There were a few criteria that factored into the Clinton baseball team trying to obtain third place in District 4A-4, but the biggest, was that they needed to win, which they did with a run-rule sweep of Woodward Saturday at home.
It was a day of topnotch for the Clinton boys’ golf team Thursday at home, as the Reds shot a season-low team score of 341 to earn third place, behind runner-up Altus and tourney champ Elk City.
WOODWARD – In a winner-take-all matchup, on the road, down 2-1 at half, the Clinton boys’ soccer team (14-0 overall, 7-0 in district) rallied, to defeat Woodward (10- 4, 6-1) and complete its second perfect regular season in three years with a 5-3 win Thursday night.
Clinton junior forward Maria Nolasquez hasn’t scored in a couple games, but she is still leading the girls’ team with 18 scores. The next closest player is at 11. Her 18 goals also lead the entire program, with Devin Keel at 17. CDN
The Clinton basketball program just had to look to an opposing sideline to find its next boys’ head basketball coach in Carnegie head coach and former Elk City head coach Lucian Bliss.
Over a three-day span, the Clinton baseball team (12-10 overall, 7-4 in district) will play five games headlined by their final three district games of the season, which will decide where they’ll finish in the 4A-4 standings.
CHICKASHA – Build elite win-loss records, set up a shot at a district title sweep and repeat – that’s the order of operations that both Clinton soccer teams have followed for three-straight seasons, and so far, it’s headed in that same path for the 2021 campaigns.
WOODWARD – In its third tournament in eight days, the CHS boys finished as the runners-up at Woodward’s Tournament Monday, with senior, No. 1 bag Tyson Miller shooting his season-low of 79 to earn fourth as an individual.
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.