Our Lady Cougars went 5 sets against Warren’s volleyball team last night at Paul Taylor Field House. 17-25, 25-11,27-25, 18-25 and 15-11. Senior Katie Mattson had 34 kills and 35 digs; Madison Wood had 37 digs and two aces and Kelly Cavanaug had 37 assists. Clark is ranked 2nd in District. Their first playoff game will be Monday, November 4th, at 7:00pm, playing Southwest at South San High School. Go Lady Coogs!

Great teamwork is contributing to Clark’s five game winning streak defeating Marshall, Brandeis and Jay in the last week. Their record in district play stands at 11-3, second behind O’Connor who remains undefeated in the district. Lady Cougars are ranked 8th in this weeks Express News volleyball rankings. Two district games remain – Friday the 25th at 5:30 against Holmes and Tuesday the 29th at 5:30 against Warren. Both games will be played at Paul Taylor Gym.

Water Polo Championships were held on October 4th and 5th. The Alamo Cup was held at the Northside Aquatics Center. The Clark Girls competed against O’Connor in the Championship game. After an exciting overtime duel, the O’Connor girls pulledout the win. Clark Girls finished 2nd and the Boys finished 5th.

Your Clark Cougars hosted the Mustangs from Jay at Farris Stadium last night. Clark got on the board early on a 73-yard run by Senior Brandon Valle in the opening minutes. Valle added another rushing touchdown in the first quarter to give the Cougs an early 14-0 lead. Jay, using some well-timed trick plays, finally got on the board, and posted a second touchdown to even the score before the end of the first quarter. Clark took a 20-14 lead into the locker room at halftime on a third touchdown run from Valle. After a fourth quarter score by the Mustangs, Clark was down 21-20, but had the ball with just over 4 minutes in the game. On the shoulders of Valle, the Cougs were able to get into field goal range, and Senior Nick Gonsalves put the pigskin through the uprights with a minute and a half left on the clock. The Clark defense held their ground, forcing Jay to turn the ball over on downs to seal the game. The Cougars will take their 3-2 District record on the road next week to Marshall at Farris Stadium.

Senior, Katie Mattson, was named Player of the Week by San Antonio Express News

for her performance in the Clark-Taft Volleyball game. Way to go, Katie!http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/high_school/high_school_volleyball/article/H-S-volleyball-E-N-Area-rankings-and-Rewind-4894883.php

Your Clark Cougars faced the Broncos from Brandeis Friday night under the lights at Farris stadium. The Cougars got on the scoreboard first when Senior Nick Gonsalves nailed a season long 40-yard field goal through the uprights. The Cougar defense held the potent Bronco offense scoreless for the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Brandeis offense heated up, putting 21 points on the board. The Cougars added another field goal from Gonsalves, this time from 39 yards, before half time. Unfortunately, that would be all the scoring the Cougs could manage against the tough Broncos’ defense, with the final score being a 35-6 loss. The Cougars will take their 2-2 district record to Farris stadium on Thursday this week when they host the Mustangs from Jay.

San Antonio Express News Sports edition gave a Game Ball to Kim Gillette for

27 kills and 4 blocks against Holmes and Warren. Way to go, Kim!

Cougars have won their past two games, most recently defeating Taft on Tuesday, Cougars started strong winning the first match 25-15, but Taft came back fighting winning match two 25-21.  Cougars teamwork was at its best, as they fought to win match three and four 25-23, 25-23. Very exciting volleyball led by Katie Mattson’s 26 kills and 39 digs.  Kelly Cavanaugh had 26 assist and Maddie Woods had 31 digs. Next game scheduled for 0ct 16th at 7:00 at Paul Taylor.

The Lady Cougar ran into a tough O’Connor volleyball team and went down in three sets against the Panthers.  O’Connor leads District 27-5A and is undefeated in district play.  Clark’s district record now stands at 6-3, putting the Lady Cougar’s in third place.  Next game is Friday at 5:30 against Stevens and will be played at O’Connor HS.  Go Cougars!

Lady Cougars were back in action Friday night winning their 4th game in a row, defeating Warren in 3 sets – 25-18, 25-20, 25-19. It was a strong team effort led by 15 kills for Kim Gillette, 36 digs for Madison Woods and 16 assist for Ariana Flores. Cougars face their strongest opponent Wednesday, October 2nd when they play O’Connor (undefeated in district play). Game time set for 7:00 at Taylor Gym. Come out and support your lady Cougars.