A summer season filled with winning came to a walkoff conclusion for the Clinton Preps baseball team (16-4 overall), defeating Elk City on the final at-bat, 6-5, Monday night at home.
In each of the past two weekends, Clinton and the surrounding areas showed how much CHS head baseball coach Kelly Gaunt means to them, donating time and money at recent fundraising tournaments.
A little over two weeks into summer workouts, and the Clinton High School football team is seeing almost 100-percent participation, according to head coach John Higbee.
The Clinton boys’ soccer team is washing RV trailers and other vehicles, starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Matt’s RV in Clinton, to raise money for its state championship rings.
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No matter where Redlands Community College outfielder and 2019 Clinton grad Patrick Hunter’s career goes from here, he’s proven that he can play at the next level.
A majority of Clinton senior defender Samuel Standingwater’s career was spent mostly before the varsity contests, growing and improving his game with the junior varsity.
A difficult ending to Aiden Carr’s first ever year as a starter for the Clinton boys’ soccer team eventually led to the perfect ending to his career, but it didn’t come without the aforementioned, learning moment.
A brief but impactful career concluded for senior defender Americus Rodriguez, when the Lady Reds fell in the 4A semis last month against Metro Christian.
When news broke that Clinton head baseball coach Kelly Gaunt had been diagnosed with throat cancer, former Clinton athletes Jacob Lee and Jordan Fisher, along with multiple other former CHS athletes, organized a fundraising softball tournament for the longtime coach and his family.