GAMES
RANKINGS
Oguchi is SPC Champion in Discus and Shot Put, Dragon Boys Track & Field Finishes Sixth
Coach Scott Holland: Amarachukwu Oguchi finished her Cooper career dominating the Shot Put and Discus at the SPC Championships. She won the shot by 8' and won the discus by 42'. It has been a great run and since her chance at SPC Titles was ended last year by COVID, I so glad she got this opportunity to shine. She was the only girl from The John Cooper School to qualify for the SPC championships with 22 Cooper athletes qualifying.
On the boys' side, Ben Currin and William Young each earned All SPC Honors placing second in the Discus and Pole Vault. Young's finish in the Pole Vault tied the school record 12' 6'. The rest of the squad competed well. We did miss a few points here and there. We finished sixth overall with only six points separating fourth from sixth place.
Ben Currin • 2nd Discus, 8th Shot Put
William Young • 2nd Pole Vault 12' 6"– ties school record
Jackson Kovin • 4th 200m
Tanure Ewherido • 4th 400m
Will McDermott • 4th 1600m
Andrew Wilkerson • 5th 800m
Amir Rizvi • 5th 300m Hurdles; 6th 110m Hurdles
Connor Dove • 5th Shot Put; 8th Discus
Owen Woodside • 6th Shot Put; 6th Discus
Matthew Rock • 6th Triple Jump
4X400m Relay 6th • Tanure Ewherido, Carson Hanson, Amir Rizvi, Jackson Kovin
4X800m Relay 7th • Vishnu Swaminathan, Adam Elsolh, Zac Winton, Grey Mendenhall
Daniel Schlichter • 8th Long Jump
John Cooper School: Results from the Week of April 19
4/20 hosted Cooper Invitational
Girls 5th place • Boys 5th place
Coach Rod Gold: Congratulations to Tillie Claggett who shot 73 to finish Runner-up for Individual Girls Medalist honors. Grant Carter shot a 72 to gather third place Medalist honors, while teammate Daniel Zou shot a 73 for a fourth-place Individual Medalist honor on the boys side.
I am very appreciative of the opportunity to work with our boys and girls golf teams this year. It was exciting and fun to watch them. We saw some incredible golf this year including Tillie Claggett shooting a Personal Best 67 at the St. John's Invitational. We had several players consistently scoring in the Top 5 of each tournament. Coach Sherman and I are looking forward to witnessing the continued growth of all our golfers as the potential for next year is substantial. Go Dragons!
VARSITY TENNIS
4/19 vs St. John's*
Girls 4-1 L • Boys 3-2 W
Coach Jill DelRio: The boys team faced a challenging St. John's team – their toughest match this season – and rallied to win 3-2. The girls had some tough competition as well, with Marielle Suber showing her talent and depth by defeating one of the best players in the South Zone Conference. Overall, the girls fell short but played some beautiful tennis and shoed they might just win the next round against St. John's.
4/23 vs Episcopal High School*
Girls 5-0 W • Boys 5-0 W
Coach Jill DelRio: Dragon boys and girls won easily against Episcopal on senior night.
SPC Record: Girls 5-3 • Boys 6-1
VARSITY TRACK & FIELD
Next up for Dragon Track & Field:
April 30-May 1 at SPC South Zone, St. John's
VARSITY GIRLS SOFTBALL
4/20 at Houston Christian* • 12-10 L
4/22 at Cypress Christian* • 13-12 L
Next up for Dragon Girls Softball:
April 30 vs St. Andrew's*, 5 p.m. (last conference game of the season)
VARSITY BOYS BASEBALL
4/23 at St. John's* • 6-2 L
4/24 vs. Kinkaid* • 4-1 L
Next up for Dragon Boys Baseball:
April 26 at Woodlands Christian, 6 p.m. SENIOR NIGHT
*conference matchup