Girls' Soccer

Cooper's Return Boosts Undefeated B-CC Squad
Wednesday, October 3, 2007; E08

Despite an ankle injury that has limited Hannah Cooper, who scored 18 goals last season, No. 7 Bethesda-Chevy Chase has still been scoring in bunches.

And the bad new for the rest of Montgomery County?

Cooper appears to be healthy again.

Cooper had two goals Monday in a 5-0 win over Wheaton, and Barons Coach Rob Kurtz, whose team won the Maryland 3A West Region title last season, senses another tournament run "in the makings."

B-CC (7-0, 3-0 Montgomery 3A/2A/1A) is averaging a county-best 5.29 goals per game.

Sonia Rada (six goals, two assists), Hannah Richardson (five goals, two assists), Owyn Manson (four goals, four assists) and Terryn Marette (two goals, eight assists) have led an attack that has had 15 players score in a 3-5-2 setup that uses "a different alignment every single game," Kurtz said.

-- B.J. Koubaroulis