Clark Booster Club awards $16k to student athletes

The Clark Cougar annual All Sports Banquet, hosted each year by the Clark Athletic Booster Club, was the scene for a good time and a “hot” evening (see: A/C).  Athletes and their coaches had a chance to review their seasons with parents and other athletes.

The highlight of the evening was the scholarships awarded.  This year, thanks to Booster Club members and sales of sports program ads, t-shirts and other spirit items, $16,000 was awarded to student athletes going to college.  The money awarded set a new record for number of students and amount of money given back by the Booster Club (see: IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT AND JOIN!).

Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches for their efforts this year and special good luck to the Seniors who have contributed to the Pride of the Northside.  It’s a Good Day to be a Clark Cougar!

2011 Clark Booster Club Scholarship winners:

The state water polo tournament (TISCA) in The Woodlands didn’t go Clark’s way last weekend, but both the boys and girls teams placed players on the All State roster. Clark’s boys had one loss and one win during the tournament –  that win, over Plano West, would be the only victory for any of the South Texas teams at the tournament (Clark, Brandeis, Alamo Heights, Marshall).  The Clark girls had one loss and one tie against Flower Mound. State Champions were Ross Sterling HS in Houston for the boys and for the girls it was Tomball HS.

Named  All State Honorable Mention for the girls was Jessica Rourke and for the boys Derek Poirer and Jeremy Kustoff.

Congratulations on a great season!

Clark Boys Water Polo '11

On Saturday,  April 9th,  both the boys and girls polo teams  took to the pool in the Regional Championships.    Men and women  played excellent games  (each squad playing  3  grueling matches in less than  24 hours) as they fought strong competition.   In the end,  the Clark  Lady Cougars would fall to Alamo Heights  8-3   and the  Clark  men would narrowly miss  overtime opportunity  against  Brandeis  in a 6-5  Championship  game.

As the second place team in the Region,  Clark  advances to  Houston  on  April 15th and 16th for   TISCA  State Championships.

Clark Girls Water Polo '11

Congratulations to  Women’s All Region 1st team:
Melanie Macha, Jessica Rourke and Coral Crouch, and to 2nd team:  Marina Gonzalez.
For the men,   Derek Poirier and Jeremy Kustoff have been named to 1st  team,  Joseph Jaime to  2nd team  and  Andrew Ulcak to  All Region 3rd team.    Great job,  Clark Cougars!

Clark  swimmers and parents extend hearty congratulations to Coach Tony Plummer,   All Region  Co-Coach of the Year!

Jessica Rourke take 2nd in the 500m freestyle

The Clark Cougars held off a formidable Alamo Heights Mules swim team on Saturday for a win:   407 Clark – 280 AH.    Clark sprinters, distance swimmers, backstrokes, and IM’ers did very well in their first scored dual meet of the season.   In addition to the individual races, six different relays are swum at a meet:   200 yd. medley relay, 200 yd. free relay and 400 free relays, each having men’s and women’s races.   Of the 6 relays on Saturday, Clark “A” squad relays finished 1^st place  in every one of them!    “B” squad relay swimmers  were right behind  “A”, and “C” relays, sometimes comprised of kids in their first swimming relay,  held their own!    Demonstrating, once again, that Clark Cougars stick together and know the meaning of  teamwork.

-Susan Ogden

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