Lye fights for rebound

The Clark Cougars girls varsity basketball team exploded to a 15-4 1st quarter lead, then imploded, losing to Marshall 53-47 in district play.  A fast paced, high energy Cougar squad allowed the Rams only two points until the final minutes of the quarter but the Rams held the Cougars to only 6 points in the 2nd and 3rd quarter each.

In the 4th quarter, the Cougars found their inside game from the 1st quarter but fell short for the win.  Kristen Lye pounded the Rams for 14 points and Hannah Gulley supplied another 12.  The Cougars now stand at 6-11 and 1-1 in District 27-5A.

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Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay: Ogden, Jaime, Macha and Jacobs

The South Zone TISCA Swim and Dive Championships were held at the Josh Davis pool on December 3rd and 4th.  Twelve Clark Cougars qualified for the TISCA meet, which consisted of morning preliminaries and evening finals. The Clark TISCA team for 2010:  Allie Green, Mitch Jacobs, Michael Macha, Tyler Covington, Joseph Jaime, Jesse Renteria, Brad Ogden, Andreas Sanchez, Derek Poirier, Melanie Macha, Coral Crouch and Victoria Gutierrez swam individual and relay events.

Michael Macha, freshman, finaled in the 50 and 100 breaststroke, with personal best times of 30.28 and 1:04.77, respectively. Sophomore Tyler Covington finaled in the 50 fly and raced to a personal record of 25.37 seconds. Sophomore Joseph Jaime earned a finals race in a very competitive 100 freestyle field and broke the 50 second barrier with a 49.63.

Clark’s next meet is Saturday, December 11th at 5 pm at the 1604 and Bandera pool. The Cougars take on Marshall in a dual meet. Please come out and cheer the team on!

The Clark girls basketball team opened district play with a dominating 49-37 win over Taft this week. Kristen Lye accounted for almost half of the Cougar’s points with 23. Melanie Schwartz, Donna Matthews and Hannah Garcia all added 6 points each. Up next is Marshall on Friday at 6:00 in the gym at O’Connor. Good luck Coogs!

The Clark boys continue to improve, posting a 57-51 win over Seguin on Tuesday. Jacob Palacios led the Cougars with 18 points while Adam Perez added 14 and Kyle Rutledge had 11 points in the win. Clark moved up to #6 in the area in the most recent Express News rankings. Their record is now 9-5 overall with a big game against Judson on Saturday at noon at Paul Taylor.

Rozanski whips competition

Congratulations to Clark varsity football/baseball student athlete Peter Rozanski, who was named this year’s Thursday Night Light’s Scholar Athlete.  The award comes with a $5000 scholarship and an appearance on FOX 29’s Fox News First morning show with Ernie Zuniga and Monica Taylor.

Rozanski was one of twenty nominees, all from schools who appeared on the station’s Thursday Night Light football games this past season, including Brandeis, Churchill and Smithson Valley.  He also received a GIANT check presented by Six Flags Fiesta Texas representative Sydne Purvis.

Peter plans to attend Texas A&M University and major in civil engineering. He is the son of Tom and Kathy Rozanski.

Way to go, Peter!

The Clark Cougars girls varsity basketball team had a good weekend in Austin, winning two but also dropping two at the Austin Bowie Tournament this past weekend.

The Cougars dominated in their first two outings, whipping Ausitn Bowie 52-42.  Kristen Lye had 17 points in the game.  A 53-20 pasting of Austin McCallum followed.  Games against San Marcos and Leander, however, turned up in the loss column.

Next up for Clark is district play with the opener against Taft at Paul Taylor.

Palacios and Cougars looking good

The boys varsity basketball team won twice but also came up short twice in the weekend’s Lone Star Tournament.  The Cougars began the weekend with a win over Wagner, 64-53.  Losses to Lewisville (49-52) and #10 in Texas Kingwood (37-48) were sandwiched in between the final game of the weekend where Clark defeated #24 in Texas Laredo United 45-43 in a nail-biter.  Down in the first half, the Cougars turned it around in the second half for the victory.

The boys are now 8-5 and take on Sequin next.  Jacob Palacios received some extra accolades from here.

Rutledge leads Cougars to win

The #8 Clark Cougars boys varsity basketball team began the Lone Star tournament with a win over #6 Wagner, 64-53.  Kyle Rutledge posted a game high 20 points followed by Jake Chapman with 14 points.  Jacob Palacios turned in 11 points for the Cougars. The Cougars outscored Wagner 19-7 in the second quarter to pull away for the win.

The victory follows a 60-46 win over Johnson at the beginning of the week.  They now carry a 7-3 record going into Friday’s games.

Anna Drewry

Congratulations to Clark volleyball alum Anna Drewry who helped her Purdue team in two big wins last week. She received a “Postcard Home” from  the Express News this week. NCAA tournament begins for the Boilermakers on Friday.

Congratulations Anna!

Jonathan Brydon '06

Clark Cougar graduate Jonathan Brydon has represented Clark and himself well while playing football at Texas Tech.  The three-sport star at Clark is finishing his season as a member of the Red Raiders and you can read more about him in this article.

Jacob Palacios splits the Rattlers for two

The Clark Cougars boys basketball team took on the #5 in the state Reagan Rattlers but fell just shy of the upset, 50-52.  The Cougars, who looked sharp against the highly-rated team, stayed close through the first two quarters and even led at the end of three but a 3-point frenzy by Reagan’s Max Yon put the Cougars down by 10 with six minutes left in the game.  With the score 51-41 in favor of the Rattlers, Jacob Palacios sunk a 3-point shot and made a crucial free throw to pull the Cougars within one with seconds left in the game. Reagan converted on a free throw on the other end and the Cougars last chance three pointer rimmed out and Reagan won the non-district contest.

The game was a great early test for the Cougars and based on the outcome, it looks to be another exciting year for players and fans.

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