Cougar Defense smothers Rams

The 2009 Clark Cougars varsity football team continued their historic run with a 35-14 beat down over the Del Rio Rams in the third round of the playoffs.  The win ties the most wins by a Clark team and is the best consecutive win record ever.

A tried and true Cougar formula, pound the ball down their opponents throats, once again was the winning recipe along with a stifling rush defense.  Behind Ryan Jones rushing and a Glenn Bonner 22 yd. reception, the Cougars marched down the field.  Hayden Greenbauer started the scoring on a 29 yd. run after Clark’s first possession with 2:28 left in the 1st qtr. (continue reading…)

Clark vs. Del Rio on 930 AM

You can find the Clark vs. Del Rio game on KLUP-AM which also has live streaming.

Parking will be a bear with the River lighting ceremony also going on tonight.  Also, the parking lots will already be full from the previous game in the dome.  Don’t expect the Westlake vs. Harlingen crowd to thin out too much – they’ll probably want to scout a little of the next game.  Consider I-35 to the New Braunfels exit, then turn on Iowa which turns into Durango.

New cross country assistant coach Mark Pedroza is featured in the Conexión section of the newspaper this weekend.  New to Clark, along with Head Coach Anne Ager and assistant coach D’Layne Kelly, they’ve taken the teams to new levels.  You can find out more here.

Clark and Brandeis football programs get their credit in this article by Lorne Chan of the Express News.

Thankful for playoffs

In this Pat Turner article, Head Coach Lloyd Alexander talks about the holiday tradition of playing this time of year.

Greenbauer leads to victory

Former Express News columnist David Flores, who now writes for KENS5-TV, pens a nice article on quarterback Hayden  Greenbauer.  You can link to it here.

If you have not purchased tickets to Friday’s game, do so now.  All tickets at the gate will be $10 whether you’re a student, adult or senior.

…for Clark.

Once again, your help is needed in a voting competition.  This time it’s for MONEY.  State Farm (http://fridaynightfeats.com) is sponsoring a contest through which Clark can win up to $15,000.  Watch the following video and then it HAS TO BE RATED according to Youtube’s star system.  Finalist nominees will be chosen based on quality of ratings, number of ratings and number of views, in that order.

Greenabauer converts 4th and 1 for 82 yd. TD

The first sign it might not be a good trip south for Austin Bowie was the name of the chartered buses rented to transport the team to the Alamodome – Clark Travel. Not kidding. And from there on out, it was the Cougars who rolled over the Bulldogs in the Area playoff game. Clark won 31-17.

The Cougars struck first following the opening kickoff to Bowie. At the 10:37 mark of the 1st qtr., John Manders recovered a fumble on the second play of the game setting up the offense on the 50 yd. line. Ryan Jones left for 22 yds. and then Ryan Jones right for another 28 put the Cougars up 7-0. Shocked but not down, Bowie responded with a drive that ended with a 28 yd. field goal making it 7-3 at the end of 1.

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FREE TOWELS TO STUDENTS

FREE rally towels are available to the Clark students who show up to the dome and present their student IDs at the Spirit table – while supplies last!

Remember, this game is a WHITE OUT! We are the visiting team and the Cougars will be wearing white so show your support and let’s WHITE OUT the Dome.

In this mysa.com article by Pat Turner, Coach Lloyd Alexander credits the defense as part of the success of this year’s playoff run.