The Clark baseball team opened their 2012 season with an 8-1 victory over Taft on Tuesday. Senior pitcher Robert Martin gets the win for the Cougars, holding the Raiders to one 6th inning run for the game. Clark scored 5 runs in the 3rd inning to take the lead, adding two more in the 5th and one in the 6th. The win gives Clark a 1-0 district record to start the season.

Up next is the Northside tournament on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before meeting Marshall for the next district game on Tuesday of next week.

The Clark softball team also beat Taft on Tuesday by a score of 12-2. The Cougars had 8 runs in the second inning and added 4 more in the 4th. Taft finally got two runs in the 5th inning, but it was not enough to continue and the game was called early. Senior pitcher Henessey Soto got the win.  Clark is now 3-0 on the season including a win over Madison.

Up next is the Judson tournament on Friday and Saturday. Their next district game will be against Brandeis on Tuesday at 7:00.

Frances Moore

The Clark boys and girls soccer teams added another notch to their respective win columns on Tuesday with victories over Taft. The girls won 3-2 with goals from Frances Moore, Monique Rempel and Chloe Trevino. Blair Socha helped it happen with 2 assists and goalkeeper Hollis Scheffler had six saves. Their district record is now 5-3-1.

In the boys game the Cougars won 5-3  with a goal and an assist each from Vinnie Guerrero, Yamil Alvarado and Manuel Garcia and goals from Alex Martinez and Tristan Cavazos. Romero Villalvazo and Carlos Sepulveda also had assists. The win brings their district record to 7-1-1.

Both teams play Marshall on Friday at Farris, the girls at 5:00 and boys following at 7:00.

GO COOGS!

Cougars moving on in playoffs

For the 2nd year in a row –  against the same team, in the same place – the Clark Cougar boys varsity team advanced to the second round of playoffs with a win.  Corpus Christi Carroll fell to the Cougars 65-53.

The Clark defense took their job seriously as the Cougars jumped to a 17-7 lead early.  The Tigers never adjusted and Adam Perez’ fourth quarter heroics sealed the victory.  John Chapman added 12 and Carter Josephs had 7 points in the win.

The Cougars next face Wagner Thursday at 8:00pm at UTSA. Way to go Coogs!

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Jason Brickman

Clark alum Jason Brickman (2010), the starting point guard for the Long Island Blackbirds, was named Player of the Week for the Northeast Conference following his third double double of the season, including 16 assists. Read more.

Jason’s younger brother, Justin, is a junior guard on the Clark basketball team.

Congratulations Jason!

Glynnis Meade

2011 Clark alum Glynnis Meade earned All American honors at the NCCAA (Christian) Indoor Track Meet in Cedarville, Ohio on Saturday, February 18th.  Her 2nd place finish in the women’s 5000 meters, timed in 18:32.1, was a PR over the distance. She also finished 6th place in the 3000 meters.  Glynnis competes for Dallas Baptist University.  Congratulations!

Clark softball coach D’Layne Kelly reached an important milestone on Tuesday with her 200th victory. The Cougars opened the 2012 season with a 3-2 win over Taft and it brought Coach Kelly’s career record to 200-145-1. She has been with Clark for 13 years. Congratulations coach!!!

The team goes after more victories this weekend in the Northside Tournament.

Joseph Jaime wins gold

The Clark swim team had a great showing at the Regional Finals on February 10th and 11th with one Cougar headed to state. Clark junior Joseph Jaime swam the 200 Freestyle at the Regional Finals in a remarkable 1:41.47, earning him 1st place overall and the honor of  representing our Clark Cougars at the State meet at U.T. Austin Swim Center February 24th and 25th. Joseph also placed 3rd in the 100 freestyle with a time that qualifies him to compete in that event at state also. Congratulations Joseph!

Five of 6 Clark relays made it to “A” finals, which consists of the top 8 finishers from preliminaries. The sixth relay (Women’s 400 free relay) made it to“B”finals and consisted of 3 Clark swimmers very new to the pressure cooker of 5-A Regional finals – they stepped up on the blocks like pros and swam with heart and determination.

Additional Clark swimmers going to Finals in individual events: Michael Macha- 4th in breaststroke and 5th in fly, Daniel Lee- 6th in both the 200 IM and breaststroke, Andreas Sanchez – 7th place backstroke, Allie Green- 11th in 100 free and 13th in 50 free, Lauren Cartee- 12th in breaststroke, Mitch Jacobs – 10th in the 200 IM and 12th in the 500 free, Brad Ogden- 15th in the 100 free, Jesse Renteria- 10th in fly and Alex Peacock- 11th in diving.

The Clark regional qualifiers were:  Lauren Cartee, Coral Crouch, Allie Green, Bailey Ratner, Rachel Deschner, Ashlyn Lewis, Mitch Jacobs, Joseph Jaime, Daniel Lee, Michael Macha, Brad Ogden, Alex Peacock (diver), Jesse Renteria, Marielle Rominger, Andreas Sanchez, Chris Sanders and Darren Sanchez.

Congrats to everyone for representing Clark so well!!

Clark boys basketball ended the 27-5A district season with a 62-57 win over Marshall on Wednesday. Travis Matthews finished with 13 points and Justin Brickman and Shawn Gulley each put up 12 in the win, along with 10 from Adam Perez and Carter Josephs’ 9 points.

Next up for the Coogs is round one of the playoffs against Corpus Christi Carroll at 7:00 pm on February 21st at Victoria West.

CONGRATULATIONS AND GO COOGS!!!

The Clark girls soccer team is on a 4 game district win streak and the boys have won 3 district games in a row following their only loss of the season in the closing seconds against Jay last month. The girls have posted wins against Jay, Warren, Stevens and Holmes by a combined total of 10 goals to one.  The goals have come from Blair Socha (3), Chloe Trevino (3), Monique Rempel, Andrea Romero, Alyssa Jacobs and Bridget Sumner with the tough Cougar defense taking care of the rest. The girls are now 4-2-1 in district play with a match against O’Connor on Friday at Farris at 5:00.

The Clark boys have been a scoring machine, taking the last three district games 14 goals to 2 against Warren, Stevens and Holmes. Netting goals for the Coogs  in just those three district games were Jair Rodriguez, Yamil Alvarado (2), Romero Villalvazo, Chris Miller, Carlos Sepulveda (4), Alex Martinez, Manuel Garcia (2) and John Cintron. Clark is 6-1-0 in district. They play O’Connor on Friday at 7:00 at Farris.

GO COOGS!!!

The Clark softball season is off and running with a 3-2 victory over Taft on Valentines Day. The first win of the season is also the first district win of the season. All 3 Clark runs came in the first inning with senior pitcher Henessey Soto helping to hold off the Raiders through the remainder of the game. Soto was named a preseason “Player to Watch” by the Express News in their spring sports preview. The Cougars are ranked 10th in the area in the preseason poll.

Up next is the Northside Tournament with games scheduled against Madison, MacArthur and Wagner on Friday at the  Northside fields.

Clark baseball gets underway with a game against Taft on Tuesday February 21st at 4:45. The Cougars are ranked #5 in the Express News preseason poll.

GOOD LUCK COOGS!