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.

Menezes steals one

After a week off the gridiron, the Clark Cougar football team came roaring back, demolishing the Holmes Huskies 56-27 in a homecoming victory.  The win keeps the Cougars in the playoff hunt with a must-win game against O’Connor next week.

Holmes’ first possession ended early when they were stopped on a 4th and 8 attempt from the Clark 37 yd. line.  The Cougars drove to the five where Deandre Holmes scored giving the Cougars a 7-0 lead.  The Cougars’ second score came after a 4th and 2 effort by the Huskies.  On the next play, Josh Kern bullied his way for 37 yds. for a 14-0 lead.  And once again, the Huskies were stopped on a 4th down attempt.  Hunter Anderson pounded his way to the end zone giving Clark a 21-0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter.

The 2nd quarter wasn’t much better for the Huskies.  Manny Menezes picked off a Holmes pass, returning the ball for 36 yds., setting up a Kern to Ansley Benjamin 12 yd. TD reception.  The score came with 14 seconds off the clock at the start of the quarter.  The final Cougar score of the half  came when Josh Kern ran for his second TD at the 4:18 mark.  Holmes would score with :35 seconds left before the half.  The teams went to the locker room with Clark up 35-7 at the half.

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Yates TD catch, Cougars win

The Clark Cougar JV football team beat the Stevens Falcons 22-16 in a close game.  Deandre Holmes started the scoring for the Cougars, with a dive into the end zone in the 1st quarter.  Brandon Yates also scored on a nice reception from Sean Campbell and Howlett Cohick added six with a run down the sideline in front of the Stevens bench.  Stevens made a late drive in the final 2 minutes of the game but a diving interception by Evan Meyer (or the other 45?) killed the Falcon comeback and secured the victory for the Cougars.  The Cougar defense also tacked on a safety during the game.

The Sophomore team did not play, due to the fact that Stevens allegedly did not have enough players to field a team.  What looked like 100 players suited out for the Falcons JV game.

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