La Grange Subvarsity Football Roundup
La Grange JV Purple 39, Smithville 6 The JV Purple beat the Smithville Tigers 39-6 last week to even their record at 3-3 and make them 1-0 in district. Highlights included three touchdown runs by Le’Kayvion Broussard a touchdown run by Elijah Haardt and a fumble recovery for a touchdown by Haardt as well following the touchdown runs. Four 2-pt conversions were successfully completed one by Broussard, one pass from Holdyn Cooper to Julian Sherman and runs by Ethan Tarnowski and Lakeith Williams along with a PAT by Edwin Luna. The Leps travel Thursday October 13th to face the Caldwell Hornets.
Smithville 14, LG JV Gold 6 The La Grange junior varsity Gold team lost to Smithville 14-6 Friday. Jeffery Cabrera was the leading rusher for the Leps. Mason Klieber led the team in total offensive yards and had one passing TD. GrahamYouens had one receivingTD. Ramon Ortiz led the team in tackles
Bellville 47, LG 8th Grade Gold 0 The 8th grade gold team fell to the Bellville Brahmas Tuesday night by a score of 47-0. Angel Gonzalez ran the ball well, but the Brahma defense and offense was just too much to handle. The team continued to play hard the entire game.
La Grange 8th Grade Purple 23, Bellville 14 The 8th grade purple team beat the Brahmas 23-14. The win moved their record to 4-0-1. Bo Kates had a big night carrying the ball, scoring three touchdowns. A lot of the work on the ground was done by Eli Gillum, who ran hard all night. The biggest reason for the hard fought win was the defense, coached by coach James Magness. The young Leps stuffed Bellville for most of the night. The 8th grade will host Giddings next Tuesday night with only one game starting at 5:30.
Bellville 35, La Grange 7th Grade Gold 30 The seventh grade Gold team lost a high scoring game vs. Bellville 30-35. All of the scoring came from Jordan Dugan who scored four touchdowns and three extra points. Making those scores possible was the offensive line play of Cohen Conard, Cody McCarty, Kolton Holliday, Nicholas Gonzales, and Jeremy Morales. Turning in good performances defensively were Edric Gants, Aiden Koether, Blake Wood, and Frank Gonzales.
La Grange 7th Grade Purple 31, Bellville 6 The eighth grade Purple team took the lead early on and never looked back in a 31-6 win over Bellville. Getting the scoring started early was Traiton Broussard who returned a punt for a touchdown. Howard Holmes added the extra point. After getting a stop defensively, Broussard added another touchdown but the extra point was stopped. The defense then took part in adding to the score when Holmes caused a fumble andVance Hill scooped it up and returned it for a touchdown. The scoring continued as Broussard added two more touchdowns with Holmes and Garland Hart converting the extra points. Setting up one of those touchdowns was a long pass completion from Broussard to Tristan Ulrich. Defensively, the Leopards were led by Dalton Janacek who recovered a fumble. Making several plays defensively included Broussard, Holmes, Rogan Mihatsch, and Caleb Knapik.
The seventh grade’s next game will be on October 11 in Giddings.