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Congratulations to Mark Pollak (’08), a golfer now playing for and attending Harvard.  He won his first college event.  You can read more about Mark in the Express News.

Three Clark Cougar varsity sports are in this week’s Express News rankings.

Since the first soccer ranking came out in preseason, the Clark boys soccer team has been ranked #1 in the San Antonio area.  Tonight they play Warren.  A win in that game would be a big step towards a district championship.  The Cougars are currently undefeated in district play.

The Clark softball team moved up to #6 in the rankings from #10 last week.  After a tough 1-0 loss to Taft as the very first game of the season (whose idea was that?), the Cougars have gelled and come storming through the district and are on a 8 game win streak.

A good showing in the NEISD tournament helped propel Clark baseball into the top 10 this week for the first time this season.  Clark is the only ranked NISD team.

And even though they don’t rank them, the golf team has shown some great growth since the beginning of the season and the water polo teams, always a perennial state tournament team, start play this week.

IT’S A GOOD DAY TO BE A CLARK COUGAR!

The Clark boys golf team placed first in the Stevens Boys Invitational at the Golf Club of Texas on Saturday. Team total for Clark was 625, O’Connor was second with 631 and Houston Clear Lake was third with 642.

Top individuals for Clark were Andrew Gold who shot a 149 and J.T. Caldarola with a 151.

Congratulations to the Clark girls golf team which took first place in the SAISD Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Clark’s team, coached by David Creekmore, totaled 727 points in the 36 hole tourney, played at Mission Del Lago, Willow Springs.

Senior Morgan Burger tied for 3rd place individual with a score of 174, Grace Diana was 5th with 178, Kristen Dunn shot 185 to take 6th place and Marissa Fallis was in 8th place with a 193.

Way to go COOGS!

Jeff Schorr and Joe Vasquez

The Clark Texas Football Club announces it’s 9th Annual Golf Tournament.  More information and an entry form can be downloaded here.  This year’s tournament is August 14 and is sure to be just as fun as the past few years.

CTFC is a charitable organization made up of former Clark players and coaches.  Each year, they give a scholarship to a deserving football player.  This year’s recipient was Joe Vasquez who was awarded with $3000 for college.

The scholarship was renamed the Lloyd Alexander scholarship in honor of Coach A and his contributions to the program.

Sign up now for a good time with some great Clark supporters.

Senior class sings alma mater

On a night when the baseball team clinched a playoff spot and the softball team won their game giving them a playoff spot and the best ever season in Clark history, the Clark athletic community celebrated a year of great accomplishments.  The annual Clark Athletic Booster Club Sports Banquet was a phenomenal success with accolades for players and coaches alike.

Highlights included a moment to recognize Coach Lloyd Alexander and his role in shaping a culture of winning in competition and in life, a parade of athletes and coaches that also included each player and teams successes and the awarding of $15,000 in scholarships to Clark seniors.  The $15,000 was a new record for scholarships awarded by the Booster Club and was made possible by parents and their membership fees, cap/tshirt and etc. sales, ad sponsorships by advertisers and volunteers at concession duties and the ATT golf tournament.

The Booster Club has also given over $30,000 this year directly to the athletic department for their needs.

SASports.com’s Jay Tope emceed the event and as usual did an outstanding job.

The Clark boys golf team will be sending several golfers on to the regional tournament April 21-22. Sophomore Tyler Bercher qualified for regional with his second place showing in the District 28-5A tourney. Joining him will be the Clark “White”  team consisting of Seniors Sean Suputra, Kody Zurek and Bradyn Lipps, Junior Andrew Gold, and Sophomore J.T. Caldarola which also placed second at district.  The regional tournament will be held at Palmview Golf Course in McAllen.                                                  

The girls team will also be sending one member on to regionals. Junior Samantha Whitmore placed second at district qualifying her to advance. The tournament will be held April 19-20 at Los Lagos Golf Course in Edinburg.

Other members of the 2009-2010 Clark Cougar golf team are:                                                                                                                       Morgan Glenny (Senior), Morgan Burger (Junior), Grace Diana (Sophomore), Kristen Dunn (Sophomore), Victoria Ortiz (Junior),  Michelle Tucker (Freshman).

Jaye Washington (Senior), David Rojas (Junior), Jeremy Gordon (Freshman),  Austin Wise (Junior), Chase Kellam (Freshman), Ryan Thimmons (Freshman), Avery Ayers (Freshman)

Coach Eddie Burkett added that the entire team worked extremely hard, played well and kept up their grades and he is very proud of all of them.

Martin Flores, who now lives in Dallas, shot a 15-under 268 at the second stage of the PGA Tour qualifying match last week.  Next for Flores will be the PGA Tour Qualifying School on Dec. 2-7 in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Good Luck!

18th Hole at Oak Hills

Each year, the Clark Athletic Booster Club provides volunteers for the AT&T Championship PGA golf tournament at the Oak Hills Country Club. This year it’s Oct. 21-22 for Clark Cougar volunteers.   It’s a great day of walking the course with the Senior tour players and enjoying a PGA tournament. The result is thousands of dollars for our student-athletes. If you’d like to help, please contact Heidi Lentz or Sam Guido.

Volunteers do not have to be Clark parents so take a friend, enjoy the course and help earn money in a relaxing way for the Clark Cougars.  Thanks to volunteers from last year, our students have received over $20,000 so far this year, which has been used for everything from uniforms to new mascot costumes.

Clark senior golfer Hunter Gathright tees off today in the Greater San Antonio Junior Championship at Brackenridge golf course. 195 golfers from the San Antonio area will be competing for the title.