John Cooper Sports: Dragon Spring Sports Teams Enter Conference Play

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- Results from the week of March 20, 2023Dragon Spring Sports Teams Enter Conference PlayVARSITY GOLF3/23 host John Cooper Invitational*, Golf Club of HoustonCoach Rod Gold: Darcy Wright shot 85 to finish in sixth place out of 72 players.Next up for Dragon Golf:April 10-11 at St. John’s Invitational, Wolfdancer Golf ClubApril 24-25 boys at SPC Championships, Ridglea Country Club, Fort WorthMay 1-2 girls at SPC Championships, The Woodlands Country Club-The TrailsVARSITY BASEBALLFlorida Spring Break Trip:3/14 vs Wellington High School • 5-4 L3/15 vs Sagemont High School • 7-4 L3/16 vs Archbishop McCarthy High School • 3-2 L3/17 vs Gibbons High School• 7-1 L 3/21 at Concordia Lutheran • 14-3 L3/24 vs St. Stephen’s Episcopal* • 10-0 WCoach Mike Williams: Win over St. Stephens 10-0. Vaughn McKeever threw his first no-hitter on Varsity. Vaughn dominated on the mound by punching out 11 hitters. Danny O’Brien led the team with three hits.3/25 vs St. Andrew’s Episcopal* • 6-3 WCoach Mike Williams: Win over St. Andrews 6-3. Kade Meyer with his first complete game of his career. Kade threw extremely well mixing in all his pitches for strikes. Punched out nine hitters. Kade also helped himself by getting two hits on the day. Next up for Dragon Baseball:March 30 vs Episcopal High School*, 6 p.m.March 31 vs Kinkaid*, 6:30 p.m.April 1 at Beaumont Kelly, 1 p.m.April 6 at St. Thomas H.S., 7 p.m.April 11 vs. Martin Lutheran HS (WI), 7 p.m. Teacher Appreciation NightApril 13 vs. St. Pius X, 7 p.m.April 14 at St. John’s*, 7 p.m.April 21 at Houston Christian*, 7 p.m.April 24 vs Tomball Kings, 6 p.m. Senior NightVARSITY SOFTBALL3/21 vs Kinkaid* • 20-19 WCoach Nicole Hedden: We built an 11-run lead in the first inning with a total of 14 hits overall with Grace Minarovic, Madison Rogers, Maggie Flinn and Sydney Kelly each collecting multiple hits. Minarovic had four hits in four at-bats to lead the charge. She doubled in the first twice, then singled in the third and homered in the fourth. Patterson pitched for the win. 3/23 vs Episcopal High School* • 5-1 LCoach Nicole Hedden: Grace Minarovic and Maggie Flinn each collected one hit. We couldn’t get our bats going this game; the defense did many great things, but we just fell behind early and couldn’t catch up.Next up for Dragon Softball:March 27 vs Houston Christian*, 5 p.m.March 31 vs Concordia Lutheran, 5 p.m.April 3 at Second Baptist, 5 p.m.April 5 vs HCYA, 5 p.m.April 11 vs Cypress Christian, 5 p.m.April 12 vs Wisconsin team, 4:30 p.m.April 18 at St. John’s*, 4:30 p.m.April 21 vs Duchesne*, 5:30 p.m. SENIOR NIGHTApril 24 vs St. John XXIII, 4:30 p.m.VARSITY TRACK & FIELD3/24-25 at Victor Lopez Classic, Rice UniversityNico Signorelli 4th Pole VaultAmir Rizvi 8th 400m3/24 at Concordia Lutheran Crusaders RelaysBoys Team • 7th Place TeamKaden Schwertner 3rd 400mLuke Van Leeuwen 5th DiscusHenley Mullins 6th 1600mJaxsen Pysell 7th 200mJonathan Trenholme 7th Shot PutGirls Team • 5th PlaceHaley Slocum 1st High JumpSofi Arteaga 3rd 100m & 200mChloe Smith 3rd 1600mHaley Lien 5th 100m HurdlesAnnabelle Boyd 6th Shot Put & DiscusMobis Bassir 6th 300m Hurdles & 7th Triple Jump3/25 at St. Agnes Private School ShowcaseBoys Team • No team score available due to scoring errors.Nico Signorelli 1st Pole Vault4X400m Relay Team 1st: Nathan Montez, Aedan Lanigan, Saif Rizvi & Jacob BaileySantiago Fernandez Villareal 2nd Pole Vault Dean Calhoun 4th 200m, 5th 100m & 5th Long JumpAedan Lanigan 5th 800mRyan Taylor 6th 3200mConnaghan Hou-Jekel 7th 300m HurdlesDaniel Schlichter 7th Long Jump Walter Day 8th 3200mEgan Hanson 8th Shot PutGirls Team • 11th PlaceSienna Williams 3rd 300m HurdlesMilla Signorelli 4th Pole VaultJulianne Hon 6th Pole VaultAlexis Seymour 5th 800mAlexandra Schoenherr 8th 300m Hurdles Coach Scott Holland: Once again we split up the squad among three meets: The 40th Rice Victor Lopez Classic hosted by Rice University, the St. Agnes Private School Showcase and the Concordia Lutheran Crusader Relays. I am so proud of some solid performances including two School Records and additional 27 Personal Records this weekend. Next week we’ll have a great training week and send a small number to the Rosehill Classic on Thursday. We now look forward to putting out our best team for the Cooper Dragon Invitational on April 8, Nick Finnegan Spring Invitational and SPC Championships at the end of April.Next up for Dragon Track & Field:March 30 at Rosehill ChristianMarch 31-April 1 at Texas Relays at University of TexasApril 8 host Dragon InvitationalApril 14-15 at Nick Finnegan Spring Invitational, St. John’s VARSITY TENNIS3/21 boys team at Strake Jesuit • 3-1 W3/24 girls team at Duchesne* • 5-1 WNext up for Dragon Tennis:March 28 at Houston Christian*, 4 p.m.March 31-April 1 Individual SPC Tournament* at St. Stephen’s