La Grange’s own Ashtyn Smith has been named an AAU All-American after an outstanding performance at the AAU National Volleyball Championships in Florida. Competing in the highly competitive 16U division against some of the nation’s top athletes, Ashtyn was selected as an All-American Athlete —an honor awarded to only a select group of players in her age division.

Bob McDowell of Oak Hill Ranch in Round Top and his sister, Mary Keadle, on their 6-day biking adventure through the Dolomites in Northern Italy. The Fayette County Record newspaper made the whole trip.

The Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association has named three Fayette County players All-State – Fayetteville’s Jack Schley and Round Top-Carmine’s Will Neese in Class 1A and Schulenburg’s Jayse Janda in Class 2A.

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Baseball great Yogi Berra once said “it’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” For better or worse, the folks at Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine do their best to predict the finish of every district in the state in their annual magazine that comes out every summer. The folks at Texas Football see La Grange and Schulenburg making the playoffs, but Flatonia, Smithville and Giddings missing out.

The Fayette Area Swim Team (FAST) wrapped up its regular season schedule by taking 78 swimmers to Columbus to compete against the Columbus Catfish in the final dual meet of the summer. While no team records fell during the meet, the performances in the pool were nothing short of remarkable.

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The La Grange City Council met in executive session Monday night, June 22, to discuss a lease agreement for a gymnastics program at the Randolph Recreation Center. Shay Iannelli currently operates the gymnastics program at the Rec Center on behalf of the City.

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Styne Schramm of Winchester recently accompanied the Texas Bulldogs of New Braunfels, a 12U baseball team, to Cooperstown All Star Village in Oneonta, New York. Competing in a slate of 94 teams, the Bulldogs finished in the top third, facing teams from California, Arizona and others. One highlight for Styne was hitting a walk-off two-run home run after trailing by five runs in the team’s final at bat. While in New York, time allowed for visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard, an apple orchard and cider processing company in Fly Creek.