Hamilton moving up

What is Clark’s loss will be NISD’s gain as head basketball coach Kevin Hamilton accepted the Northside ISD assistant athletic director position following this year’s season.  Coach Hamilton has been at Clark for 24 years, 13 of those as the Head Coach.  A  1980 Clark graduate, his record is currently 284-149 and he took Clark to the Region IV-5A tournament in 1998 and 2007.  Congratulations, Coach, and best of luck!

Express-News article

C. Smith, J. Tilghman sign with parents

Two seniors from the 2009 state semifinalists Clark Cougar football team will keep playing in college.  Jock Tilghman, the Texas Football 5A player of the Year, signed a National Letter of Intent to play for West Texas A&M in Canyon.  The leading rusher in 5A football this year, Jock plans to major in History.  His mother is  Bridgette Tilghman.  According to a press release from West Texas A&M, Coach Don Carthel is elated with this year’s class,  “Our incoming running backs may be the best we’ve seen. The running back position may just be the strongest position in this class”.

Cory Smith, a senior offensive lineman, also signed a National Letter of Intent.  He’ll be heading to Angelo State University.  Cory was a 1st team All District selection on this year’s team. The son of Victor and Kelly Smith, Cory plans to major in Physical Therapy.

The Head Coach of the Clark Cougars is Lloyd Alexander.

During the early signing period in the fall, senior Anna Drewry signed with Purdue to play volleyball.   A first-team all-district selection as a junior under coach Kristen Daniells, Drewry also is a three-year honor roll member and threw shot put and discus for the Clark track team the last two years. She plans on majoring in biology and animal sciences.

Jordan Brickman, signed to play basketball for Navy.  Kevin Hamilton is the head basketball coach for Clark.

Congratulations to the parents and their Clark athletes and good luck.

#23 Tammaro plays heads up ball

The Clark Men’s varsity basketball team maintained a #4 ranking in this week’s Express News rankings but fell out of the top twenty state rankings for the first time this year.  Their 24-5/10-2 district record has them in 2nd place in the district behind #3 Express News/#11 in the state Stevens.  In soccer, the men’s varsity also stayed at #9 in the Express News men’s soccer rankings.  Currently 3rd, a win vs. Warren would put them in 1st in a tight district race.  Finally, congratulations to senior Brianna Tammaro for her “game ball” mention in the Express News for her outstanding defense over the past four games.  The Lady Cougars soccer team is also in a tight district race, currently 3rd, and has not allowed a goal in the past four games.

V. Cassanova

The Lady Cougars varsity basketball team added another win by beating Warren at Paul Taylor. Tied at the half and again at the end of the third quarter, the Coogs fought for the win 46-45. Their record is now 5-9 in district.

Warren was the latest victim for the men’s freshman basketball team, 56-49.  The “A” team now has a 11-1 district record.  The boxscore looks like this:

Chris Miller enjoys win

It took a little extra time but the Clark Cougars Men’s freshman basketball team beat O’Connor in overtime, 52-47.  The “A” team is  now 10-1 in District 28-5A, their only loss earlier to the Panthers.  Chris Miller led Clark with 12 points.

Chris Miller             12
Cal Harr                  11
Troy Ogletree         10
John Chapman         8
Carter Josephs         8
Adam Perez             3

Oliver scores for Clark

The Women’s Varsity basketball team closed the gap in the final minutes of the game but could not overcome the O’Connor lead as they lost the district game 38-46.  Rebecca Oliver had a team high 11 points for Clark in the effort.

Rebecca Oliver 11
Hanna Gulley 9
Vanessa Cassanova 8
Taylor Buck 5
Carolyn Chavana 2
Courtney Rhodes 2
Jasmine Robertson 1

PHOTOS

The Men’s Varsity Basketball team lost a close one to O’Connor, making their lead for District 28-5A a little tougher.  The Panthers pulled out a 46-44 win over our guys.    The scoring looked like this:

Clark Cougar Jason Brickman is also featured in local paper.

The Clark Cougars Men’s Varsity basketball team remained in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Top Twenty poll this week.  With a 23-4 record (9-1 in District 28-5A), the Coogs are #19 for the 2nd consecutive week.

The Lady Cougars fought hard but came up short in a low-scoring game against the district-leading Jay Mustangs, losing 23-38. The girls next face O’ConnorThe Lady Cougars fought hard Saturday evening but came up short in a low-scoring game against the district-leading Jay Mustangs, losing 23-38. The girls face O’Connor on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m.
BOXSCORE
Vanessa Cassanova 9
Rebecca Oliver 4
Carolyn Chavana 3
Taylor Buck 3
Corrie Gulley 2
Chloe Rhodes 2