Chapman, Garcia, Castro

Congratulations to Clark Cougar seniors Robert Chapman, Greg Castro and Jacob Garcia.  They will play in the 32nd annual HEB All Star game tonight in Alamo Stadium.

The game benefits the Kids Sports Network.  For more information, you can visit their website.

Garcia using his feet here, voice in locker room

Senior Jacob Garcia is using his defensive skills and his “gift of gab” to help lead the Clark soccer team to their best season ever.  Read more about this three sport varsity athlete in a great article in today’s Express News.

All Area/District teams announced

Several Clark Cougars from this year’s fall athletic seasons were peppered throughout the Express-News’ annual recognitions of local players.  28-5A All District Teams were also named in volleyball (Clark football All District awards were released earlier and can be found here). Complete lists can be found here.

Congratulations to each on their individual accolades and representing Tom C. Clark High School in the stadiums, gyms and fields.

ALL AREA FOOTBALL PLAYERS

ALL DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

CROSS COUNTRY CLASS TEAM

The varsity football team finished #2 in the area rankings after a 13-1 season which took them to the state quarterfinals.  They were #1 in the KSAT 12 rankings and #10 in the Associated Press (AP) rankings.

First 10-0 season since 1995

It began with a Webb Williams 45 yd. field goal. It ended with the award winning Clark Cougar Band playing Queen’s “We Are the Champions”. In between it was pure joy as the Clark Cougar varsity football team headed into the post season with a win over the Holmes Huskies and a District 28-5A Championship . It is Clark’s 22nd year of playoff football.

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#25 T. Glasgow has 3 100+ yd. games

The Clark Cougar varsity football team got their Halloween scare early courtesy the Taft Raiders but were eventually treated to a 23-15 win and at least a share of the District 28-5A title.

On the opening drive, Taft took a page out of the Clark playbook and drove 72 yards for the first score of the game, giving them a 7-0 lead and taking seven and a half minutes off the clock.  On the first Clark possession, a turnover on the second play was one of only five offensive plays in the 1st quarter by Clark,  including a punt.

The second quarter was a thriller by itself.  Glenn Bonner delivered a crushing sack, a Hayden Greenbauer punt that was clearly out of bounds on the Taft 2 yd. line wasn’t near as clear to the referee standing inches from it who called a touch back, a Clark defensive stop was negated by an unsportsmanlike penalty, and the offense went back to good ol’ smash mouth football behind Greenbauer and Tevin Glasgow.  The drive ended as time ran out on a field goal attempt.  At the half, Taft still led 7-0.

The 3rd qtr. was a treat for Cougar fans.  Hayden Greenbauer hit Jacob Garcia in stride 41 yds. downfield for a 82 yd. touchdown pass.    With 32 seconds left in the quarter, Greenbauer bootlegged another 30 yds. for the next Clark score, giving the Cougars a 14-7 lead.  Following a Webb Williams kickoff, the Taft receiver was met in the end zone by Ryan Flournoy and Daniel Durke (that’s pronounced DIRK!, Mr. NISD announcer) for a safety, giving the Cougars a 16-7 lead going into the 4th. (continue reading…)

#24 Vasquez intercepts Warren. #27 Garcia would also steal one from Warren later

The Clark Cougars varsity football team, #1 in San Antonio, #11/21 in Texas (Dave Campbell/5ATexasfootball.com) exacted a bit of revenge on the Warren Warriors with a 27-17 victory.  The win gave the Cougars an 8-0 record, perfect in play this season.  Last season Warren ended the Cougars’ win streak at 7.

The Warriors scored first with an opening drive that resulted in a field goal and 3 point lead.  On the first possession for the Cougars,  a five play drive ended with Hayden Greenbauer scoring from 5 yds. out to give the Cougars a 7-3 1st qtr. score.  Joe Vasquez would get the ball back for the Cougars with an athletic interception with 4:02 left in the 1st qtr.  That would set up a Webb Williams 23 yd. field goal to give the Cougars a 7 point lead with a little over 11 minutes to play in the half.  The Cougars weren’t done with the end zone, however, as Joey Cammer tacked on a 1 yd. rushing TD with 5 minutes left in the half.  When both teams left the field, Clark had a 17-3 lead.

In the 2nd half, Clark would turn over the opening kickoff, giving Warren a chance to get back in it, converting it for a TD but still trailing 17-10.  A second Clark fumble gave Warren life but the defense held and Clark  took over.  A nine play drive would set up another Webb Williams field goal, this time a 45 yd. effort, giving Clark a 20-10 lead going into the 4th qtr.

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Chapman celebrates fumble recovery

The Clark Cougars, coming off a shutout of the Jay Mustangs last week, continued their defensive dominance and the offense poured on the points in a 31-0 pasting of the O’Connor Panthers.  Junior Jimmy Kueber started the Cougars off with a fumble recovery on the second play of the game and from there on out, it didn’t get any better for the Panthers.  Hayden Greenbauer ran for a 13 yd. TD to end the drive and put points on the board early for Clark.  Later in the 1st quarter, Tevin Glasgow would score on a rushing TD for his first of two TDs.

In the second quarter, O’Connor would have a chance to score.  On the Clark 1 yd. line, the Panthers were set to get their first six but a mishandled snap would be recovered by Robert Chapman, his first fumble recovery, in limited defensive play, of the season.  The quarter ended with a Webb Williams 33 yd. field goal, giving the Cougars a 17-0 lead at the half.

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Greg Castro and Glenn Bonner

With a 4-0 record, the Cougars made sure they were not one of the weekend upsets, blowing out the Marshall Rams in a 41-7 victory.  Both the offense and defense dominated early, allowing 2nd units for both to come in and see action with three minutes left in the first half.

Marshall received the opening kickoff and drove into Clark territory but Jacob Garcia made his second interception of the year to give the Cougars the ball on the Clark 18 early in the first quarter.  The Cougars would then drive the field, ending in a Ryan Jones 3 yd. rushing TD with 8:41 left in the 1st quarter.  It would be the first of two in the 1st quarter for Jones, as he ran again for a 7 yd. TD with 2:08 left in the quarter.

With the defense taking control of the Marshall offense, the Cougars would get the ball back and would score again early in the 2nd quarter, set up by a 20 yd. run by  Joey Cammer.  Hayden Greenbauer added another 28 yds. on the same drive to set up a 6 yd. TD by Greenbauer with 7:46 in the 2nd quarter.  On the following Marshall possession, Ryan Flournoy would get his 1st interception of the season along with a nice run after the catch.  Jones would be called on once again, this time for 26 yds. and a TD giving the Cougars a 27-0 lead in the 2nd quarter.  Andrew Mire picked off a Marshall pass in the end zone and Tevin Glasgow would add one more score before the half on a spectacular 63 yd. dash to the end zone, giving the Cougars a 34-0 lead at halftime.

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The 2009 editions of the Clark Cougar Football and Volleyball teams have begun official practices for their 2009 seasons.  Coach Lloyd Alexander talks about what fans can expect from this year’s varsity football team.

Ranks Clark #25 in preseason list

5ATexasFootball.com has released their first ranking of the season and the Clark Cougar Football team cracks the list at #25 in the state.  Clark is one of only three Region 4 teams on the list.  Not entirely accurate (where is that guy? and why isn’t he playing?),  the article that accompanies it is a good read and great for diehard fans of the program.  You can find out more here.