team doubled up on Brandeis and won 4-2.  Henesey Soto got the win and Christina Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the fifth to seal the victory.

District play for the Clark Cougars in varsity baseball and softball gets underway with games against Brandeis Tuesday night.  The softball team already has wins against Harlandale, Galveston Ball, Temple and Ft. Bend Kempner.  Christina Rodriquez went 3 for 3 in the game against Harlandale.  Scores are available on the SOFTBALL page.  In the Express-News pre-season Baseball Scouting Report Clark seniors Joseph Ybarra and Trey Doebbler were dubbed “Players to Watch”. Ybarra is a 1st baseman and Doebbler plays at shortstop. Good luck in district to the ladies and the men’s teams!

Congratulations to senior catcher Christina Rodriguez.  The softball player from Clark was noted as a player to watch in the 2009 Express News High School Softball preview.  The season begins soon and ClarkCougarSports.com will have your information and scores.