Austin Wells

Several Clark Cougars were recognized for their outstanding play during the fall sports season. Topping the list is cross country junior runner Austin Wells who was named to the Express News Super Team for Cross Country as well as the Area Team.

From Clark volleyball the 27-5A All district 1st team includes Jenn Garrett and Marcella Arellano. Named to the 2nd team is Abigail Glosup and Nicole Rehm.

27-5A 1st team offense football honors went to Manny Menezes. 2nd team offense honors to Kweku Larbie, Brandon Yates, Blake DeHart and Alex Hunter. The 2nd team defense includes Logan Hanna, Tri-Rice Van Buren and Malcolm Eatman.

CONGRATULATIONS COUGARS!!

The Clark volleyball team is looking forward to the second season after clinching its spot in the playoffs. The Cougars will likely face Corpus Christi Carroll or Corpus Christi King in the first round, possibly on November 1st.

There’s still regular season business to take care of though and Clark could have been looking ahead a bit during Friday’s game against Holmes, escaping the gym with a 3-2 victory. Clark dropped the first two games 16-25 and 19-25 before taking the next two games 25-22 and 25-21 and then winning the tie breaker 15-8. Marcella Arellano led the team with 19 kills, 34 digs and 3 serving aces. Jenn Garrett had 17 kills and Abby Glosup continued to shine with a whopping 62 assists in the five game match up. Nicole Rehm had 34 digs and an ace and Jenn Garrett and Rosalyn Velasquez teamed up for 1.5 blocks each.

The last regular season game is against O’Connor on Tuesday at 7:00 at Paul Taylor.

GO COOGS!!!

Jenn Garrett with 19 kills

The Clark Cougars came ready to fight on Tuesday night against district rival Brandeis, but fell just short of an upset losing in five games. Brandeis took the first 25-17 then Clark won two in a row 27-25 & 26-24. Brandeis took the fourth game 25-22 and the tiebreaker 15-12. Jenn Garrett led the Cougars with 19 kills and 2 blocked shots while Marcella Arellano had 10 kills. District 27-5A assists leader Abby Glosup kept things moving with 45 assists and added 2 blocked shots to her game.  Nicole Rehm and Hunter Cole each had 22 digs. Rosalyn Velasquez blocked two shots and Alyssa Pruitt aced one serve.

Clark is 7-4 in district and remains in the playoff hunt. Next up is Jay on Friday at 5:30 at Paul Taylor.

GO COOGS!!!

Abby Glosup - leads in assists

The Clark volleyball team bumped its district record up to 7-3 with a 3-0 trouncing of Marshall on Friday. The Cougars won 25-14, 25-19 and 25-20 with 27 assists from Junior Abby Glosup. Jenn Garrett had 7 kills, Rosalyn Velasquez had 6 and the two teamed up for 1.5 blocked shots each. Hunter Cole had 12 digs and Nicole Rehm had 9. Clark is 21-13 for the season with its next game coming up on on Tuesday at 7:00 against Brandeis at Paul Taylor.

GO COOGS!!!

The Clark volleyball team beat Taft 3-0 on Wednesday in a game that was never close, winning 25-10, 25-9, 25-13. The power came from Jenn Garrett with 9 kills and 3 blocked shots and Hunter Cole and Marcella Arellano with 8 kills each.  Setter Abby Glosup had 24 assists while Arellano added 15 digs and Nicole Rehm had 17 digs.  The win brings the Cougars season record to 20-13 and 6-3 in district.

Clark is in 4th place in district standings with a big game against 5th place Marshall on Friday in the gym at O’Connor.

GO COOGS!!!!!

Glossup sets another point

The Clark Cougar varsity volleyball team swept the Holmes Huskies in district play, 25-21, 26-24 and 25-17.  Jennifer Garrett and Hunter Cole each registered 13 kills, Abby Glosup posted a staggering 39 assists and Nicole Rehm and Marcella Arellano had 11 and 19 digs, respectively.

The Cougars have won their last 9 sets in three games.  The win boosts the Cougars’ record to 5-2 in district and 19-12 overall.  They are currently in a tie for 3rd in the District 27-5A standings.

Way to go, ladies!

Clark volleyball scored a 3-0 win over the Jay Mustangs on Wednesday at Paul Taylor Fieldhouse. Behind 9 kills from Jenn Garrett and 8 kills from Rosalyn Velasquez the Cougars controlled all three games winning 25-8, 25-12, and 25-20. Abby Glosup added 19 assists while Nicole Rehm and Marcella Arellano posted 10 digs each.

The win boosts Clark’s district record to 3-1 and season record to 16-11. Next up is a showdown against district leading Warren on Friday at 7:00 in the gym at O’Connor. The Cougars have already beaten Warren in non-district play this season.

GO COOGS – DO IT AGAIN!!!

Pruett serves up a winner

The Clark Cougar varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams swept the Taft Raiders in volleyball action in the first district games of the season.  The Clark varsity, ranked #8 in the city, plundered the Raiders points, winning 25-13, 25-11 and 25-8. Jenn Garrett registered 18 kills, Nicole Rehm had 14 digs and Abby Glosup provided 30 assists.  Alyssa Pruett struck 4 aces into the Taft interior.

The win is the Cougars first district win of the season.  They now travel to the prestigious Pearland/Nike tournament for the weekend.

Way to go, Coogs!

All Arellano

The Express News released the All Area and All District teams for football, volleyball and cross country for the 2010 season.  Congratulations to Marcella Arellano, who received All Area and All District honors while teammates Jenn Garrett, and Kayci Murphy were selected to the All-District 27-5A teams.  Marcella and Jenn were unanimous decisions..  Second teamers included Shelby MacKenzie and Nicole Rehm.

Clark also stood out among cross country runners, with Austin Wells and Glynnis Meade making the All Area teams.

The Express News lists all the players in today’s edition.

Clark Volleyball

The Clark volleyball team fought back from a 2-0 deficit in Tuesday’s district championship game to take the third game and then threatened to take the match to five games, but fell just short, losing 25-20 in the 4th.  Marcella Arellano and Jenn Garrett led the work at the net with 10 kills each. Arellano added 17 digs to that and Nicole Rehm had 16 more. Leading with assists were Kayci Murphy with 17 and Adriana Christian with 12.

The loss means the Cougars face Brandeis on Friday at 6:00pm at Paul Taylor to determine the 2nd place team in district leading into the playoffs. Lots of great volleyball ahead for Clark!

Read about the game in the Express News