Led by strong performances in the relays and two sprint titles by Austen Diggs, the La Grange boys won the District 22-4A team title Tuesday in Taylor. The Lady Leps were second behind Giddings. Last week the field events and 3200 meters were held (those results ran in Tuesday’s edition) but the other running finals were washed out by rain until Tuesday. Here are those Tuesday finals. Top four advance to the area meetApril 21 (note date change) in La Grange.

It was a rematch the La Grange softball players had been waiting weeks for – and it showed. From the start Monday, the Lady Leps looked like a team on a mission as they batted around in the first inning and never looked back on their way to 7-3 win over district rival Smithville.

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: March 3 – Haylie Goode, Schulenburg softball March 10 – Flatonia Boys Basketball Seniors March 17 – Landri Hernandez, La Grange softball March 24 – Jacob Vacek, Schulenburg powerlifting March 31 – Taden Alvarado, Flatonia powerlifting April 7 – Austen Diggs, La Grange track April 14 – Egypt Woods, Round Top-Carmine track.

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• The Schulenburg softball team lost to Shiner Tuesday 7-2 as the Lady Horns fell to 12-8 overall and 5-6 in district. Brianna Vavra pitched a complete game with five strikeouts and Tamara Otto had two of the Lady Horns hits. Monday Schulenburg pounded Flatonia 10-0.

Round Top-Carmine track runner Egypt Woods plays a bunch of sports and recently helped her track team in a big way. At the District 29-1A meet, she won the title in the long jump event, then went on to lead her team to a runner up finish as the anchor leg in both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays en route to a District 29-1A team title.

Against a state-ranked opponent, the La Grange baseball team grabbed one of its most dramatic, and important wins of the season. Rallying from a 3-1 deficit, the Leps scored three runs on the top of the sixth inning Monday to beat state-ranked Taylor 4-3 in a victory that vaulted the La Grange into a tied for first with the Ducks.

Several La Grange girls soccer players have earned honors on the 24-4A alldistrict team announced last week. Utility Player of the Year Ellee Sodolak, Sr.

The La Grange baseball and softball home games that were rained out Thursday have been rescheduled for Monday, April 10. The second place Leps (3-2 in district) will host district- leading Taylor Monday at 4:30 p.m.

The Schulenburg and Flatonia track teams competed at the District 28-2A meet Wednesday in Ganado. Here’s how the Fayette County athletes fared. The top four in each event advance to the area meet April 12 in Weimar.