Head Coach Walter Rule

Walter Rule has been named the head coach of boys soccer at Clark following the departure of Coach Eddie Ashley.

Ashley coached this past year’s team to a Clark record 21-2-2 and one win shy of an appearance in the state tournament.  It was the farthest a Clark boys soccer team has ever advanced in the playoffs.  Ashley resigned to take an Assistant Principal position at Boerne’s Champion High School.

Coach Rule moves over from coaching the girl’s team for the past two seasons.  Previous to Clark, Rule coached the boys team at Reagan, where he won a state championship in 2002 and his 2004 team also played in the state championship game.  He continues to coach at the club level as well and played professionally with Atlas of Mexico for two years following a successful college career, where he was an All-American place kicker for the Texas A&I (now A&M-Kingsville) Javelinas.

The new girls coach is Diana Driggers.  She has been Head Coach at both Holmes and Providence High Schools. For three years, Diana was Head Coach at Texas Lutheran University. Driggers played at MacArthur High School and advanced to the South Texas State Team twice. She played for the University of Incarnate Word and obtained the distinction of Nationally Ranked Goalkeeper (NAIA). Diana is also the AAYSA Referee Commissioner and was a Professional Referee for the Women’s Professional League.

Congratulations to Coach Ashley in his new position and good luck and congrats to Coach Rule and Driggers. AND GO COOGS!

Jones using his head

Congratulations to Clark Cougar varsity football players Ryan Jones, Peter Rozanski and Webb Williams for being selected to the 2010 Randy Rodgers Pre-Season All State Academic team.  RB Jones was named to the 2nd team and WR Rozanski and K Williams were Honorable Mentions.  Jones was the only San Antonio player on either 1st or 2nd team.

To be eligible for the honor, players must be seniors, nominated by their coach and counselor, have achieved at least a 3.0 GPA and scored at least 1000 on the SAT.  Players also had to submit a highlight tape.

Congratulations, Cougars! That’s using your heads.

Clark Cougar Football

Former Clark quarterback Hayden Greenbauer, now a SMU Mustang, reveals Chicken Parmigiana is his favorite food in a recent interview for the SMU/Rivals website.  You can also read about what he thinks about football and playing at the next level at this link.

Clark Cougar now top dog

Congratulations to Clark principal Stan Laing who has been named as the new Executive Athletic Director at Northside ISD.  Laing, who previously coached and taught for 16 years before crossing into administrative positions, fits the trend of coaches turned principals turned district athletic directors at NISD.  Laing will join former Clark coaches Kirby Jamison and Kevin Hamilton at the district office.  No word on who will be the new principal at Clark.

Congratulations and you will be missed! (But at least you’re not that far away…)

The Northside ISD, according to their agenda for Tuesday’s school board meeting, will meet and approve the newest district athletic director.  The board is to meet in executive session to discuss the position and then will meet in open session to most likely approve the next Executive Athletic Director.

Two district staff members, Kirby Jamison and Kevin Hamilton, were coaches at Clark High School before accepting positions at the district office.

All Area/District teams announced

Congratulations to senior Clark Cougars Sam Perez and Shaneve Swift and junior Braden Mattson.  The track (Perez and Swift) and baseball (Mattson) athletes were recognized for their success in the Express News spring awards.  Sam and Sheneve made the All Area track and field teams and Braden was named to the All Area team as a catcher.

Congratulations, Cougars!  You make us proud.

The 28-5A All district softball team looks good for Clark Cougar fans.  Junior Megan Aragones, senior Rochelle Nash, freshman Liz Rodriguez and sophomore Henessey Soto all made the 1st team with Rodriguez and Soto voted in unanimously.  Junior Megan Martinez and sophomore Britney Ramos were named to the 2nd team.

The team made the playoffs for the third year in a row.  Congratulations, ladies.  Well done!

If you are interested in playing for one of the most successful programs in the area, a mandatory meeting has been scheduled for Clark Tennis tryouts.  The meeting will be held July 29th with on court tryouts beginning August 2nd.  For more information, download this form.

Clark Baseball

Two Clark Cougar baseball players have been selected to play in this year’s Jr./Sr. All Star game this coming Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 7pm at the Blossom Athletic Center.  The game highlights area athletes who have achieved success on the field and gives them a chance to showcase their talents for college coaches and recruiters, as well as play against-and with-some of the best in the city.   The game format pits the Junior athletes vs. the Senior athletes.  Last year Carl O’Neal, Clark ’09, showcased his pitching at the game.

This year, Clark has 2 Varsity Players who were invited to play in the game; Braden Mattson (Catcher) and Hunter McFall (OF/IF).  They will be playing on the Junior team. This is quite an achievement for the players and gives them an opportunity to play with some of their regular season opponents, have a little fun, and hopefully have the Juniors come out on top (again) this year.

Both Braden & Hunter have tickets to sell for the game at the low price of $5 so please help to support area baseball as well as Clark baseball by purchasing your tickets from Braden & Hunter.  You can find out more information at jimscout.com.  Way to go Coogs!

Cougars win in June

Congratulations to several Clark Cougars on a stellar performance in summer league games this past week. Jacob Palacios, Adam Perez, Ansley Benjamin and several other Cougars showed well in state tournaments. You can read more about them here.