In the Harlandale Invitational, Clark track athletes posted winning times to bring home medals and a team victory.

The boys team finished 2nd overall at the meet behind Steele but beating MacArthur, Churchill, and a host of others.  In the 200m, Brandon Yates placed 2nd with a time of 23.22.  Austin Wells won the 3200m with a time of 9:46.24 and came in 2nd in the 1600 with a time of 4:36.79.  Presley Miller turned it on in the 110m hurdles, placing 3rd at 15.96.  The relay teams then made their marks in the 400 (3rd place), the 800 (1st place) and the 1600 (2nd place).

On the girls side, Clark placed 11th  and was led by Shantel Swift, winning the triple jump (36-4) and winning the 400m (1:00.93).

GOOD JOB COOGS!

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Skowronski helps himself

Clark baseball remained undefeated in district, beating the Jay Mustangs 14-10 in 7 long innings of play.  Starting on the mound for the Cougars was Ryan Skowronski.

Clark’s first at bat saw 6 batters step into the box, recording 2 walks (Cervantes & Dullnig) and a RBI single by Matt Cohen. In Jay’s first at bat, a home run set the stage for a tough game.  Clark defense quickly took care of the next batters to close out the inning.

In the 3rd inning, Jay scored another run, giving Jay a 2-1 lead at the end of 3.  Jay scored another 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th and Chris Werland took the mound to get the last Jay out; score Jay 5, Clark 1.

At the top of the 5th inning, Clark bats said “ENOUGH”.  Hunter McFall led off the inning and hammered  a ball to the wall with a triple. Braden Mattson followed with a single, putting Clark runners on the corners.  Chad Dullnig had a nice sacrifice fly to score McFall and advance Mattson.  Mat Cohen hit a single to score Mattson and Werland’s fielders choice scored Cohen.  The Mustangs were not to be stopped, scoring another 3 runs in the bottom of the 5th, score Jay 8 Clark 4.   (continue reading…)

GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!

Erasing the sting of loss in their previous game, the Clark Cougars boys varsity soccer team returned to their domination of District 27-5A with a 5-0 rout of the Stevens Falcons.  Yamil Alvarado scored a hat trick with three goals and Jair Rodriguez and Oscar Barboza each had a goal as well.

District champions already, the Cougars still have two games left. If you haven’t had a chance yet, get out and SEE ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN SOUTH TEXAS.

WAY TO GO COOGS!

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Cougars continue to win

The Clark Cougars girls softball team continued their streak of dominating opponents with a 10-0 victory over Stevens.  Henessey Soto pitched a one-hit game and the Cougar bats were hot early, sc0ring 7 runs in the first two innings.

The Cougars are 12-5 and 5-1 in District 27-5A.

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Cougars fight for victory

The Clark Cougars girls varsity soccer team defeated the Stevens Falcons 6-0 in district play.  Brianna Burtone scored twice and Ciara Perez, Alyssa Jacobs, Briana Saldana, and Katie Gerber added a goal in the effort.  Hollis Schaffler protected the goal for the Cougars.

The girls team is 6-11-4 overall and 4-8-2 in district play.

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Three Clark Cougar varsity sports are in this week’s Express News rankings.

Since the first soccer ranking came out in preseason, the Clark boys soccer team has been ranked #1 in the San Antonio area.  Tonight they play Warren.  A win in that game would be a big step towards a district championship.  The Cougars are currently undefeated in district play.

The Clark softball team moved up to #6 in the rankings from #10 last week.  After a tough 1-0 loss to Taft as the very first game of the season (whose idea was that?), the Cougars have gelled and come storming through the district and are on a 8 game win streak.

A good showing in the NEISD tournament helped propel Clark baseball into the top 10 this week for the first time this season.  Clark is the only ranked NISD team.

And even though they don’t rank them, the golf team has shown some great growth since the beginning of the season and the water polo teams, always a perennial state tournament team, start play this week.

IT’S A GOOD DAY TO BE A CLARK COUGAR!

Only the strong survive

The annual Clark football fundraiser, Lift-a-thon, will take place tomorrow night at 6:30pm in the Clark boys gym.  Besides an unbelievable amount of testosterone, there will be dancing by the Top Cats.  There’s still time to sponsor one of the players who will be participating.

Lift-a-thon means there’s just a few weeks left until SPRING FOOTBALL SEASON!  Come on out and cheer on the guys and enjoy the Top Cat performances.

Brickman bigtime baller

Jason Brickman, a 2010 Clark varsity basketball alum, has had a good week.  As a freshman point guard for Long Island University, he hit two crucial free throws with seconds left in the game to send the Blackbirds to the Northeast Conference championship game.  The highlight was on ESPN’s SportsCenter.  Before that game, his coach compared him to John Stockton.

Thanks to his efforts, you can catch Jason on ESPN2 this Wednesday night at 6:00pm (local) where he will be playing for a trip to the NCAA tournament.  You can read more about him in this article touting his “rookie of the year” status with his teammates and coaches or this article recapping the previous game and his career high 16 pts. and game winning shot.

WAY TO GO – ER – BLACKBIRD!  GOOD LUCK AND WE’RE PROUD YOU’RE A COUGAR!

Clark takes 2nd at NEISD

Clark Baseball lost to Churchill Chargers 14-7 in the Championship Game Saturday of the NEISD Tournament. Clark started strong and early, ending the 3rd inning of play 7-0, and forcing Churchill to go to their 3rd pitcher at the end of 3. In the 4th inning Churchill bats woke up with 5 solid hits, and these combined with 4 costly Clark errors, resulted in 8 runs for Churchill to start the 4th inning. Although Clark continued to hit, they were never able to put together a series of offensive bats to score more runs. John Henderson, Matt Cohen & Hunter McFall pitched for Clark during the game. Overall, it was a very good tournament for the Cougars, as they scored 40 runs and gave up only 22 through 6 games. Next up for the Cougars is a District Game against Brandeis at 4:45 on Tuesday at NS # 1. This is a critical game in District play as both teams are undefeated. Come cheer on your Cougars!

These guys are good!

The Clark Cougar varsity soccer team, #1 in the Express News since pre-season, continued their winning ways with a hard fought victory over John Jay, 2-1.

With the wind at their backs for the first half, Jay struck first at 36:24.  The Cougars responded 7 minutes later, when Vinnie Guerrero hit the back of the net following a corner kick by Clark.  In the second half, Clark spent more time attacking the Jay goal.  Another corner kick at the 81:30 resulted in the go ahead goal for the Cougars when Carlos Sepulveda dove with a header to keep Clark undefeated in district play.

This is the 8th consecutive week the Clark boys soccer team has been ranked #1 by the Express News.

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