The Clark girls basketball team lost to Stevens 43-35 at Paul Taylor fieldhouse. Carolyn Chavana led the Cougars scoring with 7 points. The loss brings their district record to 6-4 and 18-10 overall. Clark remains in 4th place in district standings.

The Clark boys soccer team scored one goal in the first half of their match with Brandeis and it turned out to be enough to win the game. Luis Hernandez found the back of the net for the goal and then defense, including six saves by goal keeper Brandon Van Wagner and two saves by Jonathan Fargnoli took care of the rest. The Cougars are 4-0-1 on the season so far and now 1-0 in district play.

The girls soccer team had to settle for the third tie of their young season, as they battled Brandeis to a 0-0 score. Clark has a 1-1-3 record this season. Read about the game in the Express News.

The Coogs  face Stevens on Tuesday the 19th at 7:00 at  Northside field #2. The boys play at 5:00.

Padron coached for and against Clark

O’Connor Head Football Coach and longtime Clark assistant Danny Padron has announced he’ll be leaving the high school ranks to take the head coaching position at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin. Padron will take his son, Andy, along as an assistant. Andy is a former Clark quarterback.  Padron has also added Cuero coach Mark Reeve to his TLU staff. Reeve was an assistant at Clark for nine years with Padron during the 1980’s.

Padron was the head baseball coach at Clark when the school opened in 1978 and became football offensive coordinator in 1981. He spent 20 years at Clark sandwiched around a brief stint at Judson before leaving to become head football coach and athletic director at O’Connor.

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The official announcement will be made Monday.

There are now three head coaching vacancies in NISD at Clark, O’Connor and Brennan (opening in August 2010).

The Clark boys basketball team remains undefeated in district play with a 77-56 win over Holmes at Paul Taylor. Jason Brickman led all scorers with 21, Elhad Emerllahu added 18 and Ansley Benjamin had 12. The Cougars are now 6-0 in district and 19-5 overall.                                                                                                                                                                                                  Next up is Brandeis on Monday, January 11th. The game will be played at the UTSA Convocation Center at 6:30. The Clark girls will follow with an 8:00 pm tip off. Come out and support the Cougars!

Undefeated in District

The Clark girls basketball team added another district win with a 39-36 victory over Holmes. Vanessa Casanova and Courtney Rhodes led the scoring with 8 points each. This is the third straight district win for the Cougars and brings their season record to 17-9 overall and 5-3 in district.

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Clark wins

The boys basketball team remains undefeated in district with a 92-56 shellacking of Jay. Jason Brickman had 24 points to lead all scorers, Elhad Emerllahu added 16, Ansley Benjamin 13 and Sam Perez 11 to round out the Cougars in double figures.

The Cougars defeated Marshall 54-29 earlier in the week to open district play. Up next is O’Connor on Tuesday the 22nd at 4:30 following the girls game at Paul Taylor.

The Cougars ran head on into the 3rd ranked Jay Mustangs losing the contest 67-34. Vanessa Casanova scored 15 in the game, the only Clark player in double figures. Jay is ranked 19th in the coaches’ statewide poll and is undefeated in district.

Clark is now 14-7 on the season and 2-2 in district play following a narrow one point loss to Marshall earlier in the week. Next up is O’Connor on Tuesday the 22nd at 3:00 at Paul Taylor.

Boys advance; girls 2-0 district

Clark’s boys and girls basketball teams recorded victories on Friday. For the boys it was win #9 in a row 77-38 against Holy Cross for a spot in the SAISD Tournament semi-finals against Wagner. The Thunderbirds are the #4 team in the state and #1 in the Express News area rankings. Tip off for your #10 state ranked Cougars is at 1:30 at the Alamo Convocation Center.

The Clark girls moved to 2-0 in district with a 51-39 win over Stevens.  After a back and forth first half Stevens was up by 5 at the half, but Clark came out even stronger to pull ahead at the end of the third quarter by 2 points. They continued their aggressive play into the fourth period and pulled ahead for the critical win.

Carolyn Chavana led the Clark scoring with 14 while Vanessa Casanova had 9. The ladies’ overall record is now 14-5, 2-0 in District.

GO COOGS!

The Clark Cougars girls basketball team started District 28-5A play with a resounding 56-37 win over Brandeis at Paul Taylor Fieldhouse. Clark’s Carolyn Chavana continued her dominant play with 26 points.  Vanessa Casanova added 8 points, Chloe Rhodes had 7 and Freshman Kristen Lye had 6.

The Cougars are 13-5 so far this season.