The Clark Athletic Booster Club is accepting applications from this year’s senior athletes and Cougarettes for $1000 scholarships. Applicants’ families must have maintained a Booster Club membership each year their student was at Clark.  If interested, fill out the application and submit soon.  Winners will be announced the evening of the Clark Cougars sports banquet.

Cougars honored

The Texas Sports Writers Association (not to be confused with the Texas AP Sports Writers) has handed out its post season All State team honors and several Clark Cougars are on the list.  Robert Chapman (UTSA) was named to the 2nd Team as center, Greg Castro (West Texas A&M) was named 2nd Team Defensive lineman, Anker Wiggins made  3rd Team Offensive guard and Honorable Mentions went to QB Hayden Greenbauer (SMU) and K Webb Williams.

Congratulations, Cougars!

Carolyn Chavana

The Clark Cougars girls basketball team took one more step to making the playoffs with a win over Taft.  It took a hard-fought victory over the Taft Lady Raiders, coming from a 4 point deficit at halftime to pull ahead in the 3rd and 4th quarters for the 44-35 win. With one game remaining against Holmes, the Cougars are at 20-13 overall, 8-7 in district.

A win over Holmes Tuesday night and a Stevens loss against O’Connor would give the Cougars a chance to make the playoffs with a win in a “play in” game against the Falcons.  GO COOGS!

Courtesy Philadelphia University

Celena Rendon, a 2006 graduate of Clark High School, was named the Philadelphia Sports Writer’s Association Player of the Year in the Central Athletic Collegiate Conference.  The talented senior played for Clark and made All District twice as well as playing in the state semifinals two years in a row.  Find out more about her on the Philadelphia University website.

The Clark boys basketball team, led by seniors Elhad Emerllahu and Jason Brickman, survived a scare against Taft on Friday with a come from behind performance that took the game into overtime. Get the exciting play by play details from the Express News.  The win keeps Clark undefeated in district play with a 13-0 record and 26-5 for the season overall.  There are three games remaining until playoffs begin. GO COOGS!

Cougars advance to regionals

Clark swimmers brought their “A” game to the Northside Natatorium on Saturday, January 30^th for 28-5A District Swim Championships.  Arriving very early on that morning, Clark Cougars were ready to demonstrate what they had been working for since the first day of practice in August.

The day began with preliminary competition from 9 am – 1 pm, and the top 8 finishers in each event returned at 5 pm to warm-up for the 6:00 pm finals.   All 6 Clark relay teams returned for the finals and 29 lanes in the individual events were occupied by a Clark Cougar.At the end of finals, the Clark girls earned a 3^rd place district finish, and Clark boys placed 4^th.  This accomplishment was achieved in one of the most competitive Northside swim seasons.  Coach Tony Plummer said, “In our first team meeting, I alluded to the increased competition at the District level.  We all witnessed that on Saturday.  I want everyone to know how proud I am of the kids.  They never quit.  They never counted themselves out of any race.  That’s character and that will stay with them forever.” (continue reading…)

Bonner, Castro, Chapman and Greenbauer sign scholarship offers

Four Clark Cougars from the 2009 state quarter-finalist football team committed to playing at the next level on National Signing Day at Clark.  Hayden Greenbauer, Robert Chapman, Greg Castro and Glenn Bonner sat before coaches, cameras and classmates at Clark for their college football start.  Hayden Greenbauer, one of,  if not the most successful quarterback at Clark, signed with SMU.  Robert Chapman, who also had an offer from Air Force, chose to stay home and play for national champion coach Larry Coker and the UTSA Roadrunners, whose inaugural season begins next year.  Defensive players Greg Castro and Glenn Bonner are headed to Canyon, Texas and the chance to play for West Texas A&M.  Castro also received an offer from Abilene Christian University.

Congratulations to these great players and Good Luck.  Clark fans will be watching!

Glenn Bonner remarks

Greg Castro remarks

Robert Chapman remarks

Hayden Greenbauer remarks

Both the nationally ranked boys (#44) and the girls soccer teams played to ties in soccer action last night against the Warren Warriors.  The boys tied 2-2 with goals coming from Johnny Lawson  and Maurico Lopez in the first half of play.  The boys still lead the district race with 5 wins and 1 tie against 0 losses.

The girls played to a 0-0 tie.  The tie against Warren puts them in a tie for 4th in district with the Warriors.

Nothing new for Clark

The bi-annual district realignments were released by the UIL today and for Clark, it’s more of the same.  All Northside high schools remain in the same district for football and basketball, with the exception of the newest high school, Brennan, which will open as a 4A school in the fall of this year.

You will, however, have to buy new shirts, etc. from the Booster Club due to a number “realignment”.  The current district Clark is in, District 28, will now be District 27.  The same old foes (O’Connor, Stevens, Warren, Brandeis, Holmes, Jay, Taft and Marshall) remain the same.

No other major changes appear for San Antonio area teams although NEISD realigned slightly, allowing teams like Madison and Reagan to add an additional non-district contest.  Smithson Valley dropped to 4A.  All Austin schools (including Westlake) moved out of the region and into Region 2.  The complete lists can be found at the UIL Website.

With a 48-46 win over the Warren Warriors, the Clark Cougars basketball team keeps their playoff hopes alive with two games left in the season.  The Cougars are currently in fifth place with games against Taft and Holmes.  The Cougars beat Taft and Holmes earlier in district play.  Stevens faces the top three teams in the district and lost to each earlier in district play.

The next game for the Cougars is Saturday, Feb. 6th at 4pm against the Raiders.  GOOD LUCK, COUGARS!