For the first time since 2022, the Fayetteville Lions will not be playing in the state title baseball game. In a game where a lot of uncharacteristic mistakes plagued the Lions, Fayetteville lost Saturday 11-1 to Centerville in the state semifinals in Montgomery.

Hamlin (21-1) vs. Gordon (21-4) Best of three series Game #1 – 6 p.m.

Ayear ago, when Fayetteville was winning the 2025 state baseball title, Slade Cejka and Enoch Loafman were watching from the stands. Jacob Muzny was cheerring on the Lions at home watching the game online.

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The Fayetteville Lions won the Region IV-1A title with authority Thursday. And it’s earned the defending state champ Lions a berth in the state semifinals for the fourth consecutive season.

In heartbreaking fashion, Schulenburg’s amazing baseball season game to an end in the regional final Thursday in Katy in a 2-1 loss to Iola. The game was a scoreless tie until the sixth inning when Iola pushed across two unearned runs against Schulenburg starting pitcher Connor Lichnovsky.

Fayetteville-native Lawson Fritsch had a stellar freshman year of collegiate pole vaulting at McNeese State, in Lake Charles Louisiana, capped off by a second place finish at the Southland Conference Meet last week in Nacogdoches.

Coach Shawn Bruns announced his retirement back in January from Flatonia ISD effective June 30th after spending his entire 35 year career with FISD. For the first 19 years Coach Bruns was the elementary PE coach while coaching high school sports.

Kobi Valchar of Schulenburg earned All-Lone Star Conference honors for his performances at the 2026 LSC Outdoor Track Championships. Valchar was third in the discus, second in the hammer throw and seventh in the shot put at the conference meet.

When the Fayetteville baseball team won the state title last season with six seniors on the team, some outsiders might have thought the Lions’dynasty on the diamond might be coming to an end. “People weren’t expecting us to be where we are,” said Fayetteville head baseball coach Clint Jaeger, whose team is playing this week in the regional finals for the sixth consecutive season.