The various scenarios for rounding out the rest of the 27-5A football playoff picture have been outlined in Thursday’s Express News. With two games left Clark is definitely in with two wins, but may only need one.  The challenge starts with Holmes on Friday at Gustafson Stadium and concludes with O’Connor November 4th in the annual Black Out game at Farris.

For Clark volleyball the playoffs begin on November 1st in Floresville with a game against Corpus Christi King.

Get out and support your Cougars!!!

Marcella Arellano

Clark volleyball’s senior outside hitter Marcella Arellano was recognized by the Express News with a “Game Ball” for her outstanding play in the Cougars come from behind victory against Holmes last week. Arellano had 19 kills, 34 digs and three aces in the match which Clark won in 5 games.

Clark has secured a spot in the volleyball playoffs for the 27th consecutive year.

The regular season ends tonight against O’Connor at 7:00 at Paul Taylor. Show up and support your Cougars! Playoffs begin next week.

GO COOGS!!!

The Clark tennis program grabbed its 21st consecutive team tennis district title on Saturday. The Cougars defeated O’Connor 10-3 in the championship round of the 27-5A tournament. Clark defeated Warren 11-2 in the semi-finals. Health Careers took the third place spot by defeating Warren 10-1. Read more in the Express News.

The Cougars are led by Coach Scott Byrd, a Clark graduate.

Congratulations!

Glynnis Meade

Clark graduate (’11) Glynnis Meade helped the Dallas Baptist Women’s Cross Country team win their 5th straight Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo.  Completing the 6k course in 23:30, Glynnis placed 4th overall and earned a spot on the All Conference team.  Next up is the NCAA Division II South Central Region meet, taking place on November 5th at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls.  Congratulations Glynnis!

The Clark volleyball team is looking forward to the second season after clinching its spot in the playoffs. The Cougars will likely face Corpus Christi Carroll or Corpus Christi King in the first round, possibly on November 1st.

There’s still regular season business to take care of though and Clark could have been looking ahead a bit during Friday’s game against Holmes, escaping the gym with a 3-2 victory. Clark dropped the first two games 16-25 and 19-25 before taking the next two games 25-22 and 25-21 and then winning the tie breaker 15-8. Marcella Arellano led the team with 19 kills, 34 digs and 3 serving aces. Jenn Garrett had 17 kills and Abby Glosup continued to shine with a whopping 62 assists in the five game match up. Nicole Rehm had 34 digs and an ace and Jenn Garrett and Rosalyn Velasquez teamed up for 1.5 blocks each.

The last regular season game is against O’Connor on Tuesday at 7:00 at Paul Taylor.

GO COOGS!!!

Clark Boys Golf

The boys golf team of Jordan Gregory, Cole Wilder, Lawrence Harper, Sean Butler, and Estefan Garcia tied for 3^rd at the Warren Boys Invitational Golf tournament held on October 17^th.  Placing ahead of Warren, Taft, Brandeis and Marshall, the boys showed that all the Clark boys teams are ready to compete.  O’Connor was the only 27-5A team to place ahead of the Cougars.

Jordan Gregory paced the Clark group with an 81, placing him tied for 12^th.  The field included over 90 competitors from across the area.  Way to go Jordan!  Also competing, as individual medalists were Andy Lin and Ben Green.

The girls’ season starts on October 24^th, with the varsity team of Grace Diana, Kristen Dunn, Marissa Fallis, Maddie Diana, Megan Johnson and Amanda Schroeder participating in the Hunters Moon tournament at Northern Hills. Good luck girls!

-Renee Schroeder

Head Soccer Coach Walter Rule

Clark boys head soccer coach and assistant football coach Walter Rule has been honored by his Corpus Christi High School with induction into its Hall of Fame. Coach Rule and five other former football  players were inducted into the W.B. Ray High School Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the end of September. Coach Rule was a kicker at Ray before going on to kick for Cisco Junior College and Texas A&I University.  Read more.

The Cougar Golf boys silver team made up of Lawrence Harper, Andrew Pina, Harrison Eaton, Kruz Crosier and Eric Asencio took 1st place at the NISD Novice tournament held at Northcliffe Golf Course.  Competing against 15 other teams the boys swept the competition that included several other teams from District 27-5A.
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> Leading the Clark team, Harrison Eaton shot an 87, and finished 2nd overall for the tournament. Congratulations Harrison!
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> Also placing in the top five were Eric Asencio and Kruz Crosier who placed 4th and 5th respectively.
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> Next up for the boys is the Brandeis Open on Oct 17. The girls are continuing to practice hard for their first tournament on October 24th.

Jenn Garrett with 19 kills

The Clark Cougars came ready to fight on Tuesday night against district rival Brandeis, but fell just short of an upset losing in five games. Brandeis took the first 25-17 then Clark won two in a row 27-25 & 26-24. Brandeis took the fourth game 25-22 and the tiebreaker 15-12. Jenn Garrett led the Cougars with 19 kills and 2 blocked shots while Marcella Arellano had 10 kills. District 27-5A assists leader Abby Glosup kept things moving with 45 assists and added 2 blocked shots to her game.  Nicole Rehm and Hunter Cole each had 22 digs. Rosalyn Velasquez blocked two shots and Alyssa Pruitt aced one serve.

Clark is 7-4 in district and remains in the playoff hunt. Next up is Jay on Friday at 5:30 at Paul Taylor.

GO COOGS!!!

Clark tennis player David Starck is leading the Cougars toward a 21st consecutive district championship this fall.  Read more here about the Clark junior from the Express News Pat Turner.