Only the strong survive

The 19th Annual Clark Cougar Lift-a-thon is scheduled for 6:30 PM on Monday, March 4th in the Boys’ Gym at Clark.

An invitation from our friends with the Clark Texas Football Club:

If you’ve not been before, I encourage you to take it in this year.  Part lifting contest, part pep rally and part revival, the Lift-a-thon is a fundraiser for Clark Football Athletics. Each player takes his turn maxing out on the bench press while his teammates, parents, friends and the fanatics in the stands scream their guts out…and the Tops Cats Dance Team will perform at the intermissions.

If you are interested in sponsoring, you can in one of two ways: contact Coach Steve McGhee at the high school if you would like to be a bench sponsor OR you can sponsor an individual player (just say yes, if one of them approaches and asks).

In other football news:

-Spring Ball starts on April 29th.  The date for the Silver & Black Spring Game is TBD.

-Save June 15th on your calendar as we will play the 12th Annual Clark, Texas Golf Outing that Saturday.

Clark softball is off to a good start in district bolstered by last week’s 14-11 win over Taft. Pitcher Raynelle Nash was on the mound in the victory and the bats were hot with Cougar runs in five out of seven innings and 18 hits in the game.

Following a tough outing in the Sequin Tournament this weekend Clark gets back to district with a game against Brandeis on Tuesday at 5:00 at Northside.

Let’s go Coogs!

Clark baseball got mixed results in the Northeast School District Tournament over the weekend. Clark started with a 6-1 victory over the always tough South San Bobcats with pitcher Gabe Maldonado getting the win for the Cougars. Junior Henry Dill had a homerun in the game.

District foe Brandeis outscored Clark in the first Friday game 10-7, but the Clark bats were on fire in the afternoon game against Roosevelt with the Cougars posting a 15-3 win with pitcher Thomas Pendleton on the mound. Unfortunately the tourney ended with a 7-1 loss to Austin Bowie.

Clark returns to district play with a game against Taft on Tuesday the 5th at 4:45 at Northside.

The Clark boys and girls soccer teams took care of business against Taft on Friday winning big in both games. The girls won after playing a tight first half which ended with the Cougars ahead 2-1. Clark added three goals in the second half to come away with a whopping 5-1 victory. It’s a significant win with the Raiders just ahead of Clark in the district standings. As usual the Cougars spread the scoring around with goals from Blair Socha, Alyssa Jacobs, Monique Rempel, Chloe Trevino and Lexi Platz. Frances Moore came up with two assists along with one each from Cindi Duke, Socha and Trevino.  Clark’s district record is now 7-4-0 and 11-7-2 for the season.

CCS received details of the boy’s 3-0 victory over Taft from Caryn Moir:

Clark baseball had a good showing in the Northside Tournament over the weekend, beating Johnson (8-5), Clemens(6-1) and Steele (11-5) and dropping games to New Braunfels and Churchill. Clark pitcher Nick Van Ryan picked up two of those victories and Jared Sauceda the other.

The second district game of the season is Tuesday at 7:30 at Northside against Stevens.

Clark softball picked up five wins and a tie through two preseason tournaments and is already 1-1-0 in district play with a win over Stevens and a loss to O’Connor. Clark sophomore pitcher Mimi Felices has five wins for the season so far. The girls play Taft onTuesday at 5:00 at Northside.

Go get ’em COOGS!

A second half goal by Manuel Garcia lifted the Clark boys to a 1-0 victory over O’Connor on Friday as the second half of the district soccer season got underway. The Cougars and Panthers battled to a 1-1 tie earlier in the season. The victory brings Clark’s district record to 4-1-4 and 9-2-5 overall. The Cougars remain at #5 in the Express News Area Rankings.

Unfortunately the girls lost to OC 2-0, but remain in 4th place in the district standings with a 5-4-0 record. They are 9-7-2 for the season.

Up next is Stevens on Tuesday at Gustafson Stadium – boys at 5:00 and girls at 7:00.

GO COOGS!!!

It was a good night for Cougar soccer on Tuesday with the boys and girls teams both posting wins. The Clark girls got off to a strong start in their 3-1 victory scoring all three goals in the opening half. Scoring for the Cougars were Alyssa Jacobs, Chloe Trevino and Lexi Platz. Platz also had a assist along with Erica Rempel and Bridgett Sumner.  The win brings their district record to 5-3-0 and 9-6-2 for the season. They’re in 4th place in district, with the second half of district play about to begin.

Next up is 3rd place O’Connor on Friday at 5:00pm at Northside #1.

In the boys game:

Fifth ranked Clark tied tenth ranked Holmes Friday at Northside.  Many thanks to the family and friends who toughed the cold winds and freeway noise to cheer on our teams (men & women)! The play on the field was aggressive, with the ref raising a yellow card against a Holmes player.  Clark had many shots on goal and the Holmes keeper should be credited with keeping the score at zero. In return, Holmes had a few interesting shots but Clark’s keeper only had one serious ball to contend with. Youngsters Jake Peterson and Enrique Aleman played with heart and sophomores Tristan Cavazo and Matt Jacobs played well, moving the ball at critical moments. Garrett Berry subbed in and did an awesome job in his position. While Coach Rule was understandably frustrated at the half (due to being scoreless), the team passed the ball well and kept up the pressure in spite of playing into the wind during the second half. Clark’s next game is against Warren, again at Northside #2 at 5:00pm Tuesday.

-C. Moir

The Clark girls soccer team cranked up the offense in a 5-1 win over Holmes on Friday. Erica Rempel led the Cougars with two goals and Chloe Trevino, Lexi Platz and Kendall Traa each added one. Traa and Trevino also set up their teammates with one assist each along with Frances Moore and Monique Rempel. Clark is 4-3-0 in district and 8-6-2 overall. Next up is Warren at 7:00pm Tuesday at Northside Field #2

GO COOGS!!

The Clark boys basketball team closed out the season with a 65-60 win over Stevens. Shawn Gulley led with 28 points , Justin Brickman added 12 and Scotty Carl had 7.  Nathan Josephs and Marcus Hawkins scored 4 points each, Ruben Garcia and Matt Meron added 3 points a piece and Jorden Kite and Kris Sneed each had two points.

It was a tough rebuilding season for the Cougars, but, as always, Coach Steve Sylestine’s team represented Clark well. Best of luck to all the seniors!