Cougars vs. Hornets tonight!

In the final Express News rankings, the Clark Cougars varsity boys basketball team is #2 in the city.  Tonight they begin their quest to be #1 in Texas as they play a first round playoff game against East Central.  Come out and support our District Champions at St. Mary’s University, Greehey Arena at 7:30pm.

The Cougars and Hornets played earlier this season with Clark winning 78-63.  Always a tough opponent, the Hornets are 23-12 on the year in District 27-5A.

Benjamin scores against Falcons

The #2 Clark Cougars boys basketball team finished the regular season with their only loss in district coming at the end in an exciting double overtime game against Stevens.  Despite six three-pointers and 28 points from Jason Brickman, 4 blocked shots by Kyle Rutledge and a buzzer beating layup by Elhad Emerllahu to send the game into a second OT period, the Falcons prevailed 88-80.

The Cougars were going for a sweep of District 28-5A with a 15-0 record until meeting Stevens.  While the win would have been great for bragging rights, the Cougars still walk away with an outright district championship, a 28-6 overall record, a 15-1 district record and a dominating performance in the regular season.

Next up for the Cougars is a round one playoff game against East Central, next Tuesday.  Congratulations Cougars and BTHOEC!

PHOTOS

The Clark boys basketball team moved one step closer to a perfect record in district play on Friday with a 70-55 win over Brandeis. Their record stands at 15-0 in district with one game remaining against Stevens on Tuesday at 7:30. The Cougars have already clinched the District 28-5A Championship.

Against Brandeis Elhad Emerllahu had 19 points, Jason Brickman tossed in 17 and Sam Perez added 12. Nine Cougars contributed to the point total.

Playoffs begin February 22nd.

Cutting down the nets!

The Clark Cougars boys varsity team took a few minutes before practice to celebrate their 28-5A district championship.  The Cougars are undefeated in district play with two games left on the schedule before heading to playoffs.  See more photos by clicking here.

Cougars finish season

A hard fought win against the Holmes Huskies marked the end of a winning season for the Clark Cougar girls varsity basketball team.  The Cougars finished 21-13 for the year with a 9-7 district 28-5A record but missed the playoffs by a game. Led by 6 seniors this year, the team improved on last year’s record both in overall wins and in district victories.  Congratulations, Cougars!

Cougars celebrate district championship

The Clark Cougar varsity basketball team claimed the 28-5A district championship with a win over Holmes 75-54.  The Cougars actually trailed after the 1st period but came back and stifled the Huskies with a 25 point outburst to end the half up 35-24.  Jason Brickman (22), Elhad Emerllahu (17) and Ansley Benjamin (20) led the scoring for the Cougars.  The win also pushed their win streak to 14, all against district foes.  The Cougars still have two games left in district play.

Senior Elhad Emerllahu, a Clark Cougar varsity basketball player on this year’s playoff bound team, is featured in a story by WOAI-TV’s David Chancellor.  You can read and watch the story here.

Carolyn Chavana

The Clark Cougars girls basketball team took one more step to making the playoffs with a win over Taft.  It took a hard-fought victory over the Taft Lady Raiders, coming from a 4 point deficit at halftime to pull ahead in the 3rd and 4th quarters for the 44-35 win. With one game remaining against Holmes, the Cougars are at 20-13 overall, 8-7 in district.

A win over Holmes Tuesday night and a Stevens loss against O’Connor would give the Cougars a chance to make the playoffs with a win in a “play in” game against the Falcons.  GO COOGS!

The Clark boys basketball team, led by seniors Elhad Emerllahu and Jason Brickman, survived a scare against Taft on Friday with a come from behind performance that took the game into overtime. Get the exciting play by play details from the Express News.  The win keeps Clark undefeated in district play with a 13-0 record and 26-5 for the season overall.  There are three games remaining until playoffs begin. GO COOGS!

Nothing new for Clark

The bi-annual district realignments were released by the UIL today and for Clark, it’s more of the same.  All Northside high schools remain in the same district for football and basketball, with the exception of the newest high school, Brennan, which will open as a 4A school in the fall of this year.

You will, however, have to buy new shirts, etc. from the Booster Club due to a number “realignment”.  The current district Clark is in, District 28, will now be District 27.  The same old foes (O’Connor, Stevens, Warren, Brandeis, Holmes, Jay, Taft and Marshall) remain the same.

No other major changes appear for San Antonio area teams although NEISD realigned slightly, allowing teams like Madison and Reagan to add an additional non-district contest.  Smithson Valley dropped to 4A.  All Austin schools (including Westlake) moved out of the region and into Region 2.  The complete lists can be found at the UIL Website.