Jeff Schorr and Joe Vasquez

The Clark Texas Football Club announces it’s 9th Annual Golf Tournament.  More information and an entry form can be downloaded here.  This year’s tournament is August 14 and is sure to be just as fun as the past few years.

CTFC is a charitable organization made up of former Clark players and coaches.  Each year, they give a scholarship to a deserving football player.  This year’s recipient was Joe Vasquez who was awarded with $3000 for college.

The scholarship was renamed the Lloyd Alexander scholarship in honor of Coach A and his contributions to the program.

Sign up now for a good time with some great Clark supporters.

Senior class sings alma mater

On a night when the baseball team clinched a playoff spot and the softball team won their game giving them a playoff spot and the best ever season in Clark history, the Clark athletic community celebrated a year of great accomplishments.  The annual Clark Athletic Booster Club Sports Banquet was a phenomenal success with accolades for players and coaches alike.

Highlights included a moment to recognize Coach Lloyd Alexander and his role in shaping a culture of winning in competition and in life, a parade of athletes and coaches that also included each player and teams successes and the awarding of $15,000 in scholarships to Clark seniors.  The $15,000 was a new record for scholarships awarded by the Booster Club and was made possible by parents and their membership fees, cap/tshirt and etc. sales, ad sponsorships by advertisers and volunteers at concession duties and the ATT golf tournament.

The Booster Club has also given over $30,000 this year directly to the athletic department for their needs.

SASports.com’s Jay Tope emceed the event and as usual did an outstanding job.

The Clark boys golf team will be sending several golfers on to the regional tournament April 21-22. Sophomore Tyler Bercher qualified for regional with his second place showing in the District 28-5A tourney. Joining him will be the Clark “White”  team consisting of Seniors Sean Suputra, Kody Zurek and Bradyn Lipps, Junior Andrew Gold, and Sophomore J.T. Caldarola which also placed second at district.  The regional tournament will be held at Palmview Golf Course in McAllen.                                                  

The girls team will also be sending one member on to regionals. Junior Samantha Whitmore placed second at district qualifying her to advance. The tournament will be held April 19-20 at Los Lagos Golf Course in Edinburg.

Other members of the 2009-2010 Clark Cougar golf team are:                                                                                                                       Morgan Glenny (Senior), Morgan Burger (Junior), Grace Diana (Sophomore), Kristen Dunn (Sophomore), Victoria Ortiz (Junior),  Michelle Tucker (Freshman).

Jaye Washington (Senior), David Rojas (Junior), Jeremy Gordon (Freshman),  Austin Wise (Junior), Chase Kellam (Freshman), Ryan Thimmons (Freshman), Avery Ayers (Freshman)

Coach Eddie Burkett added that the entire team worked extremely hard, played well and kept up their grades and he is very proud of all of them.

Martin Flores, who now lives in Dallas, shot a 15-under 268 at the second stage of the PGA Tour qualifying match last week.  Next for Flores will be the PGA Tour Qualifying School on Dec. 2-7 in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Good Luck!

18th Hole at Oak Hills

Each year, the Clark Athletic Booster Club provides volunteers for the AT&T Championship PGA golf tournament at the Oak Hills Country Club. This year it’s Oct. 21-22 for Clark Cougar volunteers.   It’s a great day of walking the course with the Senior tour players and enjoying a PGA tournament. The result is thousands of dollars for our student-athletes. If you’d like to help, please contact Heidi Lentz or Sam Guido.

Volunteers do not have to be Clark parents so take a friend, enjoy the course and help earn money in a relaxing way for the Clark Cougars.  Thanks to volunteers from last year, our students have received over $20,000 so far this year, which has been used for everything from uniforms to new mascot costumes.

Clark senior golfer Hunter Gathright tees off today in the Greater San Antonio Junior Championship at Brackenridge golf course. 195 golfers from the San Antonio area will be competing for the title.

The area’s best in spring sports as named by the Express News  includes some outstanding athletes from Clark  as do the All District squads for softball and baseball.

 In softball, Christina Rodriguez made the paper’s Super Team. In her senior season the Clark catcher hit .485 and was a unanimous All District selection, she will take her game to the next level at St. Mary’s University next year. Rodriguez was also selected to the Class 5A team for the area. Other softball players named to the 1st team All-District squad are Megan Aragones and Henessey Soto, both sophomore pitchers. On the All-District 2nd team is freshman  Britney Ramos, sophomore Megan Martinez and junior Rochelle Nash.

In baseball, Cougar pitcher Carl O’Neal was named to the Class 5A team and was a unanimous selection for the 28-5A 1st team All-District squad. O’Neal will play ball at St. Mary’s University next year. Also named 1st Team All District are senior Joseph Ybarra and sophomore Jason Cervantes - both unanimous selections,  senior Trey Doebbler and sophomore catcher Braden Mattson. Making All-District 2nd team is junior pitcher Vince Salazar.

In golf, junior Hunter Gathright was named to the All-Area team.

Congratulations Cougars!

Clark Cougars

Clark Athletic Booster Club Winners

Several hundred Clark varsity athletes, coaches, parents and friends attended the Clark Athletic Booster Club annual All Sports Banquet.  Each athlete was recognized with the exception of the Water Polo team, who could not attend due to their presence being requested in Dallas where they are competing for a STATE title (Good Luck!).  The highlight of the evening was the awarding of scholarships by the booster club to college-bound seniors.  Each received a $1000 scholarship.  Also recognized was Booster club President Janet Whisenhunt for her efforts and Coach Kevin Hamilton, who retired from coaching after 24 years at Clark to accept a position in the district office.

PHOTOS courtesy envisionfilmvideo.com

Clark High School will send not one, but three golf teams to the regional tournament this year. Two boy’s teams are advancing after a strong showing at the District 28-5A tournament and one girl’s team is also moving on. Individually, Hunter Gathright won the district title and Kody Zurek placed second. The Cougars are led by first year coach Thomas Johnson. Headed to the regional tournament are:

Boys:
Hunter Gathright
Alejandro Flores
Sean Suputra
Travis Gaiser
Jared Brummett
Andrew Gold
Kody Zurek
Bradyn Lipps
Zac Glasser
Lance Nelson

Girls:
Kristine Gutzman
Carlisle Munk
Samantha Whitmore
Morgan Burger
Morgan Glenny

Congratulations and Good Luck! GO COOGS!

Congratulations to Hunter Gathright, Sean Suputra, Alejandro Flores, Travis Gaiser, and Andrew Gold for their effort in the Joe Balander Memorial Golf Tournament against a tough field.  Hunter Gathright won the top individual title.