GAMES
RANKINGS
John Cooper School: Results from the Week of February 1
VARSITY SWIMMING
1/30 at SPC South Zone Championship at UH Campus Recreation Center
Boys 2nd place • Girls 4th place Dragon
Divers Take Take 1st and 2nd
SPC South Zone Champions:
Morgan Robson – 1m Diving – New SPC South Zone Record
Victor Guerrero – 200 Freestyle
Boys 200 Medley Relay – Zhi-Hahn See, Henry Shea, Victor Guerrero, Zac Winton
All SPC South Zone: All of the champions above plus:
Adelaide Herman – 2nd place 1m diving
Henry Shea – 2nd place 100 fly
Victor Guerrero – 2nd place 100 free
Boys 400 free Relay -
Caitlin Lanigan – 3rd place 50 free
Henry Shea – 3rd place 100 back
Top 8 finishes scoring points: All of the above plus:
Caitlin Lanigan – 4th place 100 fly
Zhi-Hahn See – 4th place 50 free and 4th place 100 Free
Kyleigh Jeter – 4th place 100 back and 8th place 200 IM
Zac Winton – 6th place 50 free and 6th place 100 breast
Nicholas Harris – 7th place 50 free and 8th place 100 free
Grey Mendenhall – 4th place 500 free
Kevin Werner – 6th place 200 Freestyle
Girls 200 Medley Relay – 6th place Caitlin Lanigan, Laney Shea, Katia Guerrero, Kyleigh Jeter
Girls 200 Free Relay – 7th place Victoria Davila, Megan Werner, Ellie Wang, and Katie Kovin
Girls 400 Free Relay – 4th place Caitlin Lanigan, Laney Shea, Kyleigh Jeter, Katia Guerrero
Boys 200 free Relay – 4th place Alexander Harris, Kevin Werner, Zac Winton, Nicholas Harris
Coach Sara Bany: As I look at how long the list is above, I want to extend a huge congratulations to everyone on the team. It has been such a hard year to come together as a team, but this weekend they did. Everyone was up cheering for their teammates, supporting each other throughout the meet. All day long our swimmers were finishing with season-best and career-best times, which is all you can ask at a championship meet. My seniors – Katia Guerrero, Nicholas Harris, Adelaide Herman and Zac Winton – have led the team by example all year and continued to do so this weekend as they capped off their Cooper swimming careers by swimming and diving at their best. Congratulations seniors on the fantastic season! PHOTOS:JCSherman.robson.jpg: JCS Divers senior Adelaide Herman and freshman Morgan Robson took second and first place respectively. Robson was not only SPC South Zone diving champion but she set an SPC South Zone record.
VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL
2/2 vs. Houston Christian* • 73-41 L
2/5 at St. Andrew's* • 82-39 W
Season Record • 14-2 Conference Record • 6-1
Next up for Dragon Girls Basketball:
Feb. 11 vs St. John's*, 5:30 p.m.
VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
2/2 vs. Houston Christian* • 93-47 L
2/5 at St. Andrew's* • canceled
Next up for Dragon Boys Basketball: Feb. 9 vs. Episcopal*, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 11 vs. St. John's, 7 p.m.
VARSITY GIRLS SOCCER
2/2 vs. Houston Christian* • 0-0 T
2/5 at St. Andrew's* • 3-0 W
Coach Amber Clevenger: This was a successful week for the girls soccer team. Tuesday's game against Houston Christian was one of the best games we've played all season and we ended up with a 0-0 tie against a tough opponent. It was an overall effort, and I was proud of the way the team performed. Brayden Schumann came up huge for us in goal, making some great saves to keep us in the game.
Last night's game in Austin against St. Andrews led us to our first SPC win of 3-0! It was great to see my team laughing and enjoying themselves. The first goal came off of a cross from Kaitlin Hinch, and Chloe Smith got onto the end of it with a one-touch finish on goal–one of the best goals of the whole season! Smith's goal with the assist from Hinch started us off, then Tamsin Prudencio tallied another goal for us unassisted. Finally, Kat Staebel finished the night off for us with a goal off an assist by Smith, who was on fire! It has been a long season, but this week has shown me the true progress that we've made and I'm proud of the girls.
Next up, we take on the top team in the South Zone, St. John's. It's not going to be easy, but as long as we step up to the challenge that's all I can ask!
Next up for Dragon Girls Soccer:
Feb. 11 vs. St. John's, 5 p.m.
VARSITY BOYS SOCCER
2/2 vs. Houston Christian* • 3-0 W
Goals by Will Young (2) and Miles Miller
2/5 at St. Andrew's* • 2-0 W
Goals by Miles Miller and Michael Black
Coach Bryan Sherman: The team played two good games this week. I am very proud of the effort and hopefully we can keep the momentum going to the final week of the season. Conference Record • 4-1
Next up for Dragon Boys Soccer:Feb. 9 vs. Episcopal*, 5 p.m.Feb. 11 vs. St. John's*, 7 p.m.
SPRING SPORTS
VARSITY GIRLS SOFTBALL
Next up for Dragon Girls Softball: Feb. 11 vs. Concordia Lutheran 6 p.m.
VARSITY BOYS BASEBALL
Next up for Dragon Boys Baseball: Feb. 11 vs. Second Baptist, 6:30 p.m.Feb. 12 at Lutheran South, 6:30 p.m.
*conference
Watch home Dragon varsity basketball and soccer games live at The John Cooper School YouTube Channel
Dragon Cross Country Teams Are Invitational Champs
Results from the Week of September 21st
VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY
9/26 at Providence Classical
Boys 1st •• Girls 1st
The Cooper Cross Country teams competed at the Providence Classical HS Invitational on Saturday. With the best running weather of the season to date, both boys' and girls' teams performed exceptionally well, bringing home the championship trophies once again.
Leading the boys was senior Will McDermott, who finished in first place on a tough grassy course, with a season-best of 16:28. "We know Will has more in the tank," Head Coach George Dohner said. "Will finished more than 30 seconds ahead of the other competitors, which makes it hard to run your race without anyone pushing you."
The rest of the boys' team ran to their fitness level with six of the 12 varsity runners posting PRs (personal records). Junior Vishnu Swaminathan broke the 17-minute mark for the first time, finishing 2nd at 16:59. Senior Zac Winton finished in fourth place at 17:19. Junior Drew Wilkerson and freshman Grey Mendenhall rounded out the team scoring in 13th and 15th place. "The boys had a great week of training and we were really excited to see the boys perform at a level we knew they were capable of," Dohner said.
The girls' team also finished in first place, narrowly edging out Pasadena Memorial by only 13 points. Senior Katie Drake lead the team with a fourth-place finish followed by sophomore Megan Day in fifth. Junior Rebecca Melin is continuing to make improvements and finished in ninth place. A surprising spark came from freshman Ava Perugini running her first 5k race. Perugini finished in 11th place posting an impressive 22:41. "We are so happy to see Ava out there running. She is our only freshman running moving up from our Middle School team. She is certainly going to help us down the road," Dohner said. Junior Amber Navarra ran her best race of the season to round out the scorers in in 14th and was following by Chloe Smith in 15th. Cooper had six medalist in the Top 15 which was a good showing for the team.
Boys – 1st Place Team Champion
Will McDermott – 1st place (16:28) photo: JCSmcdermott.jpg
Vishnu Swaminathan – 2nd Place (16:59 - PR)
Zac Winton – 4th Place (17:19 - PR)
Drew Wilkerson - 13th Place (18:05)
Grey Mendenhall – 15th Place (18:07 - PR)
Girls Varsity – 1st Place Team Champion
Katie Drake – 4th Place (21:06) photo: JCSdrake.jpg
Megan Day – 5th Place (21:11)
Rebecca Melin – 9th Place (22:24)
Ava Perugini – 11th Place (22:41 – PR)
Amber Navarra – 14th Place (23:22)
Chloe Smith – 15th Place (23:24)
Sofia Gilroy – 17th Place (23:50 - PR)
Next up for Dragon Cross Country:
Oct. 3 hosts Cooper Dragon Invitational, Burroughs Park, 8 a.m.
VARSITY VOLLEYBALL
9/21 vs. Cypress Christian • 3-0 W
9/22 at Northland Christian • 3-0 W
9/24 at Rosehill Christian
no results
9/25-26 at FAST TOURNAMENT
no results
Next up for Dragon Volleyball:
Sept. 29 vs. Incarnate Word, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 30 vs. Conroe High School, 6 p.m. SENIOR NIGHT
VARSITY FOOTBALL
Next up for Dragon Football:
Oct. 2 vs. Lutheran South, 7 p.m. SENIOR NIGHT






























