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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).

La Grange native J.K. Dobbins has been removed from the Baltimore Ravens’ injured list and went through practice with the team Monday – his first action in almost a year after suffering a season- ending knee injury in a 2021 preseason game.

Trey East is a former student at La Grange High School. He began his track career with the LC Express Track Club out of Giddings at age 11 competing across the nation in AAU Track & Field competitions on the district, regional, and national levels throughout his public-school years. He was an AAU National Junior Olympic qualifier each year he competed at this level. Trey was a 3-year varsity student athlete in football and track at LHS. His senior year he was a member of the 4x100 and 4x200 that placed 2nd at the UIL State Track & Field Meet posting a new school record in both events (40.91 in the 4x100 and 1:24 in the 4x200). Upon graduating high school Trey went on to pursue his track career at Jackson Community College, Tyler, Texas. In preparation for his new endeavor, he continued training with his summer league coaches. Trey’s indoor season exploded mid-way the season with a personal best time of 21.6 in the 200M; this time qualified him for the Junior College Indoor Championships. Outdoors he posted personal a best time of 10.42 in the 100M, 46.12 in the 400M, and 20.53 in the 200M. These times placed him in the top 3 junior college rankings.

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