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.
Nice weather at the start of the Clinton girls’ golf team’s home tournament Wednesday proved to be short-lived as a cold wind, and later, rain kept the poor weather streak going for the season, in a fourth-place team finish for the Lady Reds.
In less than a week’s time, the Clinton soccer program sealed up its I-40 sweep, defeating Weatherford on the road Thursday and returning home to shut out Elk City Tuesday night.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – It’s been a year of accolades and a new record for University of Arkansas at Little Rock hurdler and 2017 Clinton graduate Ka’Neisha Jackson.
Clinton sophomore midfielder Clariza Ramos tries to take the ball from a Weatherford player, during a junior varsity game last week. CDN
WEATHERFORD – The Clinton baseball team (11-8 overall, 6-2 in district) put numerous hits deep into the outfield and at the warning track but nearly all found the grasp of Weatherford (17-9, 10-1) in a 9-3, Custer County Conflict, district defeat Monday night.
ELK CITY – Both the Clinton golf team and senior, returning state qualifier Tyson Miller managed to place at Elk City’s tournament Monday, as CHS finished third in the team standings and Miller took home eighth overall.
The Lady Indians (10-10 overall) and Haley Cordes, pictured, played No. 6 Canute tough but came up short, 9-3, Monday at home.
If there’s anything that defines Zade Cisneros’ career as a Clinton athlete, it’s that he’s a winner, helping all three sports he participated in, to winning records in every year he was a varsity member.
The Clinton High School track team has just two meets remaining until regionals and is working toward state qualification in a few spots.