#33 Chris Blake dunks for 2 of his 15

The Clark Cougars men’s varsity basketball team heads into the playoffs despite a tough loss to District 28-5A champion Stevens, 76-67.  Clark could never quite gain the lead in the hard fought battle.  Coach Kevin Hamilton coached his last regular season game for Clark.  He will  take an assistant athletic director’s job next year.  Elhad Emerllahu led the Clark offense in scoring.  Clark will next face Highlands in the first round of playoffs.

PHOTOS

#24 Gabrielle Santorio

Backed by another outstanding effort in the goal and a strong defense, the Lady Cougars varsity soccer team defeated Brandeis 1-0 in district play.  Fab freshman Gabrielle Santorio placed another ball in the goal to give Clark its fifth district win.

The men’s varsity soccer team, with less than two minutes left in the game, let Brandeis sneak one in and lost to the Broncos 0-1.  The Cougars record is 5-3-1 in district following the defeat.

Clark vs. Stevens

The men’s varsity basketball team popped back into the TABC/Tex Preps Basketball Magazine’s list this week at #18.  The regular season ends tonight against district leader Stevens.  Basketball fans know this is a game not to miss!

The freshman men’s basketball team clinched their 14th victory in district with a 70-53 win over Brandeis.  They have only 1 district loss this year.  Scoring for the guys were:

#3 Ty Williams

Both the men’s and lady’s Clark Cougar JV soccer teams unleashed a scoring barrage on the Holmes Huskies.   The men won their game 5-1 and the ladies shutout the Huskies 5-0.  Katy Gerber and Orlea Miller each scored two goals and Briana Saldana had one.  The ladies record is 4-2-3 in district.

For the men, Carlos Sepulveda, Carlos Puente, Ty Williams, Juan Ospina and Rodrigo Soto scored goals for the Cougars.

Chelsea Miller wins gold

Chelsea Miller, the two time Swimmer of the Year in District 28-5A and winner of 4 gold medals at the district meet in 2008 and this year, continued to add to her collection following the Region VII meet at Josh Davis Natatorium.  With a time of 1:04:30, Chelsea took first in the Women’s 100 yd. breaststroke and she also placed 3rd in the Women’s 200 yd. individual medley.  Also qualifying for the finals were the Women’s 200 yd. medley team relay team with Victoria Gutierrez and Melanie Macha, Ashley Paul in the Women’s 200 yd. freestyle and 500 yd. freestyle, Sean Thimmons in the Men’s 200 yd. freestyle and 500 yd freestyle, Derek Poirer in the Men’s 100 yd. freestyle, and the Women’s 400 yd. freestyle relay team with Miller, Paul, Gutierrez and Andrea Wallace.  Congratulations to all and good luck at state!

PHOTOS

The #4 Clark Cougars varsity men’s basketball team cleared the bench and saw 12 players play and score against the Brandeis Broncos, handing them a 71-32 whoopin’.  Elhad Emerllahu led the Clark effort.

#20 Esteban Rodriquez

The men’s varsity soccer Cougars continued their successful 28-5A season with a 3-1 win over the Holmes Huskies.  Esteban Rodriquez added two goals to his season scoring numbers and Placide Buduri also added a goal to his total.

In what can only be called a blowout as far as soccer is concerned, the Lady Clark Cougars soccer team  placed 7 goals in the back of the net to defeat the Holmes Huskies 7-0.  Freshman Gabrielle Santorio had three, Ciara Perez scored two and Rebekah Richards and Alyssa Bloom each joined the fun for a goal.   The win is a welcome one after several ties and keeps Clark in the playoff race.