Courtesy Colorado School of Mines

Colorado School of Mines’ Adam Saur (’05) has been selected as the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame – Colorado Chapter Player of the Week.  Saur, a 6’3″, 200-lb. senior wide receiver from Clark High School, was also selected as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Offensive Player of the Week.  You can read more about this Oredigger  here. Congratulations to another Clark Cougar alum in the news!

Now a Boilermaker

An interesting article on the former All-American Clark Cougar volleyball star.  Now a Purdue Boliermaker, she discusses a variety of topics, including her flair for arts and crafts as well as her goals as a freshman at the university.  You can read the entire article here.

Casanova digs deep

Clark volleyball defeated Taft in three decisive games at Paul Taylor Fieldhouse. The Cougars dominated the match winning 25-16, 25-17, 25-11. India Hartwell led Clark with 10 kills, Katlin Mazzocco had 18 assists and Vanessa Casanova had 14 digs as the Cougars brought their district record to 5-2.

Next up is Holmes, coached by Clark alum, Melissa Thrailkill (’05). Thrailkill is busy taking what she learned from her state championship team at Clark and using it to turn around the program at Holmes. Click and read about it in a recent  Express-News article.

Courtesy Texas A&M

2006 Clark Cougar graduate and current Texas A&M Aggie senior outside hitter Mary Batis has been named the National Player of the Week by College Volleyball Update.  Battis led the Cougars while at Clark to the state tournament and received numerous awards at the local, state and national levels.  You can read more about this award here or more about Mary here.

Dullnig now pitching

Former Clark baseball player Cameron Dullnig is now a pitcher and shortstop for the Western Carolina Catamounts.  For more on his story, read this article by Pat Turner.

Trent Plaisted, a 2004 graduate of Clark and an All State basketball player, is featured in today’s Express – News on the front page of the sports section.  Drafted by the Seattle Sonics in 2008, Plaisted now plays for the Detroit Pistons.  In case you don’t have a copy, go here to read more about his travels around the world in trying to make it on a NBA team.  In a side note: the Plaisted family had an impact in another area of Clark athletics. Trent’s older sister Diana was an All State soccer player for the Cougars who helped propel Clark to the State Tournament in 2001.

The Clark Texas Football Club is holding its annual golf tournament on August 8th at Canyon Springs  Golf Club.  This group of former football athletes uses the proceeds from this event for the CTFC Scholarship fund.  Fore! more information, click here.

Read more about this organization here.

courtesy Texas A&M

Morgan Lucas, a 2006 graduate of Clark, received the Most Improved Rider award from the Texas A&M Equestrian team.  A rider who competes in English riding, mostly fences and flat, Morgan has extensive experience in the Texas Hunter-Jumper Association, earning multiple top 10 finishes over the past several years.  She has also won several level 5 jumper championships and modified junior/amateur division top three placings.  Texas A&M’s Equestrian team is one of the tops in the nation, winning numerous national titles competing in NCAA events.

Cameron Dullnig

Congratulations to former Clark (’07) football and baseball player Cameron Dullnig.  He was named to the 2009 NJCAA Region XIV All-Conference Team as a shortstop for Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. 

A story about the Austin American Statesman’s “Fabulous 55”, an annual review of the top 55 high school recruits, recalls an interesting tidbit about how Wane McGarity became a Texas Longhorn.