2009-2010 Schedules posted

The 2009 Clark Cougar basketball season is just around the corner.  There’s plenty of excitement with new varsity head coach Steve Sylestine and a solid returning nucleus of veteran players.  Check out who will be the first opponents of this year’s teams on the right of this page under “Basketball-Men’s”.  Freshman and Girls schedules will also be posted soon. Go COOGS!

Trent Plaisted, a 2004 graduate of Clark and an All State basketball player, is featured in today’s Express – News on the front page of the sports section.  Drafted by the Seattle Sonics in 2008, Plaisted now plays for the Detroit Pistons.  In case you don’t have a copy, go here to read more about his travels around the world in trying to make it on a NBA team.  In a side note: the Plaisted family had an impact in another area of Clark athletics. Trent’s older sister Diana was an All State soccer player for the Cougars who helped propel Clark to the State Tournament in 2001.

Clark Athletic Booster Club Winners

Several hundred Clark varsity athletes, coaches, parents and friends attended the Clark Athletic Booster Club annual All Sports Banquet.  Each athlete was recognized with the exception of the Water Polo team, who could not attend due to their presence being requested in Dallas where they are competing for a STATE title (Good Luck!).  The highlight of the evening was the awarding of scholarships by the booster club to college-bound seniors.  Each received a $1000 scholarship.  Also recognized was Booster club President Janet Whisenhunt for her efforts and Coach Kevin Hamilton, who retired from coaching after 24 years at Clark to accept a position in the district office.

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Congratulations to the following Clark athletes who’ve won various All-City and District Team honors.  It’s a good day to be a Clark Cougar fan!

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From the Express News and Lorne Chan:

Steve Sylestine, who spent the past four seasons as the Stevens girls basketball coach, was named the boys coach at Clark.  Sylestine, 50, has a 245-156 record in 13 seasons as a head coach. The last boys team he coached was at Jay in 1997-98.  He replaces Kevin Hamilton, who left Clark after 24 years and 13 as head coach to become a Northside ISD assistant athletic director.

“Kevin’s a close friend of mine and it’s going to be a neat thing replacing him,” Sylestine said. “We’re going to try to continue the tradition that’s been established at Clark.”

MORE…Sylestine played high school ball at Clear Lake High and was named the best player of his class on a fan website.  He also played on two AAU National Championship teams, played college ball at Texas A&M University for Shelby Metcalf on the 1980 team that is considered the best team in school history.  Sylestine has been married for 21 years and has three children.  His most recent victory was winning his age class in UTSA’s Diploma Dash 5k in February.

Jordan Brickman, a varsity basketball player who helped lead the Cougars into the second round of the playoffs, will be playing in the 8th Annual Tomatillos Lone Star All Star game. Brickman, who is headed to Navy following graduation, will be playing with other local seniors at the Alamo Convocation Center at 6:30pm on Saturday.

Coach Kevin Hamilton and '08-'09 Cougars

A last second shot by the Pflugerville Panthers ended the men’s varsity basketball season in the Texas 5A area playoffs.  The Clark Cougars had a great run and a special thanks to the seniors as well as Head Coach Kevin Hamilton for his dedication to Clark and the countless students he’s taught and guided in his 24 years at CHS.

The Clark Cougars and Pflugerville Panthers will mix it up Friday evening at Hays HS for the 5A area playoffs in men’s basketball.  Game time is 6pm. For those who can’t make it, you can send your Cougar spirit and listen on the radio at KEDA-AM 1540 or on the internet at www.tsrnsports.com. The Panthers defeated San Antonio MacArthur to advance while our Cougars destroyed Highlands to make the next round.  Good Luck, Coogs!

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#33 Chris Blake

The men’s varsity basketball team crushed the Highland Owls in a bi-district playoff game at the UTSA Convocation Center, 84-57.  The next playoff game will pit the Clark Cougars against either Pflugerville or SA MacArthur.  Chris Blake had 4 MONSTER dunks in the game.

The Clark Cougars men’s freshman “A” basketball team won their final game of the year 48-47 over Stevens.  The win gives them a 15-1 record in district and an 18-3 record overall.  Congratulations to Coach Kirby and his team.  The final boxscore looked like this:

The ladies freshman basketball team also had a stellar season with an 18-3 record.  Congratulation to them as well and the future looks bright for Clark Cougar basketball.