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!!

A heady congratulations to the Clark Cougar varsity fall sports athletes who hit the books hard this past season.  Here is a list of the NISD All Academic Team athletes from Clark:

In addition to district honors, several Cougars were recognized on the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All State Teams. Achieving 1st Team honors for football: Mitchell Rummel and Logan Hanna. Second team honors went to Alex Hunter, Brian Socha, Dusty Wright and Ty Williams. Honorable mention went to Sean Campbell, Ryan Cover, Troy Ogletree, Blake DeHart and Manny Menezes. And in Cross Country Honorable Mention Academic All State honors went to Shantel Swift.

Courtesy Bill Jones

Congratulations to Cross Country junior runner Austin Wells.  Representing Clark at the Region IV meet, he placed 3rd.  As a result, he will advance to the state meet to be held next week in Round Rock.

Way to go AUSTIN!

The Clark Cougar varsity Cross Country competed in the 27-5A district meet. Shantel Swift finished 7^th for the girls, and Austin Wells finished 2^nd for the boys. They will advance to the Regional meet to be held next Saturday at the National Shooting Complex near Taft High School.

Congratulations to these two Cougars and Coach Anne Ager and the entire Cross Country team on a very successful season!

Cougars are "Swift and Well(s)" at district meet

Glynnis Meade

Clark graduate (’11) Glynnis Meade helped the Dallas Baptist Women’s Cross Country team win their 5th straight Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo.  Completing the 6k course in 23:30, Glynnis placed 4th overall and earned a spot on the All Conference team.  Next up is the NCAA Division II South Central Region meet, taking place on November 5th at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls.  Congratulations Glynnis!

Wells at AAU Junior Olympics

Clark cross country runner Austin Wells has added a new element to his races and it’s paying off in gold. Express News reporter Pat Turner explains in this story.

Varsity boys ready to roll.

The Clark Cross Country team got off to a great start  in some oppressive heat on Saturday at the Northside Invitational at Gustafson Stadium. Austin Wells finished first among varsity boys in the meet, with a final kick that pushed him ahead of  the pack. Among varsity girls Shantel Swift finished 4th. Next up for the team is the Northeast ISD meet on September 10th.

Wells wins GOLD!

Clark Cougar Austin Wells outran the competition at the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics in New Orleans on August 6th finishing the 3000 meter run with a time of 9:14.23 and winning the gold medal. Wells, who runs cross country and track for Clark, was competing against 64 athletes from across the US, Puerto Rico, the UK and Korea.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             He placed 1st in the AAU Area 14 District Qualifier in Round Rock, TX and 1st in the National Qualifier in Converse,TX to qualify to go to the National Championship event.

CONGRATULATIONS AUSTIN!

Student athletes playing at next level

Four Clark Cougar athletes committed to offers from universities far and near at a public ceremony at Clark High School.

Ryan Jones, son of Bill and Karen Jones, will be attending Harvard and playing football for the Crimson.  Jones starred at running back for the Cougars and was a top runner on the track team. Video

Glynnis Meade, daughter of Dave and Rose Meade, received a track scholarship from Dallas Baptist University where she will join the cross country team there. Video

Brianna Burtone, daughter of John and Jeanie Burtone, will attend school and play soccer locally at Our Lady of the Lake University.  Video

Krista Maples, daughter of Guy and Carmela Maples, will continue her soccer career at St. Mary’s University. Video

Earlier this year baseball players Braden Mattson (TCU) and Hunter McFall (Midland JC) received and accepted offers to play.

Congratulations, Cougars!  Good luck at college and we’ll be watching.

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Meade moving on

Congratulations to Senior Glynnis Meade who has verbally committed to run for Dallas Baptist University next fall.  Glynnis will run cross country, indoor and outdoor track for the DBU Patriots.  She was named to the Area 5A Cross Country team for the past two years, finished 36th at the State meet this year, and has met the national silver standard for the 2 mile and 5k.  She also competed in last year’s Regional track meet in both the 1600m and 3200m events.