Austin Wells

Several Clark Cougars were recognized for their outstanding play during the fall sports season. Topping the list is cross country junior runner Austin Wells who was named to the Express News Super Team for Cross Country as well as the Area Team.

From Clark volleyball the 27-5A All district 1st team includes Jenn Garrett and Marcella Arellano. Named to the 2nd team is Abigail Glosup and Nicole Rehm.

27-5A 1st team offense football honors went to Manny Menezes. 2nd team offense honors to Kweku Larbie, Brandon Yates, Blake DeHart and Alex Hunter. The 2nd team defense includes Logan Hanna, Tri-Rice Van Buren and Malcolm Eatman.

CONGRATULATIONS COUGARS!!

A heady congratulations to the Clark Cougar varsity fall sports athletes who hit the books hard this past season.  Here is a list of the NISD All Academic Team athletes from Clark:

In addition to district honors, several Cougars were recognized on the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All State Teams. Achieving 1st Team honors for football: Mitchell Rummel and Logan Hanna. Second team honors went to Alex Hunter, Brian Socha, Dusty Wright and Ty Williams. Honorable mention went to Sean Campbell, Ryan Cover, Troy Ogletree, Blake DeHart and Manny Menezes. And in Cross Country Honorable Mention Academic All State honors went to Shantel Swift.

T. Matthews rides Broncos for 10 points

A match up between “top teams” #25 Texas/#5 Express News Clark Cougars varsity basketball team and #6 Express News brandees (or Brandeis if you want to get technical…) turned more into an exhibition and a great practice for the Cougars as Clark easily defeated the my little ponies (or Broncos) 62-38 at Paul Taylor.  Clark displayed “top team” form, not so much for the burros, er, broncos.

The Express News boxscore shows that every Cougar on the roster put points on the board during the game.  The Cougars outscored the ponies by 10-4-3 and 7 points each quarter and the defense did not allow brandees to score more thn 10 points in any quarter.

The Cougars now own a 12-4 overall record and a 1-0 district tally.  The Cougars play again this Saturday.

Good Job, Coogs!

Yes, we know it’s misspelled.  Call it a sign of disrespect.

Adam Perez, featured in this week’s Express News, and the rest of the Clark Cougars (#25 Texas, #5 Express News) face the brandees (#6 Express News) my little ponies tonight at Paul Taylor in their district opener.  Clark (11-4) is coming off a close game with Judson.  brandees, (11-4) is on a three game win streak.  Tip-off is at 8pm at Paul Taylor.

The ladies lost to brandees in their 3rd district game of the season.  Kristen Lye led the Cougars in scoring.  Clark girls are 12-7. 2-1 in district.

Salinas scores, Cougars win

The Clark Cougars varsity girls basketball team notched their first district win in their first district game against Taft, winning 53-41.  The Cougars started slow, scoring only 5 points to Taft’s 16 in the first quarter.  The 2nd quarter belonged to Clark, though, with an 18-12 advantage.  The 2nd half was all Cougars, as the defense shut the Raiders down allowing only 13 more points to the Cougars 30 points.  Kristen Lye scored 13 with Ashley Salinas adding another 11.  Clark is now 11-6 overall.

On the boys side, an easy win over Seguin, 66-51, gave the Cougars their 11th win of the season.  The Cougars face a tough Judson team Friday evening before starting their district schedule next week beginning with the brandees my little ponies.

Clark swimmers participated in the TISCA meet and the results looked good for the Cougars.  Joseph Jamie won the silver in the men’s 100 yd freestyle event with a time of 48.26.  That helped the Clark men’s team take 6th place in the event with over 30 teams participating.  The ladies finished 22nd in the meet.

Way to go Coogs.

Perez and Co. keep winning

The Riverdale Baptist Crusaders of Maryland were defeated by the Clark Cougars at the Lone Star Invitational tournament 52-50.  From the DMVElite.com website:

The Crusaders (1-0) won the National Christian School Athletic Association Division 1A championship in April with an 81-56 win over Team FCA from Pennsylvania. Despite that success, the Crusaders still feel like they have something to prove. Durant said he and his teammates were motivated after being left out of ESPN’s Preseason Powerade Fab 50 rankings, which feature No. 3 Oak Hill Academy, No. 4 Montrose Christian, No. 13 DeMatha Catholic, No. 19 Gonzaga and No. 45 John Carroll.

“We should be ranked, like, Top 10 this year,” Durant said. “We’re all seniors and we know how to play the game. We’ve seen the rankings on ESPN, and we’re trying to kill everybody; we’re coming.”

Not so fast was the message from Clark.  Adam Perez had 16 points in the win and solid team play and another great defensive showing gave the Cougars the win.

Up next is Churchill at Churchill this morning.

Perez and Cougars earning respect

After starting the season not ranked in the Express News city rankings, the Clark Cougars varsity basketball team, ranked early on by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, makes the Express News list at #4, following wins over Highlands, Reagan and Johnson.  The Cougars also moved up to #8 in the state.

Senior PG Adam Perez was also given a “game ball” by the Express News as a result of his play of late.

The Cougars next compete in this weekend’s Lone Star Invitational, a top-rated national tournament, here in San Antonio.

Keep it up, gentlemen and good job.

Lye hangs 17 on the Jags

The Clark Cougars varsity basketball teams won one but lost one to the Johnson Jaguars.  The girls played first and what looked to be a runaway win to the 12-1 Jags quickly became a contest in the 2nd half.  Down 21-32 at the half, the Coogs cut the Jags lead to 4 after three quarters.  In the 4th, with :50 seconds left in the game, the Cougars tied it at 46 but lost on a last second layup by Johnson.  The final score: Clark 46-Johnson 48.

The boys lead the entire game, including an exciting 4-8 lead after one quarter of play.  Johnson, who played possession ball and shot only 5 times in the 8:00 minute first quarter, fell behind 10-21 at the half.  In the 2nd half, the Jags showed signs of life, cutting the Cougars lead to 5 at one point but Clark turned up the pace on both offense and defense with the result being a 54-37 win.

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Cougars hustling to state recognition

The Clark Cougar varsity basketball team easily defeated the Reagan Rattlers, 68-49. Reagan, ranked #4 in the city by the Express News and ranked #17 in the state by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, won the NISD tournament last weekend. Clark, unranked by the Express News and ranked #12 in the state, played in the prestigious McDonald’s Texas Invitational tournament last weekend, defeated Richardson Berkner, the #3 ranked team in the state and played tight games with #2 and #5.

Against Reagan, the Cougars displayed an improved defense and had good play from several players, including Adam Perez, Niko Maxwell and John Chapman put up 10 points (despite the Express News stats). The Cougars never were behind during the game and steals by Perez and Justin Brickman and inside defense from Travis Matthews kept Reagan from gaining momentum.

The Cougars are now 6-2 and take on Johnson (2-5) next Monday.

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