Jessica Rourke take 2nd in the 500m freestyle

The Clark Cougars held off a formidable Alamo Heights Mules swim team on Saturday for a win:   407 Clark – 280 AH.    Clark sprinters, distance swimmers, backstrokes, and IM’ers did very well in their first scored dual meet of the season.   In addition to the individual races, six different relays are swum at a meet:   200 yd. medley relay, 200 yd. free relay and 400 free relays, each having men’s and women’s races.   Of the 6 relays on Saturday, Clark “A” squad relays finished 1^st place  in every one of them!    “B” squad relay swimmers  were right behind  “A”, and “C” relays, sometimes comprised of kids in their first swimming relay,  held their own!    Demonstrating, once again, that Clark Cougars stick together and know the meaning of  teamwork.

-Susan Ogden

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5ATexasFootball.com has come out with updated playoff projections.  A last play TD by O’Connor over Taft last night has shuffled the D1/D2 deck as well as where everybody lands.  Read more of their analysis here.

Clark Cougars take to the field

Over (well, next to) the river and through the woods, the Varsity Cross Country teams did go as they took on more than 30 teams at the Matador Invitational in Seguin on October 17th.  The boys finished in an amazing 3rd place, with David Scorcelletti (16:10) finishing 13th, Jose Sierra (16:11) 14th, Austin Wells (16:22) 19th, Ryan Pavlich (16:44) 32nd, and James Leopold (17:00) 49th for a total of 125 points, only 16 points behind 1st place!  The girls team took 8th place, with Shantel Swift (12:27) coming in 16th and Glynnis Meade (12:31) 19th.  Wrapping up the team scoring were Shaneve Swift (13:12) , Katherine Ritchie (13:25) and Stacey Wilkens (13:32).

The JV teams took part in the Central Catholic Relays on Wednesday, Oct 14th.  Teams of 3 runners, girls each running 1.5 miles and boys 2 miles, totalled their times to determine their finish place.  Next Saturday, all teams will be at the SAISD meet at the San Antonio State School.

#24 Vasquez intercepts Warren. #27 Garcia would also steal one from Warren later

The Clark Cougars varsity football team, #1 in San Antonio, #11/21 in Texas (Dave Campbell/5ATexasfootball.com) exacted a bit of revenge on the Warren Warriors with a 27-17 victory.  The win gave the Cougars an 8-0 record, perfect in play this season.  Last season Warren ended the Cougars’ win streak at 7.

The Warriors scored first with an opening drive that resulted in a field goal and 3 point lead.  On the first possession for the Cougars,  a five play drive ended with Hayden Greenbauer scoring from 5 yds. out to give the Cougars a 7-3 1st qtr. score.  Joe Vasquez would get the ball back for the Cougars with an athletic interception with 4:02 left in the 1st qtr.  That would set up a Webb Williams 23 yd. field goal to give the Cougars a 7 point lead with a little over 11 minutes to play in the half.  The Cougars weren’t done with the end zone, however, as Joey Cammer tacked on a 1 yd. rushing TD with 5 minutes left in the half.  When both teams left the field, Clark had a 17-3 lead.

In the 2nd half, Clark would turn over the opening kickoff, giving Warren a chance to get back in it, converting it for a TD but still trailing 17-10.  A second Clark fumble gave Warren life but the defense held and Clark  took over.  A nine play drive would set up another Webb Williams field goal, this time a 45 yd. effort, giving Clark a 20-10 lead going into the 4th qtr.

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Both JV and freshmen teams took care of business and defeated the Warren Warriors on the gridiron.

In an extra long JV game, thanks to some unique clock management techniques by Warren students, Brian Socha started the scoring early.  On the Cougars 2nd offensive play from the Clark 13, Brian Socha blew past Warren for a 87 yd. run up the middle, virtually untouched thanks to some great blocking by the offensive line.  In the 2nd quarter, Sean Campbell turned a bootleg left into a 45 yd. TD to make it 14-0.  In the 3rd quarter, Alex Hunter added to the Warriors misery with a 2 yd. reception from Campbell to make it 21-0 and in the 4th, Kweku Larbie would represent the “2’s” with a score to make it 28-0.  Warren threatened late to score but a stiff defensive stand, that at one point was on the 1/2 yd. line, denied the Warriors a taste of the end zone and preserved the shutout for the Cougars.

The sophomores took on New Braunfels Canyon and won 28-6 including a defensive TD by Aaron Rodriguez.

The freshman A team beat Warren 14-8 and the B team gave the Warriors a beat down with a 30-0 victory.

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Clark Swimming 2009

Clark takes on Alamo Heights this Saturday at the Josh Davis Natatorium at 8:30 am.

This will be the first dual meet of the 2009-2010 season.   Clark swimmers have participated in the Northside Pentathlon and the Class meet already this season.   Both events are non-scoring meets and allow swimmers to get baseline times for the season.   Clark has been training hard for 7 weeks now, and are expecting a competitive AH team to show up on Saturday.  Come cheer for Clark swimming on Saturday morning!

-Susan Ogden

Photo by Lisa Wells

Clark’s Varsity teams both fared well with 3rd place finishes at the NISD meet on Saturday, October 10th.  Twenty five teams covered the course at Hardin Athletic Complex on a cool, overcast morning.  Shantel Swift (12:31) was 2nd in the 2 mile girls race and Glynnis Meade was 4th (12:36).  Rounding out the team scoring were Mel Schwartz (13:31), Shaneve Swift (13:36), and Katherine Ritchie (13:42).  The boys team were led by 5th/6th place David Scorcelletti (16:41) and Austin Wells (16:42) for the 3 mile course.  Jose Sierra (17:15), Ryan Pavlich (17:29), and Jim Wells (18:21) were next in for the Cougars.  Pictures of the Varsity and JV races can be found at http://clarkcrosscountry2009.shutterfly.com/.

The JV teams will be at the Central Catholic Relays on Wednesday, and Varsity will travel to Seguin on Saturday.  Countdown to District – 3 weeks!

-Rose Meade

The Clark Cougar volleyball team continued their winning ways in District 28-5A with a 3-0 thrashing of Jay, 25-18, 25-13, and a 28-6 beat down.  Katlin Mazzocco set up the Cougars with 18 assists, Vanessa Casanova served an ace and had 12 digs, Kacyi Murphy also served an ace, Jennifer Garrett took care of the net with 3 blocked shots and Claire Webster had 9 kills.  The win gives the Cougars a 17-16 record on the year and a 9-3 district mark.

Chapman celebrates fumble recovery

The Clark Cougars, coming off a shutout of the Jay Mustangs last week, continued their defensive dominance and the offense poured on the points in a 31-0 pasting of the O’Connor Panthers.  Junior Jimmy Kueber started the Cougars off with a fumble recovery on the second play of the game and from there on out, it didn’t get any better for the Panthers.  Hayden Greenbauer ran for a 13 yd. TD to end the drive and put points on the board early for Clark.  Later in the 1st quarter, Tevin Glasgow would score on a rushing TD for his first of two TDs.

In the second quarter, O’Connor would have a chance to score.  On the Clark 1 yd. line, the Panthers were set to get their first six but a mishandled snap would be recovered by Robert Chapman, his first fumble recovery, in limited defensive play, of the season.  The quarter ended with a Webb Williams 33 yd. field goal, giving the Cougars a 17-0 lead at the half.

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