Sports

Ty Faldyn, 10, of Spring was awarded Most Valuable Player in the Perfect Game 10U Elite Baseball Tournament held at Premier Baseball of Texas Sports Complex in Tomball on Sunday, June 21, 2020. Ty and his team the Tomball Graysox won the championship game 9 to 5 against the East Texas Tribe. Ty pitched the championship game and played shortstop and catcher for the team during the tournament. Ty is the son of Bradley and Kami’ Faldyn, brother to Jaxyn, and grandson of Allen, Jr. and Joyce Faldyn, Janet Anders and the late David Anders.

Riley Fisbeck is extending her college volleyball career.

La Grange ISD has been notified that a student participating in the summer athletic workouts has tested positive for COVID-19. Due to the positive case and to take further precautions, all athletic workouts are cancelled until Monday, July 6.

Former La Grange star softball pitcher MIssy Zoch (who helped lead the Lady Leps to a pair of state softball titles) has decided to return to Texas Tech for her final collegiate season next year. She is going to graduate in August, but because of the coronavirus, the NCAA has granted college athletes an additional year of eligibility if they so choose, and Zoch announced last Thursday that she will use that extra year. “I am so thankful that the NCAA gave the year of eligibility back that allows me to leave the game on my own terms ... which is not now. After praying so hard, God has led me to the decision to take my 5th year.” Zoch was a two-time All Big East Conference pitcher at DePaul University in Chicago before transferring to Texas Tech as a junior. She led the team in ERA in 2019 and won 18 games. This spring she she played in 10 games before the season was cancelled.

JUNE 14

La Grange assistant head football coach and offensive coordinator Will Kates is leaving for another job, ending an eight year stint during which he worked side-by-side with his older brother Matt Kates, the Leps head football coach.

La Grange High School athletes were able to return to voluntary workouts Monday.

Casen Novak has had a remarkable college baseball career.

The La Grange Little League will renovate the baseball field at White Rock Park to make important safety upgrades and prepare the field to host more teams, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of La Grange.

The governing body of Texas high school athletics and extra curricular activities, The University Interscholastic League, sent out the following message after the governor’s speech Monday: