Patino manhandles Taft offense

Congratulations to Clark Cougar varsity football player Kris Patino, who earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Express News.  Patino helped lead a unit who shutout the Taft Raiders in a 10-0 victory in the Cougars first district game.

The last time Clark blanked Taft was 1989, a few years before the senior class was born.

Jones leads Cougars to victory

Following a tough outing against Alamo Heights, the Clark Cougar defense stepped up and shut down a Taft offense that scored 35 points the week before, giving Clark a 10-0 win over the Raiders.

The first quarter ended 0-0 with the Cougars driving and Deandre Holmes converting a 4th and 1 with :33 seconds to go.  The drive would continue into  the 2nd quarter but stalled.

With 6:27 left in the half, Josh Kern set up the Cougars first score of the evening with a 42 yd. bootleg run giving the Cougars the ball on the 6 yd. line.  Webb Williams made a 26 yd. field goal giving the Cougars a 3-0 lead at the half.

The 2nd half began the same way as the first half went for Taft – with three plays and a punt.  Peter Rozanski had a tackle for a loss on second down of the Taft possession to put them in a hole.

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Holmes scores and runs for 100+

A much improved Clark Cougar varsity football team scored often but had trouble stopping an Alamo Heights air attack, losing to the Mules 33-29.  The Cougars are now 0-2 as they prepare for a district opener against Taft.

Alamo Heights struck first with a FG and then added 7 more points with 7 seconds left in the first quarter to take a 9-0 lead in what appeared to be the end of the quarter.  Momentum, however, jumped to Clark’s side as Ryan Jones ended the 1st quarter with a 94 yard kickoff return.  Going into the 2nd quarter, the score was 9-7 Alamo Heights.

The second quarter belonged to the Cougars, who scored two touchdowns but gave up another field goal and TD , the latter coming moments before halftime.  Ryan Jones once again found the end zone and Deandre Holmes scored his first varsity TD with 1:43 left in the half. The Cougars went to the locker room with a 22-19 advantage.

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Cougars ready for the Mules

A couple of items to help prepare you for the Clark Cougar varsity football game Friday:

1. The freshman and junior varsity teams play Thursday evening.  Take in a game and cheer for the Cougars!
2. The Clark Cougar varsity volleyball team takes on Brandeis at 5:30pm before the football game which gives you just enough time to see the girls and then go watch the guys.
3. There is a Pep Rally, which everyone is invited to, Friday morning on campus at 8:15am.
4. If you have nothing better to do, visit http://mule-fan.blogspot.com Not a lot of information but something.
5. All Alamo Heights games are on the radio.  If you care to listen to a unique perspective of the game, you can listen to ESPN 1250 AM.  Out of town relatives and friends can listen to the game but will have to put up with a lot of Alamo Heights mumbo-jumbo.

GO COOGS! BEAT ALAMO HEIGHTS!

"TO" Troy Ogletree gets his

The Clark Cougars JV team gave Clark fans a little to cheer about with a 28-8 “slobberknocker” over the Churchill Chargers.  Sophomore QB Chase Jones accounted for three rushing touchdowns behind a strong o-line effort.  Dusty Wright had an interception and several stops for the defense in their outstanding effort.

The  JV 2nd team also beat the Chargers 20-8 in the early game.  The freshman A team  fell short but the freshman B team won their game against Churchill.

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#19 Durke makes another stop

Clark was looking to make it three years in a row over Churchill but a young team that made some early season mistakes and a tough Charger effort led to a 21-7 loss in the 27th Gucci Bowl.  Two early possession fumbles cost the Cougars two touchdowns and several penalties also cost the Cougars positive yards.

There were several bright spots, however, including a nice combination of QB Josh Kern to his receivers Brandon Yates, Jeremy Harris, and Austin Wise; good running by Ryan Jones, a rambling, rumbling Jimmy Kueber reception, several 4th down conversions, a classic rushing TD by Clark and a second half shutout by a defense led by Daniel Durke and Kris Patino along with newcomer Colton Magaro.

The Cougars look to eliminate the mistakes and rebound next week against Alamo Heights in the first home game of the season.

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• Express News Story
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• SASports.com article
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• PHOTOS from JupiterHill

Rozanski heads up

Congratulations to senior  WR/DB Peter Rozanski.  He will be featured at halftime of the television broadcast as the Clark Scholar Athlete.  Peter is a 3 year football letterman and also a 3 year letterman for the varsity baseball team.

And he’s smart, too…(real smart…)

Time Warner Channel 7

The Clark-Churchill game can be seen and heard in several places if you can’t make it to the game.

The television broadcast will be on KMYS-TV, channel 35, beginning at 7:00pm and will also be webcast at kmys.tv.  Be sure to notify friends and family from out of town.

For a biased version of the game, you can tune into KITY-AM 810 and listen to legendary broadcaster Gary Delaune give the Charger version.  That radio broadcast can also be accessed on the web at Star810.com.

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#12 Kern in 2008 JV game vs. Chargers

A new head coach, two new quarterbacks and the 30th meeting between two of San Antonio’s perennial football powers makes for another classic as the 27th annual Gucci Bowl is hours away from kickoff. (continue reading…)