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.

Javors leads Cougars to win

The Clark Cougar varsity soccer teams played Taft and the results were familiar.  The boys continued their winning ways with a 2-0 victory over the Raiders.  Evan Javors and Jair Rodriguez scored for the Cougars to help push the district record to 6-0-1 and the overall record to 9-0-2.  The Cougars lead the district race.

For the girls, another tie was the result in a 2-2 game against Taft.  Gabrielle Santorio and Krysta Maples scored for the ladies.  The tie puts the Cougars in 4th place currently in District 28-5A.

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!

Cougars advance to regionals

Clark swimmers brought their “A” game to the Northside Natatorium on Saturday, January 30^th for 28-5A District Swim Championships.  Arriving very early on that morning, Clark Cougars were ready to demonstrate what they had been working for since the first day of practice in August.

The day began with preliminary competition from 9 am – 1 pm, and the top 8 finishers in each event returned at 5 pm to warm-up for the 6:00 pm finals.   All 6 Clark relay teams returned for the finals and 29 lanes in the individual events were occupied by a Clark Cougar.At the end of finals, the Clark girls earned a 3^rd place district finish, and Clark boys placed 4^th.  This accomplishment was achieved in one of the most competitive Northside swim seasons.  Coach Tony Plummer said, “In our first team meeting, I alluded to the increased competition at the District level.  We all witnessed that on Saturday.  I want everyone to know how proud I am of the kids.  They never quit.  They never counted themselves out of any race.  That’s character and that will stay with them forever.” (continue reading…)

Both the nationally ranked boys (#44) and the girls soccer teams played to ties in soccer action last night against the Warren Warriors.  The boys tied 2-2 with goals coming from Johnny Lawson  and Maurico Lopez in the first half of play.  The boys still lead the district race with 5 wins and 1 tie against 0 losses.

The girls played to a 0-0 tie.  The tie against Warren puts them in a tie for 4th in district with the Warriors.

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.