Sports

The La Grange and Giddings athletic rivalry is always great. That rivalry has grown even more intense on the volleyball court the last few seasons with both teams tying for district titles the last two years.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Thorndale Records: Both teams are 4-1 overall and 1-0 in district.

La Grange senior football player Jakobe Wilkerson has clocked a ton of playing time for the Leopards and is putting his talents on full display. In a 38-7 victory against Splendora last Friday, Wilkerson notched a career high of three total touchdowns. Two of them were on the ground and one was a receiving score. It’s clear that Wilkerson has been an essential part for Leopards football.

Remarkably, members of the Koether family have been running the chains and down marker at La Grange football games for 40 years. The late Charles Koether first started on the “chain gang” back in 1982 and his brother Don joined him at some point decades ago when some of the other regulars would go duck hunting. Now Don has been a regular on the chains since 1996 – that’s a span of about 130 home varsity games.

LG 7th Grade Gold 12 Cuero 6 Jordan Dugan led the offense with several long carries while scoring two touchdowns. Defensively, the Leopards were led by Darius Johnson,Alex Hernandez, and Edric Gants who each had several tackles. Darius Johnson fell on a fumble in the last minute of the game to help seal the victory for the Leopards.

The Schulenburg football team lost to Thorndale 36-7 Friday in the district opener for both teams. The Shorthorns fell to 0-5 overall and 0-1 in district with the loss while the Bulldogs improved to 4-1 overall and 1-0.

Jaidyn Guyton snagged three interceptions and caught seven passes to lead the Flatonia Bulldogs to a 62-20 win over Thrall Friday in the district opener for both teams. Flatonia quarterback Fidel Venegas ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more as the Bulldogs improved to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in district.

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Score by quarters La Grange 16 8 8 6 – 38 Splendora 70 00–7 LG Splend. Rushing Yds 238 63 Passing yards 169 18 Total yards 407 81 Comp-Att-Int 14-22-0 7-20-1 Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1 Punts 3-35.3 4-28.5 Penalties-yds 6-75 4-25 Scoring summary First Quarter LA GRANGE – 10:48, Safety LA GRANGE – 8:22, Jaden Williams 16 run (William Bundick kick) SPLENDORA – 6:09, Jason Williams 33 fumble return (Fernando Manzano kick) LA GRANGE – 5:16, Jakobe Wilkerson 59 run (Bundick kick) Second Quarter LA GRANGE – 4:47, Bear Meng 4 pass to Wilkerson (Bravion Rogers conversion run) Third Quarter LA GRANGE – 9:25, Wilkerson 1 run (Wilkerson conversion run) Fourth Quarter LA GRANGE – 11:05, Meng 14 pass to Williams (kick failed) INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – La Grange: Jakobe Wilkerson 6-84, Bravion Rogers 1-57, Jaden Williams 7-35, CJ Davis 4-33, Bear Meng 5-15, Thai Scott 2-8, Cody Krupala 2-6; Splendora: Dominic Rodriguez 7-26, Logan McGinnis 10-19.

East Texas agrees with the Leps more than the Hill Country. The past two weeks the La Grange football team has made long road trips.