GAMES
RANKINGS
John Cooper Girls Golf Team Wins Tournament, Tennis Team Is Runner Up, Track & Field Breaks Six School Records
2/29-3-2 at Father Wilson Tournament
vs St Pius • 15-1 L
vs Waltrip High School • 11-0 L
vs Mansfield Knights • 14-0 L
vs St. Thomas High School • 2-1 L
Next up for Dragon Baseball:
March 11-14 at Fort Lauderdale Classic Tournament
vs. Palmetto High School
vs. ABF Academy Hialeah
vs. Forest Hill Community High School
vs. Dwyer High School
March 19 vs. Houston Christian, 6 p.m.
March 21 at Tomball Kings, 3 p.m.
March 25 vs. Episcopal High School, 6 p.m.
March 28 vs. Kinkaid*, 6 p.m.
VARSITY SOFTBALL
3/1-2 at Mavericks Classic Tournament, Bayland Park
vs. HCYA • 12-1 L
Coach Nicole Hedden: Leah Ruckman went one for two at the plate and led the team with one run batted in. Daniela Villarreal gathered one hit and two stolen bases.
vs. Hockaday • 10-6 L
Coach Nicole Hedden: Dragons took the lead in the top of the first after Cameron Patterson singled, scoring one run. Daniela Villarreal singled, scoring another run and a passed ball added two runs. The Dragons added to that lead with two runs in the top of the second, thanks to RBI doubles by Patterson and Villarreal. Patterson and Villarreal had two hits and Villarreal led the Dragons with two runs batted in. She went two-for-three and stole three bases out of the six total bases stolen.
vs. LSA • 8-0 L
Coach Nicole Hedden: Cameron Patterson went one-for-two at the plate to led the Dragons in hits
vs. Incarnate Word • 9-7 L
Coach Nicole Hedden: Dragons got the game started in the first when Isa Attword singled, scoring a run. It was a tie game at seven, thanks to a double by Leah Ruckman. Daniela Villarreal went three-for-three at the plate. She singled in the first and third innings and doubled in the fourth.
Next up for Dragon Softball:
March 5 vs. Legacy School of Sports, 5 p.m.
March 19 vs. Cypress Christian, 6 p.m.
March 26 vs. Duchesne, 6 p.m.
VARSITY TENNIS
3/1-2 at TTC (Texas Tennis Coaches Assn.) Private School Championships, A&M Consolidated
2nd place
Coach Jill Del Rio: Dragon Tennis defeated Kinkaid to compete in the finals where they were defeated by a tough St. John’s team at the TTC Private School Championships.
Next up for Dragon Tennis:
March 6 girls team vs St. Agnes, 4 p.m.
March 20 boys team vs Strake Jesuit, 3:30 p.m.
March 22-23 at SPC Individual Tournament
VARSITY GOLF
2/27 boys team at Kinkaid Invitational, Blackhorse Golf Club
7th PLACE out of 15 teams.
Coach Rod Gold: Elias Boles was especially impressive, finishing the tournament with an eagle on his last hole to secure a third place overall individual medalist.
2/28 girls team at Kinkaid Invitational, Blackhorse Golf Club
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Darcy Wright 83
Leighton Kelly 99
Coach Rod Gold: Coach Rod Gold: As proud as I am of the girls for coming out as tournament champions, I’m equally as proud of them for enduring the elements and having the mental aptitude to overcome and persevere. Golf is an individual sport as opposed to a team sport, you have no teammates to rely upon for your immediate score, sometimes we don’t get off to the best start, but you just keep grinding and doing your best, and in the end, that resulted in a championship for the girls. I’m extremely proud of them and excited for the upcoming season.
Next up for Dragon Golf:
March 5 at EHS Invitational, Gus Wortham Golf Club
March 18 at LSA Invitational, Clear Creek Golf Club
March 19 at Awty Invitational, Wildcat Golf Club
March 21 host Cooper Invitational, Golf Club of Houston
VARSITY TRACK & FIELD
3/1-2 at St. John’s Maverick Relays at Episcopal High School
Boys – 4th place • Girls – 12th place
Coach Jeremy Eddington: It was a great weekend of competing as we saw six school records go down! It’s still early in the season, and I anticipate more records being broken!
SCHOOL RECORDS BROKEN:
Boys 4x1 – 2nd Place (43.16)
Colten Rhoden, Eli Grzelewski, Daniel Schlichter, Amir Rizvi
Boys Swedish Relay – 3rd Place (2:07.44)
Eric Sipko, Julio Fernandez Villarreal, Colten Rhoden III, Santiago Fernandez Villarreal
Michael Stupek – 1st Place 110m Hurdles (15.48)
Amir Rizvi – 1st Place 300m Hurdles (40.06)
Nico Signorelli – 2nd Place Boys Pole Vault (16’1) •• at Texas A&M Bluebonnet Festival on 3/1
Milla Signorelli – 3rd Place Girls Pole Vault (12’0) •• at Texas A&M Bluebonnet Festival on 3/1
Boys 4x800 – 2nd Place (8:10.07)
Grey Mendenhall, Nathan Montes, Andrs Karst, Aeden Lanigan
Eli Grzelewski – 2nd Place 200m (22.12)
Nathan Montes – 3rd Place 800m (2:00.77)
Gus Feinberg – 2nd Place High Jump (6’2)
Michael Stupek – 3rd Place 300m Hurdles (42.62)
Grey Mendenhall – 3rd Place 1600m (4:23.93)
Madeline Fitzpatrick – 14th Place Discus (79’11)
Santiago Fernandez Villarreal cleared 15’1” •• at Texas A&M Bluebonnet Festival on 3/1
Next up for Dragon Track & Field:
March 7 at Raevyn Rogers Invitational, Kinkaid
March 21-23 at Victor Lopez Classic, Rice University
March 28 at Marsha Martin Relays, Cypress Christian
Cooper Athlete Commits to Play College Baseball at National Signing Day
“Kade is not only a great student and athlete, but a top character person that is an asset to any team he belongs to,” Hoye said.
“Kade has this goal since he got into our program to play college baseball,” said Mike Williams, head coach for the school’s baseball program.
“Nobody will ever out work him. He will serve as one of our team captains this year and help lead us in SPC play.”
