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The Clark Cougar varsity football team got their Halloween scare early courtesy the Taft Raiders but were eventually treated to a 23-15 win and at least a share of the District 28-5A title.

On the opening drive, Taft took a page out of the Clark playbook and drove 72 yards for the first score of the game, giving them a 7-0 lead and taking seven and a half minutes off the clock.  On the first Clark possession, a turnover on the second play was one of only five offensive plays in the 1st quarter by Clark,  including a punt.

The second quarter was a thriller by itself.  Glenn Bonner delivered a crushing sack, a Hayden Greenbauer punt that was clearly out of bounds on the Taft 2 yd. line wasn’t near as clear to the referee standing inches from it who called a touch back, a Clark defensive stop was negated by an unsportsmanlike penalty, and the offense went back to good ol’ smash mouth football behind Greenbauer and Tevin Glasgow.  The drive ended as time ran out on a field goal attempt.  At the half, Taft still led 7-0.

The 3rd qtr. was a treat for Cougar fans.  Hayden Greenbauer hit Jacob Garcia in stride 41 yds. downfield for a 82 yd. touchdown pass.    With 32 seconds left in the quarter, Greenbauer bootlegged another 30 yds. for the next Clark score, giving the Cougars a 14-7 lead.  Following a Webb Williams kickoff, the Taft receiver was met in the end zone by Ryan Flournoy and Daniel Durke (that’s pronounced DIRK!, Mr. NISD announcer) for a safety, giving the Cougars a 16-7 lead going into the 4th. (continue reading…)

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Clark puts its undefeated season on the line tonight against the Taft Raiders. After a week off the Cougars need two wins to reach their first goals of an undefeated regular season and a District Championship. The SA Express News takes a look at Clark and the only other undefeated 5A area team, Southwest, in today’s paper.

GO COOGS!

Taft QB #10 meets R. Quintanilla

While the offense scored the points, it was the defense that had the biggest impact in a football game that the Cougars won 21-0 over the Raiders.

Sean Campbell gave the Cougars an early lead with a fourth and goal rush midway through the 1st quarter.  Defensive back Chris Hudnell made the first of several great plays by the defense with an interception at the end of the 1st.

In the 2nd quarter, Rene Quintanilla continued a great defensive game with a sack of Taft for a big loss.  Nathan Barrientez also stepped up by blocking a Taft punt later in the quarter.  Tired of watching the defense have fun, the offense scored with another 5 yd. run by Campbell to make the score 14-0 Cougars.  That TD was set up by a Campbell to Brandon Yates pass for a big gain and a Brian Socha run for a good amount of real estate.

In the 4th qtr, a Troy Ogletree to Yates connection for 24 yds. resulted in the final TD for the Cougars.  The defense wasn’t through, however.  Taft got as close as the 4 yd. line before  being turned back by the defense.  Safety Chris Miller also made a great read on an attempted halfback pass by Taft, knocking down the ball at the last minute away from the intended receiver.  Quintanilla delivered another crushing sack, Barrientez also had one and Kweku Larbie also had a great defensive game as well as Jesse Huron.

Both the Freshman A and B teams completed a victorious Thursday sweep over Taft.

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In the second installment of the Cougar Bowl, the Clark Sophomore football team took care of business under the lights on a cool night, getting a 34-6 win over the NB Canyon Cougars.

This game, the Clark sophs wasted no time in scoring. On the first offensive play for NB Canyon, Aaron Rodriguez (#25) stripped the ball from the receiver and Clark recovered. Three plays later, Quaterback Nick Coons (#7) scored on a 2 yard sneak. On the ensuing kick off, Clark recovered another Canyon fumble, and on 4th and 2, Coons ran 12 yards on another sneak for the second score.

The defense took over, forcing a punt to give the ball back to the offense. Then, it was time for the “Cho Cho” show. Charles Quichocho (#34) account for almost all of the yardage on the next drive with two receptions and runs up the middle. With the usual great blocking by the offensive line, Quichocho scored on a 10 yard run.

After a Canyon score, Clark took over and executed a perfect 38 yard double pass from Coons to Rogelio Lamar (#36) and then from Lamar to a wide open Jeremy Sanchez (#82).

With the offense having so much success, the defense decided to get in on the act. Malcolm Eatman (#41), as he did in the previous meeting, blitzed and stripped the ball from the Canyon quarterback and Mariano Rendon (#31) intercepted the ball and ran 32 yards for the final score.

Looking to complete a perfect season, the Clark sophs put their 9-0 record on the line in their season finale at Smithson Valley next Thursday.

-Steven R. Rodriguez

In their final game of the regular season, the Clark Cougar volleyball team delivered a 3-0 shutout to the Holmes Huskies. Their regular season record ends at 20-17 and 12-4 in District 28-5A, a record that places them third in the district and headed to the playoffs.

Kayci Murphy led the Cougars with 14 assists, Katlin Mazzocco served 4 aces, Vanessa Casanova dug out 19 serves, Marcella Arellano had 10 kills and Tarah Wood owned the net with 4 blocks.

Next up for the ladies is a practice game this weekend and then playoffs will be November 2nd. Their opponent will be the runner up of a Friday evening playoff in District 27-5A.

Congratulations,ladies, on a successful season and good luck in the playoffs!

Four Cougars and a Spur

Michael Solis #86, Chase Jones #12, Presley Miller #5, and Bo Gorrena #4o volunteered at the Children’s Lighthouse Fall Fest last week.  They spent most of the afternoon at the center assisting with games and keeping the children busy. They were busy taking pictures, setting up, clean up and tending to the children. They were awesome and without their help the  event wouldn’t have been so smooth.

As an added bonus they were able to meet Spurs rookie Dejuan Blair and got a chance to talk to him about his rookie year and he got a chance to talk to them about Clark as he is new to San Antonio.  Dejuan is also putting all the pictures from the event on his website that should launch sometime this week.

Another great example of how Clark athletes are a “cut above”.

-Vicky Villafaña

The Clark Cougar varsity tennis team captured its 19th straight district title this past weekend and the Lady Cougars have one last district game before playoffs start next week.  You can read more about both in Pat Turner’s articles here and here.

Marcus Dalkowitz - "Super Dave's" father

The man affectionately known around Clark as “Super Dave”, Dave Dalkowitz,  lost his father Monday evening.  Services for Marcus B. “Tommy” Dalkowitz will be held on Wednesday, October 28, at Oak Hills Mortuary at 1 pm.  The address is 8332 Fredericksburg Rd. Dave has been a manager for the Clark Cougar football team for 25 years. Please keep Dave in your thoughts and prayers.

Find out more about Dave’s remarkable father here.

Clark Cross Country dominates area teams

The Clark Varsity Boys Cross Country team dominated the SAISD Metro meet on the grounds of the San Antonio State School today, Saturday, Oct 24th. All five scoring runners finished within the top 11 spots for the 3.4 mile race, specifically David Scorcelletti (16:40) 3rd, Jose Sierra (16:51) 4th, Austin Wells (17:09) 9th, James Leopold (17:11) 10th and Ryan Pavlich (17:13) 11th, with a team score of 34 points for 1st place out of 18 schools.

The Varsity Girls team also scored well, finishing in 3rd place out of 17 schools over their 2.1 mile course. Shantel Swift was 3rd (13:07.2), with Glynnis Meade right on her heels in 4th place (13:07.9). Next in were Shaneve Swift (14:13), Katherine Ritchie (14:16) and Stacey Wilkens (14:23).

JV Girls also finished in 3rd place, and JV Boys were 6th. Complete results can be found at http://www.saisd.net/dept/athletics889/index.php?option=com_docman&taskÊt_view&gid 1&Itemid0.

Both Varsity teams should do well at next week’s District competition. Come cheer them on at the Hardin Athletic Complex on Saturday, Oct 31st, starting at 9am. Go Cougars!

-Rose Meade

Cougars win again

The Clark Cougar varsity volleyball team gave Clark fans another Friday night win with a 3-0 blanking of Taft (25-11, 25-15, 25-18).  With one regular season game left in the season, the Cougars tuned up for the playoffs against an overmatched Raider team.  India Hartwell dominated the Raiders with 9 kills, 5 aces and 4 blocks with assistance from Kate Mazzocco who had 15.  Vanessa Casanova protected the back line with a team high 17 digs.  The ladies are now 19-17 on the year and 11-4 in district with one game left against Holmes before playoffs begin.  WAY TO GO COOGS!