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The Schulenburg Shorthorns fell to 0-4 with a 55-0 loss at Poth Friday. The Pirates outgained the Shorthorns 359 to 88 in yardage. Poth improved to 3-1 with the win. Schulenburg starts district play Friday at home against Thorndale (3-1) which is coming off a 42-6 win over Iola.

What a difference a year makes. Last season Falls City beat Flatonia 36-0 and the Beavers marched all the way to the state finals. This season it was payback for Flatonia as the Bulldogs dominated Falls City 42-14.

Four weeks into the season the La Grange football team is still looking for answers. They didn’t find any in the Hill Country. The Leps made the long trip west to Lago Vista Friday and lost to the Vikings 36-2. La Grange is now 1-3 this season with those losses coming to teams (Bellville, Columbus and now Lago Vista) that are a combined 11-1. “We keep playing good teams like this, and I hope it makes us better,” said La Grange head coach Matt Kates. Lago Vista is a two-time defending state semifinalists, but each of the last two seasons the Leps won offensive slugfests against them. Not this time.

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We did not have a winner in last week’s reader Pick-It contest, meaning that this week’s jackpot jumps up to $200. Last week’s Weimar and Dallas outcomes proved particularly problematic for our pickers. This week’s games are below. Enter as often as you like, however, no photocopies, don’t forget the tiebreaker and entries must be turned in by Friday at our office by 5 p.m. (those of you mailing your entries, we can’t accept ones that don’t get to us by Friday, so bring them by personally to ensure you are entered). Good Luck!

La Grange Bashes Taylor The La Grange varsity volleyball team improved to 2-0 in district and 16-17 overall with a 25-23, 25-15, 18-25, 25-12 victory over Taylor at home Friday. Maddi Fritz had 11 kills for the Lady Leps and Camille Gonzalez had 10.

RT-C The Fayetteville volleyball team swept 2A No. 10-ranked Shiner 25-15, 25-22, 25-15 Tuesday as the Lady Lions improved to 28-2 overall.

LaGrangeatLagoVista When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Lago Vista Records: LG is 1-2.

The La Grange varsity volleyball team started district play in dominating fashion, blasting Smithville on the road Tuesday 25-17, 25-11, 25-20. The win improves the Lady Leps overall record to 15-17.

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