The Flatonia Bulldogs orchestrated a second half comeback to beat Nixon-Smiley 21-14 on homecoming night in Flatonia. The Bulldogs trailed 14-7 at halftime, but the Flatonia defense held Nixon-Smiley scoreless in the second half.

The Fayetteville volleyball team defeated visiting Flatonia Tuesday in five sets. Fayetteville won the oddnumbered sets, culminating with a 20-18 thriller in set five.

La Grange vs. La Vernia When: 7 p.m.

La Grange junior football player Le’Kayvion Broussard is a running back who’s been a workhorse to start the season. In last Friday’s game against Columbus, he carried the ball 24 times for 78 yards and a touchdown to go along with 13 receptions for 77 yards.

Read about our Athletes of the Week in every Friday edition and then watch their interviews on the FCR’s Facebook page. Recent Players of the Week: August 11 – Jena Jobb, La Grange volleyball August 18 – Kaysie Ward, Round Top-Carmine Volleyball August 25 – Emmrie Marx, Schulenburg volleyball Sept.

La Grange High School was approved by District 20 to join their team tennis district and started practices on Aug. 7.

Colorado’s upset of TCU knocked out 95-percent of the entries and again, no one was able to pick all 10 winners of last week’s games, so our jackpot grows to $300 this week. To enter, pick the 10 winners below and make sure to fill out the tiebreaker score prediction. The ballot must be turned in to our office by 5 p.m. Friday to be eligible (and just a reminder, you must use the ballot printed in the newspaper, no photo copies). But you can fill out as many entries as you like. Good Luck!

The Round Top-Carmine volleyball team defeated Giddings Friday 25-15, 25-19, 2523 as the Cubettes improved to 15-6 this season.

Here are the stat leaders for RT-C: Mallory Krause 7 kills, 11 digs, 19 assists; Tess Eilers 11 kills, 9 digs; Kennedy Flinn 2 kills, 2 assist blocks; Kaysie Ward 5 kills, 2 assist blocks, 1 assist; Jessica Rohde 2 kills, 2 digs; Jill Eilers 7 kills, 1 solo block, 13 digs, 10 assists; Maggie Salinas 13 digs, 5 assists, 1 ace; Kim Rohde 1 kill, 14 digs, 1 ace; Avery Nelius 2 digs.

Looking like the state title contender they are, the Schulenburg volleyball team came to La Grange and beat the Lady Leps 22-25, 25-9, 25-16, 25-14 Friday. Jessalyn Gipson led the Lady Horns in kills with 13, Emmrie Marx added 12 and Meredith Magliolo had 10 as the Schulenburg girls improved to 15-12 overall.

The annual Schulenburg Cross Country Meet was held at the City of Schulenburg Sports Complex on Thursday Aug. 31.