Head Soccer Coach Walter Rule

Clark boys soccer coach Walter Rule hit a major milestone on Friday with the 300th win in his 21 year career. The 1-0 victory over Boerne Champion in the New Braunfels Tournament kick starts the new season. Yamil Alvarado had the Cougar’s lone goal. Read more about Coach Rule in the Express News.

The Clark girls also started their new season with a 1-0 victory over Madison in the Northside tournament. Chloe Trevino got the Cougars on the board in the first half.

More soccer action today for both teams. GO COOGS!!!

Head Soccer Coach Walter Rule

Clark boys head soccer coach and assistant football coach Walter Rule has been honored by his Corpus Christi High School with induction into its Hall of Fame. Coach Rule and five other former football  players were inducted into the W.B. Ray High School Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the end of September. Coach Rule was a kicker at Ray before going on to kick for Cisco Junior College and Texas A&I University.  Read more.

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.

Soccer season starts

As the temperature continues to drop, that means one thing – time to head outdoors for soccer.  Pat Turner of the Express News chats with the boys new head coach, last year’s girl’s head coach, Walter Rule in this article.

Head Coach Walter Rule

Walter Rule has been named the head coach of boys soccer at Clark following the departure of Coach Eddie Ashley.

Ashley coached this past year’s team to a Clark record 21-2-2 and one win shy of an appearance in the state tournament.  It was the farthest a Clark boys soccer team has ever advanced in the playoffs.  Ashley resigned to take an Assistant Principal position at Boerne’s Champion High School.

Coach Rule moves over from coaching the girl’s team for the past two seasons.  Previous to Clark, Rule coached the boys team at Reagan, where he won a state championship in 2002 and his 2004 team also played in the state championship game.  He continues to coach at the club level as well and played professionally with Atlas of Mexico for two years following a successful college career, where he was an All-American place kicker for the Texas A&I (now A&M-Kingsville) Javelinas.

The new girls coach is Diana Driggers.  She has been Head Coach at both Holmes and Providence High Schools. For three years, Diana was Head Coach at Texas Lutheran University. Driggers played at MacArthur High School and advanced to the South Texas State Team twice. She played for the University of Incarnate Word and obtained the distinction of Nationally Ranked Goalkeeper (NAIA). Diana is also the AAYSA Referee Commissioner and was a Professional Referee for the Women’s Professional League.

Congratulations to Coach Ashley in his new position and good luck and congrats to Coach Rule and Driggers. AND GO COOGS!

#26 Richards #10 Seifert

The ladies varsity soccer team, winning a “must win” game against Warren earlier in the week, played Boerne in what Coach Walter Rule had referred to as a game they would play just for fun.  The game carried no weight in the fact that it was not a district game and Boerne was ranked #2 in the city and ranked nationally in some polls.  The fun quickly became serious and the Lady Cougars stepped up their game.  The result was a respectable 2-2 tie.  Senior Rebekah Richards and junior Toria Seifert each scored goals.