Down nine points going into the fourth quarter the Lady Leps basketball team nearly pulled off a furious comeback only to fall just short in a 54-52 loss to Navasota at home Friday. The La Grange girls are now 3-2 in district but their two losses are by a combined three points.

Both Flatonia basketball teams hammered Bloomington Friday in a district basketball doubleheader. Here are the stats from those games.

The La Grange boys basketball team is all alone in first place in District 22-4A after beating Navasota 50-45 at home Friday night. Both teams came in tied atop the district standings at 2-0, but the Leps out-muscled the Rattlers to improve to 17-8 overall and 3-0 in district.

The state-ranked Fayetteville Lions basketball team is “starting to hit our stride,” according to head coach Jake Diggs. And that’s a very dangerous thing for anybody who has to play the Lions.

La Grange head girls soccer coach Lauren Hubbert informed her players and parents Wednesday that she will be leaving at the end of the school year. In her message to them she said, in part: “The last three years here at La Grange have been nothing short of amazing ... La Grange has been one of the easiest places to transition into calling home and we have been absolutely blessed by the community and how incredibly supportive everyone has been ... However, my husband was given an opportunity to advance in the career field and the incentives to accept the new position were ones he simply could not refuse.”

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Riley Lowe is a senior star for the La Grange girls soccer team. She’s the reigning District Utility Player of the Year, also a standout student-athlete in the classroom and has won a number of acting awards with the La Grange High School one-act play.

The Flatonia girls overwhelmed Schulenburg 79-20 in district basketball action Tuesday. But then the Schulenburg boys got revenge in the nightcap of the doubleheader, beating the Bulldogs 52-42.

1/14/25 RTC girls 50, Richards 32 RTC 14 16 8 12 - 50 Richards 6 12 9 5 - 32 RTC stats: Tess Eilers 21 pts, Madison Markwardt 12 pts, Jaylen Bage 10 pts, Jill Eilers 3 pts, Bree Dooley 2 pts, Brooklyn Gold 2 pts. Cubettes are 8-2 overall and 6-1 in district.

The La Grange soccer teams had their district openers Tuesday and both teams lost to Taylor. At home, the Lady Leps fell to the Lady Ducks 6-0.