Cougars win again

The Clark Cougar varsity volleyball team gave Clark fans another Friday night win with a 3-0 blanking of Taft (25-11, 25-15, 25-18).  With one regular season game left in the season, the Cougars tuned up for the playoffs against an overmatched Raider team.  India Hartwell dominated the Raiders with 9 kills, 5 aces and 4 blocks with assistance from Kate Mazzocco who had 15.  Vanessa Casanova protected the back line with a team high 17 digs.  The ladies are now 19-17 on the year and 11-4 in district with one game left against Holmes before playoffs begin.  WAY TO GO COOGS!

2009-2010 Schedules posted

The 2009 Clark Cougar basketball season is just around the corner.  There’s plenty of excitement with new varsity head coach Steve Sylestine and a solid returning nucleus of veteran players.  Check out who will be the first opponents of this year’s teams on the right of this page under “Basketball-Men’s”.  Freshman and Girls schedules will also be posted soon. Go COOGS!

The Clark Sophomore football team is undefeated at 8-0 and has outscored their opponents 186-34. The main reasons for those numbers are the offensive and defensive lines. Whether it’s opening large holes for the running backs or the defensive forcing turnovers or punts to get the ball back for the offense, these two lines have been consistent all season.

It’s true the skilled positions get the headlines, but if anyone knows football, everything starts and ends with the two lines.

All season, the offensive line of William Carter (#54), Stuart Cram (#60), Cade Crozier (#56), Blake DeHart (#64), Kyle Magaro (#63) and Zachery Pieper (#53) have opened up holes big enough to drive a truck through.

On the defensive side, Stuart Cram (#60), Rogelio Lamar (#36), Jose “Manny” Martinez (#90), Charles “Cho Cho” Quichocho (#34), Mariano Rendon (#31) and Makeba Henderson (#5) have made numerous behind the line tackles and harassed quarterbacks.

The hard work done in the summer and in practice every week is paying off. These linemen, combined with the JV team, appear to be adding to the Clark tradition of dominant lines for the next couple of years.

Next week, we’ll spotlight the JV lines that have been doing the same en route to a 7-1 record.

-Steven Rodriquez

Ethridge finds only puddle on field

The Clark Cougar sophomore JV team said night, Knights to Steele in this week’s lone football game at Clark.  A game fraught with fumbles (5 for Steele, 2 for Clark) contributed to the 18-6 victory for the undefeated Cougars.  The 1st quarter ended with neither team scoring, the result of each team committing their first fumbles.  In the second quarter, Clark capitalized on another Knight fumble with a 10 yd touchdown.  QB Nick Coons begin the play with a keeper up the middle.  As defenders wrapped him up, he was able to get the ball to Tri-Rice Van Buren who took the ball for 7 yds for the TD.  It was then Steele’s turn to get the ball which of course meant it was time for another fumble. On the kickoff, the returner for the Knight’s fumbled the ball which was picked up in mid-stride by Jeremy Sanchez who then sprinted to the end zone for Clark’s second TD.  The halftime score was Clark 12-Steele 0.

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Here’s the latest football polls/rankings:

• KSAT 12 on 12: Clark #1
• Express News: Clark #1
• 5ATexasFo0tball.com: Clark #19 in Texas
• Dave Campbell’s Texas Football: Clark #10 in Texas

New stats are posted for varsity football as well.  It’s an off week and halfway through the season.  We may have to have a topic for discussion.  Feel free to comment below!

Clark JV celebrates win over O'Connor

Thanks again to involved parents for sharing what they can.  Here are some pictures from the Clark JV volleyball victory over the O’Connor Panthers last week as well as other pictures from the season.

Jessica Rourke take 2nd in the 500m freestyle

The Clark Cougars held off a formidable Alamo Heights Mules swim team on Saturday for a win:   407 Clark – 280 AH.    Clark sprinters, distance swimmers, backstrokes, and IM’ers did very well in their first scored dual meet of the season.   In addition to the individual races, six different relays are swum at a meet:   200 yd. medley relay, 200 yd. free relay and 400 free relays, each having men’s and women’s races.   Of the 6 relays on Saturday, Clark “A” squad relays finished 1^st place  in every one of them!    “B” squad relay swimmers  were right behind  “A”, and “C” relays, sometimes comprised of kids in their first swimming relay,  held their own!    Demonstrating, once again, that Clark Cougars stick together and know the meaning of  teamwork.

-Susan Ogden

PHOTOS from team parent

Home of the 2009 5A Championships

5ATexasFootball.com has come out with updated playoff projections.  A last play TD by O’Connor over Taft last night has shuffled the D1/D2 deck as well as where everybody lands.  Read more of their analysis here.

Clark Cougars take to the field

Over (well, next to) the river and through the woods, the Varsity Cross Country teams did go as they took on more than 30 teams at the Matador Invitational in Seguin on October 17th.  The boys finished in an amazing 3rd place, with David Scorcelletti (16:10) finishing 13th, Jose Sierra (16:11) 14th, Austin Wells (16:22) 19th, Ryan Pavlich (16:44) 32nd, and James Leopold (17:00) 49th for a total of 125 points, only 16 points behind 1st place!  The girls team took 8th place, with Shantel Swift (12:27) coming in 16th and Glynnis Meade (12:31) 19th.  Wrapping up the team scoring were Shaneve Swift (13:12) , Katherine Ritchie (13:25) and Stacey Wilkens (13:32).

The JV teams took part in the Central Catholic Relays on Wednesday, Oct 14th.  Teams of 3 runners, girls each running 1.5 miles and boys 2 miles, totalled their times to determine their finish place.  Next Saturday, all teams will be at the SAISD meet at the San Antonio State School.

Cougars win

After winning the first game in their match against Warren, 25-20, the Clark volleyball team dropped the next two games 15-25 & 16-25. Clark took game 4 by a decisive 25-8 score and won the tiebreaker in game 5, 15-12. Claire Webster had 13 kills and 3 blocked shots through the five games and India Hartwell had 8 kills and 2 blocked shots. Katlin Mazzocco had 31 assists while Adriana Christian had 11 and Vanessa Casanova had 18 digs and Marcella Arrellano had 14.

Clark has a 10-4 district record with two games remaining.