At the annual Black Out pep rally, the moms of senior varsity football players dance.  Congrats moms and seniors!

Kern rumbles for a TD

Josh Kern’s 38 yd. TD run against the Holmes Huskies has been nominated for this week’s Play of the Week on WOAI’s Friday Night Fever poll.  Let’s put him in the spotlight!

Vote here (upper right hand side of page), vote early, and vote often!  Way to go Josh!

Rozanski opens up a can on Husky

Congratulations to Clark Cougar varsity football player Peter Rozanski who was this week’s KSAT12 “Big Hit of the Week” (week 10).  Peter’s 1st quarter blast on a Holmes receiver could be heard loud and clear as he delivered the blow.

It was one of the three Holmes 4th down attempts that failed in the 1st quarter thanks to a stellar defensive game by the Cougars.  Clark won 56-27

On to Regional meet for these Coogs

Early morning temps in the mid-40’s required the Cross Country team to bundle up as they headed to Hardin Athletic Complex for this year’s District meet on Saturday, Oct 30th.  It had moved into the 50’s when the Varsity Girls took off at 9am – perfect running weather for the first two of four Cougars that qualified for the Regional Meet, as the top 10 individuals and 3 teams move on.  Glynnis Meade finished 4th in 12:04.7 and Shantel Swift 7th in 12:27.3.  The Varsity Boys race was neck and neck most of the way between Austin Wells and a runner from O’Connor.  With just over 100m to go, they bumped slightly and Austin fell, but he popped back up to hold on to 2nd place in 15:43.3.  Ryan Pavlich placed 7th in 16:45 to round out our Regional qualifiers.  The Girls team finished 6th and the Boys were 5th overall.  Next week’s meet is at Brooks City Base, with the 5A Girls running at 11:40am and the Boys at Noon.  Come cheer our Cougars on!

-R. Meade

The Clark volleyball team played a hard fought game for 2nd place in District 27-5A on Friday night against Brandeis, but came up just short. The 18-25, 25-20, 7-25, 25-18, 9-15 game was a back and forth match up that leaves the Cougars in 3rd place with a Bi-district game against East Central set for Tuesday night at 7:00 at South San.

GO COOGS!

Menezes steals one

After a week off the gridiron, the Clark Cougar football team came roaring back, demolishing the Holmes Huskies 56-27 in a homecoming victory.  The win keeps the Cougars in the playoff hunt with a must-win game against O’Connor next week.

Holmes’ first possession ended early when they were stopped on a 4th and 8 attempt from the Clark 37 yd. line.  The Cougars drove to the five where Deandre Holmes scored giving the Cougars a 7-0 lead.  The Cougars’ second score came after a 4th and 2 effort by the Huskies.  On the next play, Josh Kern bullied his way for 37 yds. for a 14-0 lead.  And once again, the Huskies were stopped on a 4th down attempt.  Hunter Anderson pounded his way to the end zone giving Clark a 21-0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter.

The 2nd quarter wasn’t much better for the Huskies.  Manny Menezes picked off a Holmes pass, returning the ball for 36 yds., setting up a Kern to Ansley Benjamin 12 yd. TD reception.  The score came with 14 seconds off the clock at the start of the quarter.  The final Cougar score of the half  came when Josh Kern ran for his second TD at the 4:18 mark.  Holmes would score with :35 seconds left before the half.  The teams went to the locker room with Clark up 35-7 at the half.

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CHAMPIONS! AGAIN

Congratulations to the Clark Varsity Tennis team on their 20th consecutive district championship. The win came over O’Connor. According to reporter Pat Turner in the San Antonio Express News: boys’ singles players Justin Randell, Richie DeJesus, David Starck, Matt Jones, Jacob Frisbie and Rudy Bonilla swept the Panthers to seal the deal.

The Regional Tournament is in Corpus Christi beginning Thursday.

CONGRATS AND GO COOGS!!

Clark Volleyball

The Clark volleyball team fought back from a 2-0 deficit in Tuesday’s district championship game to take the third game and then threatened to take the match to five games, but fell just short, losing 25-20 in the 4th.  Marcella Arellano and Jenn Garrett led the work at the net with 10 kills each. Arellano added 17 digs to that and Nicole Rehm had 16 more. Leading with assists were Kayci Murphy with 17 and Adriana Christian with 12.

The loss means the Cougars face Brandeis on Friday at 6:00pm at Paul Taylor to determine the 2nd place team in district leading into the playoffs. Lots of great volleyball ahead for Clark!

Read about the game in the Express News

Cougars Aim High

The stakes are high as the #9 ranked Clark volleyball team heads into Tuesday’s match up against #8 O’Connor. The Panthers are 14-1 in district play with their only loss coming against the Cougars on September 24th. Clark, meanwhile is 13-2 in 27-5A play and a win against O’Connor on Tuesday night would result in a tie for the district championship. Such a tie would mean the Cougars come out on top after beating the Panthers twice this season. That’s the plan for the 7:00 pm game at Paul Taylor fieldhouse! More on the district race from the Express News.

ALL COUGAR FANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME OUT AND CHEER ON THE GIRLS FROM CLARK!

GO COOGS!!