Here is video from the first Clark Cougar track relay team to qualify for state.  Travis Cooke, Brandon Yates, Brian Socha and Ryan Jones take 2nd place at the Region 4 meet in San Antonio.  Turn up the volume to hear Head Coach Rodney Wilson cheer on his guys.  Thanks to Tammy Cooke.

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The Clark Cougars boys 4×100 relay team took 2nd place at the regional track meet at Alamo stadium.  Junior Brandon Yates, junior Brian Socha, junior Travis Cooke and senior Ryan Jones ran a time of 42.39, missing first place by just seven one-hundredths.  With the win, they advance to the state meet.  This is the first time a Clark relay team has qualified for the state meet in the history of the school.

Overall, Clark boys track tied for 7th place with Stevens.

Brandon Yates just missed a state appearance in the 200m by placing 3rd, fractions of a second behind the 2nd place runner.  Other Clark athletes who placed well included Shantel Swift and Austin Wells.

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The Clark boys track and field team placed 3rd at the District Meet this week and will send several athletes to the Regional Meet. Top results included: 2nd place for Brandon Yates in the 200 meter (22.08), 2nd place for Ben Deschner in the 400 meter (51.77), 3rd place for Austin Wells in the 1600 meter (4:28.27) and 2nd place for Wells in the 3200 meter (9:35.95), 1st place for Kyle Rutledge in the High Jump (6’2″), 2nd place for Jimmy Kueber in the Shot Put (48′ 9.5″), 2nd place for Kueber in the Discus (148′ 5″), 2nd place for the 4×100 Relay (42.38) and 2nd place for the 4×200 Relay (1:29.38) – Relay team is Brian Socha, Brandon Yates, Travis Cooke and Malcolm Eatman. (continue reading…)

For the second time in as many meets, the Clark Cougar boys 4x100m relay team (Travis Cooke, Brandon Yates, Malcolm Eatman, and Brian Socha) set a new Clark record at the NEISD Relays. Their time of 42.27 beat the previous record, which they set this weekend in the SAISD meet (42.37).  Prior to that, the record was 42.50 set in 2005 by Adam Sauer, Brandon Mills, Ross Vale and Jerrell Wilkerson.

Austin Wells also broke the 1600m record at the South San meet on March 4th.  He ran a 4:25.43 which broke the old record held by Jesse Mader set in 2000 with a time of 4:27.06.
Several other Cougars also did well at the NEISD Relays.  (continue reading…)

Jones plays it smart!

Clark football and track athlete Ryan Jones was recently awarded the “Scholar Athlete of the Week” on KSAT-12. Ryan is heading to Harvard to play football and become an Environmental Engineer. Congratulations Ryan, the Clark community is proud of you! Watch here.

Jones plays smart

Congratulations to the following football players for their success in the classroom as well as on the field. San Antonio Clark was the only San Antonio 5A school to place athletes on the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All State “Elite” list.

An overall grade point average of 92 or above for all four years, a senior and an athlete of good moral character are some of the qualifiers for this award.

Jones shreds the Marshall "D"

It was another lopsided defeat by the Clark Cougars varsity football team over the Marshall Rams in a 49-7 beat down at Farris Stadium.  Coach Steve McGhee made sure several reserve players saw action in the second half and they scored 14 points and kept the Rams to 2 total rushing yards for the half.

Among the highlights:

• Ryan Jones’ prolific night rushing
• Deandre Holmes 2 TDs
• Josh Kern to Austin Wise – twice –  one for TD
• Kern to Jeremy Harris setting up a score
• A STIFLING defensive effort including two fumble recoveries
• Alex Ethridge and Brian Socha TDs
• Ansley Benjamin LIGHTING UP a Ram returner

There’s more to say but Pat Turner of the Express News covers it all here.

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Jones leads Cougars to victory

Following a tough outing against Alamo Heights, the Clark Cougar defense stepped up and shut down a Taft offense that scored 35 points the week before, giving Clark a 10-0 win over the Raiders.

The first quarter ended 0-0 with the Cougars driving and Deandre Holmes converting a 4th and 1 with :33 seconds to go.  The drive would continue into  the 2nd quarter but stalled.

With 6:27 left in the half, Josh Kern set up the Cougars first score of the evening with a 42 yd. bootleg run giving the Cougars the ball on the 6 yd. line.  Webb Williams made a 26 yd. field goal giving the Cougars a 3-0 lead at the half.

The 2nd half began the same way as the first half went for Taft – with three plays and a punt.  Peter Rozanski had a tackle for a loss on second down of the Taft possession to put them in a hole.

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Holmes scores and runs for 100+

A much improved Clark Cougar varsity football team scored often but had trouble stopping an Alamo Heights air attack, losing to the Mules 33-29.  The Cougars are now 0-2 as they prepare for a district opener against Taft.

Alamo Heights struck first with a FG and then added 7 more points with 7 seconds left in the first quarter to take a 9-0 lead in what appeared to be the end of the quarter.  Momentum, however, jumped to Clark’s side as Ryan Jones ended the 1st quarter with a 94 yard kickoff return.  Going into the 2nd quarter, the score was 9-7 Alamo Heights.

The second quarter belonged to the Cougars, who scored two touchdowns but gave up another field goal and TD , the latter coming moments before halftime.  Ryan Jones once again found the end zone and Deandre Holmes scored his first varsity TD with 1:43 left in the half. The Cougars went to the locker room with a 22-19 advantage.

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#19 Durke makes another stop

Clark was looking to make it three years in a row over Churchill but a young team that made some early season mistakes and a tough Charger effort led to a 21-7 loss in the 27th Gucci Bowl.  Two early possession fumbles cost the Cougars two touchdowns and several penalties also cost the Cougars positive yards.

There were several bright spots, however, including a nice combination of QB Josh Kern to his receivers Brandon Yates, Jeremy Harris, and Austin Wise; good running by Ryan Jones, a rambling, rumbling Jimmy Kueber reception, several 4th down conversions, a classic rushing TD by Clark and a second half shutout by a defense led by Daniel Durke and Kris Patino along with newcomer Colton Magaro.

The Cougars look to eliminate the mistakes and rebound next week against Alamo Heights in the first home game of the season.

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