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!

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