John Cooper Sports: Dragon Spring Play Opens With Tournament Competitions

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- Dragon Spring Play Opens With Tournament Competitions.

Results from the week of February 14, 2022.

VARSITY TRACK & FIELD

2/17 hosted Cooper Triangle Meet with Concordia Lutheran and Frassati Catholic


Coach Scott Holland: Concordia and Frassati came to Pate Track for a Triangle Meet. It was a great opportunity to get marks on a large number of athletes. Next week we will split the squad between the Dick Phillips Relays at Episcopal High School and The Woodlands High School Invitational.

No team scores were kept. Here are the Top 8 Dragon finishers in each event:

Mobis Bassir • 1st Long Jump & Triple Jump

Julianne Hon • 1st Pole Vault

Sienna Williams • 1st 300m Hurdles

Onese Ewherido • 1st 200m

Annabelle Boyd • 1st Shot Put & 2nd Discus

Milla Signorelli • 2nd Pole Vault

Haley Lien • 2nd 100m

Alexis Seymour • 2nd 300m Hurdles

Elisa Ferber • 3rd 300m Hurdles

Abby Peterson • 5th 100m & 7th 200m

Laila Taylor • 8th 100m

Conor Dove • 1st Shot Put, 1st Discus & 7th 100m

Amir Rizvi • 1st 300m Hurdles

Matthew Rock • 2nd Long Jump & 2nd Triple Jump

Luke Van Leeuwen • 2nd Discus & 5th Shot Put

Jean-Paul Labbe • 2nd 100m & 3rd High Jump

Kaden Schwertner • 2nd 400m

Daniel Schlichter • 3rd Long Jump & 5th 200m

Ellis Miller • 3rd Discus & 6th Shot Put

Michael Stupek • 4th 300m Hurdles

Jonathan Trenholme • 4th Shot Put

Kase Melodick • 4th 400m

Ryan Cockrill • 4th 100m

Travis Barron • 6th Discus

Ian Endom • 7th Discus

Egan Hanson • 7th Shot Put & 8th Shot Put

Next up for Dragon Track & Field:
February 25-26 at Dick Phillips Relays, Episcopal High School

February 26 at TWHS Invitational, The Woodlands High School

VARSITY BASEBALL

2/14 at The Woodlands Christian Academy • 11-4 L

2/17-19 hosting SPC vs. TAPPS Challenge

vs St. Thomas • 7-0 L

vs Cypress Christian • 17-1 L

vs Trinity Valley • 7-0 L

vs Parish Episcopal • 9-2 L

Next up for Dragon Baseball:

February 24-26 at Rosehill Tournament

March 3-5 at St Pius/St. Thomas Tournament

March 8 vs Concordia Lutheran, 7 p.m.

March 10 vs Houston Power, 6 p.m.

VARSITY SOFTBALL

2/18-19 at St. John’s Classic Tournament

vs Concordia • 4-0 L

One hit each by Leah Ruckman, Grace Minarovic and Ella Howard. Dragons had no errors in the field.

vs St. John XXII • 10-2 W

Isabel Tamayo pitched three innings, allowing two hits and two runs. She struck out six and walked one. Grace Minarovic hit the one home run on the day. The Dragons stacked up nine hits, with Minarovic and Tamayo each adding two. Ella Howard led the Dragons with two stolen bases out of the six stolen.

vs Lutheran South Academy • 11-3 L

Grace Minarovic, Leah Ruckman, Emma Hall, Ella Howard and Ally Junaid all had one hit.

vs Klein Forest • 11-8 W

Cooper had eight hits. Maggie Flinn and Ella Howard both managed several hits. Howard’s triple on a 0-1 count, scored two runs.

Coach Nicole Hedden: We went 2-2 this weekend and learned a lot about each other. We did some great things and some very questionable things, but considering we haven’t had a practice with our whole team yet, we are very excited about this season. I can't wait to see what these girls will do this season! We have many options with this group of girls. We just need to find the sweet spot.


Next up for Dragon Softball:

February 24-26 at FBCA Tournament, Fort Bend Christian Academy

March 3 at Incarnate Word, Memorial Park Softball Field

March 4 vs. Second Baptist, 5 p.m.

VARSITY TENNIS

2/18 at EHS MET Tournament

Coach Jill DelRio: John Cooper Tennis Team had a great showing at the Episcopal Tournament

Mahi Khurana • second place singles A

Parker Gregory • first place singles B

Olivia Sauber • first place singles B

Theo Nemeth and Danny Capsimalis • consolation A doubles winners

Great job, team!

Next up for Dragon Tennis:

February 28 girls team at St. Agnes, Memorial Park Tennis Center

March 4-5 at TTC Private School Championships

VARSITY GOLF

2/16 at Aldine Invitational Tournament, F.M. Law Park (boys team only)

Boys • 1st Place

Coach Rod Gold: Boys Golf won the Aldine Invitational Golf Tournament on Wednesday.

Elias Boles and Carson Berger finished first and second place medalists. It was a great opportunity for us to get out on the course and get our first tournament under our belt. Our next tournament is Tuesday at Blackhorse. We are looking to continue our success.

Next up for Dragon Golf:

February 22 at Kinkaid Invitational, Blackhorse Golf Club

March 3-7 at St. John’s Invitational, Wolfdancer Golf Club

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