Cougars vs. Hornets tonight!

In the final Express News rankings, the Clark Cougars varsity boys basketball team is #2 in the city.  Tonight they begin their quest to be #1 in Texas as they play a first round playoff game against East Central.  Come out and support our District Champions at St. Mary’s University, Greehey Arena at 7:30pm.

The Cougars and Hornets played earlier this season with Clark winning 78-63.  Always a tough opponent, the Hornets are 23-12 on the year in District 27-5A.

It's BACK!!!!!!!!

Offensive coordinator Steve McGhee was named the new Athletic Coordinator and Head Football Coach on February 10th, replacing Lloyd Alexander, who is retiring after 30 years at Clark.  Coach McGhee, a 1988 graduate of  Clark, was kind enough to sit down and discuss his new role and his dream job.

CCS:  What is your coaching resume?

McGhee:  I was at Hobby for two years, then from Hobby I went to Roosevelt for three years…

CCS:  …now was that right after you got out of (The University of) Texas? [where McGhee graduated from],

McGhee:  …right out of Texas where Coach (Mike) Robbins helped me get the job at Hobby.  That was ’93.  So I guess the football season of ’93.  ’94 I was at Hobby.  Then ’95, ’96, and ’97 I was at Roosevelt.  ‘98 and ’99 I was at O’Connor. 2000 and 2001 I was at Reagan.  And then 2002 ‘til (now) I’ve been at Clark.  I coached everything at Hobby, I coached the ends on defense at Roosevelt, offensive line at O’Connor, offensive line at Reagan, offensive line and offensive coordinator here at Clark.

CCS:  All those years, all those great coaches you’ve worked with, what have you learned? (continue reading…)

Lawson scores trifecta

The boys varsity soccer team outplayed the Stevens Falcons at Farris Stadium, beating them 3-2 in a game that wasn’t that close.  Johnny Lawson scored all three goals for Clark – two on penalty kicks in a game that was a little “chippy” as they say.  Clark’s first goal came in the first half on a penalty kick with Lawson putting Clark on the scoreboard first.

The second half was more of the same.  Lawson scored once again as the Cougar’s front line dominated the Stevens defense.  Several players saw action as Clark took a comfortable lead with an additional penalty kick with seven and a half minutes left in the game, making it 3-0 Clark.  That’s when it got interesting. (continue reading…)

Clark track out in front

The Varsity Track and Field teams fared well at their first meet of the season on Thursday, February 18th.  Held at South San High School’s new track, the Girls placed 4th and the Boys 5th out of 14 teams.  We had several first place finishes – way to go Cougars!

Girls Results

• 200m Dash, Shaneve Swift, 1st, 26.00
• 200m Dash, Luisa Garza, 5th 27.70
• 800m Run, Shantel Swift, 1st, 2:27.78
• 1600m Run, Glynnis Meade, 5th, 5:50.46
• 3200m Run, Glynnis Meade, 3rd, 12:21.82
• Long Jump, Shantel Swift, 1st, 17″ 10.5″
• 4 X 100m Relay, Clark, 1st, 49.78 (Shaneve, Luisa, Triniqua Collins, Esjah Booker)
• 4 X 200m Relay, Clark, 1st, 1:45.63 (Luisa, Shaneve, Esjah, Shantal)

Boys Results

• 100m Dash, Ryan Jones, 2nd, 11.24
• 100m Dash, Hayden Greenbauer, 3rd, 11.31
• 200m Dash, Ryan Jones, 3rd, 23.11
• 800m Run, Jose Sierra, 4th, 2:03.96
• 1600m Run, Jose Sierra, 4th, 4:44.81
• 3200m Run, David Scorcelletti, 6th, 10:53.61
• 110m Hurdles, Hayden Greenbauer, 1st, 14.52
• Shot Put, Jimmy Kueber, 4th, 43″ 11.5″
• Discus, Jimmy Kueber, 5th, 120″ 7″

See pictures of a few of the events at http://saclarktrack.shutterfly.com/.  Next Friday (Feb 26th) the runners will be at the Cardinal Relays held at UIW.  Races start at noon and include a variety of relays, including a distance medley (1200m, 400m, 800m,1600m) and sprint medley (100m,100m, 200m, 400m).

-R. Meade

Benjamin scores against Falcons

The #2 Clark Cougars boys basketball team finished the regular season with their only loss in district coming at the end in an exciting double overtime game against Stevens.  Despite six three-pointers and 28 points from Jason Brickman, 4 blocked shots by Kyle Rutledge and a buzzer beating layup by Elhad Emerllahu to send the game into a second OT period, the Falcons prevailed 88-80.

The Cougars were going for a sweep of District 28-5A with a 15-0 record until meeting Stevens.  While the win would have been great for bragging rights, the Cougars still walk away with an outright district championship, a 28-6 overall record, a 15-1 district record and a dominating performance in the regular season.

Next up for the Cougars is a round one playoff game against East Central, next Tuesday.  Congratulations Cougars and BTHOEC!

PHOTOS

Both the boys and girls teams lost to the Brandeis Broncos in soccer.  The boys lost 0-1 for their first district loss of the year.  The girls fell short 1-2.  Gabrielle Santorio scored the lone goal for the Clark Cougars.

Congratulations to the JV Softball Cougars in their first non district win 6-5 over Harlandale.

The Cougar bats were roaring tonight. Kat Boyd had a base hit and one RBI, Alexis Craig recorded a base hit and one RBI, Morgan Biela had a base hit and a double, Flor Longoria tallied three singles and one RBI, Selena Salas enjoyed one single and a double, Gabby Aguilar scored one double with two RBI’s, and Kim Regino had a base hit and one RBI and also struck out a total of 5 batters. One of the strike outs came in the last inning to seal the victory. Way to go ladies.

And congratulations to Coach Duitsman in her first win as the new coach for the JV Lady Cougars!

-D. Regino

Here are a couple more articles on the newest head football coach for Clark.

• mysanantonio.com
• KENS5 TV

Cutting down the nets!

The Clark Cougars boys varsity team took a few minutes before practice to celebrate their 28-5A district championship.  The Cougars are undefeated in district play with two games left on the schedule before heading to playoffs.  See more photos by clicking here.