Lady Leps Stun State-Ranked Smithville
In their biggest win of the season, the La Grange softball team beat state-ranked Smithville 6-7 in eight innings on the road Tuesday.
La Grange’s Haylie Cooper went 3-for-4 at the plate, scored three runs and also threw out the potential game-tying run at the plate to preserve the win for the Lady Leps. Abby DelaRosa had two hits and pitched a complete game seven-hitter, only allowing three earned runs. Madi Schroeder had two hits. She and Alyssa Liccioni hit doubles.
Smithville fell to 17-4-1 overall with the loss and 3-1 in district. The Lady Leps improved to 4-0 in district and 11- 10 overall.
LG Baseball
The La Grange baseball team opened district play in strong fashion, blasting Austin Eastside 22-1 on the road Monday. Cameron Kruse had four hits, drove in two and scored three.
Brendan Maddox had four hits and score three. Bennett Barber, Clay Wolff, Kadyn Hall and Max Dixon all had three hits. Jaren Williams, Gunner Jurek and Ty Stark had three hits each. Jurek hit a homer, Krause a triple and Wolff and Dixon hit doubles. Wolff pitched a complete game one-hitter with 12 strikeouts.
Fayetteville
The Fayetteville baseball team defeated Somerville Tuesday 9-2 to improve to 10-2-1 overall and 5-0 in district.
Travis Gully had two doubles and three RBIs. Logan Fritsch had two hits. Jake Kubala scored three runs and Keagan Supak scored two. Reid Gross pitched four innings, and Gully, Supak and Chance Konvicka all threw one inning of relief.
Schulenburg
The Schulenburg baseball team nearly upset state-ranked Shiner (16-0 overall and 5-0 in district) but the Comanches held on for a 2-1 win Tuesday.
The Schulenburg girls (6-8 overall and 3-5 in district) lost to Shiner 13-3 Tuesday. Keaton Walker had the only hit for the Lady Horns.
Round Top-Carmine
The Cubs lost to Mumford 13-1 Tuesday.
Kannyn Goehring had the only two hits for RT-C, which fell to 2-3 in district play.