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Ava Myers is set for her final year of college volleyball. The Round Top-Carmine High School graduate is a senior outside hitter and defensive specialist for Southwestern Assemblies of God University, ranked first in the preseason Sooner Athletic Conference volleyball poll. She was an all-conference honorable mention selection last year, when she ranked seventh in the conference in service aces and points per set and eighth in kills per set. The 5-foot-9 Myers excelled coming off a year that tested her physically. She suffered an injury to her shoulder labrum during the COVID spring, she said. With the fall 2020 season extending into spring 2021, she said, it was a “year of nonstop volleyball.” “Mentally I’ve grown a lot with handling disappointment,” she said. “The COVID and injury was an obstacle to overcome.”

The 2022 FEC #Lineman2Lineman program is here. This year we want you to nominate your favorite high school lineman football players for recognition.

Overall Record: 1-1 DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TEAM Aug. 9 Lost to Goliad 3-0 Aug.

Overall Record: 2-0 Date Opponent Teams Time Location August 8 Beat Tidehaven 3-0 9 Beat Hempstead 3-0 12-13 (Fri-Sat) Bellville Faith Academy Tourn. V 16 (Tues) Dual Match @ Milano w/ Blum V 4:00 Away 18-20 (Th-Sat) Fayetteville Tournament V TBA HOME 23 (Tues) Anderson-Shiro JV, V 4:30 Away 25-27 (Th-Sat) Rice Consolidated Tournament V 30 (Tues) Schulenburg JV, V 5:00 Away September 2 (Fri) Weimar JV, V 4:00 Away 6 (Tues) Flatonia JV, V 5:00 HOME 9 (Fri) Burton V 4:30 Away 13 (Tues) Shiner JV, V 5:00 HOME 15 (Thur) Bellville Faith Academy JH 5:00 HOME 16 (Fri) Snook JV, V 4:30 Away 20 (Tues) Thrall JV, V 5:00 Away 23 (Fri) Round Top-Carmine * JH, JV, V 5:00 HOME 24 (Sat) Brenham Tournament JH TBA 27 (Tues) Prairie Lea * JH, V 5:00 Away 30 (Fri) Waelder * V 5:00 HOME October 4 (Tues) McDade * JH, V 5:00 HOME 7 (Fri) Mumford JV, V 4:30 HOME 11 (Tues) Round Top-Carmine * JH, JV, V 5:00 Away 14 (Fri) Prairie Lea * # V 5:00 HOME 18 (Tues) Waelder * JH, V 5:00 Away 21 (Fri) McDade * V 5:00 Away 25 (Tues) Iola JV, V 5:00 Away.

Overall Record: 1-0 DATE OPPONENT SITE TEAMS TIME Aug. 9 Beat Anderson-Shiro 3-2 Aug.

Overall Record: 1-0 Date Opponent Site Fresh. JV Varsity 8/9 Beat Weimar 3-1 8/10 Schulenburg Freshmen Tournament TBA 8/11-13 Columbus Classic Columbus HS 8/16 Bastrop LGHS 5:30, 5:30, 6:30 8/18-20 Bastrop ISD Tournament 8/23 East Bernard East Bernard HS 6, 6, 5 8/25-27 Texas Showdown Spring Branch ISD 8/30 Bellville LGHS 5, 5, 6 9/2 Schulenburg Schulenburg 5:30, 5:30, 4:30 9/6 Sealy Sealy HS 5, 5, 6 9/10 La Grange JV Tournament 9/10 East Bernard Freshmen Tournament 9/13 Smithville Smithville HS 5, 5, 6 9/16 Taylor LGHS 6, 6, 5 9/17 Cedar Creek F & JV Tournament 9/20 Caldwell Caldwell HS 5, 5, 6 9/23 Austin Achieve Austin x, 6:30 5:30 9/27 Giddings LGHS 5, 5, 6 9/30 Manor New Tech Manor 6:30, 6:30,5:30 10/4 Aggieland Homeschool LGHS 5, 5, 6 10/7 Smithville LGHS 6, 6, 5 10/11 Taylor Taylor HS 5, 5, 6 10/14 Caldwell LGHS 6, 6, 5 10/18 Austin Achieve LGHS X, 5, 6 10/21 Giddings Giddings HS 6, 6, 5 10/25 Manor New Tech LGHS 5, 5, 6.

Overall Record: 1-1 Date Opponent Site Time Teams August 9 Tues. Beat Rice 3-0 9 Tues.

The high school volleyball season has begun this week, with some impressive wins for local teams. The La Grange Lady Leps struggled early in their season opener at home versus Weimar, losing the first set 16-25, but then really turned it on to win the next three sets 25-16, 25-21, 25-18.

A Weekly Feature by BRIAN PIERSON Question: What are you most looking forward to this upcoming football season? “Looking forward just to winning district, and as a team, getting better straight down the line.” Question: What’s your specialty in football? “Probably building the team together. Can’t do it without the team.

La Grange High School star cornerback Bravion Rogers (considered one of the top senior defensive backs in the nation) has decommited from Texas A&M, after verbally accepting a scholarship offer from the Aggies back in April. Now the recruiting of Rogers will again heat up (he’s been offered a scholarship by just about every bigtime football program in the nation).