In addition to the 17 Clark baseball and softball players on the All District teams this year four spring athletes landed on the Express News All Area lists.

Braden Mattson was named to the E-N Super Team for baseball. The TCU bound catcher was also on the All-Area list for the second consecutive season. Also named All-Area for baseball is infielder Hunter McFall who will continue his baseball career at Texas Tech. Clark’s exciting 4-3 win over O’Connor was listed among the best games of the season.

Henessey Soto was named to the softball All-Area team. Soto, a junior pitcher, was also the District 27-5A Most Valuable Player for 2011.

In tennis, Clark’s Justin Randell was named to the All-Area team in Boy’s Singles. Randell is a senior.

Congratulations to all these Cougars and their teammates for representing Clark, Texas so well!

Several Clark tennis players advanced to play in the Regional tournament. Boys Singles stand outs Justin Randell and David Starck qualified, as did the Boys Doubles team of Jacob Frisbee and Gavan Grival. Also moving on is the Mixed Doubles team of Sarah Howard and Richie DeJesus and, as reporter Pat Turner explains in this Express-News feature, these two friends go way back.

The Regional tournament will be held at the McFarlin Tennis Center  April 19-20. GOOD LUCK TENNIS!

CHAMPIONS! AGAIN

Congratulations to the Clark Varsity Tennis team on their 20th consecutive district championship. The win came over O’Connor. According to reporter Pat Turner in the San Antonio Express News: boys’ singles players Justin Randell, Richie DeJesus, David Starck, Matt Jones, Jacob Frisbie and Rudy Bonilla swept the Panthers to seal the deal.

The Regional Tournament is in Corpus Christi beginning Thursday.

CONGRATS AND GO COOGS!!