Our tennis team, winning District for the last 22 years, welcomes the new
Head Coach, Marco Valdez! He was the Head Tennis Coach at Roosevelt
 High School, the Tennis Pro at Jewish Community Center and
Whispering Oak. In addition to coaching tennis, he will also teach Geometry.
 We welcome him to Clark, Texas!

Our Lady Cougars were lookin’ good, scrimmaging Austin Westlake,
Smithson Valley and Madison!

Come meet all varsity athletes in all sports! Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 4pm to 7pm on the new athletic fields. The event will include music, food, games and a pep rally that exhibits the true pride in being a Clark Cougar!

Golf Tournament Recap: “I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”

–Gerald Ford

Despite the looming clouds, the golf gods smiled once again upon us for the Annual Clark, Texas Golf Outing last Saturday.  As we made our way around the track, the play matched the course: sloppy.  But it didn’t stop anyone from having a great time, even a golf ball to Pat Farrell’s noggin neither dented his head nor the merriment.  The Jeff Sandera 4some took top honors though it went to the 5^th tiebreaker hole to edge out the Andy Padron Family 4.  Luke Healy drove the ball the furthest and Kelly Read landed it closest to the pin.  Jeff Schorr, Kyle Cracknell, Steve Lorenz & Richard Eatherly brought up the bottom rung.  It was Schorr’s 3^rd trip in a row to Last Place (I may need to get better playing partners).

I do want to thank all of the participants, especially the Class of ’81 who always show up in force, and to the sponsors who make the Scholarship Program a reality, particularly guys like George Gaiser, Mitch Finnie, Dave Green, Mark Cecconi and Milton Barrett who always tip the till a little heavier each year.

Believe or not Football is right around the corner: So I encourage you to come out and support your local Cougars this fall.  I will remind you come August.

Austin Wells
-Courtesy Wells family

Things get serious after Spring Break for our athletes in Track and Field, Tennis and Golf and today’s San Antonio Express News made a list of area athletes to keep an eye on in those sports. Two Clark seniors made the list:

* Austin Wells – long distance runner headed to Texas A&M in the fall. Wells is expected to outpace all area 5A runners in the 3200. The E-N list.

*David Starck – singles tennis, is the defending 27-5A champion and also placed 3rd at the Regional tourney in 2012. The E-N list.

Best of luck to these and all their teammates from Clark!

Two great victories for Clark soccer on Tuesday as the girls and boys teams rebounded from losses late last week.

The girls poured on the goals in a 9-0 win over Jay. Chloe Trevino and Hannah Jacobs had two goals a piece, while Alyssa Jacobs, Frances Moore, Jordan Leonard, Kendall Traa and Kallie Doherty each posted one goal.  The Cougars are 8-5-0 in district 27-5A and in sole possession of  4th place with three games remaining. One of those games is today against Marshall. A victory by Marshall would create a tie for the 4th and last playoff position. Clark beat Marshall 2-1 in their first meeting this season. The game starts at 5:00 at Northside field 1.

On the boys side:

The bats were hot for the Clark softball team on Friday as they defeated Jay 14-3.  The game was called  in the 5th inning based on the 10 run rule. Victoria Centeno was on the mound for the Clark win. The Coogs are now 3-2 in district play with a busy Spring Break week ahead. It’s a great time to take in some softball out at the Northside complex  with a game against Marshall at noon on Monday, Holmes Tuesday at 2:00 and Warren on Thursday at 2:00. Good luck Cougars!

Meanwhile baseball had a non-district win over MacArthur on Friday 2-1 at Blossom. You can catch some good baseball next week as the boys spend their Spring Break at the Northside fields. Brandeis is up first – Monday at noon, then Jay at 2:45 on Tuesday and on Thursday they’ll play Marshall at noon. Go Coogs!

The Clark baseball team got a win on Tuesday night, but it couldn’t have been closer. The Cougars Beat Taft 1-0 after six scoreless innings. Clark got its one run in the top of the 7th and held on for the victory. Nick Van Ryan was on the mound for the Cougars and gave up only two hits. It was a much needed win for Clark, now 1-2 in district play. Next up is a non district game against MacArthur at Blossom 6pm Friday.

Unfortunately the Clark softball team lost by the narrowest of margins on Tuesday. Brandeis won this game 6-5, but the Cougars never gave up. Down 2-6 in the 6th inning the Cougars added 3 runs to finish the game. Clark is 2-2 in district with Jay up next on Friday at 7pm at Northside.

GO COOGS!

L-R: Frances Moore, Kendall Kotara, Austin Wells, Alyssa Jacobs, Presley Miller and Liz Rodriguez

Belated congratulations to our Clark Cougars who are headed to various college sports programs! National Signing Day drew signatures from six Clark athletes:

*Presley Miller – Football – Colorado School of Mines

*Liz Rodriguez – Softball – Our Lady of the Lake University

*Frances Moore – Soccer -University of the Incarnate Word

*Alyssa Jacobs – Soccer – Texas Tech University

*Kendall Kotara – Soccer – Trinity University

*Austin Wells – Track – Texas A&M University (Whoop!)

Congratulations – you’ve made the Clark community proud for the last four years. Good luck in the years ahead!

*thanks to Jene’ Miller for the photo