John Cooper Sports: Dragon Football Navigates A Homecoming Win, Volleyball Opens SPC With Wins, Cross Country Travels To Arkansas

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- Results from the week of September 25

Dragon Football Navigates A Homecoming Win, Volleyball Opens SPC With Wins, Cross Country Travels To Arkansas

VARSITY FOOTBALL

9/29 vs. Cistercian Prep* • 43-32 W
COOPER HOMECOMING!

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”

The Dragons have certainly navigated a “rough road” this year, but it seems that they have finally started to handle the bumps as they won their third game in a row Friday night defeating the Hawks of Cistercian 43- 32. The Dragons move to 3-0 in SPC play as they continue to polish and refine looking more and more like the Dragon teams of recent times.

For the second game in a row, the Dragon offense came to life. Freshman QB Colson Collins was 19 for 28 with 265 yards and four touchdowns. Dragon receivers stood on their head led by senior WR Kaden Davis who hauled in five passes for 57 yards and two touchdowns. Junior WR Skylar Loggins found the endzone for the first time in his Dragon football career and senior WR Gus Feinberg added another touchdown to his storied Dragon career. Once again junior RB Dean Calhoun carried the load on the ground for the Dragons with 15 carries for 129 yards and two touchdowns. The Dragon defense was led by junior LB Bryce Weatherholt who tallied 11 tackles and defensive newcomer Santi Fernandez Villarreal who had six tackles and one interception. Senior DE Cooper Sansbury caused trouble in the Hawk backfield all night and it was a welcome sight to see senior CB Stephen Schlichter back from injury being physical as usual.

The Dragons found themselves on their heels at times but managed to keep the Hawks at bay enough to seal the win. The Dragons travel to Fort Worth next week to take on the Falcons of Fort Worth Country Day School.–Coach Daniel Lewis

Next up for Dragon Football:

October 6 at Fort Worth Country Day*, 7 p.m.

October 13 vs. Houston Christian*, 7 p.m. Senior Night

October 20 at Trinity Valley School*, 7 p.m.

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

9/30 at Chili Pepper Festival, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Coach George Dohner: The Cooper Cross Country teams traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas to run the Chile Pepper Cross Country festival.

The girls started the day finishing 37th out of 83 teams. Alexis Seymour led the girls, running 20:00 for the 5k. Tahira King at 20:04 and Emma Locht at 21:54 also ran well. They were followed closely by Milla Signorelli at 21:54 and Lexi Fitz Sullivan at 21:57.

The boys finished 29th out of 110 teams. Grey Mendenhall led the pack, finishing in 69th place out of 860 runners with a time of 16:24. Jacob Bailey broke 17:00 minutes for the first time, running 16:58. Walter Day ran 17:03 followed by Aditya Pakel at 17:33 and Nathan Montes at 17:46.

I am extremely proud of the effort given by our boys and girls teams. A special shout to our Team Moms and parents for their support this weekend.

Next up for Dragon Cross Country

October 7 at St. John’s Maverick Ramble, 8 a.m.

October 21 at SPC South Zone Championships, St. Andrew’s Episcopal, 8 a.m.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

9/26 vs. Duchesne* • 3-0 W

9/29 at St. Andrews Episcopal* • 3-2 W

9/30 at St. Stephens Episcopal* • 3-0 L

Next up for Dragon Volleyball:

October 3 vs. Houston Christian*, 5:30 p.m.

October 5 vs. Kinkaid*, 5:30 p.m. Dig Pink

October 12 at St. John’s*, 5:30 p.m.

October 19 vs. Episcopal High School*, 6 p.m.

October 26 vs. Awty*, 6 p.m.

*conference

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