Valle gets accolades

Branden Valle, who rushed for 371 yds. vs. Holmes, has been nominated for Gridiron Legends Player of the Week award, presented by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football on behalf of Cavender’s and Wrangler.  You can make it happen by voting early and often on the website.  You can also find out more on at https://www.facebook.com/GridironLegends.

And when you’re done there, he’s also been nominated for WOAI’s Player of the Week.  You can vote for him here.

Vote.  VOTE.  VOTE!!!!!!  And congratulations, Branden!

Cougars attack playoffs

In the final Express News rankings of the regular season, the Clark Cougars varsity volleyball team moved up one spot to the #9 ranking.  A seven game win streak will do that.  The Cougars extended that streak to eight with a dominant win in bi-district playoff action against Southwest, winning 25-17, 25-16, 25-20.  Kelly Cavanaugh once again had the offense running smooth and Katie Mattson, recognized by the Express News this week, delivered 14 kills to slay the Dragons.  It was the first playoff win in recent years by the Cougars, who move on to Area and will face #1 Reagan this Thursday at Paul Taylor at 7pm.

PROUD OF YOU, LADIES!  GREAT JOB AND KEEP IT UP!

Boxscore

Meade All-Conference

2011 Clark graduate Glynnis Meade was named All Conference for the second time after finishing 5th in the Heartland Conference Cross Country meet on Saturday, Oct 20 in Wichita, Kansas.  Her time of 23:05 was a personal record over the 6k distance, helping the Dallas Baptist University Women’s team score a perfect 15 as they took the first 5 spots.  Next up is the NCAA Division II Regional meet in Denver on November 3rd.

WAY TO GO , GLYNNIS!

Cougars ready for playoffs

For the 28th season IN A ROW, the Clark(#10) varsity volleyball team is headed to the post-season.  Coach Kristen Daniells’ squad played an all-out match against Warren in their final district game to wrestle 2nd place away from the Warriors (25-21, 19-25, 16-25, 27-25, 17-15).  Kelly Cavanaugh had a whopping 59 assists and Shelby MacKenzie and Katie Mattson combined for 50 kills.  Carly Harr and Madison Woods’ 48 digs kept the Cougars offense going.

The Cougars finish the regular season with a 22-15. 13-3 record.  Clark is 48-16 in district play over the past 4 years.  Their next game is against Southwest, who finished 3rd in District 28-5A.  The Cougars have defeated Southwest the last three times they’ve met but have had difficulty winning against the 28-5A representative the last 4 years in the opening round of the playoffs.  The game will be Tuesday at 7:00pm at the Durbon Center (directions).

GREAT JOB AND EAT ‘EM UP, COOGS!

Courtesy Wells family

Setting a new district course meet record (15:19) was another highlight for Austin Wells, Clark’s most successful cross country runner.  The senior has verbally committed to run at the next level for Texas A&M University.  It was a tough choice for the runner who grew up in a University of Texas household.  The highly decorated runner talks about his choice in this KENS5 David Flores article.

Valle couldn’t be stopped

The Clark Cougars (2-5 / 2-3) football team put all of it together and defeated the John Jay Mustangs (4-4 /4-2) 36-23 in district play.  The Cougars used a pounding offensive attack and a stout defense led by Colton Magaro to shut down the Mustangs. Branden Valle rushed for over 200 yds. in a punishing offensive effort.

The scoring began on Clark’s first possession with 37 yd pass TD from Presley Miller to Chase Jones, giving Clark an early 7-0 lead with 9:17 in the 1st. The tables were turned on Jay on when Clark got the ball next, with Jones connecting with Miller for a 10 yd. pass TD with ]3:21  in the 1st qtr.

Jay started the 2nd quarter inside Clark’s redzone but a 4th and 10 on the Clark ten was stuffed by the Cougar defense, who shined all night.  Clark then took the ball at their own 9 yd. line and drove 81 yds., eating up most of the 2nd quarter.  Branden Vallee ran it in from 18 yds. out to give Clark a dominating first half and a 21-0 lead.  Jay would score before the half making it 21-7 at the half.

Cristian Arellano, who covered Jay’s standout athlete Josh Reynolds, kept him in check most of the evening.  Arellano intercepted the Mustangs in the 3rd, returning it to the Jay 6.  Valle took it in from there making the score Clark 28-Jay 7 in the 3rd quarter.  Jay would add a field goal and Hail Mary on a 4th and 20 to make it 28-17 to end the quarter.

In the 4th, Reynolds finally got in the endzone for Jay but another long drive for 70 yds. ending with a Jones 1 yd. TD sealed the victory for the Cougars.

The win keeps playoff hopes alive for the Cougars who next face Marshall.

• Express News article – boxscore
• envision! PHOTOS

GREAT JOB AND KEEP FIGHTIN’, COOGS!

Cougars win again

The Clark Cougar varsity volleyball team, ranked 10th by the Express News and in 2nd in District 27-5A, made it a short night against the Marshall Rams, winning 3-0.  The win gives the Cougars an 11-3 record in district with two games left on the regular schedule before a certain playoff run begins. The Cougars beat the Rams 25-16, 25-19, and 25-21.  The next game is Friday vs. Holmes.

Each week during the football season, Clark Cougar football coaches review game film, stats and the week’s practices and award “Most Valuable Player” honors to their athletes. Thanks to AD/HC Steven McGhee, CCS will be sharing those awards with you.  Here are the  winner’s from the Taft and Brandeis games:

 TAFT

BRANDEIS

Colton Magaro attacks the Broncos

The Cougars came ready to play against the Brandeis Broncos but Clark couldn’t keep pace following an exciting 1st quarter.  Brandeis won its third straight against Clark, 44-24 giving Clark a 1-5 season record.

More to come…

• Express News article – boxscore
• envision! PHOTOS (including band, cheer, flags and dance)

Harley scores for the Cougars

This past weekend, the second-seeded Clark Aquatics girls’ and boys’ teams played hard to win the title in the Alamo Cup
Water Polo Championships.  The boys finished 2nd to Brandeis and the girls placed 4th.  Clark had four seniors named to the All-District Water Polo Team: Coral Crouch, Tyler Covington, Joel Acs, and Daniel Lee.

Congratulations, Clark Water Polo players and Coach Anthony Plummer, on a great water polo season.

PHOTOS

Submitted by Sheryl Harley