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La Grange’s reward for putting together a great regular season and winning the first district boys basketball title in a decade? A matchup against Texas High School basketball royalty in the first round of the playoffs. The Leps faced Houston Yates (which has won nine state basketball titles) Monday in Katy and La Grange lost 78-62.

The Fayetteville boys basketball team keeps doing things that haven’t been done in a long time. Earlier this month they won the program’s first outright district title since 1999.

The Schulenburg boys basketball team’s season came to an end Monday in Brenham as the Shorthorns lost to Hearne 50-39 in the first round of the 2A playoffs. Kaz McBride led the Shorthorns in scoring with 12 points.

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Several local high schools competed at the Weimar track meet last Thursday. Giddings won both varsity team titles and La Grange was second in both divisions.

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Offensive MVP Anthony Cottrill- Taylor SR Defensive MVP Houston Ifah- Manor New Tech SR New Comer ● Marcus Zelee- Austin Achieve FR Coach of the Year David Cooper- La Grange 1st Team All-District New Tech Ja’Den Stiggers Soph Darius Stewart Sr Smithville Joseph Morky Sr Ramonez Adams Soph Taylor Treos Richardson Jr Conner Cobb Sr Austin Achieve Anthony Rivera Jr Caldwell Harrison Nouak Jr Giddings Lawson Cruise Sr La Grange Jaxon Cooper Sr Nate Scott Jr 2nd Team All-District New Tech ● Oghenekome Harris Jr ● Maurice Johnson Jr Smithville Tristan Garica Fr Taylor ● Ryan Valdez Sr Austin Achieve ● Alfredo Macedo Sr Caldwell ● Delvin Morris Sr ● Nathan Scott Jr Giddings ● Kolbie Clemens Sr ● Cade Patschke Soph La Grange ● Clayton Knapik Sr ● Jacob Chovanetz Sr ● Reece Nygren Jr Honorable Mention La Grange Eli Roberts Ty Trlicek Jaden Williams Taylor Landon Velasquez Brennan Zupfer Shaivion Warren Ryan Ferguson Giddings Gavin Fritsche DJ Leonard TJ Wells Caldwell Jamin White Travis Cunningham Manor New Tech Keylan Morgan Isaiah Kinard Academic All-District Giddings Lawson Cruise Devin Gossett DJ Leonard La Grange Jacob Chovanetz Jaden Williams Jaxon Cooper Reece Nygren Clayton Knapik John Gray Ty Trlicek Eli Roberts Veer Desai 29-1A All-District Girls Basketball Honorees MVP: Ayesha Sunny-North Zulch Defensive MVP Kamryn Crocker- North Zulch Offensive MVP: Kayme Schley-Fayetteville Newcomer: Summer Jacobs-Mcdade 1st Team Stevie Broussard-NZ Cheyenne Brockman-NZ Kylie Bates-Richards Chesney Calhoun-Richads Haley Perry-Richards Kynley Hurst-Fay Rylie Dyer-Fay Jill Eilers-RTC Tess Eilers-RTC Kennedy Flinn-RTC 2nd Team Alexia Pacheco-Mcdade Stephanie Zavalla-McDade Teja Skidmore-NZ Bailey Eaton-Buck Kim Rohde-RTC Mallory Krause-RTC Marissa Rohde-Fay Zoey Allman-Richards Sofia Tolentino-Dime Box 28-2A All-District Girls Basketball Honorees MVP MORGAN LENEHAN #20 SO SHINER Offensive MVP SUMMER SODEK #11 FR FLATONIA Defensive MVP CALLIE SEVCIK #10 SO SHINER Co-Newcomers of the Year KALEN SCOTT #15 FR FLATONIA ZOEY YBARRA #1 SO GANADO 6th Man of the Year HAYLIE GOODE #21 JR SCHULENBURG First Team HALEY PATEK #2 SR SHINER RYLEE VANCURA #12 JR SHINER PAIGE PAVLU #14 SR WEIMAR MACY BONDS #14 SR FLATONIA MACY KOLACNY #5 SR GANADO JA’LAI FOSTER #23 SR GANADO JESSALYN GIPSON #2 JR SCHULENBURG Second team MEGAN WINKENWERDER #21 SR SHINER KIM HINZE #10 SR WEIMAR KHYLI PROCTOR #11 JR BLOOMINGTON LAUREL BETAK #12 SR FLATONIA ADDISON LEWIS #5 SR LOUISE JAIYA COOK #42 FR WEIMAR BRAIDY FIKE #10 SR FLATONIA TAYLOR ORTIZ #2 SR GANADO TAMARA OTTO #5 SR SCHULENBURG BROOKE PALMER #5 JR SHINER Honorable mention Izzy Reeves #5 JR WEIMAR Chandley Tolbert #15 SO WEIMAR Madison Luckey #24 FR WEIMAR Claire Pavlu #13 SO WEIMAR Braelynn Ullman #32 SR GANADO Isabel Tristan #34 SO GANADO Brooke Redding #4 JR SCHULENBURG Kieryn Adams #10 JR SCHULENBURG Rilee Sanchez #11 JR SCHULENBURG Haley Gardner #5 JR BLOOMINGTON Cynthia Duenez #2 SR BLOOMINGTON Kenzi Proctor #10 JR BLOOMINGTON Madison Grant #15 JR LOUISE Kirsten Ochoa #10 JR LOUISE Hannah Ochoa #4 SO LOUISE.

The La Grange girls soccer team lost at home to Giddings Friday 4-0 (Lady Lep Eleanor Rohan is shown here battling for control of the ball in that game). Meanwhile, the La Grange boys went to Giddings and defeated the Buffaloes 4-3 on penalty kicks after the game was tied 1-1 after regulation. The Lady Leps are 7-7 overall and 4-3 in district. The La Grange boys are 8-6-2 overall and 4-3 in district.

When the Flatonia school board decided to hire Brent Mascheck as their new football coach and athletic director last month, they knew they were getting a fighter. After all, he’s been a head coach for 18 years with a reputation of having teams that don’t get outworked by anybody.