Dragons’ Leax Sets Home Run Record

Results from the week of March 25

VARSITY BOYS’ BASEBALL

3/27 at St. John’s* • 3–0 WIN

3/28 vs. Martin Luther High School, Greendale, WI • 7-3 WIN

3/30 vs. Saint Mary’s Hall • 9–3 WIN
        vs. Saint Mary’s Hall • 7–1 WIN

Logan Leax, a senior at The John Cooper School, set the new single season home run mark for Dragon Baseball with seven. He now leads Texas private schools with seven home runs. Leax is a fall 2019 commit to George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Next up for Dragon Boys’ Baseball:
4/5 vs. St. Andrew’s*, 6 p.m.
4/6 vs. St. Stephen’s*, 11 a.m.
4/10 at. Episcopal High School*, 6 p.m.
4/13 vs. Bay Area Christian, 11:30 a.m.


VARSITY GIRLS’ SOFTBALL

3/26 vs. Legacy Prep • 19–9 WIN
Olivia Amador led the charge at the plate as she drove in four on three hits–a double in the first, a double in the second, and a single in the third. The Dragons totaled nine hits, led by Amador and Alex Sims with multiple hits. In the third, Sims doubled on a 1-0 count, scoring three runs, Fleur Harper drew a walk, scoring one run, Meghan Cloninger singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run, Ally Flinn walked, scoring one run, Marion Donald singled on a 2-1 count, scoring two, and Amador singled on the first pitch at bat, scoring one.
On the mound, Flinn pitched nearly five innings. She allowed four hits and seven runs and struck out three.

3/28 vs. Martin Luther High School, Greendale, WI • 25-8 LOSS
Dragons collected 12 hits in this high-scoring game. Alex Sims, Ally Flinn, Liz Liner, and Olivia Amador each collected multiple hits for Dragons with Flinn and Sims leading with three each. A three-run fifth inning provided some pressure for the opponent, with singles by Finnie and Liner and a triple by Amador.

3/30 vs. Saint Mary’s Hall • 21–7 LOSS
The Dragons collected a total of 15 hits–Jenna Braun, Ally Flinn, Amera Finnie, Emily Hamer and Fleur Harper all had multiple hits. Flinn and Braun led with three hits each.
The Dragons tallied four runs in the fifth inning–Braun, Finnie, Hamer and Flinn each drove in runs during the inning.

Next up for Dragon Girls’ Softball:
4/2 at Frassati, 4:30 p.m.
4/5 vs. St. Andrew’s Episcopal*, 5 p.m.
4/10 at Episcopal High School*, 5 p.m.
4/17 vs. Kinkaid*, 5 p.m.


VARSITY BOYS’ & GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD

3/28 at Awty International
Boys 5th • Girls 9th

Boys Results • 5th place
Gregory Groppell: 1st Discus & 6th Shot Put
Thomas Elkhoury: 1st 100m
Eli Araya: 2nd 800m
Will McDermott: 2nd 1600m
4x400m Relay, 2nd: Andrew Wilkerson - Mitchell Shannon - Carson Hanson & Jackson Kovin
Ben Currin: 4th Discus
Andrew Mahler: 4th 3200m
Andrew Wilkerson: 5th 800m
Mitchell Shannon: 6th 800m
Jack O'Riordan: 6th High Jump
Evan Burchfiel: 6th Triple Jump
Jackson Kovin: 6th 200m
Cadan Hanson: 7th 800m
Clifford Moshay: 7th 1600m
Erik Burns: 8th 1600m
Travis Birdsall: 8th 110m Hurdles

Girls Results • 9th place
Rebecca Melin: 1st 1600m
Otega Amudo: 3rd Shot Put & 3rd Discus
Amara Oguchi: 4th Shot Put
Abby Mendenhall: 6th 1600m

From Coach Scott Holland: Solid results as we continue to prep for the SPC Championships. Between this meet, Texas Relays and JV Meet we had over a dozen PRs set.
I am looking forward to hosting the Cooper Dragon Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

Next up for Dragon Track & Field:
4/5-6 host Cooper Dragon Invitational
4/20 at Nick Finnegan Spring Invitational, St. John’s


VARSITY BOYS’ & GIRLS’ GOLF

3/25 vs. Fort Bend Christian Academy at Pecan Grove Golf Club
Boys 2nd place • Girls 5th place

Boys
Sean Kelly, 76
Christopher McDonald, 78
Grant Carter, 79
Davis Noyes, 89
Michael McGurk, 92

Girls

Tillie Claggett, 75
Mady Tozer, 97
Tori Osmond, 113
Claire Glymph, 109
Vanessa Vaz, 119

Next up for Dragon Golf:

4/1 Cooper Invitational at Woodforest Golf Club
4/15 at Quail Valley Golf Course
4/29-30 host SPC Championships at Woodforest Golf Club


VARSITY BOYS’ & GIRLS’ TENNIS

Next up for Dragon Tennis:
4/3 at St. John’s*, 5 p.m
4/5 vs. St. Andrew’s Episcopal*, 4 p.m.
4/6 vs. St. Stephen’s Episcopal*, 4 p.m.
4/10 at. Episcopal High School*, 4 p.m.
4/18 vs. Kinkaid*, 4 p.m.
4/25 at Houston Christian*, 4 p.m.


UPCOMING VARSITY SPORTS ACTION AT HOME
April 1
Varsity Golf hosts Cooper Invitational at Woodforest Golf Club, 11 a.m.
April 5
Varsity Tennis vs. St. Andrew’s*, 4 p.m.
Varsity Track & Field hosts Cooper Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Girls’ Softball vs. St. Andrew’s*, 5 p.m.
Boys’ Baseball vs. St. Andrew’s*, 6 p.m.
April 6
Varsity Track & Field hosts Cooper Invitational, 10 a.m.
Varsity Tennis vs. St. Stephen’s*, 11 a.m.
Boys’ Baseball vs. St. Stephen’s*, 11 a.m.
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