Spring Sports Continues!

Dragon Boys' Golf had a great showing at the Steve Lasher Invitational; Dragon Track and Field teams split up to compete at two invitationals with great results; our Tennis, Baseball and Softball teams participated in tournaments.

Results from the week of February 22


GIRLS' SOFTBALL

Feb 23 vs. Lutheran North cancelled

Feb 25-27 at Fort Bend Christian Tournament

Game 1: Cooper 1 • West Side 4 loss
Game 2: Cooper 4 • Fort Bend Christian Academy 13 loss
Game 3: Cooper 5 • Highland Park 8 loss
Game 4: Cooper 1 • Bridge City 19 loss

Comments from Coach Nicole Hedden: We had a tough weekend, but we learned a lot.

Next up for the Dragons
March 4 at Saint Mary’s Hall*, 3:30 p.m.
March 5 at Antonian Prep, 10 a.m.
March 8 at Cypress Christian, 4 p.m.


BOYS' BASEBALL

February 23 vs. Lutheran South Cooper 2 • Lutheran South 9 loss
LP: Bobby Finnie (0-2)

Feb 25-27 Cooper Round Robin

Game 1 Cooper 8 • Northland Christian 7 win
WP: Henry McNeill (1-0)
John Finnerty had the game winning two RBI hit to win the game.

Game 2 Cooper 5 • Beaumont Kelly 10 loss
LP: Evan Minarovic (0-1)

Game 3 Cooper 6 • Dallas Bishop Lynch 16 loss
LP: Braden Sebesta (2-1)

Next up for the Dragons
March 1 at St Thomas High School, 6:30 p.m.
March 4 vs Cypress Christian, 6:30 p.m.
March 5 doubleheader: vs Cistercian Prep School,11 a.m.
March 8 vs Stafford, 6:30 p.m.


TENNIS

Feb 26 at Bay Area Tournament

Turner Gregory and Jason Weinstein doubles A champions
Omar Suki winner consolation A singles
Jack Whitney 3rd place B singles
Shezzy Iqbal and Brandon Leavitt 3rd place B doubles
Hannah Weinstein 2nd place A singles
Marie Berthiaux 2nd place B singles

Next up for the Dragons
Feb 29 vs Concordia Lutheran, 4 p.m.
March 4 at Saint Mary’s Hall*, 3:30 p.m.
March 8 at Conroe High School, 3:30 p.m.

TRACK & FIELD (2 events on Feb. 20)

Feb 26 at Concordia Lutheran Crusader Invitational

Boys’ Team 2nd • Girls’ Team 3rd

Boys 200m
Zane Shaw 3rd
Matt Milano 5th
Kevin Henry 8th
Boys 400m
Evan Burchfiel 1st
Garrett Groppell 3rd
Nick Mahler 4th
Erik Burns 5th
Sebastian Barton 6th
Boys 800m
AJ Harkness 6th
Boys 1600m
Wiley Coleman 1st
Adam Muhith 4th
Jeremy Okomato 6th
4X400m Relay
Sebastian Barton, Erik Burns, Garrett Groppell & Wiley Coleman 2nd
Shot Put
Ansaar Baig 5th
Sam Brus 6th
Preston Burnett 7th
Discus
Ansaar Baig 3rd
Gregory Groppell 4th
Preston Burnett 5th
Sam Brus 8th
High Jump
Isaac Drickhamer 5th
Girls 200m
T'yanna James 5th
Annie Jared 8th
Girls 400m
Oriana Garcia 5th
Girls 800m
Kylie Melodick 3rd
Nina Rivella 4th
Claire Varnai 6th
Girls 1600m
Maya Robles 2nd
Claire Varnai 3rd
Gabriele Mussalli 4th
Kylie Melodick 5th
Christina Rivela 6th
Lia O'Riordan 7th
100m Hurdles
Lindsay Roth 2nd
Adriana Leal Isla 4th
300m Hurdles
Claire Livesay 1st

Comments from Coach Scott Holland: Since this was a smaller meet, it allowed us to enter larger numbers. We saw strong efforts by all who competed. There was multiple performance improvement and over two dozen personal bests. I am very proud of the hard work and we are seeing constant improvement from all our athletes.

Feb 27 at The Woodlands High School Invitational

Girls 8th Place Team • Boys Team 11th

Girls 400m
Uche Oguchi 5th

Girls 4X100m Relay 6th
Otega Amudo, Teke Ewherido, Rachel Feigin & Obie Amudo
Girls 4X400m Relay 5th
Uche, Oguchi, Ava Minarovic, Bella Evans & Anne Sophie Albers
Girls Triple Jump
Obie Amudo 7th
Boys 3200m
Ryan Mullen 5th
Boys 4X400m Relay 7th
Garrett Groppell, Evan Burchfiel, Eric Grosser & Spencer Katterhagen

Comments from Coach Soctt Holland: This meet was a great opportunity for some of our athletes to compete against many of the best in the area. We had quality performances from all–Uche Oguchi, Obie Amudo and Ryan Mullen and our relay teams benefited from the challenging competition to set some high marks.

Next up for the Dragons
March 4-5 at The St. John’s School Maverick Relays


GOLF

Feb 22 at Kinkaid’s Steve Lasher Invitational

BOYS (3rd Place) Team score 310
Ben Wong 71
Ben Robinson 76
Tom Cochrane 81
Jake Willingham 82
David McDonald 98
Ryan Berrigan 87
Sean Kelly 89
Chris McDonald 91

GIRLS Team score 428
Claire Coleman 140
Emily Moses 147
Natalie Osmond 141

Comments from Coach Rod Gold: “The conditions were nasty for our first tournament of the year. The rain poured down for the first two hours, then the players settled in and played some good golf.”

Next up for the Dragons
Feb 29 hosting The John Cooper Invitational at Woodforest Golf Club


UPCOMING VARSITY SPORTS ACTION AT HOME:
Monday, Feb. 29
8 a.m. Varsity Golf hosts The John Cooper Invitational at Woodforest Golf Club
4 p.m. Varsity Tennis vs. Concordia Lutheran

Friday, March 4
6:30 p.m. Boys’ Varsity Baseball vs. Cypress Christian

Saturday, March 5
11 a.m. Boys’ Varsity Baseball DOUBLEHEADER vs. Cistercian Prep
–2/28/16
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