Clinton seventh grader Titan Malone dribbles up the field, during a CMS soccer game against Elk City last week. CDN
It was the definition of scrappy, but the Clinton baseball team (12-10 overall, 7-4 in district) did enough in its 4A-4 district doubleheader against second-place Bethany (16-10, 10-3) Monday at home, to split the season series.
ELK CITY – In Monday’s conference meet, the high school girls’ discus came up all Clinton, with sophomore Lola Hester and freshman Kat Meacham finishing first and second.
A chippy, foulladen district battle between the Clinton girls’ soccer team and Cache came down to penalty kicks Friday night at the Tornado Bowl, after a 2-2 tie maintained at the end of regulation and two extra-time periods.
WOODWARD – The Clinton girls’ golf team played in its fourth tournament in 12 days Friday at Boiling Springs Golf Course and exited with a runner-up team trophy and two individual placings.
There would’ve been more chances to play and start for Clinton senior first baseman Grant Kauk, had the 2020 season not been lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Arapaho-Butler junior Brett Griffith looks to steal in a game earlier this year. No. 18 A-B (12-5 overall) bounced back from its win-streak-snapping loss to Vici Monday, to pick up backto-back wins, defeating Thomas Tuesday, 3-2, and Cement, 12-0, Thursday.
Spring sports at the college level are kicking into high gear, and a few young Clinton graduates are already making impacts on their respective teams.
Boys Soccer (11 games)
Goal Scorers
Devin Keel 13
Jose Perez 11
Jorge Marquez 9
Martin Zapien 6
Samuel Velez 5
Daniel Thompson 4
Ezequiel Nolasquez 3
Opponent own goal 3
Alex Martinez 2
Emerson Dominguez 1
As much as Clinton boys’ head basketball coach Chad Pugh is proud of his team’s accomplishments over his five years, he’s more so proud of the culture he created in the program and that he calls the once-rivaled city his home now.