Today’s profile is for the boys of summer.  Meet Clark’s newest addition to Burt Stuart:

Education: 
High School – Malden High School, Malden, MO
College – Southern Arkansas University (BS in History/Political Science)
UTSA (Masters in Kinesiology)

Prior Coaching Experience: 
2011 – Oak Mountain HS, Birmingham, AL – OL
2009-2010 – Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL – LB/Special Teams/Strength and Conditioning
2008 – Oak Mountain HS, Birmingham, AL – LB/Special Teams/Strength and Conditioning
2003-2007 – Trinity University, San Antonio, TX – RB/LB/Special Teams/Strength and Conditioning
2000-2002 – Memorial HS, Houston, TX – DE/DT/LB/Strength and Conditioning

Family:
Selena (wife), Baby Stuart (due in December)

Football (DE)

College playing experience:
Southern Arkansas University – Football (DE)

Favorite personal sports memory:
Being on the field for “The Mississippi Miracle” while at Trinity- Time Magazine’s #1 Sports Moment of 2007 and the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year.

Randy Rogers Band – Can’t Slow Down
Foo Fighters – My Hero
Bob Marley – Redemption Song

After graduating from Southern Arkansas I played football in Hamburg, Germany for 3 seasons. I also taught English while I was there.

Welcome to Clark!

Paul Rost

Congratulations to Clark Cougar athletic trainer Paul “Doc” Rost on his induction to the Alamo Area of Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame.  Taking care of Clark athletes for the past 30 years, “Doc” was also responsible for raising funds, helping design and maintains Clark’s top notch Sports Medicine Facility.

A graduate of Southwest Texas State University (now known as Texas State), “Doc” has been at Clark since 1982 after 5 years in Sequin.  You can find out more about “Doc” and his staff and Clark sports medicine facilites on this website.  Congratulations, “Doc”!

Also of note, T.R. St. Charles, a Clark parent and the Director of Football Sports Medicine at the University of the Incarnate Word, is also an AAATA Hall of Fame member.

Congratulations are in order for Austin Wells, a Clark Cougar cross-country and track standout, who made the txrunning.com All State Pre-season team.  The senior, who owns AAU gold and just missed medaling at the state meet last season, will be one of the favorites from the South Texas area.

Congratulations, Austin!

Today’s profile is for the boys of summer.  Meet Clark’s newest addition to baseball, Coach Richard Alejandro (Asst. Baseball and Asst. Football):

Education:
Sabinal,TX 2002
Bachelor of Kinesiology, UTSA 2005

Prior Coaching Experience:
Uvalde HS 2005-2007
Receivers and JV baseball

Highlands HS 2007-2011
Receivers and JV baseball

Pearsall HS 2011-2012
Receivers and powerlifting

Sports played in HS:
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Athletic director and Head Coach Steve McGhee is welcoming new coaches to the Clark staff for the upcoming school year.  For the next few days, ClarkCougarSports.com will help introduce you to these new faces in the athletic department.  Today meet:

Chris Weil (Head Coach – Golf)

Athletic director and Head Coach Steve McGhee is welcoming new coaches to the Clark staff for the upcoming school year.  For the next few days, ClarkCougarSports.com will help introduce you to these new faces in the athletic department.  Today meet:

Craig Westmoreland (Football and JV Baseball)

Education:
Robert E. Lee – 1989
University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Kinesiology, 1994

Prior Coaching Experience:
1994-1995 Nixon-Smiley Middle School (Head 7th Grade Coach)
1995-1996 Clara Driscoll Middle School (Assistant 7th Grade Coach)
1996-1998 Robert E. Lee High School (Inside Linbackers, Assistant Soccer)
1998-2002 John Marshall High School (Defensive Ends, Assistant Baseball)
2002-2009 Earl Warren High School (Inside Linebackers, Defensive Ends, Assistant Track, Assistant Baseball)
2009-2010 John Marshall High School (Inside Linebackers, Assistant Track)
2010-2012 Alamo Heights High School (Outside Linebackers, J.V. Baseball)

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The NISD Board of Trustees announced the new principal and assistant principals at last night’s meeting. The new principal is Dr. Jerry Woods, formerly vice principal at Brandeis.  New assistant principals are Jaime Heye, an assistant principal at Hobby Middle School (Go Hawks!) and Robert Martinez, a teacher from Jay High School. More information can be found here.

Congratulations and welcome to the best high school in the district, which is the best district in the city, which is in the best city in the state, which is the best state in the USA, which is the best country on the planet, which is the best planet in the solar system, which makes it the best in the universe!

Workers replace divots after tournament

The Clark Texas Football Club (CTFC) held it’s annual Re-Landscaping Charity Outing, also known as a golf tournament, supporting college scholarships for current football players.   Rusty Belden, Bryce Belden, Geoff Bezuidenhout and Kenny Hogan took 1st for the second year in a row while Jason Belden, Omar Medina, Travis Ratliff and Michael Damolin grasped 2nd place.  Jesse Garcia earned a Closest-to-the-Pin award and Gary Turner had the longest drive with a 745 yd. missile (unconfirmed…).  Kevin Miles, the first CTFC scholarship winner and this year’s winners, Kweku Larbie and Roger Lamar, attended along with Coach Lloyd Alexander and many others.

CTFC is a nonprofit organization that promotes camaraderie among former players, coaches and fans of the Clark Cougar football program.  This coming year, activities are planned, including a tailgate, in order to support the cause.  You can find out more here or on Facebook.

Time Warner Channel 7

For the fourth consecutive year, you can watch the Clark Cougars on TV on KMYS-TV “my35″‘s “Thursday Night Lights” broadcast.  Unlike the previous three years, however, it won’t be against Churchill in the Gucci Bowl. Clark’s appearance will be the following Thursday, September 6th, against Alamo Heights.  In fact, every NISD school will be shown over the season except one – O’Connor.  Sources claim there was only room for the Big Cats…

You can see the full schedule here.

Swift’s give Belize bronze

Congratulations to former Clark Cougars Shaneve and Shantel Swift, who are running for their native country of Belize in the XXIII Central America Senior Championships.

Shaneve won a silver medal in the 200m and both she and her sister, Shantel, received medals in relay events.  Shaneve runs for Incarnate Word and Shantel will be running for UTSA this year.  Read more about these world class runners here.

Good job, ladies!

UPDATE: Belize took the Bronze medal overall in the games, thanks in part, to our former Cougars!