Four Cougars and a Spur

Michael Solis #86, Chase Jones #12, Presley Miller #5, and Bo Gorrena #4o volunteered at the Children’s Lighthouse Fall Fest last week.  They spent most of the afternoon at the center assisting with games and keeping the children busy. They were busy taking pictures, setting up, clean up and tending to the children. They were awesome and without their help the  event wouldn’t have been so smooth.

As an added bonus they were able to meet Spurs rookie Dejuan Blair and got a chance to talk to him about his rookie year and he got a chance to talk to them about Clark as he is new to San Antonio.  Dejuan is also putting all the pictures from the event on his website that should launch sometime this week.

Another great example of how Clark athletes are a “cut above”.

-Vicky Villafaña

The Clark Cougar varsity tennis team captured its 19th straight district title this past weekend and the Lady Cougars have one last district game before playoffs start next week.  You can read more about both in Pat Turner’s articles here and here.

Marcus Dalkowitz - "Super Dave's" father

The man affectionately known around Clark as “Super Dave”, Dave Dalkowitz,  lost his father Monday evening.  Services for Marcus B. “Tommy” Dalkowitz will be held on Wednesday, October 28, at Oak Hills Mortuary at 1 pm.  The address is 8332 Fredericksburg Rd. Dave has been a manager for the Clark Cougar football team for 25 years. Please keep Dave in your thoughts and prayers.

Find out more about Dave’s remarkable father here.

Clark Cross Country dominates area teams

The Clark Varsity Boys Cross Country team dominated the SAISD Metro meet on the grounds of the San Antonio State School today, Saturday, Oct 24th. All five scoring runners finished within the top 11 spots for the 3.4 mile race, specifically David Scorcelletti (16:40) 3rd, Jose Sierra (16:51) 4th, Austin Wells (17:09) 9th, James Leopold (17:11) 10th and Ryan Pavlich (17:13) 11th, with a team score of 34 points for 1st place out of 18 schools.

The Varsity Girls team also scored well, finishing in 3rd place out of 17 schools over their 2.1 mile course. Shantel Swift was 3rd (13:07.2), with Glynnis Meade right on her heels in 4th place (13:07.9). Next in were Shaneve Swift (14:13), Katherine Ritchie (14:16) and Stacey Wilkens (14:23).

JV Girls also finished in 3rd place, and JV Boys were 6th. Complete results can be found at http://www.saisd.net/dept/athletics889/index.php?option=com_docman&taskÊt_view&gid 1&Itemid0.

Both Varsity teams should do well at next week’s District competition. Come cheer them on at the Hardin Athletic Complex on Saturday, Oct 31st, starting at 9am. Go Cougars!

-Rose Meade

Cougars win again

The Clark Cougar varsity volleyball team gave Clark fans another Friday night win with a 3-0 blanking of Taft (25-11, 25-15, 25-18).  With one regular season game left in the season, the Cougars tuned up for the playoffs against an overmatched Raider team.  India Hartwell dominated the Raiders with 9 kills, 5 aces and 4 blocks with assistance from Kate Mazzocco who had 15.  Vanessa Casanova protected the back line with a team high 17 digs.  The ladies are now 19-17 on the year and 11-4 in district with one game left against Holmes before playoffs begin.  WAY TO GO COOGS!

2009-2010 Schedules posted

The 2009 Clark Cougar basketball season is just around the corner.  There’s plenty of excitement with new varsity head coach Steve Sylestine and a solid returning nucleus of veteran players.  Check out who will be the first opponents of this year’s teams on the right of this page under “Basketball-Men’s”.  Freshman and Girls schedules will also be posted soon. Go COOGS!

The Clark Sophomore football team is undefeated at 8-0 and has outscored their opponents 186-34. The main reasons for those numbers are the offensive and defensive lines. Whether it’s opening large holes for the running backs or the defensive forcing turnovers or punts to get the ball back for the offense, these two lines have been consistent all season.

It’s true the skilled positions get the headlines, but if anyone knows football, everything starts and ends with the two lines.

All season, the offensive line of William Carter (#54), Stuart Cram (#60), Cade Crozier (#56), Blake DeHart (#64), Kyle Magaro (#63) and Zachery Pieper (#53) have opened up holes big enough to drive a truck through.

On the defensive side, Stuart Cram (#60), Rogelio Lamar (#36), Jose “Manny” Martinez (#90), Charles “Cho Cho” Quichocho (#34), Mariano Rendon (#31) and Makeba Henderson (#5) have made numerous behind the line tackles and harassed quarterbacks.

The hard work done in the summer and in practice every week is paying off. These linemen, combined with the JV team, appear to be adding to the Clark tradition of dominant lines for the next couple of years.

Next week, we’ll spotlight the JV lines that have been doing the same en route to a 7-1 record.

-Steven Rodriquez

Ethridge finds only puddle on field

The Clark Cougar sophomore JV team said night, Knights to Steele in this week’s lone football game at Clark.  A game fraught with fumbles (5 for Steele, 2 for Clark) contributed to the 18-6 victory for the undefeated Cougars.  The 1st quarter ended with neither team scoring, the result of each team committing their first fumbles.  In the second quarter, Clark capitalized on another Knight fumble with a 10 yd touchdown.  QB Nick Coons begin the play with a keeper up the middle.  As defenders wrapped him up, he was able to get the ball to Tri-Rice Van Buren who took the ball for 7 yds for the TD.  It was then Steele’s turn to get the ball which of course meant it was time for another fumble. On the kickoff, the returner for the Knight’s fumbled the ball which was picked up in mid-stride by Jeremy Sanchez who then sprinted to the end zone for Clark’s second TD.  The halftime score was Clark 12-Steele 0.

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Here’s the latest football polls/rankings:

• KSAT 12 on 12: Clark #1
• Express News: Clark #1
• 5ATexasFo0tball.com: Clark #19 in Texas
• Dave Campbell’s Texas Football: Clark #10 in Texas

New stats are posted for varsity football as well.  It’s an off week and halfway through the season.  We may have to have a topic for discussion.  Feel free to comment below!

Clark JV celebrates win over O'Connor

Thanks again to involved parents for sharing what they can.  Here are some pictures from the Clark JV volleyball victory over the O’Connor Panthers last week as well as other pictures from the season.