NISD has announced that today’s games have been canceled and rescheduled.  No JV or Freshman games take place tomorrow. Here is the explanation from NISD:

Athletic Events for for Feb. 4 and 5:
-All athletic events have been canceled for Friday, February 4th.
-All sub-varsity events have been canceled for Saturday, February 5th.
-All Varsity events  will be played as scheduled on Saturday, February 5th.
-All Varsity Basketball canceled Friday, February 4th, have been Rescheduled for Saturday, February 5th
-All Varsity Soccer canceled Friday, February 4th, will be made up this next week – tba.
-Any scheduled practices for Saturday will be permitted.

Mr. Freeze put up an inch of ice and some snow, grounding the Cougars.  The student section, in a rare moment that no one can recall since 1986, rooted for the Flakes throughout the night.

Miller in WAC Championships in SA

2010 Clark graduate Chelsea Miller’s first ever Western Athletic Conference Championship swim meet will be in San Antonio, at Palo Alto Pool, starting Wednesday Feb 23rd, and going through Saturday, Feb 26th.  This will be an exciting swim meet, and the Boise State Broncos hope to repeat as WAC champs!  Here’s a link to more information about the meet:  http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204843076

Student athletes playing at next level

Four Clark Cougar athletes committed to offers from universities far and near at a public ceremony at Clark High School.

Ryan Jones, son of Bill and Karen Jones, will be attending Harvard and playing football for the Crimson.  Jones starred at running back for the Cougars and was a top runner on the track team. Video

Glynnis Meade, daughter of Dave and Rose Meade, received a track scholarship from Dallas Baptist University where she will join the cross country team there. Video

Brianna Burtone, daughter of John and Jeanie Burtone, will attend school and play soccer locally at Our Lady of the Lake University.  Video

Krista Maples, daughter of Guy and Carmela Maples, will continue her soccer career at St. Mary’s University. Video

Earlier this year baseball players Braden Mattson (TCU) and Hunter McFall (Midland JC) received and accepted offers to play.

Congratulations, Cougars!  Good luck at college and we’ll be watching.

PHOTOS

The Clark Cougar boys varsity soccer team stays on top of the Express News soccer rankings this week.  The Cougars are currently 2-0-1 with last week’s game against the brandies bronchitees resulting in the lone mark against the Clark district record. Johnny Lawson had the single Clark goal in that game that ended 1-1.

You can see them in action today against the John Jays @ Northside.

Go COOGS!

Niko takes his turn at hero

Looking to stay ahead of Stevens in the playoff seedings, the Clark Cougars varsity basketball team stepped up, defeating the Falcons 57-56.  Niko Maxwell’s final shot of the game sealed the victory.  The Cougars currently stand in 3rd place in a competitive District 27-5A with a 9-3 record and 19-8 overall.

Read more about this crucial win from Lorne Chan and the Express News.

Way to go, boys!

Hunter with parents Eunice and John

Congratulations to Clark Cougar varsity baseball senior Hunter McFall who signed a letter of intent to play baseball for Midland Junior College beginning this fall. Hunter, who played JV his Freshman year, has started every game of his varsity career since he was a sophomore as an outfielder.  Last season he earned unanimous All District honors.

At his signing, Hunter thanked his parents, team and coaches for their support.  Clark Head Coach Aldo Velazquez told the team, “Hunter has worked very hard since joining Clark Baseball and proves that with hard work and dedication your dreams can come true and you can play baseball in college”.

Congratulations Hunter on a job well done and way to represent Clark!

Clark Seniors lead team to 2nd and 3rd place wins

The Clark Cougars endured a very long day on Saturday January 22nd and succeeded in bringing home a lot of top places!  From warm-ups that began at 7:30 am until the last finals race,  which began at 8:25 pm,  Clark held strong with their eyes on the prize.
The Clark women’s squad, comprised of only 12 members,  combined sheer guts, persistence and stamina to bring home the District 3rd place award.
Clark men, who outnumber the women  2:1,  had  depth in all  strokes and races but faced an onslaught of very talented  O’Connor, Marshall and brandies men.  The Men’s squad left the pool that night with a well earned  2nd place District 27-5A trophy.
Top finalists from Districts are back in the water  this week  preparing for  UIL  Region  VII-5A   on Feb. 4th and 5th  at the Josh Davis Natatorium.  Prelims begin at 9:30am on Friday the 4th and Finals begin at 9:30am on Saturday the 5th.

-S. Ogden

Emily Socks it to them

Clark divers Emily Socks, Tyler Momberger and Alex Peacock demonstrated their talents last Friday at the 27-5A Diving Championships. Area judges awarded scores for each of the 9 dives that all Northside divers executed successfully.
Emily captured 4th place in the Womens’ division, Tyler walked away with 5th place Mens’ honors and Alex did extraordinarily well as a first time, freshman diver at a large Championship meet.

Great work, Cougars!

-S. Ogden

Johnny Lawson

Coming off a regional tournament appearance last year, the Express News has the Clark boys varsity soccer team at #1 for it’s first rankings of the year.  14 lettermen from last year’s squad return, including forward Johnny Lawson and midfielder Oscar Barboza.  ESPNRise has the team listed at #21 in the nation.

This year’s team is led by Coach Walter Rule, who has two state championship appearances and one state title on his resume.