Sports

Read about our Athletes of the Week in every Friday edition and then watch their interviews on the FCR’s Facebook page. Recent Players of the Week: Feb.

The Fayetteville boys basketball team made it to the state tournament for the first time since 1943, in part thanks to the strength of a starting five that are a coach’s dream. Keagan Supak, Lawson Fritsch, Easton Jaeger, Brody Dooley and Jake Kubala are a group that can score points in bunches, and give opponents headaches with their tenacious defense.

The Flatonia Bulldogs picked up two victories over the weekend at the East Bernard Tournament. On Thursday, the Dogs defeated Stafford 12-7.

The La Grange girls softball team has turned around their overall record in a hurry after winning all six games they played at the Seguin Tournament last week. The Lady Leps beat Harlingen 10-3, Andrews 12-3, Uvalde 113, Roma 13-1, Laredo United 8-6 and Incarnate Word 4-3.

The Flatonia boys won the team title at their home track meet Thursday with 159 points and Schulenburg was fourth with 66. On the girls side, Shiner win the team title with 159 points.

Head Coach: Jake Diggs; Assistant Coach: Clint Jaeger Player Number/ Name.... Class Height Position 1 Mason Fenhaus ..............

All Games at The Alamodome, San Antonio THURSDAY, MARCH 7 - SEMIFINALS 8:30 am ................1A Semifinals Benjamin (23-1) vs. Gordon (21-6) 10:00 am ..............1A Semifinals Jayton (36-3) vs.

World War II was raging and the U.S. just had 48 states the last time the Fayetteville boys basketball team was headed to the state tournament back in 1942 and 1943.

The Schulenburg baseball team lost to Giddings Tuesday at home 7-2. Jaysa Janda, Aaron Janecek and Connor Lichknosky had the game’s three hits for the Shorthorns.

On Saturday, February 17, the boys powerlifting team traveled to Rice Consolidated High School for their third meet of the season. The team continued to progress in their overall weights as senior Gentry Doyle turned in his best performance of the year, posting a 975 total while still in the 123 weight class. His total was an 85 pound increase from the meet a few weeks earlier. The total placed him in a tie for 3rd in the region. Sophomore Lukas Gutierrez also improved his overall weight by 75 pounds to reach the 1,000 pound mark. Lastly, newcomer and freshman Dylan Hughes turned in a 920 pound total in the 308 weight class, placing him in the top 12 in the region. Both Gentry and Dylan finished in 2nd place in their weight classes at the meet.