Clark softball took care of business in their game against Stevens on Tuesday with a 5-2 win. Pitcher Henessey Soto gets the win as the Cougars up their district record to 7-3 and hang on to 3rd place in the 28-5A standings. Clark is 12-8 on the season. Next up is Marshall at 5:00 on Thursday at Northside field.

The bats were hot for Clark Tuesday night at Northside field as the Cougars opened the second half of district play with a 9-1 pounding of Brandeis. The Coogs had 12 hits including a solo homerun by Braden Mattson and a triple from Jim Wells. Vincent Salazar pitched a complete game with 13 strikeouts to take the win.

This brings the Cougars district record to 7-2 and the season record to 11-8. They are tied for second place in 28-5A with Stevens and will play the Falcons on Thursday afternoon at 4:45 at Northside.

Clark soccer team congratulates Van Wagner

The Clark boys soccer team is headed to the Region IV tournament for the first time in school history following a quarterfinal instant classic against Austin Bowie. The game wasn’t decided until a sudden death shoot out goal by Zack Guevara and a clutch stop on Bowie’s next attempt by the game’s hero – Clark goalkeeper Brandon Van Wagner. All this followed a defensive fight in regulation that ended in a 0-0 tie, two 10 minute overtime periods that ended with no score and a shootout that went through the standard five players only to end in a 3-3 tie. Guevara’s shot marked the 7th kick in the shootout and when Bowie failed to convert its 7th attempt the game was finally history. Coach Eddie Ashley’s teams have never lost a shootout in the four years since he arrived at Clark and now they’ll take their national ranking (currently #19) and clutch play to the next level.  Catch more details about the game in this Express News article.

The Region IV tournament will be Friday and Saturday at Blossom with Clark facing either Brownsville Lopez or Mission Sharyland in the semi-finals.

PHOTOS

Jason Brickman

Clark guard Jason Brickman has been named to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches 5A All State team for the 2009-2010 season. Brickman averaged just over 19 points a game for the Cougars this season. A senior,  Brickman has committed to play for Long Island University.

The Clark softball team won a close one against  Holmes on Tuesday. Final score 1-0 with pitcher Megan Aragones picking up the win.

The Cougars are 10-7 overall and 5-3 in district so far. The second half of the district season begins on Friday when Clark takes on Brandeis at 7pm at Northside.

The Clark boys soccer team will take on Austin Anderson High School in the Area round of playoffs this Friday at 8 pm in New Braunfels. The Trojans defeated San Antonio Lee 1-0 on Tuesday. Anderson was the runner up in District 25-5A and finished the season with a 13-4-3 record and ranked 5th in the Austin area.

The Cougars defeated Corpus Christi Carroll 4-1 and remain ranked 3rd in the San Antonio area. Clark is ranked 5th in the state according to ESPN Rise and  #20 in the nation. Their season record stands at 18-1-2.

Clark baseball edged Taft 7-6 on Tuesday at Northside Field. Clark’s Vincent Salazar was the winning pitcher. The Cougars finished strong with 4 runs coming in the last two innings and they held off Taft, which came up with 3 runs in the 6th.

The win brings the Cougars season record to 8-8 and 5-2 in district play. Clark moves into 3rd place in the district standings.

BI -DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!

The Clark boys soccer team got the playoffs started with a pounding of Corpus Christi Carroll on Tuesday in Corpus. Clark beat Carroll 4-1 with two goals from Jair Rodriguez and one each from Johnny Lawson and Carlos Sepulveda. Goalkeeper Brandon Van Wagner insured the win with 7 saves.

Next up for the Cougars will be the Area showdown against the winner of the Lee – Austin Anderson game.

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GO COOGS!

Clark Cougars

The Clark boys basketball team goes after an Area Championship against Austin Bowie on Friday night at 8:00 in Buda at  Jack C. Hays High School. Bowie defeated Reagan 57-45 on Wednesday night. The Bulldogs finished the regular season in second place in District 25-5A and ranked #14 in the statewide TABC rankings. Clark finished #12 in that same poll.  You can take a look at the Bowie team on their website.

So gas up the car, call your friends and neighbors and head to Buda!

Jack C. Hays H.S. address is 4800 Jack C. Hays Trail , Buda, 78610

Traveling North on I – 35, take the Kyle Parkway/1626 exit, # 215. Travel west on FM 1626 for 1.3 miles. At stop sign turn left onto Kohler’s Crossing and travel 1 mile to stoplight at Jack C. Hays Tr. (FM 2770).

The 9th ranked Clark softball team started the season Tuesday by losing a close one 3-2 to 10th ranked Harlandale. Henessey Soto pitched with relief from Megan Aragones in the 4th inning.  Megan Martinez got two key hits for the Cougars and freshman catcher Alex Losoya had a double .