Today’s profile is for the boys of summer.  Meet Clark’s newest addition to baseball, Coach Richard Alejandro (Asst. Baseball and Asst. Football):

Education:
Sabinal,TX 2002
Bachelor of Kinesiology, UTSA 2005

Prior Coaching Experience:
Uvalde HS 2005-2007
Receivers and JV baseball

Highlands HS 2007-2011
Receivers and JV baseball

Pearsall HS 2011-2012
Receivers and powerlifting

Sports played in HS:
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Athletic director and Head Coach Steve McGhee is welcoming new coaches to the Clark staff for the upcoming school year.  For the next few days, ClarkCougarSports.com will help introduce you to these new faces in the athletic department.  Today meet:

Chris Weil (Head Coach – Golf)

Swift’s give Belize bronze

Congratulations to former Clark Cougars Shaneve and Shantel Swift, who are running for their native country of Belize in the XXIII Central America Senior Championships.

Shaneve won a silver medal in the 200m and both she and her sister, Shantel, received medals in relay events.  Shaneve runs for Incarnate Word and Shantel will be running for UTSA this year.  Read more about these world class runners here.

Good job, ladies!

UPDATE: Belize took the Bronze medal overall in the games, thanks in part, to our former Cougars!

O'Neal as a Cougar in 2009

Congratulations to Clark baseball alum and current St. Mary’s University pitcher Carl O’Neal who was recently named the NCAA Division II Pitcher of the Year and a member of the All America First Team . O’Neal celebrated by pitching 8 innings in a 13-2 round two victory over Indianapolis in the NCAA Div II World Series underway in North Carolina. Next game is Wednesday at 5:30. O’Neal is 14-0 on the season.

Read more:

St Mary’s Athletics

NCAA Baseball Bracket

NCAA Baseball game recap

Two former Clark baseball players have been recognized by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association with Regional awards  for their outstanding seasons. Cameron Dullnig, of Texas A&M University – Kingsville, has been named South Central Region Player of the Year following a record breaking season with the Javelinas and Carl O’Neal of St Mary’s University has been recognized as the South Central Region Pitcher of the Year. Both players have also been recognized in their respective conferences: The Lone Star Conference where Dullnig is Co-Player of the Year and The Heartland Conference where O’Neal is Pitcher of the Year. Get details on these honors and the exciting playoffs ahead.

Corpus Christi Caller Times

St. Mary’s Athletics

Express News

Chad Dullnig with parents Cheri & Darrell Dullnig and Coach Aldo Velazquez

Clark senior pitcher Chad Dullnig is headed to Louisiana to play baseball for the Bossier Parish Junior College Cavaliers. Chad was a unanimous 1st team all district pitcher this year in 27-5A and finished his season as the leading hitter in district and in the top 5 in RBI’s in the city. He was joined at his signing by his teammates, Coach Aldo Velazquez and his parents – Cheri and Darrell Dullnig.

Chad continues a family tradition of playing college ball. His older brother Cameron, who also played baseball for the Cougars, is a pitcher for the Texas A&M Kingsville Javelinas and his sister, Cori, a former All District soccer player for Clark, spent her college career at Centenary College in Shreveport, not far from Bossier Parish where Chad will play.

Congratulations!!

Glynnis Meade All American

Already named an NCCAA All American in her first collegiate year, 2011 Clark Alumni Glynnis Meade added another achievement to her list on Friday May 4th.  In her second 10k (25 laps!) for the outdoor track season, she placed 3rd overall in 39:00.29 on a windy day in Joliet, Illinois.  Glynnis runs for the Dallas Baptist University Patriots and also qualified for the national meet in the 5k.  Congratulations!

Softball fortune's are looking good!

Congratulations once again to Clark Softball, who are advancing to the 3rd round of playoffs against district rival O’Connor for a chance at the regional title.  The Panthers won both district games against the Cougars, although both games were very competitive.  O’Connnor won the first game after 12 innings of play and game 2 was a 1-0 outcome in favor of the Panthers.

Clark is expected to be motivated to avoid a sweep which has already been predicted by O’Connor center fielder Hannah Fields in the Express News (link below).  You can see the girls in action this Friday at 7pm at Northside.  Time to show up and be loud, Cougar fans!

TEAR ‘EM UP COOGS!

Express News article

Clark softball took a 1-0 series lead over New Braunfels on Thursday with a thrilling 4-3 victory. Clark had broken a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 6th inning with two runs, but New Braunfels matched that in the top of the 7th. The game went to the 8th inning with Clark holding off the Unicorns in the top and then in the bottom of the 8th with two outs the Cougars got the winning run.

Game two is today at 5:30 at NEISD East followed by game 3 – if necessary. GO COOGS!!!

Clark baseball dropped the first game in their series against Corpus Christi King 6-4. Playing at Whataburger field in Corpus the Cougars were leading 3-0 in the 5th inning when King unleashed 6 runs to take the lead and then the game. Get the Corpus Christi Caller Times version of the game here.

Game two will be at 1:00 pm Saturday followed by game 3 – both at the Northside fields. LET’S GO COOGS!!!

Round one of the playoffs for Clark baseball gets underway on Thursday when the Cougars head south for the series opener against Corpus Christi King. Thursday’s game time is  8 pm at Whataburger field. Game two is 1:00pm Saturday at the Northside fields with game three to follow, if necessary, 30 minutes after game two.

Fans can get started at 2:45 on Thursday with a team send off at Clark – meet in the student parking lot at 2:15. There are plenty of signs available for everyone to show their support.

After dismissing East Central in two games last week, the Clark softball team will play game one of round two at 7:00 pm Thursday against New Braunfels at the NEISD West field. Game two is Friday at 5:30 at NEISD East and, if necessary, game three will follow at 7:30 also at NEISD East.

Come on out and support your Cougars!!! GO COOGS!