Sports

La Grange will be hosting a middle school girls basketball camp from May 31-June 2 at the middle school gym. Session 1 will be held 12:30 p.m.

Rusk Eliminates Leps Again The La Grange baseball team saw its season come to an end at the hands of defending state runner-up Rusk Friday in a doubleheader loss in the area round of the 4A playoffs. This marks the second consecutive season Rusk eliminated the Leps in this round, and the same two hurlers were responsible both seasons.

Round Top-Carmine senior Ilse Salinas was the bronze medalist in the 1A girls long jump at Saturday’s state track meet. She leaped 17-feet, 0.25-inches, just 3.25-inches shy of Kaegen James, of Irion County, who won the state title. Photo by Jeff Wick

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Jonathan Bamsch/Jahir Lopez-Ocon - First Place Seventh Grade B Boys Doubles Oliver Gunn/Mason Kleiber - Second Place Eighth Grade A Boys Doubles Marissa Muras - Third Place Eighth Grade A Girls Singles Corbin Barnes - Third Place Seventh Grade A Boys Singles Graham Youens - Third Place Eight Grade A Boys Singles Quade Brothers/Travis Hill - 2nd Place Seventh Grade A Boys Singles Eleanor Carey/Ella Nygren - 3rd Place Eighth Grade A Girls Doubles.

Schulenburg track phenom Meredith Magliolo recently tied for the best mark at regionals (5-3) in the high jump, so she will be heading to the state track championship meet at the University of Texas this week.

Softball 2A Regional Quarterfinals Flatonia vs Ganado One Game Playoff Saturday, May 14 @ 7:00 pm @ Cuero HS Softball Field Baseball 4A La Grange vs. Rusk Game 1: Friday, May 13 @ Cy Falls, 5 p.m.

It was, quite simply, the most dominant stretch of postseason pitching La Grange has had since their state title season nine years ago. With their season on the line and their backs against the wall, the Leps got 15 innings of two-hit, shutout baseball against Burnet Friday and Saturday to win their bidistrict playoff series.

Aysia Grant, center, was the winner of the girls Fighting Heart award at Monday’s La Grange Booster Club Sports Banquet. She is shown here with girls athletic director Leslie Coltrain, left, and coach Katy Scott, right. Photos by Jeff Wick

Three years later, Aysia Grant and Hailey Bass are getting one final chance at state track meet glory. Back in 2019, Grant and Bass were part of a state La Grange 4x400 relay as freshmen.