Clark wins

The 9th ranked Clark boys basketball team got their new season off to a positive start with a 59-43 thrashing of Roosevelt. Jacob Palacios led the scoring with 13, followed closely by Adam Perez, who had 12. Niko Maxwell added 8 points and Kyle Rutledge had 7. Also contributing points tonight were Jake Chapman, Cal Harr, Chance Villareal, Carter Josephs  and Shawn Casons. The Cougars jumped out to a 16-4 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.

Next up is a first for Clark basketball – a trip to the McDonald’s Texas Invitational Tournament in Pasadena. Touted as the biggest tourney in the state and one of the largest of its kind in the country, the Texas Invitational attracts many of the state’s top ranked teams  among the 48 boys teams and 32 girls teams from across the state. District 27-5A will be well represented with three schools in the mix – Clark, Taft and Warren. Tournament play begins on Thursday.

GO COOGS!!!

Ansley Benjamin

The Clark boys basketball team tips off a new season this week ranked #9 in the Express News rankings. The paper features forward Ansley Benjamin as one of the “Players to Watch” in the upcoming season. The Cougars start the season Monday against Roosevelt at 6:30 at Paul Taylor.

The Clark girls team is getting their season started under new head coach Richard Herbst. The girls will play Roosevelt on Tuesday at 6:30 also at Taylor.

GO COOGS!

Swift and Meade at State

Saturday, November 13th dawned bright and breezy at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock, site of the 2010 State Cross Country Meet.  Cougars Glynnis Meade and Shantel Swift ran well, placing 36th in 11:41 and 62nd in 12:04 respectively, out of the 104 5A runners.  The winning time was a zippy 10:55!  Thanks to all that came to the Send-off on Friday, and to the meet on Saturday!

Braden with parents Trudy and Brian

With pen in hand Clark baseball player Braden Mattson made his commitment to TCU official on Wednesday. The All-Area & All District catcher has been a varsity player at Clark since his freshman year. He joins a TCU baseball team that made a Cinderella run through Omaha during the College World Series, advancing to within a game of the championship series. Mattson will play for TCU coach, and National Coach of the Year for 2010, Jim Schlossnagle, who has led TCU to 7 straight NCAA Regional tournament appearances.

Before signing, Mattson thanked his parents, Trudy and Brian Mattson, his friends, teammates, teachers and coaches. In congratulating his star catcher, Clark coach Aldo Velazquez said, “Braden has worked hard to get here”.

Congratulations Braden!

The Clark volleyball team played a hard fought game for 2nd place in District 27-5A on Friday night against Brandeis, but came up just short. The 18-25, 25-20, 7-25, 25-18, 9-15 game was a back and forth match up that leaves the Cougars in 3rd place with a Bi-district game against East Central set for Tuesday night at 7:00 at South San.

GO COOGS!

CHAMPIONS! AGAIN

Congratulations to the Clark Varsity Tennis team on their 20th consecutive district championship. The win came over O’Connor. According to reporter Pat Turner in the San Antonio Express News: boys’ singles players Justin Randell, Richie DeJesus, David Starck, Matt Jones, Jacob Frisbie and Rudy Bonilla swept the Panthers to seal the deal.

The Regional Tournament is in Corpus Christi beginning Thursday.

CONGRATS AND GO COOGS!!

Clark Volleyball

The Clark volleyball team fought back from a 2-0 deficit in Tuesday’s district championship game to take the third game and then threatened to take the match to five games, but fell just short, losing 25-20 in the 4th.  Marcella Arellano and Jenn Garrett led the work at the net with 10 kills each. Arellano added 17 digs to that and Nicole Rehm had 16 more. Leading with assists were Kayci Murphy with 17 and Adriana Christian with 12.

The loss means the Cougars face Brandeis on Friday at 6:00pm at Paul Taylor to determine the 2nd place team in district leading into the playoffs. Lots of great volleyball ahead for Clark!

Read about the game in the Express News

Cougars Aim High

The stakes are high as the #9 ranked Clark volleyball team heads into Tuesday’s match up against #8 O’Connor. The Panthers are 14-1 in district play with their only loss coming against the Cougars on September 24th. Clark, meanwhile is 13-2 in 27-5A play and a win against O’Connor on Tuesday night would result in a tie for the district championship. Such a tie would mean the Cougars come out on top after beating the Panthers twice this season. That’s the plan for the 7:00 pm game at Paul Taylor fieldhouse! More on the district race from the Express News.

ALL COUGAR FANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME OUT AND CHEER ON THE GIRLS FROM CLARK!

GO COOGS!!

Ryan Pavlich

Varsity Cross Country took I-10 east on Saturday, Oct 16th to take part in the Seguin Invitational in Starke Park.  Our top girls kicked in at the end of the race, with Shantel Swift finishing 6th in 12:07 and Glynnis Meade 9th in 12:08.  Lauren Porter was next to complete the 2 mile course in 14:25, followed close behind by Brittany Perez 14:28.4, Ariel Schmid 14:28.7 and Valerie Vacek 14:32.  Austin Wells medaled in the boys 5k, placing 10th in 15:58, with Ryan Pavlich coming in next for the Cougars in 16:50, then Aidan Pierce 17:49, Nicholas Moseley 18:18, JR Guajardo 18:29, Mark Pena 18:45 and Tyrell Lewis, 19:06.  The girls were 17th and boys 18th out of 41 teams.