After flying high against Cypress Christian last Friday, Cooper came back down to earth. The Cooper Dragons were beaten by the St. John's Mavericks 41-14 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 561st, while the Mavericks are ranked 167th).
Despite the loss, Cooper still got an impressive performance from Dean Calhoun, who rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 46 receiving yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Calhoun is now averaging an impressive 101.2 rushing yards per game.
Cole Allen was his usual excellent self, rushing for 332 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per carry for St. John's. Allen was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 62 yards.
Cooper's defeat was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-4. As for St. John's, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
Cooper will challenge St. Mark's at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cooper is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.3 points per game this season. As for St. John's, they will take on Episcopal at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. John's also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 39.8 points per game.
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