Dragons rounding into form just in time

The John Cooper School baseball team went 2-1 last week, beating Houston Power 9-2 and Shepherd 5-2 and falling 6-4 to Kinkaid in 10 innings.

Evan Minarovic earned the win and Jonathan Beaty went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against Power, and Minarovic went 2-for-3 with an RBI and Jaeden Camstra picked up the win over Shepherd.

Braden Sebesta was the losing pitcher against Kinkaid.

That setback sent the Dragons to 3-2 in SPC South Zone play and 19-11 overall.

“The 10-inning loss vs. Kinkaid will be remembered around here for a long time,” coach Brent Landrum said in a release.

“It was a great game. Both teams played very well.”

Cooper returns to action April 21 at Baseball USA against Houston Christian.

More track champs

Baylee Lara led the Oak Ridge girls with a win in the 100 hurdles, going 13.96 to hold off The Woodlands’ Kennedy Smith (14.01).

Lara also edged Smith to win the 300 hurdles (42.32).

College Park’s Angela Wadley won the discus championship with a toss of 131-1.

On the boys side, sophomore Daniel Rivera gave Oak Ridge a win in the 110 hurdles, finishing the race in 14.49 seconds.

Teammate Zachary Johnson won the long jump (21-11) and triple jump (46-0¼).

College Park’s John Kelly won the 300 hurdles in 38.23.

Kelly’s teammate, senior Luke Dorrough, won the 400 with a 48.61, and the Cavaliers also claimed a win in the 1,600 relay (3:16.89).

Cooper fourth

The Cooper boys golf team recently placed fourth at the St. John’s Invitational at Wolfdancer Golf Club.

Ben Wong led the way, shooting a two-round 143 for second individually.

Ben Robinson fired a 154, Tom Cochrane finished at 168, Sean Kelly carded a 177 and Turner Yardley finished at 194.