The #1 ranked Clark boys soccer team opened district play with a 2-0 victory over Taft at Farris Stadium on Tuesday. This followed a strong showing in the highly competitive Klein Showcase over the weekend. The Cougars faced nationally recognized teams and they returned to San Antonio with one win, one tie and one loss – before the Taft victory. One of the bright spots in tourney play was forward Johnny Lawson, who garnered “Player of the Week” recognition from the Express News for his showing.

Lawson also scored one of the goals in the Taft game, along with fellow senior Oscar Barboza.

The Clark girls team didn’t open the district season as well. They dropped their game against Taft 4-0, but the Cougars did enjoy a good weekend in the Houston area Kingwood Tournament where they compiled a 2-1-1 record against some good competition there.

More tournament appearances await the teams this weekend with a trip to New Braunfels for the girls and to Boerne Champion for the boys.

Johnny Lawson

Coming off a regional tournament appearance last year, the Express News has the Clark boys varsity soccer team at #1 for it’s first rankings of the year.  14 lettermen from last year’s squad return, including forward Johnny Lawson and midfielder Oscar Barboza.  ESPNRise has the team listed at #21 in the nation.

This year’s team is led by Coach Walter Rule, who has two state championship appearances and one state title on his resume.

Congratulations to several Clark Cougars as the spring edition of the Express News all city awards were announced. Seniors Elhad Emerllahu and Jason Brickman made the Express News Super Team in basketball.  Junior Johnny Lawson made the Express News Super Team for soccer as did Gabrielle Santorio.  Several athletes also made all area teams and all district teams.  All can be found at mysanantonio.com.

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Coach Eddie Ashley’s comments after the game:

The Clark boys soccer team advanced to the regional championship Friday with a win over Mission Sharyland at Blossom Stadium. The Coogs heart stopping path to the “Elite Eight” of Texas high school soccer came with another shootout. For the third game in a row Clark ended regulation and overtime tied and this time like the last it was 0-0. In methodical fashion, Johnny Lawson, Oscar Barboza and Evan Javors  made the first three goals of the shootout while Cougar goalkeeper Brandon Van Wagner kept Sharyland out altogether ending the game. Read more in the Express News. And at RGVsports.com.

Next step comes at 3:00 Saturday at Blossom when Clark takes on familiar foe – Austin Westlake (18-5-2) . At stake is one of four spots in the state tournament.

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The Clark boys soccer team got the playoffs started with a pounding of Corpus Christi Carroll on Tuesday in Corpus. Clark beat Carroll 4-1 with two goals from Jair Rodriguez and one each from Johnny Lawson and Carlos Sepulveda. Goalkeeper Brandon Van Wagner insured the win with 7 saves.

Next up for the Cougars will be the Area showdown against the winner of the Lee – Austin Anderson game.

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On his way to another goal

Clark soccer’s leading scorer Johnny Lawson is featured in this article by Pat Turner of the Express News.

DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!

With two games left in the season, the boys varsity soccer team clinched the 28-5A title with a win over Warren 2-1 Friday evening.  Jair Rodriguez and Johnny Lawson both found the back of the net in the win.  Ranked #28 in the nation by ESPN,  the Cougars still have two regular season games left before playoffs begin.  The next is Friday against Taft.

The girls tied Warren on the same evening 0-0.  The tie eliminates them from this year’s playoffs.  Their next game is against Taft.

Javors and team top of district race

The Clark Cougar boys soccer team posted a 3-2 win over O’Connor, securing their 11th district win as well as at least a share of the District 28-5A title.  Evan Javors, Johnny Lawson and Jair Rodriguez each put one in the net for the win.  The Cougars next play 2nd place Warren on Friday and a win would give them the district title.

The softball team was also victorious on a cold and windy evening, defeating Stevens 4-0.  Henessey Soto pitched the shutout, Meagan Martinez hit a two run double and Rochelle Nash crushed the ball for a double.

The baseball team lost to Stevens and the varsity girls’ soccer team also lost to O’Connor, eliminating them from the playoffs this year.

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!

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.