Softball And Tennis Both Win Two, Track & Field Competes At Maverick Relays With Two Champion Performances
Results from the week of February 27
Varsity Girls’ Softball: Dragons Are Two-For-Two This Week
Feb. 28 vs. Northland Christian • 18-2 WIN
Thanks to an early lead, the Dragons claimed the victory.
Eryn Sanchez pitched five innings, giving up two runs, one hit and striking out twelve.
Dragons collected 11 hits by Brittany LaVergne, Kaitlyn Harris, Grayson Sloop and Kennedy Moran.
Feb. 28 vs. Northland Christian • 18-2 WIN
Thanks to an early lead, the Dragons claimed the victory.
Eryn Sanchez pitched five innings, giving up two runs, one hit and striking out twelve.
Dragons collected 11 hits by Brittany LaVergne, Kaitlyn Harris, Grayson Sloop and Kennedy Moran.
March 3 vs. Frassati • 17-1 WIN
Eryn Sanchez drove in four runs–on a triple in the first, a double in the third and a single in the fourth.
The path to the win started with an early lead in the first inning with runs thanks to Sanchez’s triple, and a single by Alex Sims. The eighth inning featured eight runs, thanks to a single by Grayson Sloop, a double by Sanchez, a single by Sims and a stolen base and a single by Brittany LaVergne, a groundout and a single by Kaitlyn Harris, and a stolen base by Nikki Juszczak. In total, the Dragons accrued seven stolen bases.
Pitcher Kaitlyn Harris went four innings, allowing one run, one hit and striking out eight.
Eryn Sanchez drove in four runs–on a triple in the first, a double in the third and a single in the fourth.
The path to the win started with an early lead in the first inning with runs thanks to Sanchez’s triple, and a single by Alex Sims. The eighth inning featured eight runs, thanks to a single by Grayson Sloop, a double by Sanchez, a single by Sims and a stolen base and a single by Brittany LaVergne, a groundout and a single by Kaitlyn Harris, and a stolen base by Nikki Juszczak. In total, the Dragons accrued seven stolen bases.
Pitcher Kaitlyn Harris went four innings, allowing one run, one hit and striking out eight.
From Coach Nicole Hedden: This was a great week for the varsity softball team they had determination and effort all around. I loved watching the aggressiveness on the bases from our Dragons. There bats where alive this week!! We are climbing the mountain game by game. The fans have been fantastic. On Friday we drew our biggest crowd yet.
Next up for the Dragons:
March 9 vs. Second Baptist, 5 p.m.
Varsity Boys’ Baseball Dragons Lose Two
Feb. 28 at St. Thomas High School • 0-10 LOSS
LP: Evan Godwin
Hitting highights:
Bobby Finnie was 1 for 3
March 4 at Cypress Christian • 3-4 LOSS
LP: Bobby Finnie
Hitting highlights:
Evan Godwin was 2 for 3 with 1 RBI
Next up for the Dragons:
March 7 vs. Stafford High School, 6:30 p.m.
March 9-11 at St. Thomas/S. Pius X Tournament
March 7 vs. Stafford High School, 6:30 p.m.
March 9-11 at St. Thomas/S. Pius X Tournament
Varsity Track & Field Compete At Maverick Relays–Girls’ 4th, Boys’ 9th, Two Champions
March 3-4 at 50th Maverick Relays at St. John’s School
The girls’ team finished 4th overall.
Point scorers:
Obie Amudo Champion–Triple Jump; 6th place–Long Jump
Uche Oguchi Champion– 800m
Ava Minarovic 4th 800m
Madison Breaux 4th 300m Hurdles
4X100 relay 4th – team of Teke Ewherido, Otega Amudo, Rachel Feigin and Obie Amudo
Sidney Cartwright 7th 3200m
March 3-4 at 50th Maverick Relays at St. John’s School
The girls’ team finished 4th overall.
Point scorers:
Obie Amudo Champion–Triple Jump; 6th place–Long Jump
Uche Oguchi Champion– 800m
Ava Minarovic 4th 800m
Madison Breaux 4th 300m Hurdles
4X100 relay 4th – team of Teke Ewherido, Otega Amudo, Rachel Feigin and Obie Amudo
Sidney Cartwright 7th 3200m
The boys' team finished 9th overall.
Point scorers:
Jonathan Goodridge 2nd–800m
Tega Ewherido 3rd–300m Hurdles
Ansaar Baig 3rd–Discus; 6th–Shot Put
4X400m Relay 3rd–team of Tega Ewherido, Eric Grosser, Evan Burchfiel and Spencer Katterhagen
4X800m Relay 5th–team of Mitchell Shannon, Eric Grosser, Garrett Groppell and Adam Muhith
Ebube Oguchi 8th–Shot Put
From Coach Scott Holland: Forty-two teams competed at St. John’s. As Saturday went on, the weather turned cool and rainy however, our kids competed well. No school records were set this meet but 17 PRs were set at this meet.
The Cooper Track & Field athletes competed strongly in a large and talented field. Despite the size of the meet, our athletes stayed focused and performed well. The process continues to improve to be at our best for SPC at the end of April.
Next up for the Dragons:
March 9 at Crusader Dual Meet, Concordia Lutheran, 4:30 p.m.
Varsity Tennis Experience A Winning Week
2/27 vs Awty International
Boys 4-1 WIN
Girls 3-1 WIN
3/1 vs Concordia (boys only) • 8-0 WIN
Next up for the Dragons:
March 9 at Oak Ridge High School, 3:30 p.m. (scrimmage)
Varsity Golf
Next up for the Dragons:
March 6 at John Cooper Invitational, Cypresswood Golf Club 8 a.m.
Next up for the Dragons:
March 6 at John Cooper Invitational, Cypresswood Golf Club 8 a.m.
UPCOMING VARSITY SPORTS ACTION AT HOME:
Monday, March 6
5 p.m. Girls’ Softball vs. Cypress Christian
Tuesday, March 7
6:30 p.m. Boys’ Baseball vs. Stafford High School
Thursday, March 9
5 p.m. Girls’ Softball vs. Second Baptist
–3/5/17
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