Bloom attacks the goal

The Clark Cougars girls soccer team endured a tough time against a feisty Marshall team but came away with a tie in the District 28-5A match up.  Gabrielle Santorio and Alyssa Bloom each scored to avoid the loss to the last place Rams.  The tie places the Cougars third in the district standings.

The next game is Tuesday against Jay.

Trevino sends it for goal

Goalies and defense made statements in both the girls’ and boys’ varsity soccer games against the Stevens Falcons at the NISD soccer fields.

The boys took a half to get warmed up but once the second half started, the Clark Cougars got three quick goals to blank the Falcons 3-0.  Zach Guevara begin the scoring in the 66th minute with a shot to the goal.  Three minutes later, Jair Rodriguez took advantage of another Stevens defensive breakdown to make it 2-0.  In the 79th minute, Johnny Lawson completed the trifecta with a shot to give the Cougars the 3-0 district win.

Santorio scores against Stevens

The girls didn’t wait near as long in their whipping of Stevens.  Goals were scored early and often, with Clark taking a 4-0 lead at halftime. Gabrielle Santorio, Macy Ellis, Alyssa Bloom, Toria Siefert, Francis Moore, Krysta Maples and Andrea Romero each accounted for a nail in the Stevens’ coffin.  It was the first district win for the Cougars after a tie in their district opener.

WAY TO GO COUGARS!

PHOTOS

What were you doing six weeks ago?  Christmas shopping?  Looking forward to a winter vacation?  For the Clark Cougar boys basketball team, it was the last time they lost a game this season.  The result has been a 9 game winning streak; the latest win against the Marshall Rams.  The Cougars led the entire game and ended with a 58-42 victory.  Their record now stands at 22-5 and 9-0 in district.  Jason Brickman ledall scorers with 19, followed by Elhad Emerllahu with 14.

The game was the start of the 2nd round of district foes.  The next game is against Jay on Friday.

Brickman, Cougars honored

Congratulations to two Clark Cougars who were recognized this week by the Express News.  Jason Brickman was named “Player of the Week” in basketball and Brandon VanWagner was named “Player of the Week” in soccer.

The boys varsity team is ranked #3 this week in San Antonio and back in the Top 25 in Texas.  The boys varsity soccer team is #3 in San Antonio as well.  Congratulations also to the girls varsity soccer team for their top ten ranking in San Antonio this week.

GO COUGARS!

The Clark girls basketball team lost to Stevens 43-35 at Paul Taylor fieldhouse. Carolyn Chavana led the Cougars scoring with 7 points. The loss brings their district record to 6-4 and 18-10 overall. Clark remains in 4th place in district standings.

The Clark boys soccer team scored one goal in the first half of their match with Brandeis and it turned out to be enough to win the game. Luis Hernandez found the back of the net for the goal and then defense, including six saves by goal keeper Brandon Van Wagner and two saves by Jonathan Fargnoli took care of the rest. The Cougars are 4-0-1 on the season so far and now 1-0 in district play.

The girls soccer team had to settle for the third tie of their young season, as they battled Brandeis to a 0-0 score. Clark has a 1-1-3 record this season. Read about the game in the Express News.

The Coogs  face Stevens on Tuesday the 19th at 7:00 at  Northside field #2. The boys play at 5:00.

Brickman: Player of the Game

The Clark boys basketball team made a Who’s Number One statement at Paul Taylor fieldhouse on Friday night with a solid win over the second place Stevens Falcons by a score of 71-64.  The win gives the Cougars a two game lead over Stevens and Taft in the district race. Leading all scorers was Jason Brickman who had 27 points, Ansley Benjamin put in 12 and Sam Perez scored 11.

Read more about the Cougars history making win over Stevens in the Express News.

Texas Sports Radio Network , which broadcast the game, named Brickman its Player of the Game.

The Clark – Stevens boys basketball show down is being broadcast live on Texas Sports Radio Network with broadcaster Mark Kusenburger calling the play by play. Link is http://www.tsrnsports.com/Broadcast/Broad-tsrn-sa.htm

-Clark leads 22-19 at the end of the first quarter. Clark is undefeated in district play. Stevens is in second place with one loss.

-Clark leads 38-34 at the half

-Clark extends the lead to 55-40 at the end of 3rd quarter with hustle and great shooting.

-Final Clark wins 71-64

#99 Greg Castro DE

Congratulations to Greg Castro and Robert Chapman, Clark Cougar varsity football players, for post-season honors from 5ATexasFootball.com.  Both were named third team All State, a high honor considering they were two of only five San Antonio area players even on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd All State Teams combined.

Congratulations to Jair Rodriquez, Johnny Lawson and Luis Hernandez.  They were recognized in this week’s “Game Balls” section of the Express News for their efforts in helping Clark go 3-0 in the Klein Tournament.  The boys team is 3-0-1 on the year and take on Brandeis on Friday.