Clark softball will be on the diamond today at 5:00 at the Northside fields. The girls are 3-1 in district following an 8-0 victory over Jay at the end of last week. The Cougars scored 3 runs in the second inning and 5 in the 4th to take the win. Henessey Soto was on the mound for Clark.

Today’s game is against Warren on field #2.

GO GET ‘EM COOGS!

Clark baseball won 3 out of 5 games over the weekend in the Northeast Tournament. The Cougars lost in the opener to South San 5-12, but then beat South San 9-7 to close out the tournament on Saturday. In between was a loss to Churchill (3-11), but wins against Roosevelt (13-1) and San Antonio Christian (4-2).

District play picks up again tonight at 7:30 against Brandeis at Northside. The Cougars are 2-0 in district and 6-5-1 on the season.

BEAT BRANDEIS!!!

Northside ISD boys soccer heavyweights Clark and Jay battled to a 0-0 tie on the pitch over the weekend. The defensive battle in gusty winds was in sharp contrast to the first match up between the two teams on January 31st, which Jay won in the closing seconds 4-3. Saturday’s game leaves the Mustangs in first place with a 9-0-2 record and Clark right behind them at 9-1-2.

The news was better for the Clark girls who beat Jay 2-0 with goals from Blair Socha and Kendall Traa. Action resumes for both teams on Friday with games against Warren at the Northside fields on Loop 410 and Culebra. Girls start at 5:00 and the boys at 7:00.

GO COOGS!!!

Clark basketball came up short in the Region IV Championship game today losing to district rival Warren 65-56. After holding a close lead through virtually the entire game victory slipped away in the closing minutes.

The Cougars surprised almost everyone this season by fighting through the loss of their top scorer, Niko Maxwell, early in the season and making it through four rounds of playoffs to become one of the last eight 5A teams standing in the state of Texas. So we thank them for playing with class and determination and for making their families, school and community so proud.

These are the seniors who led so well: Adam Perez, John Chapman, Carter Josephs, Travis Matthews, Cal Harr, Niko Maxwell, Troy Ogletree, Mkhael Swaidan, Austin Conlin and Jacob Huston.

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For the first time in 14 years the Clark Cougars will play in a Regional final basketball game hoping to take the school where it’s never been before – the State Tournament. The 58-51 semi-final victory over Laredo Alexander came after a slow start in the opening period for Clark. Down 7-11 after one, the Cougars out scored the Bulldogs 18-10 in the second period to take a 25-19 lead into the halftime locker room. Up 37-32 going into the final period the Cougars gave the Clark crowd some nervous moments, but never lost control of the game, building a 12 point lead with two minutes remaining. Those last two minutes saw that lead reduced to four with just 25 seconds left on the clock, but the Cougars persevered and closed out the victory. Adam Perez led the scoring with 24, Travis Matthews had 11 and Carter Josephs 10 points.

Up next is a familiar foe, the Warren Warriors. Clark was unable to beat Warren in the regular season, but their last meeting, on January 24th, was an overtime thriller that ended 65-62.

The All-NISD regional final will take place at noon on Saturday back in the UTSA Convocation Center. Time to show up LOUD and PROUD Clark, Texas! See you at the game!

GO COOGS!!!

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The Region 4 – 5A Tournament tips off tomorrow night just down the road from Clark, Texas at the UTSA Convocation Center. Reporters at the Express News, which dubbed Clark a “darkhorse” at the start of the playoffs still consider the Cougars an underdog based on the paper’s tournament predictions. But they’re also discussing the “great job” that Clark players and Coach Steve Sylestine have done to get to the Regional tourney. In their informal pre-tournament podcast reporters Lorne Chan and Blake Hurtik describe Clark as “scrappy” as they do a little dissecting of the upcoming games. Listen in.

Tickets for the tournament games will be $10 for adults and $7 for students with no passes accepted. That price gets you in for both games – Warren and Laredo United at 6:00pm and Clark and Laredo Alexander at 8pm. The winners will play on Saturday at noon and tickets will be $8 for adults and $5 for students. For out of town fans and those who can’t possibly get to UTSA on Friday night there will be a radio broadcast live online at tsrnsports.com.

So be there and Black Out the bleachers and support our Cougars all the way to State!

LET’S GO COUGARS!!!!

The beautiful game was just that for the Clark boys soccer team on Wednesday. The Cougars built a 4-0 halftime lead on their way to a 6-1 victory over the Broncos. Two Clark players found the back of the net not once, but twice – Chris Pantaleon and Manuel Garcia. Also scoring were Jair Rodriguez and Carlos Sepulveda. Yamil Alvarado and Romero Villalvazo had two assists each along with one each from Alex Martinez and John Cintron.

The Cougars district record is 9-1-1 with a big game against 27-5A leader Jay on Saturday at 2:00 at Farris. The Mustangs handed Clark its only loss of the season in the last 23 seconds of their game on January 31st.

Come out and support your Cougars on Saturday vs Jay – seven of the district’s top ten goal scorers will be on the field and four of them are Cougars!

GO COOGS!!!

The Clark baseball team pushed their district record to 2-0 on Tuesday, but it took 12 innings to get there. The Cougars built an 11-4 lead through three innings against Marshall, but a 7 run 6th inning by the Rams left the teams tied at 11. Each team got one run in the 7th leading to a 12-12 tie and extra innings. It wasn’t until Clark got the winning run in the 12th inning that the marathon finally ended. Chad Dullnig was on the mound to get the win for the Cougars.

The district game followed a weekend of up and down tournament action bringing the Cougars season record to 3-3-1. Up next is the Northeast ISD tourney starting Thursday and running through Saturday at Blossom.

Clark softball played for the championship of the East Central-Judson Tournament last weekend, eventually losing to Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway to take second place. On Tuesday they faced off against Brandeis in their 3rd district game of the young season and came up a run short, losing 6-7. This brings the Cougars district record to 2-1 and their season record to 6-3. They play again Friday at 5:00 against Jay at Northside.

GO GET ‘EM COOGS!

Clark boys basketball takes on Brandeis tonight at 7:00 for a spot in the Regional Tournament this weekend. The Cougars beat the Broncos 62-38 back in December and Brandeis won in January 49-42. A loud and proud Clark, Texas crowd is needed to fill the stands!

For out of town fans, tune in to TSRN sports radio online for the broadcast.

GO COOGS!!!!

Jair Rodriguez

The Clark boys soccer team exploded for 5 goals against Marshall on Friday while holding the Rams scoreless. The 5-0 victory included 2 goals by Carlos Sepulveda, and one each from Yamil Alvarado, Romero Villalvazo and Mario Perez.  Villalvazo also had two assists in the game along with assists from Jair Rodriguez and John Cintron. The Marshall goalkeeper made 10 saves against a busy Clark attack. This brings the team’s district record to 8-1-1, they are 14-1-3 on the season. Next week they face a tough Brandeis team on Wednesday and then get a chance to avenge their only loss of the season against Jay on Saturday, March 3rd at Farris. Should be two great games!

The Clark girls came up short against Marshall losing 0-1. The girls are still in the playoff hunt, just a game out of 4th place with six games remaining in the the season.

GO COOGS!!!