Dragon Swimming Breaks School Records, Boys’ Basketball Is Cistercian Tournament Runner Up, Soccer Teams Have Winning Week

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- VARSITY SWIMMING & DIVING

11/15-16 at TISCA (Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association) Meet

Boys’ Team • 12th Place • 200 Free Relay School Record

Girls’ Team • Claggett Breaks School 100 Breaststroke Record

Coach Sara Bany: Dragon swimmers were back in the water this week for the annual TISCA meet, which showcases the fastest swimmers from around the Houston area and beyond.

Individual qualifiers swimming in the morning from the Cooper girls’ team included freshman Tillie Claggett (100 fly, 100 breast), junior Lauren Cordes (50 free, 500 free), freshman Caitlin Lanigan (50 free, 100 free) and junior Jane Ritch (200 free, 50 free). These four also swam the 200 free relay and 400 free relay, finishing 19th overall in both and just missing a qualifying spot in the finals to come back and swim at night. Claggett, however, swam to a season best 1:07.99 in the 100 breast, earning herself a spot in the B finals. She came back on a mission and dropped almost 2 more seconds Friday night to win the B finals, landing her 9th overall with a time of 1:06.09 which broke the Cooper school record by over a second. Be on the lookout for this record to fall several more times before this season is over!

On the boys’ side, our Dragon swimmers earned themselves 12th overall out of the 36 teams that scored points (64 total teams) and ahead of SPC rivals, St. John’s. Junior Chris Seymour lead the boys in scoring, placing in the top eight for both of his individual events (5th-100 fly, 7th-200 free). Senior Campbell Wolford, also earned himself a spot in the evening finishing 15th overall in the 100 freestyle. Other individual qualifiers for the boys were Vidyal Pradeepkumar (100 fly, 100 back), Henry Shea (200 IM, 100 fly), William Staebel (200 free, 100 breast) and Campbell Wolford (50 free).

The big story on the boys’ side came from their relays. The 200 free relay team of Pradeepkumar, Staebel, Seymour and Wolford swam to a new school record of 1:29.34 in the prelims and earned a spot in the finals at night. They came back for finals ready to go even faster and dropped another second off of their time. Their new school record in the 200 free relay is 1:28.31. The boys finished the meet, over twelve hours after we arrived for warm-ups, with the last event of the day – the 400 free relay. This team consisted of Wolford, Staebel, Shea, and Seymour. These four boys were able to drop three seconds from their time from prelims, win the B finals with a time of 3:14.76, and come within two seconds off the school record set at SPC last year!

All of the swimmers and Cooper fans made this such a fun meet to coach. Although we were small compared to the other teams, we had a presence in the meet and rallied around each of our swims. Congratulations to each of you for a great day of swimming!

Next up for Dragon Swimming & Diving:
Nov. 30 at Holiday Relay Meet at U of Houston Natatorium

VARSITY GIRLS’ SOCCER

11/ 12 vs The Village School • 5-0 WIN

Coach Amber Clevenger: Monday the girls’ soccer team played a great game versus The Village School. We worked on many things and multiple players were able to participate in this game that ended in a 5-0 win. Two goals by Andrea Ordman and two goals by Sabrina Frusco, along with a goal by Kat Staebel and assist by Tamsin, Kate and Emily Black.

11/13 at Northland Christian School • 5-0 WIN
Coach Amber Clevenger: Tuesday the girls took on Northland Christian in a frozen tundra of soccer with a 5-0 win with two goals by Emily Black, one goal by Andrea Ordman, one goal by Meghan Cloninger and a goal by Sabrina Frusco.

11/15 vs Emery Weiner • 1-0 WIN

Coach Amber Clevenger: Thursday night was a battle with Emery and the team played well as a whole. Sabrina Frusco was able to attain a PK which lead us to a 1-0 win!

The team is playing very well as a whole and I’m actually looking forward to how we do in upcoming games. We have had freshmen step up in a big way, Tamsin Prudencio and Mikeala Camarata have played a major roll in our success which makes me happy.

After Thanksgiving break we will have some games that will truly challenge us as a team.

Next up for Dragon Girls’ Soccer:

Nov. 27 at Frassati, 5 p.m.
Dec. 4 vs. Northland Christian, 5 p.m.
Dec. 7-8 at All Saints’ Tournament
Dec. 11 at HCYA, 5 p.m.
Dec. 13 vs. Incarnate Word, 5 p.m.

VARSITY BOYS’ SOCCER

11/15 vs. Emery Weiner • 4-0 WIN

Goals by Sam Lyons (2), Seb Alvarez, Emi Plaza

Coach Bryan Sherman: The team had a great home opener Thursday night versus Emery Weiner. The crowd did a wonderful job cheering the guys on to a 4-0 victory. I am very proud of the effort the team put in this week and the victory was well deserved. We continue the season following the Thanksgiving break with a road test at Frassati on the 27th.

Next up for Dragon Boys’ Soccer:

Nov. 27 at Frassati, 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at St. Thomas/Awty Tournament

Dec. 4 vs. Northland Christian, 7 p.m.
Dec. 11 at HCYA, 7 p.m.

VARSITY GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

11/13 vs Incarnate Word • 65-50 LOSS

11/15 at Lutheran South • 43-39 WIN

Next up for Dragon Girls’ Basketball:

Nov. 24 vs Bellaire H.S. at The Village School, 11:30 a.m.

Nov. 27 at Frassati Catholic, 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at All Saint’s Tournament

Dec. 4 at Grand Oaks High School, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 7 vs. KIPP Houston, 5:30 p.m.

VARSITY BOYS’ BASKETBALL

11/12 at Lutheran South • 70-58 LOSS

11/15-17 at Cistercian Prep Tip-Off Classic Tournament

vs. Prince of Peace • 53-51 WIN

Coach Rod Gold: We scored go-ahead bucket with two seconds remaining. We were down 39-26 at the half and we switched to zone for rebounding purposes. The winning bucket was our only lead in the game.

vs. Parish • 53-38 WIN

Antonio Evans 18, Kyle Wilson 15, Campbell Wilkerson 10

Coach Rod Gold: Defense led the Dragons to victory.

Championship Game vs. Cistercian Prep • 77-34 LOSS

Coach Rod Gold: Gio Awasum, Jack Wilson and Will McNeill all played well.

DRAGONS ARE TOURNAMENT RUNNERS UP • Antonio Evans and Kyle Wilson named All-Tournament.

Next up for Dragon Boys’ Basketball:

Nov. 23 at Texas Jamboree Showcase vs St. Thomas Episcopal, Episcopal High School, 10 a.m.

Nov. 27 at Frassati Catholic, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 29-Dec 1 at Houston Christian Tournament

Dec. 4 vs. Lake Houston Conquerors, 7 p.m.
Dec. 7 vs. Salt & Light, 7 p.m.

UPCOMING VARSITY SPORTS ACTION AT HOME

Tuesday, December 4

5 p.m. Varsity Girls’ Soccer vs. Northland Christian
7 p.m. Varsity Boys’ Soccer vs. Northland Christian

7 p.m. Varsity Boys’ Basketball vs. Lake Houston Conquerors

Friday, December 7

5:30 p.m. Varsity Girls’ Basketball vs. KIPP Houston

7 p.m. Varsity Boys’ Basketball vs. Salt & Light

*conference matchup

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