Diamond Roundup

La Grange baseball

In a battle for early control of District 20-4A, the La Grange baseball team went to Giddings Tuesday and lost to the Buffaloes 18-6 in five innings.

The loss drops the Leps overall record to 10-8 and their district record to 2-1. Giddings improves to 15-4 and 3-0.

The Buffaloes got home runs from Cameron Page, Chase Oltmann and Cole Mertink in the victory.

These two teams face off again Friday, this time in La Grange, at 7 p.m.

Flatonia baseball

The Flatonia baseball team defeated Louise 6-2 Tuesday as the Bulldogs banged out nine hits.

Reese Ramirez and Aiden Kloesel each had two hits for Flatonia and Carson Gibson and Taylor O’Reilly each hit doubles.

Gibson pitched a complete game six-hitter for Flatonia striking out 15.

Flatonia is now 7-9 overall and 3-3 in district.

Flatonia softball

The Flatonia softball team pounded Louise 19-0 Tuesday as the Lady Bulldogs improved their record to 15-8-1 overall.

The Lady Bulldogs drew 13 walks. Annie Charanza had two hits and three RBIs. Mollie Mica hit a double and scored three runs. Katherine Bruns scored four runs and drove in four.

Shannen Novak had three RBIs and Payton Guzman scored three runs.

Charanza pitched a complete game one-hitter with three strikeouts. The game was called after the third inning because of the mercy rule.

SHS softball

The Schulenburg softball team bashed Bloomington 16-0 Tuesday as Briana Vavra pitched a one-hitter with eight strikeouts and the Lady Horns’ bats pounded out 13 hits. Jordan Sommer had two doubles for Schulenburg. Regan Lux had two hits, including a triple. Kassidy Kubala had two hits, including a double, and Tamara Otto and Rilee Sanchez also had multi-hit games. Sani Thompson hit a double as the Lady Horns improved to 9-7 overall and 6-4 in district.