The Flatonia baseball team improved to 16-3 overall and 8-1 in district with Tuesday’s 6-5 win over Weimar. The Bulldogs also pounded Moulton last Friday 23-1 with Luke Law getting four hits.

The La Grange baseball team went on the road and bashed Manor New Tech Tuesday 14-0 to officially clinch a playoff berth. The Leps are now 5-3 in district with two games to go in the regular season. The Leps host Manor Friday at 7 p.m. and then close out the regular season Tuesday at home against Giddings at 7 p.m.

District 22-4A Baseball Taylor 7-1 Giddings 6-3 La Grange 5-3 Caldwell 5-4 Smithville 2-6 Manor NT 0-8

The Fayetteville track team poses with the hardware they won at the area meet last week in Runge, including the boys team title plaque after the Lions tallied 171 points, easily beating second place Pettus, which had 96. One of the stars for the Lions was Lawson Fritsch, below, who won the boys pole vault event with a 12-foot clearance.

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 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 April 21 – Clayton Knapik, La Grange track

The Flatonia Lady Dog softball team split their four district games that they played last week. The ladies defeated Moulton 20-1 and 17-1 in a double header that they played last Friday. Earlier in the week, Flatonia lost to Schulenburg 10-0 on Monday, and lost to Ganado 22-6 on Tuesday.

Two La Grange track athletes were left off the list of area qualifiers in Tuesday’s edition. Both Riley Youens (shot and discus) and Maddi Fritz (discus) qualified for area and will compete Friday in La Grange.

The Schulenburg softball team wrapped up its regular season with a 19-2 win over Louise Tuesday to finish with a 15-8 overall record and a 8-6 mark in district. Above senior Tamara Otto, right, is celebrated during Friday’s home finale. Below, pitcher Hailey Kahlden in that home finale. The Lady Horns open the playoffs in a best-of-three series against Charlotte next Thursday and Saturday in Marion. Photos by Audrey Kristynik