Cooper Sports Update: Dragon Swimmer break three school records

VARSITY SWIMMING

1/27 at HAPP (Houston Association of Private and Parochial Schools) Invitational, Lamar HS

Final results are not yet available yet but Dragon swimmers broke three school records.

1–The 400 Free Relay team of juniors Vidyal Pradeepkumar, William Staebel, Campbell Wolford and sophomore Chris Seymour came in first place and set a school record with a time of 3:18:36, slashing the former record of 3:22:52.

2–The same team broke the school record in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:40.64. Wolford, Seymour and Staebel were on the team that set last year’s record of 1:41:20.

3–William Staebel broke the school record in 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:01:50.

Cooper’s Relay team of Vidyal Pradeepkumar, William Staebel, Chris Seymour, Campbell Wolford set two school relay records in the 400 Free and the 200 Medley at the Houston Association of Private and Parochial Schools (HAPP) Invitational on Jan. 27 at Lamar High School. Staebel also set a school record in the 100 Breaststroke.

Next up for Dragon Swimming:
February 1 • SPC Invitational, Lamar High School

February 9 • Senior Night • 7 p.m., Dunlap Gymnasium

February 17 hosting SPC Championships, Conroe ISD Natatorium

VARSITY BOYS’ BASKETBALL

1/23 vs. Salt & Light • 68-35 WIN

1/26 vs St. Andrew’s* • 63-64 LOSS

1/27 vs St. Stephen’s* • 75-52 WIN

From Coach Rod Gold: St. Stephen’s was the first SPC counter win in a little over three years. I have tremendous pride in our seniors who have been through that whole stretch. They wanted to make the playoffs so badly this year and they made it happen. After Friday night’s absolutely crushing defeat, losing in the last second of the game, the guys showed tremendous resilience in coming back with a great mindset and took care of business against St. Stephen’s, thus punching their ticket to the playoffs. The Cooper community can be very proud of this group of guys.

Next up for Dragon Boys’ Basketball:
January 30 vs. HCYA, 7 p.m.
February 2 at Houston Christian*, 7:30 p.m.
February 6 vs, Kinkaid*, 7:30 p.m.
February 9 vs. CHSM, 7:30 p.m. • Senior Night

VARSITY GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

1/26 vs. St. Andrew’s* • 22-48 LOSS

1/19 vs. St. Stephen’s* • 36-23 WIN

Next up for Dragon Girls’ Basketball:

February 2 at Houston Christian*, 6 p.m.

February 6 vs, Kinkaid*, 5:30 p.m.

February 9 vs. CHSM, 5:30 p.m. • Senior Night

VARSITY BOYS’ SOCCER

1/26 vs. St. Andrew’s • 4-1 WIN

Goals by Vinit Reddy (2), Eli Araya, Evan Burchfiel

1/26 vs. St. Stephen’s • 1-1 TIE

From Coach Bryan Sherman: It was unfortunate we didn’t come away with two wins this weekend, but we played very well and they are really starting to show their ability as a team. Friday night against St. Andrews was the best we have played this year, and we just did not have the same energy on Saturday.

Next up for Dragon Boys’ Soccer:

January 30 vs. HCYA, 6:30 p.m • Senior Night

February 2 at Houston Christian*, 7 p.m.

February 6 vs. Kinkaid*, 6:30 p.m.

VARSITY GIRLS’ SOCCER

1/26 vs. St. Andrew’s* • 0-0 TIE

From Coach Amber Clevenger: This was such a hard fought game – no matter what we did we just couldn’t finish, the only goal of the game was called back due to a “foul”.
Patty Chow was for sure the player of the game she made two crucial saves and she also saved a penalty kick! But we ended in a 0-0 tie.

1/26 vs. St. Stephen’s* • 4-1 LOSS

From Coach Amber Clevenger: We actually played much better than Friday’s game and the score really doesn’t depict how well we really played. We lost 4-1 with a nice set piece goal by Mary Bannon.
Next up is our Senior night on Tuesday vs. HCYA and we asked that everyone come out and really celebrate these great seniors with us.

Next up for Dragon Girls’ Soccer:

January 30 vs. HCYA, 4:30 p.m. • Senior Night

February 2 at Houston Christian*, 5 p.m.

February 6 vs. Kinkaid*, 4:30 p.m.

More

JCS roundup, p. 3

UPCOMING VARSITY WINTER SPORTS ACTION AT HOME:

Tuesday, January 30

Girls’ Soccer vs. HCYA*, 4:30 p.m. • Senior Night

Boys’ Soccer vs. HCYA, 6:30 p.m. • Senior Night

Boys’ Basketball vs. HCYA, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, February 6

Girls’ Soccer vs. Kinkaid*, 4:30 p.m.

Girls’ Basketball vs. Kinkaid*, 5:30 p.m.

Boys’ Soccer vs. Kinkaid*, 6:30 p.m.

Boys’ Basketball vs. Kinkaid*

Friday, February 9

Girls’ Basketball vs. CHSM, 5:30 p.m. • Senior Night

Boys’ Basketball vs. CHSM, 7:30 p.m. • Senior Night

Tuesday, February 13

Boys’ Baseball vs. Cypress Christian, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 14

Boys’ Baseball vs. Legacy Prep, 6 p.m.

Saturday, February 17

SPC Championships for swimming at CISD Natatorium

*SPC conference match up

For more information contact:

Lynn Boeding, Sports Communications

lboeding@johncooper.org • 281.367.0900 ext. 2455 • cell: 281.748.1447