A busy schedule of basketball and soccer saw Clark Cougar varsity teams go 2-1-1 in action on the court and the pitch.

The Clark Cougars girl’s basketball team continued their winning ways with a 48-42 victory over Brandeis at the UTSA Convocation Center. The girls were down one point at the end of the first quarter, but staged a balanced effort to come back and take the lead just before the end of the first half, 19-18. Momentum carried the Cougars into the third and fourth quarters for a great win. Carolyn Chavana had 13 points, Courtney Rhodes had 8, Taylor Buck and Vanessa Casanova each had 7, and Hannah Gulley had 6; others scoring included Chloe Rhodes, Melanie Schwartz, Sam Biemer and Kristen Lye.  They are now 18-9 overall, 6-3 in district. Keep up the great work ladies!

The #4 boys basketball team also took care of business, busting the Broncos for a 74-57 win.  The Cougars cruised to a 42-18 halftime lead.  The boys remain undefeated in District 28-5A play.

At Farris Stadium, the boys soccer team took on Reagan and tied the Rattlers 0-0.  On the girl’s side, against Reagan, the Rattlers scored to win 1-0.

JV boys also tied Reagan 0-0.

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At the Alamo Area High School Swim League City Invitational, Clark swimmers took to the pool and then to the medal stand.  Several area schools participated from NISD, NEISD and other districts.  The next meet is the district championships on Jan. 27th.  Congratulations to all.

Padron coached for and against Clark

O’Connor Head Football Coach and longtime Clark assistant Danny Padron has announced he’ll be leaving the high school ranks to take the head coaching position at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin. Padron will take his son, Andy, along as an assistant. Andy is a former Clark quarterback.  Padron has also added Cuero coach Mark Reeve to his TLU staff. Reeve was an assistant at Clark for nine years with Padron during the 1980’s.

Padron was the head baseball coach at Clark when the school opened in 1978 and became football offensive coordinator in 1981. He spent 20 years at Clark sandwiched around a brief stint at Judson before leaving to become head football coach and athletic director at O’Connor.

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The official announcement will be made Monday.

There are now three head coaching vacancies in NISD at Clark, O’Connor and Brennan (opening in August 2010).

The Clark boys basketball team remains undefeated in district play with a 77-56 win over Holmes at Paul Taylor. Jason Brickman led all scorers with 21, Elhad Emerllahu added 18 and Ansley Benjamin had 12. The Cougars are now 6-0 in district and 19-5 overall.                                                                                                                                                                                                  Next up is Brandeis on Monday, January 11th. The game will be played at the UTSA Convocation Center at 6:30. The Clark girls will follow with an 8:00 pm tip off. Come out and support the Cougars!

Undefeated in District

The Clark girls basketball team added another district win with a 39-36 victory over Holmes. Vanessa Casanova and Courtney Rhodes led the scoring with 8 points each. This is the third straight district win for the Cougars and brings their season record to 17-9 overall and 5-3 in district.

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Chapman celebrates fumble recovery

Another award has rolled in for the Clark Cougars’ All State center Robert Chapman.  This time it’s on the Rivals.com “The Old Coach” Class 5a All State Team.  Robert is one of only two players on the list from the Austin/San  Antonio area (insert sarcastic look here).  This is just another award in a list of superlatives for the senior headed to the next level.

Elhad Emerllahu and Jason Brickman have been playing basketball for quite some time.  Pat Turner writes about their final season together as Clark Cougars.

Cougars claw Raiders

In action on the Court, both the boys and girls varsity basketball teams took dominating wins over the Taft Raiders.  The girls, led by Carolyn Chavana with 14 points and Hannah Gulley with 12 points, won 49-31. A dominant defensive effort in the second and third quarters that kept Taft to single digits was the difference.  Thge girls are now 4-3 in district play.

The boys defeated Taft 67-55.  Jason Brickman and  Elhad Emerllahu each had 20 points and Ansley Benjamin sunk another 16 in the victory.  Undefeated in district play, the boys are now 5-0 against 28-5A opponents.

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The Clark boys defeated the Warren Warriors, 98-63 in district 28-5A action.  Elhad Emerllahu and Ansley Benjamin each had 22 points and Jacob Palacios added 19 points.