The La Grange volleyball team finished out the first half of district play strong, smashing Manor New Tech 25-7, 25-13, 25-16 Friday night at home. The victory improved the Lady Leps’ overall record to 15-21 and evened their district mark at 3-3.

Greg Trlicek of La Grange won our $200 reader pick it contest last week as the only person to get all 10 football games correct. The Houston Texans’ upset of the Steelers Sunday ruined a lot of otherwise perfect ballots. We will try to get a picture of Trlicek getting his prize money from Alpha One this week. Meanwhile, below are the games for this week as the jackpot drops back down to $100. Good luck!

9/11 at Caldwell- lost 17-2: Top performer: Gage Mihatschwon both of his matches (#1 doubles/#3 singles) 9/18 at Taylor- lost 15-4 Top performers: Graham Youenswon both his matches (#1 doubles/#2 singles) and Owen Westall (#1 doubles/#1 singles).

At the Shiner Meet on Sept. 14, La Grange cross country was led by a 11th place finish by Eleanor Carey and a 24th place finish by Faith Greenwood. On the boys side Dillan Barron was 27th and Baylee Abbey was 41st.

The Schulenburg Shorthorns defeated a very athletic football team from Hearne 10-0 on Homecoming Friday night, bringing the Horns’ record to 2-0 in district and 3-3 overall. “(Hearne) hasn’t given up many points all year, and I know why now,” said Schulenburg Head Coach Luke Hobbs after the game.

The Fayette County Fair again hosted its Bucket Calf competition this year. Here are this year’s winners.

This past weekend the Mighty Leopard Band went to the USBands San Antonio Regional Competition and placed second in their class, with a score of 75.24, and seventh overall, with a score of 73.15 in finals.

The following students were recognized as being one of the Top 5 students in their class upon completion of the 2022-2023 School Year. Students each received a Rosa Meinecke Award Patch. More on Ms. Meinecke is detailed below the photos.

Record: 12-20, 1-1 in district Date Opponent Teams Time Location August 8 Fayetteville def. Tidehaven 3-1 8 Fayetteville def.

Record: 25-7, 1-0 in district DATE OPPONENT SITE TEAMS Times August 8 RTC def. Anderson Shiro 3-1 10-12 Went 4-4 at Columbus Tournament 15 Def.