Dragon Teams Head Into Break With Solid Performances
Results from the week of March 7
VARSITY TRACK & FIELD
3/10 at Dog Pound Invitational
Boys 9th • Girls 16th
Coach Scott Holland: Good day of competition at two locations. The bulk of the squad faced off versus UIL 5A & 6A Teams at the Dog Pound Invitational hosted by Magnolia High School. It is always fun to test ourselves at a high level. We had some great performances highlighted by Nico Signorelli’s school record in the Pole Vault.
Boys’ Team 9th
Andrew Wilkerson • 2nd 800m
Grey Mendenhall • 3rd 1600m
Nico Signorelli 3rd Pole Vault *NEW SCHOOL RECORD* 13’ 1”
Will Young • 4th Pole Vault
Connor Dove • 4th Shot Put
Carson Hanson • 5th 800m
4X100m Relay 5th: Ryan Cockrill, Connor Dove, Daniel Schlichter, Jean-Paul Labbe
Amir Rizvi • 6th 300m Hurdles
Aditya Pakal • 8th 1600m
Girls’ Team 16th
Megan Day • 7th 1600m
Abby Mendenhall • 8th 800m
3/10 at Raevyn Rogers Invitational
Girls 8th • Boys 8th
Coach Scott Holland: Others we able to attend the Raevyn Rogers Invitational hosted by Kinkaid School. Again, an opportunity to get more athletes competing, allowing them to shine.
Girls’ Team 8th Place
Haley Slocum • 3rd High Jump
Alyssa Kuang • 4th High Jump
Boys’ Team 8th Place
Travis Barron • 6th Discus
Ben Knight • 7th 3200m
Aaron Bates • 8th 800m
Coach Scott Holland: We will train as best as possible during Spring Break. We will host a Triangle Meet with Frasatti and Concordia on March 22 and a group will compete at the Victor Lopez Classic hosted by Rice University.
Next up for Dragon Track & Field:
March 22 at hosting Cooper Triangle 2 vs. Concordia and Frassati, 4:30 p.m.
March 24-26 at Victor Lopez Classic
VARSITY BASEBALL
3/10 vs. Houston Power • 15-0 W
Next up for Dragon Baseball:
March 22 vs Legacy School of Sports, 7 p.m.
March 26 vs Northland Christian, 12 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.
VARSITY SOFTBALL
3/9 vs. St. Francis Episcopal School • 10-0 W
Coach Nicole Hedden: Pitcher Bella Tamayo threw a complete-game shutout for a 10-0 Dragon victory.
Maggie Flinn collected four hits: a single in the first, a homer in the second and third, and a double in the fifth. For her two homers, Flinn went yard in the second with an in-the-park home run and in the third inning went over the fence.
Tamayo was on the rubber for Dragons, allowing only two hits and zero runs over the five innings, striking out 11 and walking zero.
Dragons totaled 12 hits: Flinn, Tamayo, Alexa Tonner, Ashlyn Kuntz, and Ella Howard each racked up multiple hits Dragons tore up the base paths, as three players stole at least two bases with Flinn leading the way with two.
3/10 vs Northland Christian • 18-2 W
Coach Nicole Hedden: It was a great week for Dragon softball! We are looking forward to playing next week at ESPN World Wide Sports in Florida.
PHOTO: JCStamayo.jpg: Bella Tamayo, a sophomore at The John Cooper School
Next up for Dragon Softball:
March 22 at Concordia Lutheran, 4:30 p.m. (rescheduled from 3/8)
March 25 vs. St. John’s*, 5 p.m.
March 25 vs. St. John’s*, 5 p.m.
March 29 at Bay Area Christian, 4:30 p.m.
March 31 vs Cypress Christian, 6 p.m.
VARSITY TENNIS
3/10 at Awty International
Boys • 5-0 W
Girls • 3-2 W
Next up for Dragon Tennis:
March 22 vs. Duchesne (girls), 4 p.m.
March 22 vs. Duchesne (girls), 4 p.m.
March 25 vs. Strake Jesuit (boys), 3:30 p.m.
March 29 vs. Kinkaid*, 3:30 p.m.
VARSITY GOLF
3/6-7 at St. John’s Invitational, Wolfdancer Golf Club
Boys 9th (out of 11)
Girls 8th place (out of 9)
Coach Rod Gold: Darcy Wright shot an 86 on Day 1 and an 86 on Day 2 for a 2-day total of 172.
Next up for Dragon Golf:
March 29 hosting John Cooper Invitational
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