Chalk up victory #1 for the Northside Suburban All Stars at the Senior Softball World Series in Delaware thanks to some great Clark Cougar pitching and hitting. Henessey Soto was  solid  on the mound and Felicia Sanchez and Morgan Herrera provided some late game hitting to secure the 4-3 victory over Portsmouth, Virginia. Get more details from the Express News.

GO Northside! GO COOGS!

Some familiar faces from Clark softball are lighting up the All Star field this summer. Felicia Sanchez, Morgan Biela, Megan Aragones, Morgan Herrera, Britney Ramos, Alex Losoya and Henessey Soto are part of the 2010 Northside Little League All-Stars.  They won the District 19 Title in San Antonio, the Section 3 Title in Uvalde, just recently won the State Title in Fort Worth, Texas and are now traveling to Alexandria, Louisiana  for the US Southwest Regionals.  They are repeating the record from last year; however, the girls don’t want to leave Louisiana without the title this year.  In 2009  they were one game from going to the Little League World Series. Expectations may be even higher this year. They have their eye on the US SW Title and a trip to Roxana, Delaware to the 2010 Little League World Series, Aug 8th-14th.

If you tune into www.espn977.com live radio THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8PM, the girls will be playing their first game against New Mexico.  Other teams are East Texas (from Seguin), Colorado, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi.  Just check the website for the games.

There’s another website the girls are using for fundraising – looking for both corporate and personal donations.  AND IF BY CHANCE they do not make it out of this level, 100% of the funds will be donated to Northside Suburban Little League.  http://www.yourcause.com/Group.aspx?GroupID=6618 .

Good luck girls!

Clark softball took care of business in their game against Stevens on Tuesday with a 5-2 win. Pitcher Henessey Soto gets the win as the Cougars up their district record to 7-3 and hang on to 3rd place in the 28-5A standings. Clark is 12-8 on the season. Next up is Marshall at 5:00 on Thursday at Northside field.

Javors and team top of district race

The Clark Cougar boys soccer team posted a 3-2 win over O’Connor, securing their 11th district win as well as at least a share of the District 28-5A title.  Evan Javors, Johnny Lawson and Jair Rodriguez each put one in the net for the win.  The Cougars next play 2nd place Warren on Friday and a win would give them the district title.

The softball team was also victorious on a cold and windy evening, defeating Stevens 4-0.  Henessey Soto pitched the shutout, Meagan Martinez hit a two run double and Rochelle Nash crushed the ball for a double.

The baseball team lost to Stevens and the varsity girls’ soccer team also lost to O’Connor, eliminating them from the playoffs this year.

The 9th ranked Clark softball team started the season Tuesday by losing a close one 3-2 to 10th ranked Harlandale. Henessey Soto pitched with relief from Megan Aragones in the 4th inning.  Megan Martinez got two key hits for the Cougars and freshman catcher Alex Losoya had a double .

There’s a roster full of Clark Cougars on the  2009 Texas State Champions in Senior League softball and the team is just one game away from the Senior League World Series.  The Champs have rolled through Divisional, Sectional and Regional playoffs and plan to make their last stop Sussex County, Delaware where they will compete for a world championship. The Cougars on the team include pitchers Henessey Soto and Megan Aragones, 1st baseman Felicia Sanchez, 2nd baseman Britney Ramos, 3rd baseman Megan Martinez and Centerfielder Dani Nash. All six girls played varsity softball for Clark in the spring. They are joined on the team by 3 players who will be entering Clark this fall. For more information and to help with the team’s expenses visit http://seniorchamps.webs.com/ .

*Editor’s note: The Texas Champs came up short in their bid to make the World Series, falling 6-1 in the championship game.

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 varsity softball team beat Stevens 3-0 at Northside field. Henessey Soto pitched a 3-hit shut out to take the win. The Cougars are in the thick of the race for a playoff spot.

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.

Express News article

Felicia Sanchez dives for ball

It took 11 innings, but the Clark softball team made it count as they beat the Warren Warriors 4-3.  Henessey Soto was on the mound for the Cougars to take the win. Sophomore Felicia Sanchez came up big with 3 hits to help drive in the runs.