Cross country standout Montserrat De Santiago is an All-American. The La Grange High School graduate placed 37th among 326 finishers in the NAIA National Championship 5K to earn the honor, given to the top 40.

Eleven swimmers from the La Grange High School swim team participated in the 4A TISCA North Texas Invite in Grapevine Texas on December 2 & 3. During this two day meet the LHS swimmers accomplished many goals. The LHS swim team had 9 swimmers in the A finlas and 9 swimmers in the B finals on Saturday. Twelve swimmers improved their times from Friday’s prelims to Saturday finals. A brother and sister duo smashed school records. LHS had nine top ten finishes in the meet. Six swimmers set personal best times at this meet. The LHS women came in fifth place overall out of 12 teams with only 6 swimmers participating in the meet The men swimmers came in ninth place overall out of 14 teams with only five LG swimmers participating in the meet.

Flatonia freshman basketball player Summer Sodek came into high school ball on a mission as she’s already been in double figures for scoring a handful of times to start the season, also leading her team to a tournament title in Fayetteville this past weekend.

12/6/22 RTC girls 67, Buckholts 12 RTC 22 18 15 12 – 67 Buckholts 1 2 5 4 – 12 RTC scoring: Tess Eilers 21, Jill Eilers 16, Kennedy Flinn 13, Mallory Krause 7, Kim Rohde 6, Avery Nelius 2, Gretchen Sacks 2. Record: Cubettes are 2-2 overall and 1-0 in district.

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: Oct.

Schulenburh High School volleyball star Meredith Magliolo was selected to the 2023 Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) All Star Volleyball Game.TheAll Star game will be held during the TGCA Convention in Arlington on July 10-13.

6A-Division I Complete Texas high school football semifinals schedule Westlake vs. Galena Park North Shore, 3 p.m., Dec.

It’s been a busy last few days in the gym for high school basketball teams as tournament season is upon us. Here’s a look at the recent action: 12/1/22 Sealy 45, La Grange girls 36 La Grange 9 11 5 11 – 36 Sealy 10 7 18 10 – 45 LG scoring: Landri Hernandez- 13, Keslyn Davis- 6, Kylie Trlicek- 4, Tori Harold- 3, Xeriah Jimenez- 3, Katelyn Allen- 2, Railla Bradley- 2, Rachel Matocha- 2, Maddy Kates- 1 12/2/22 Hallettsville girls 45, La Grange girls 31 La Grange 16 4 5 6 – 31 Hallettsville 8 12 7 10 – 45 LG scoring : Tori Harold- 7, Kylie Trlicek- 6, Keslyn Davis- 6, Katelyn Allen- 5, Landri Hernandez- 3, Maddy Kates- 2, Rachel Matocha- 2.

L a Grange star cornerback Bravion Rogers is one of the most highly-recruited Leps players ever, and he has verbally committed to play for Texas A&M after getting offers from most of the major programs in the nation. In a few weeks Rogers will get to show the nation his skills as he competes in the Under Armour High School All-American game in Orlando, Florida. The game will be broadcast at 2 p.m. Jan. 3 on ESPN.

The La Grange boys basketball team prides itself on defense. Friday the Leps proved they could beat a team that played defense as tenaciously as they do.