Cooper High School

Growing up in a house with a father who starred as a wide receiver at Abilene Christian University and later earned induction into the ACU Sports Hall of Fame, there wasn’t much d...

The Abilene ISD family celebrates the continued success of our teachers in the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) system. Since 2020-2021, Abilene ISD has designated a total of 6...

The 2024 softball season starts next week, with one team looking to run its streak of playoff seasons to eight straight and the other looking for a return to the post-season party...

The Cooper High School Cougarettes have a busy couple of weeks coming up as they prepare to perform at Disneyland on Feb. 15. So, just for fun, they competed in the Showtime Compe...

Cooper High School Junior ROTC director, retired Air Force Master Sgt. Ron Deos, and his cadets are no strangers to excellence. That certainly was validated again last month when ...

On Thursday, the University Interscholastic League released its biennial realignment configurations for all sports. While there was little change to the two football districts t...

Abilene High School senior Hope Arrazola earned her fourth all-state honor in choir after competing at the Texas Music Educators Association Area A Vocal Audition earlier this mon...

More than 30 Abilene ISD students will participate in the 25th annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival, scheduled for June 5-8 and June 12-15. Abilene will host ...

Abilene High School senior Hope Arrazola earned her fourth all-state honor in choir after competing at the Texas Music Educators Association Area A Vocal Audition earlier this mon...

We hope everyone had a good first week back after the Christmas break and got settled back into a good routine to start the spring semester. Just a reminder that Monday (Jan. 15)...

The Cooper boys’ and girls’ soccer teams begin the 2024 season in January with both squads looking for a return to the postseason. Each coach believes they have the pieces in pla...

Abi Pena-Perez remembers the day she noticed her hair was falling out. She remembers the first time anyone said anything to her about it. She remembers what it was like when peopl...

Situated in the middle of Abilene on East South 11th, just off South Treadaway Blvd., Jay Stearns’ little barbecue joint has made a big name for itself by doing the little things ...

The Abilene High and Cooper football teams are back in action this weekend in the Class 5A state playoffs with Abilene High playing in Crowley and Cooper in Mansfield. The Eagles...

The University Interscholastic League’s annual Snapshot Day was last Friday (Oct. 27), which is the enrollment figure reported by each school in Texas that will be used in determi...

The football playoffs at both Abilene High and Cooper might be just around the corner, but November also means the start of basketball season is upon us. All four local varsity te...

Cooper head football coach Aaron Roan was recently honored as one of the Be Well, Texas Unsung Heroes for making a difference in the community of Abilene. Be Well, Texas is pa...

Completion of the 2018 bond program didn’t stop progress in Abilene ISD. A new state-of-the-art Daktronics video board was added to Shotwell Stadium prior to the beginning of the...

Last fall, when former Cooper High School defensive back Aaron Byrd brought his family back to Abilene to watch Abilene High and Cooper play in the Crosstown Showdown at Shotwell ...

Jimmy Pogue hasn’t been a student on a college campus in more than 35 years. But the lessons he learned while at Hardin-Simmons University go with him every day into his classroom...