Clark Cougar Soccer wins again

Both the boy’s and girl’s Clark Cougar soccer teams advance to the second round of playoffs with wins over Corpus Christi King.  The men took care of business first, pasting the ponies with a 4-0 defeat.  Following the men’s game at Farris, the ladies had an early goal in each half to secure the win.  Great job, Cougars!

Cougars in Playoffs

The Clark boy’s soccer team opens the playoffs with a bi-district match up against Corpus Christi King on Monday, March 23rd at 5:00 pm at Farris Stadium. The King Mustangs have a record of 13-5-2. The winner advances to play the winner of the Lee – Austin Akins game.

The Cougars closed out district play on a six game win streak. GO COOGS!

Wise takes control

Clark’s 7th ranked girl’s soccer team will host Corpus Christi King at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, at Farris Stadium. The game marks the bi-district round of the 2009 playoffs. The winner will face the winner of the Bastrop – Reagan game, also set for early next week.

The Cougars will warm up for the opening round with a scrimmage against New Braunfels on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Northside soccer fields.

GO COOGS!

Garza pursues another goal

The men’s varsity soccer Cougars pasted the Holmes Huskies in the final regular season game 7-0.  Francisco Garza pulled a hat trick, Placide Buduri scored two, and Roger Trevino and Esteban Rodriguez each had a goal in the win.  Next up, playoffs.  Congratulations!

Bekah Richards gets hat trick

In their last regular season game, seniors Shelby Henderson, Shelby Wise, Brianna Tammaro, Rebekah Richards, Sarah Klenke, Leslie Pool and manager Brad Winer helped lead the Cougars to a 9-0 blowout over Holmes.  Gabrielle Santorio, Leslie Pool, Sarah Klenke, Brianna Tammaro, and Krista Maples scored goals as well as a rare hat trick by Rebekah Richards.  Amy Ross started in goal and Macy Ellis played goalie in the second half.  Next stop for the ladies –  playoffs!!  Congratulations!

Amy Ross defends her goal

The Clark Cougars ladies soccer team moved up the ladder this week to #7 in the Express News high school rankings. Gabrielle Santorio was also mentioned for her 17 goals and 15 assists and Amy Ross received recognition for her 12 shutouts in the goal and goals against average, one of the best in the city.

The Clark Cougars ladies JV soccer team finished the season shutting Holmes out of the goal 4-0. Katy Gerber and Dawn Janysek each had two goals for the Cougars. That win closes the season for the Lady Cougars at a very respectable 9-2-5 record.

JV wins District 28-5A

Despite a 2-2 tie against a much improved Holmes team, the men’s JV soccer team won the 2009 District Championship.  Down 0-2 at the half, Carlos Sepulveda willed the team back into the game with two goals –  a slow roller over the goalie’s head and then a great shot off a great assist by Ryan Pavlich.  Congratulations, Cougars!

Tammaro Express News SOTW

Congratulations to varsity soccer player Brianna Tammaro.  She’s this week’s “Student of the Week” in the Express News.  You can find out more about her on page 3B of the Metro section of Sunday’s paper.

J. Lawson

Clark scored two wins over Taft as the soccer regular season winds down. The boy’s team notched its 5th win in a row with a 3-2 victory over the Raiders. Placide Buduri had two goals and Jonathan Lawson scored one.

On the girl’s side, Gabrielle Santorio found the back of the net to lead the 8th ranked Cougars to a 1-0 win over 9th ranked Taft. 

Clark soccer has one district game remaining in the season against Holmes.