Wells - Swift - Meade

The Cross Country season is off and running!  Rain canceled the Southwest meet last year, and the team wondered if Friday’s showers would cause a repeat as the course is below street level.  But Saturday dawned with clear, 70 degree skies – a beautiful day for early September in San Antonio.  Taking advantage of the situation were a trio of Cougars – Glynnis Meade was 3rd (11:05.3) and Shantel Swift, 4th (11:06.8) for the girls race (approx 1.9 miles), and Austin Wells, 4th(14:52.4) for the boys race (approx 2.95 miles).  The girls placed 7th out of 26 teams, with scoring added by Katherine Ritchie, Amanda De La Fuentes, and Valerie Vacek.  Lauren Porter and Catherine Seifert rounded out the Varsity team.  The boys team were 15th out of 33 teams, with Tyrell Lewis, Aidan Pierce, Harry MacTough, and Nicholas Moseley scoring, followed by Daniel Carcamo and JR Guajardo.  Both teams include several new runners, including a few Freshman running as Cougars for the first time.  It was an exciting day for all!

The Brandeis Broncos volleyball team exacted a little revenge for an earlier season tournament loss to the Cougars, beating them 3-0 in district action (12-25, 15-25, 21-25).

Clark’s record is 10-15 overall and 2-1 in District 27-5A

Holmes scores and runs for 100+

A much improved Clark Cougar varsity football team scored often but had trouble stopping an Alamo Heights air attack, losing to the Mules 33-29.  The Cougars are now 0-2 as they prepare for a district opener against Taft.

Alamo Heights struck first with a FG and then added 7 more points with 7 seconds left in the first quarter to take a 9-0 lead in what appeared to be the end of the quarter.  Momentum, however, jumped to Clark’s side as Ryan Jones ended the 1st quarter with a 94 yard kickoff return.  Going into the 2nd quarter, the score was 9-7 Alamo Heights.

The second quarter belonged to the Cougars, who scored two touchdowns but gave up another field goal and TD , the latter coming moments before halftime.  Ryan Jones once again found the end zone and Deandre Holmes scored his first varsity TD with 1:43 left in the half. The Cougars went to the locker room with a 22-19 advantage.

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Cougars ready for the Mules

A couple of items to help prepare you for the Clark Cougar varsity football game Friday:

1. The freshman and junior varsity teams play Thursday evening.  Take in a game and cheer for the Cougars!
2. The Clark Cougar varsity volleyball team takes on Brandeis at 5:30pm before the football game which gives you just enough time to see the girls and then go watch the guys.
3. There is a Pep Rally, which everyone is invited to, Friday morning on campus at 8:15am.
4. If you have nothing better to do, visit http://mule-fan.blogspot.com Not a lot of information but something.
5. All Alamo Heights games are on the radio.  If you care to listen to a unique perspective of the game, you can listen to ESPN 1250 AM.  Out of town relatives and friends can listen to the game but will have to put up with a lot of Alamo Heights mumbo-jumbo.

GO COOGS! BEAT ALAMO HEIGHTS!

"TO" Troy Ogletree gets his

The Clark Cougars JV team gave Clark fans a little to cheer about with a 28-8 “slobberknocker” over the Churchill Chargers.  Sophomore QB Chase Jones accounted for three rushing touchdowns behind a strong o-line effort.  Dusty Wright had an interception and several stops for the defense in their outstanding effort.

The  JV 2nd team also beat the Chargers 20-8 in the early game.  The freshman A team  fell short but the freshman B team won their game against Churchill.

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#19 Durke makes another stop

Clark was looking to make it three years in a row over Churchill but a young team that made some early season mistakes and a tough Charger effort led to a 21-7 loss in the 27th Gucci Bowl.  Two early possession fumbles cost the Cougars two touchdowns and several penalties also cost the Cougars positive yards.

There were several bright spots, however, including a nice combination of QB Josh Kern to his receivers Brandon Yates, Jeremy Harris, and Austin Wise; good running by Ryan Jones, a rambling, rumbling Jimmy Kueber reception, several 4th down conversions, a classic rushing TD by Clark and a second half shutout by a defense led by Daniel Durke and Kris Patino along with newcomer Colton Magaro.

The Cougars look to eliminate the mistakes and rebound next week against Alamo Heights in the first home game of the season.

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• Express News Story
• Express News Photos
• PHOTOS
• SASports.com article
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• PHOTOS from JupiterHill

Time Warner Channel 7

The Clark-Churchill game can be seen and heard in several places if you can’t make it to the game.

The television broadcast will be on KMYS-TV, channel 35, beginning at 7:00pm and will also be webcast at kmys.tv.  Be sure to notify friends and family from out of town.

For a biased version of the game, you can tune into KITY-AM 810 and listen to legendary broadcaster Gary Delaune give the Charger version.  That radio broadcast can also be accessed on the web at Star810.com.

twitter.com/clark_cougars

You can follow live updates on Twitter for the Gucci Bowl and other Cougar news.  Clark_Cougars is your place for all things Clark athletics.

#12 Kern in 2008 JV game vs. Chargers

A new head coach, two new quarterbacks and the 30th meeting between two of San Antonio’s perennial football powers makes for another classic as the 27th annual Gucci Bowl is hours away from kickoff. (continue reading…)

MacKenzie gets ready for district

The Clark Cougar volleyball teams open district matches tonight against the Taft Raiders.  The varsity (6-10) is on a two game win streak with victories over Brandeis and Southwest in the NEISD tournament.  Tonight’s game is at Taylor at 5:30pm.

Following tonight, the varsity hits the road for the Pearland tournament, a showcase where some of the best teams in the state gather for competition.

Go COOGS!