Great celebrating the retirement of Coach Brian James. @CoachBrianJames @NUMensBball
Mark Cooper retweeted
1985 Illinois Boys Basketball Class AA State Tourney. 1-Mt.Carmel, 2-Lanphier, 3-Homewood-Flossmoor, 4-Cahokia. (Elite 8-Ottawa). Official Program, Brackets, Boxscores. @BBallMuseumIL @IBCArecsec @OttawaAthletics @Markalancooper
masseybasketball.blogspot.co…
Mark Cooper retweeted
Pictured below left to right with the Carson family are the recipients of the annual Tyler “TC” Carson Scholarship:
Lucas Farabaugh
Colt Bryson
Brooklyn Byone
Kerrigan Cooney
Grant Smithmeyer
Owen Sanders
Congratulations!
#PirateNation
Mark Cooper retweeted
It’s Signing Day at Ottawa High School! 🏴☠️✍️
🏀 Owen Sanders — Basketball at Illinois Wesleyan University
⛳️ Colt Bryson — Golf at Millikin University
🏈⚾️ Lucas Farabaugh — Football & Baseball at Aurora University
#PirateNation
It is an honor to have my guy, Owen Sanders, present me with his football jersey for staff appreciation day. Owen is going to have a big senior year in basketball at OTHS and is going to be a steal of a recruit on the collegiate level!
Mark Cooper retweeted
We like to recognize the following IBCA Hall of Famers who were born on September 25:
Merv Baker - Coach
Cliff Berger - Player
Lawrence Connolly - Friend
Robert Cooper - Friend
Forrest Harris - Player
Harv Schmidt - Player
Mark Cooper retweeted
@MidProAcademy 17U West picks up another win Vs Mac Irvin Fire @RL_Hoops
5’10 PG #2 Dallas Smith
6’0 G #5 Kyler Owens
6’2 G #7 Max Colgan
6’3 G # 9 Blayn Robinson (2027)
6’7 F #15 Owen Sanders
6’6 F #20 Jerry Hahn
6’7 F #33 Jaxon Wyatt
6’6 G/F # 34 Octavius Hickman
#MidProFam
Mark Cooper retweeted
Coaching is a Wonderful Profession!
It has challenges and obstacles, but if done right, being a coach is one of the most rewarding jobs one can have.
Here are 5 of the biggest JOYS of being a COACH.
[THREAD] 🧵
Mark Cooper retweeted
Ottawa will take a 13 stroke lead into day 2 of the State Class 2A Golf Tournament at ISU!
Mark Cooper retweeted
When you have the best practice facility in the Illinois Valley, you have to keep it that way!! ⛳️🏴☠️🦌@DeerPark61348
@deerparkcrew
Mark Cooper retweeted
🚨🏀 ONE WEEK AWAY! Streator & Ottawa are proud to host a satellite clinic for the Kevin Brown TOC to support the fight against glioblastoma! @OTHS_Basketball
📅 Sun October 13th
⏰ 1:00-3:00 pm
📍Streator HS
⛹️♂️⛹️♀️ Boys and Girls K-8
Register below:
apps.daysmartrecreation.com/…
Mark Cooper retweeted
The Pirates won the Mendota Ryder Cup Tournament for the 4th straight year in a row and also set a new tournament team record shooting 219 (221 previously from 2023)!! 🏴☠️⛳️🏆
Congrats to Team Cooper/Creedon for winning 1st overall!! 🥇💪🏼
Team Harris/Armstrong 3rd 🥉
Team Bryson/Addis 4th 🏅
Mark Cooper retweeted
‼️3rd Times a Charm‼️
On their 3rd visit to the Marmion Invite the Varsity Pirates came out on top at a very challenging Aurora CC!! 🏴☠️⛳️🏆
Congrats to individual finishers:
Chandler Creedon 3rd 🥉
Bryer Harris 4th 🏅
Mark Cooper retweeted
‼️3-Peat Alert‼️
The Varsity Pirates clinched the conference championship today at Kishwaukee CC for the 3rd year in a row!! 🏴☠️⛳️🏆💪🏼
After a one hole playoff between Chandler Creedon & Bryer Harris, Bryer took medalist honors! 🏴☠️💪🏼
Congrats to individual finishers:
Bryer Harris 1st 🥇
Chandler Creedon 2nd 🥈
Seth Cooper 4th 🏅
Jacob Armstrong 9th 🏅
Mark Cooper retweeted
The sweet taste of victory!! The Pirates went undefeated in their conference matches this season after besting Morris tonight at DPGC!!🏴☠️⛳️
Congrats to Seth Cooper earning medalist honor after shooting even par tonight!! 🏅💪🏼
And a special shout out to Tone’s Cones for putting the “cherry on top”!! 🍦👏🏼
Mark Cooper retweeted
Ottawa & Streator basketball are coming together for the 2nd year to host a clinic for the Kevin Brown Memorial TOC, to fight against glioblastoma! @shsbulldogbball
📅 Sunday October 13
📍 Streator High School
⏰ 1 - 3 PM
⛹️♀️⛹️♂️ Boys & Girls K-8
Link 👇
apps.daysmartrecreation.com/…
Mark Cooper retweeted
The Varsity Pirates were victorious in their home opener conference duel against the Kaneland Knights!! 🏴☠️⛳️
Bryer H. was medalist shooting 1 under!! 🥇👏🏼👏🏼
@DeerPark61348
