La Grange vs. Gonzales When: 7:30 p.m.

Rushes-yds 25-124 58-300 Passing yards 143 73 Total yards 267 373 Comp-Att-Int 14-25-0 4-8-0 Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yds 8-66 9-71 Scoring summary First Quarter Sch - Brycen Schramek 27 field goal, 8:42. Wei - Norrell 9 run (Lacina run), :17.

The Schulenburg Shorthorns fell to Weimar 23-30 in a thriller of a game Friday night. Wildcats led for most of the night in the biggest rivalry game of the year for both teams.

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LG Gidd. Rushes-yds 20-42 54-235 Passing yards 160 112 Total yards 202 347 Comp-Att-Int 11-20-1 7-20-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yds 1-5 5-40 Scoring summary First Quarter LA GRANGE – 7:05, Thai Scott 45 yard pass from Clayton Cooper (Taylor Cook kick) Second Quarter GIDDINGS – 10:33, 29 yard field goal by Andres Cardenas LA GRANGE – 3:14, Cooper 2 run (Cook kick) Third Quarter GIDDINGS – 4:34, Cade Patschke 2 run (kick failed) Fourth Quarter GIDDINGS – 7:13 Patschke 9 run (conversion pass good, Gunnar Fromme to Rex Shoemaker).

On a night when senior Jena Jobb recorded her 1,000th career dig, her La Grange volleyball team pushed Giddings to the brink Friday. But after a tense five-set match the Lady Buffaloes prevailed 25-20, 25-13, 22-25, 21-25, 15-6.

You may want to buy a few extra copies of the newspaper to get some extra chances this week because our reader football pick-it contest has grown to its biggest jackpot of the season – $400 after no one correctly predicted all 10 games in last week’s contest. Giddings’upset win over La Grange knocked out a lot of ballots early, and then a slew of college football toss-ups whittled down the remaining ballots.

The Round Top-Carmine volleyball team defeated Waelder Friday 25-5, 25-13, 25-6 as the Cubettes improved to 32-7 overall and 7-0 in district. Stats for the Cubettes include: Mallory Krause 8 kills, 1 dig, 19 assists, 2 aces; Tess Eilers 5 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace; Kennedy Flinn 6 kills, 8 aces;.

In a 32-second span of the fourth quarter Friday, 21 points were scored and the lead changed hands three times. Maybe at no point in the 106-year history of the storied La Grange/Giddings rivalry had these two football teams taken their fans on such a roller- coaster ride in such a short span.

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