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

Except for the 2nd inning, the Clark Cougars played valiantly but fell short to Austin Westlake 5-3 in a one game elimination Area playoff game.  The Cougars jumped on the Chaps in the first inning, scoring two runs.  The top of the 2nd inning the Chaparral bats came alive and they put 5 across the plate.  Undaunted, the Cougars came back, Jonathan Fargnoli popping out on a sacrifice fly to score another run, making it 5-3 after three innings.  The Cougar defense stiffened but three double plays by the Westlake defense down the stretch killed any chance of a Cougar rally.  For a team picked early in the season to finish in the middle of the pack, this Clark team showed what a little Cougar pride and hard work can accomplish.  Congratulations for a great season, thanks to the Seniors and look for a great season next year.  The Clark Cougar varsity team is coached by Aldo Velazquez.

1st inning: Hunter McFall base hit; Braden Mattson base hit, Trey Doebbler RBI single, Jonathan Fargnoli RBI single

3rd inning: Trey Doebbler double; Jonathan Fargnoli SAC RBI (Braden Mattson scores)

7th inning: Vincent Salazar single; Jimmy Wells single

PHOTOS

Waiting an extra week to finish the regular season didn’t hurt the Clark baseball team. The Cougars jumped on the Huskies in the first with two runs, added three more in the third off a Trey Doebbler home run by with two on and took the game against Holmes by a score of 8-2. Braden Mattson also homered in the sixth with one on.  After early predictions it would be a so-so season for the Cougars, Clark finishes in 2nd place in District 28-5A and heads into the Bi-District round of the playoffs  next week.

Congratulations to the Clark Cougar baseball team who defeated Taft 11-8 in district play.  Trey Doebbler smashed a homer and Vincent Salazar and Carl O’Neal took the mound for the Cougars with O’Neal securing the win.

Vincent Salazar pitches to victory

The Clark Cougar varsity baseball team won again.  This time it was the Marshall Rams who took the beating, losing to the Cougars 4-1.  Vincent Salazar went the distance and got the win.  Joseph Ybarra and Trey Doebbler took the Rams deep with the long ball. The Cougars also earned a #6 ranking by the Express News thanks in part to a win streak that now totals seven in a row in District 28-5A.

Clark baseball won its  non-district game against Central Catholic 8-5 at Northside field. Ryan Skowronski started on the mound for the Cougars and Tyler Reinagel finished the game. Braden Mattson and Trey Doebbler  each had homeruns.

Clark resumes district play on March 24th against Taft.

Clark Baseball

Meeting at the mound

Braden Mattson  and Trey Doebbler each homered but it wasn’t enough as the Clark Cougars fell to the O’Connor Panthers in varsity baseball, 6-3.

Trey Doebbler slides to tie

Down 3-2 in the 5th inning, the Clark Cougars battled back and beat Marshall in varsity baseball 4-3. Lead off hitter Jason Cervantes started the inning with a double, Trey Doebbler followed that with a triple to drive in the tying run and JoJo Ybarra finished off the Rams with a hit that sent Doebbler home. Ybarra also had a two run shot in the 1st inning. Pitcher Carl O’Neal went the distance for the complete game and win.

PHOTOS

The Cougars opened play in the Northeast District tournament with a 9-2 loss to Austin Bowie. Tyler Reinagel and Jimmy Wells handled the pitching duties. In the second game Clark beat Churchill 7-5 with Vincent Salazar and Ryan Skowronski on the mound.  Against South San, the Cougars lost 7-4.  Jimmy Wells, Trey Doebbler and Braden Mattson hit for the Cougars. In the last game to decide the third place finisher Clark defeated #3 ranked MacArthur 7-6. Pitcher Jason Cervantes got the win for the Cougars.

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The bats were humming again at the Northside Field this morning as the Clark Cougars defeated South San 10-8 in their second game of the round robin NISD tournament. The afternoon, however, wasn’t as kind as the Cougars lost to MacArthur 8-4. Hunter McFall and Trey Doebbler each hit home runs against the Brahmas.