Dragon Volleyball Continues Win Streak; Cross Country Boys Place Fifth At FNL Meet

Results from the week of August 17

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Dragons Beat St. Agnes

8/21 vs St. Agnes WIN

From Coach Ray Hedden: Cooper took on a very athletic St. Agnes team with some very impressive offensive players. I was very proud of our girls for withstanding some big swings coming at them and pushing through. Cooper won the match in five sets on their court! It was a great team win with everyone contributing. I am very proud of them!

Lost set 1 – 25-21
Won set 2 - 25-22
Lost set 3 – 25-14
Won set 4 - 25-14
Won set 5 - 15-11

Next up for Dragon Volleyball:
Aug. 28 vs. St. Pius X, 5:30 p.m. (first home game)
Aug. 31 vs. Frassati Catholic, 5 p.m.
Sept. 4 at Bay Area Christian, 6 p.m.
Sept. 6 vs. Lutheran High North, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 11 at Northland Christian, 6 p.m.
Sept. 13 vs. St. Agnes, 5:30 p.m.

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY Varsity Boys finish 7th, Girls 17th

8/24 at Friday Night Lights, Bear Branch Sports Park

From Coach George Dohner: The Cooper Cross Country teams opened their season Friday night at The Woodlands High School’s Friday Night Lights meet. The teams ran really well in a very talented field of teams, including several contenders from last year’s public school state championships.

The Cooper boys’ varsity team finished in seventh place in the Varsity A division. This was one of our best showings ever as a team in the FNL meet. Senior Eli Araya led the team with a 29thplace finish with a time of 13:21 in the 4000 meter race. He was followed by Mitchell Shannon (46th), Eric Burns (52nd), Will McDermott (53), and Cadan Hanson (72nd). This was a great start for us as our top five broke the 14-minute mark. This bodes well for our quest for the future of this season.

Although the girls’ varsity team finished 17th, we were very pleased with their opening efforts. Sophomore Katie Drake led the Cooper girls on the two-mile course, finishing in 70th place among nearly 200 runners. Drake ran a two-mile time of 13:03 and looked great doing it. Also running well were Uche Oguchi (13:48), Madison Breaux (13:56), freshman Amber Navarra (14:00), Ava Minarovic (14:18) and Caroline Courtney (14:34). The girls are training hard and had a decent showing in their opening meet and competed well in against a tough field of team. We expect good things to come from this team and are excited to finally get our season under way.

Our sub-varsity teams also ran well with several personal records set at FNL. Cooper also competed in the Varsity B divisions, JV Girls Division, and Freshman Boys divisions. Results for all are listed below. One standout performance was from Freshman Drew Wilkerson who finished in first place in the Freshman Boys’ race. This very talented runner has a bright future ahead of him and we can’t wait to watch him mature into our high school program.

GIRLS VARSITY B – 2 mile (15th place)
Rebecca Melin - 13:38 (37th)
Paige Cromley - 14:00
Avriana Lisembee - 14:02
Claire Glymph – 14:48
Daniela Palazuelos - 15:48
Sofia Gomez – 16:08

BOYS VARSITY B – 4000 m
Dylan Rudisill 15:03 (86th)
Evan Burchfiel 15:15
Henry Lyons 16:43
Zac Winton 16:46
Andrew Sos 16:50
Sam Liebbe 17:02
Sam Lyons 17:44
Zyun Lam 18:09

GIRLS JV – 2 mile
Gabby Mussalli 16:53
Sofia Gilroy 16:59
Emma Nixon 17:35
Aleena Fayaz 17:36

FRESHMAN BOYS – 2 mile (4th Place)
Andrew Wilkerson 11:05 (1st Place)
Vishnu Swaminathan 12:33 (35th)
Alex Everson 12:47 (44th)
Carson Hanson 12:47 (45th)
Brian Mekelburg 12:48 (48th)
Joey Rudnicki 12:58
Morgan Davis 14:18
Nick Cartwright 14:20.90

Next up for Dragon Cross Country:
Sept. 1 hosting the Cooper Dragon Invitational at Burroughs Park, 8 a.m.


VARSITY FOOTBALL

8/17 (scrimmage) at Second Baptist

From Coach Brent Landrum: Second Baptist is a very good team. I see them making a long run in the TAPPS playoffs. We got off to slow start and we had a hard time handling their skill people but once we settled in, we played really well. Offensively we scored five touchdowns and defensively we scored one touchdown. We gave up seven scores defensively. We knew going into this scrimmage that we’d be hard pressed to stop them consistently with the level of skill they have. I am very pleased with the results of our two scrimmages. I think it sets us up well for the season. The boys can’t wait until this Friday August 31st for the home and season opener against Frassati Catholic.

Next up for Dragon Football:
Aug. 31 vs. Frassati Catholic, 7 p.m.
Sept. 7 at Legacy Prep, 7 p.m.
Sept. 14 vs. Bay Area Christian, 7 p.m.
Sept. 21 vs. Fort Worth Country Day, 7 p.m.


UPCOMING VARSITY SPORTS ACTION AT HOME & NEAR BY:
Wednesday, August 28
5:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball vs St. Pius X
Friday, August 31
5 p.m. Varsity Volleyball vs Frassati Catholic
Saturday, September 1
8 a.m. Varsity Cross Country hosts Cooper Dragon Invitational at Burroughs Park
Thursday, September 6
5:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball vs Lutheran High North
Thursday, September 13
5:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball vs St. Agnes
Friday, September 14
7 p.m. Varsity Football vs Bay Area Christian
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