The La Grange baseball team got off to a strong start to district play with a 11-1 win at Giddings Friday. Senior pitcher Trenton Barnes (a Galveston College commit) hurled six innings of two-hit ball with 12 strikeouts.

Both La Grange soccer teams saw their seasons come to an end last week in the first round of the 4A playoffs. The La Grange boys lost Thursday on penalty kicks (5-4) after their game with Lorena was tied 1-1 at the end of regulation.

Flatonia’s Tadan Alvarado, above, left, set state records Saturday in squat (800 pounds) and total (1,775 pounds) to win the 2A state championship in the Super Heavy Weight Class at the state powerlifting meet in Abilene. .

The La Grange varsity tennis team compete at the Navasota tournament last week. The Mixed Doubles team of Campbell Youens and Corbin Supak (above) placed 1st. In Boys Singles La Grange’s Oliver Wright (right) was the Consolation Bracket Winner. Next up: Varsity district meet on March 29-30 in Caldwell.

In the aftermath of his pair of indoor national track titles (in the 60 meters and the 200 meters) two weeks ago, La Grange track standout Austen Diggs was selected as this week’s Athlete of the Week by Austin television KVUE, which aired a feature about Diggs on Sunday. Shown above is Diggs being interview by Cory Mose and below are some of Diggs’ family, friends and faculty members who turned out for Thursday’s surprise announcement of the award.

La Grange won both varsity divisions of the Flatonia Bulldog InvitationalTrack Meet Wednesday. The La Grange girls had 196 points and Columbus was second with 176.

Here are the results from Fayetteville’s varsity track meet last week. The Fayetteville boys won the team title with 178.5 points over second place Burton (which had 126.5.) On the girls side, Shiner St.

The Fayetteville baseball team has four games in a row and had a 5-2 overall record. Tuesday they spanked Snook 15-0 and 21-0 in a doubleheader.

The La Grange tennis team has had a strong start to the season heading into the district meet this week. Here are medalists so far for this season: Yoakum (Feb.

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: Feb.