Lawson scores trifecta

The boys varsity soccer team outplayed the Stevens Falcons at Farris Stadium, beating them 3-2 in a game that wasn’t that close.  Johnny Lawson scored all three goals for Clark – two on penalty kicks in a game that was a little “chippy” as they say.  Clark’s first goal came in the first half on a penalty kick with Lawson putting Clark on the scoreboard first.

The second half was more of the same.  Lawson scored once again as the Cougar’s front line dominated the Stevens defense.  Several players saw action as Clark took a comfortable lead with an additional penalty kick with seven and a half minutes left in the game, making it 3-0 Clark.  That’s when it got interesting. (continue reading…)

Clark track out in front

The Varsity Track and Field teams fared well at their first meet of the season on Thursday, February 18th.  Held at South San High School’s new track, the Girls placed 4th and the Boys 5th out of 14 teams.  We had several first place finishes – way to go Cougars!

Girls Results

• 200m Dash, Shaneve Swift, 1st, 26.00
• 200m Dash, Luisa Garza, 5th 27.70
• 800m Run, Shantel Swift, 1st, 2:27.78
• 1600m Run, Glynnis Meade, 5th, 5:50.46
• 3200m Run, Glynnis Meade, 3rd, 12:21.82
• Long Jump, Shantel Swift, 1st, 17″ 10.5″
• 4 X 100m Relay, Clark, 1st, 49.78 (Shaneve, Luisa, Triniqua Collins, Esjah Booker)
• 4 X 200m Relay, Clark, 1st, 1:45.63 (Luisa, Shaneve, Esjah, Shantal)

Boys Results

• 100m Dash, Ryan Jones, 2nd, 11.24
• 100m Dash, Hayden Greenbauer, 3rd, 11.31
• 200m Dash, Ryan Jones, 3rd, 23.11
• 800m Run, Jose Sierra, 4th, 2:03.96
• 1600m Run, Jose Sierra, 4th, 4:44.81
• 3200m Run, David Scorcelletti, 6th, 10:53.61
• 110m Hurdles, Hayden Greenbauer, 1st, 14.52
• Shot Put, Jimmy Kueber, 4th, 43″ 11.5″
• Discus, Jimmy Kueber, 5th, 120″ 7″

See pictures of a few of the events at http://saclarktrack.shutterfly.com/.  Next Friday (Feb 26th) the runners will be at the Cardinal Relays held at UIW.  Races start at noon and include a variety of relays, including a distance medley (1200m, 400m, 800m,1600m) and sprint medley (100m,100m, 200m, 400m).

-R. Meade

The 9th ranked Clark softball team started the season Tuesday by losing a close one 3-2 to 10th ranked Harlandale. Henessey Soto pitched with relief from Megan Aragones in the 4th inning.  Megan Martinez got two key hits for the Cougars and freshman catcher Alex Losoya had a double .

Benjamin scores against Falcons

The #2 Clark Cougars boys basketball team finished the regular season with their only loss in district coming at the end in an exciting double overtime game against Stevens.  Despite six three-pointers and 28 points from Jason Brickman, 4 blocked shots by Kyle Rutledge and a buzzer beating layup by Elhad Emerllahu to send the game into a second OT period, the Falcons prevailed 88-80.

The Cougars were going for a sweep of District 28-5A with a 15-0 record until meeting Stevens.  While the win would have been great for bragging rights, the Cougars still walk away with an outright district championship, a 28-6 overall record, a 15-1 district record and a dominating performance in the regular season.

Next up for the Cougars is a round one playoff game against East Central, next Tuesday.  Congratulations Cougars and BTHOEC!

PHOTOS

Both the boys and girls teams lost to the Brandeis Broncos in soccer.  The boys lost 0-1 for their first district loss of the year.  The girls fell short 1-2.  Gabrielle Santorio scored the lone goal for the Clark Cougars.

Congratulations to the JV Softball Cougars in their first non district win 6-5 over Harlandale.

The Cougar bats were roaring tonight. Kat Boyd had a base hit and one RBI, Alexis Craig recorded a base hit and one RBI, Morgan Biela had a base hit and a double, Flor Longoria tallied three singles and one RBI, Selena Salas enjoyed one single and a double, Gabby Aguilar scored one double with two RBI’s, and Kim Regino had a base hit and one RBI and also struck out a total of 5 batters. One of the strike outs came in the last inning to seal the victory. Way to go ladies.

And congratulations to Coach Duitsman in her first win as the new coach for the JV Lady Cougars!

-D. Regino

The second half of the high school soccer season begins on Tuesday and supporters of the Cougars girls soccer team are asking you to show up and give the girls a spirited send off. The team will leave Clark at 5:15 Tuesday, so fans should arrive by 5:05 to participate. Meet behind the school near the bus and bring your signs and posters, but most of all your support so they know the Clark community is behind them.

The girls will face Brandeis at 7:00 at Farris.

The boys soccer team plays Brandeis at 5:00.

GO COOGS!

The Clark girls soccer team found the back of the net over and over again Friday night and the result was a 6-0 win over Holmes. Six Cougars scored during the match: Gabrielle Santorio, Hollis Scheffler, Macy Ellis, Krysta Maples, Andrea Romero and Samantha Rodriguez. The win brings their season record to 4-2-6 and their district record to 3-1-4.

On the boys side, the Cougars also went on a scoring blitz beating the Huskies 7-1. Five players got in on the goals: Jair Rodriguez and Johnny Lawson each had two goals and Evan Javors, Mauricio Lopez and Luis Hernandez each added one. The boys remain undefeated with a season record of 10-0-2 and a district record of 7-0-1. The Cougars are ranked #2 in the area by the Express News and jumped from #44 to #37 in the nation in this week’s ESPN Rise ranking of high school soccer teams.

The second half of district for both teams begins Tuesday against Brandeis. GO COOGS!

The Clark boys basketball team moved one step closer to a perfect record in district play on Friday with a 70-55 win over Brandeis. Their record stands at 15-0 in district with one game remaining against Stevens on Tuesday at 7:30. The Cougars have already clinched the District 28-5A Championship.

Against Brandeis Elhad Emerllahu had 19 points, Jason Brickman tossed in 17 and Sam Perez added 12. Nine Cougars contributed to the point total.

Playoffs begin February 22nd.

Two seniors on the 2009 Clark Cougar football team have been named to the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All State team. Linebacker Tim Sanchez was named to the 1st team and quarterback Hayden Greenbauer made the 2nd team.

These honors represent hard work in the classroom and on the field. Congratulations!