La Grange Earns Numerous All-District Volleyball Honors

The 22-4A All District Volleyball selections have been announced and the district champ Lady Leps from La Grange garnered a ton of honors. Here is the complete list: Player Class Position School Overall Most Valuable Player #20 Maddi Fritz SR S/OH La Grange Newcomer of the Year #25 Kylie Trlicek FR OH La Grange #8 Makenna Watson FR Taylor MVP Offensive Player #9 Brooklyn Walther SR OH Giddings MVP Defensive Player #5 Jena Jobb JR L La Grange MVP Setter First Team All-District #7 Faith Zoch JR S Giddings Coaches of the Year Dedra Wolff Giddings Leslie Coltrain La Grange Hailey Hill SR La Grange Camille Gonzalez SR La Grange Haylie Cooper JR La Grange Tori Harold JR La Grange Sierra Beasley SR Giddings Taryn Kleinert JR Giddings Kamryn Schmidt JR Giddings Rilynn Creek FR Giddings Ashlyn Kellum SR Caldwell Lexie Albright JR Caldwell Emma Whitsel SR Taylor Hannah Wamble JR Taylor Ashlyn Wilhelm SO Smithville Second Team All-District Alyssa Brade JR Giddings Riley Youens JR La Grange Camryn Nunamker JR Taylor Ansley Reed JR Taylor Ciara Coker JR Caldwell Caitlyn Faust JR Caldwell Kelly Urbanovsky JR Caldwell Amber Hurst SR Smithville Taylor Yates SR Smithville Winter Mares JR Smithville Paige Thomas SR Manor New Tech Makaila Manson SR Austin Achieve.

State Cross Country

The UIL state cross country meet was held over the weekend in Round Rock. Here’s how Fayette County qualifiers fared: 1A Boys (146 runners) 15th Cole Fenhaus, Fayetteville 17:46.2 69th Lawson Fritsch, Fayetteville 19:09.9 74th Mason Fenhaus, Fayetteville 19:15.3 92nd Kole Schmitt, Fayetteville 19:39.6 113th Keagan Supak, Fayetteville 20:36.6 115th Daniel Hopkins, Fayetteville 20:40.1 124th Connor Price, Fayetteville 20:58.6 * Fayetteville boys were seventh out of the 16 1A boys teams 1A Girls (out of 149 runners) 54th Maggie Salinas, RTC 13:54.4 82nd Jeslyn Moralez, Fayetteville 14:30.5 108th Mallory Krause, RTC 15:11.2 115th Kennedy Flinn, RTC 15:23.1 127th Avery Nelius, RTC 15:44.8 130th Jill Eilers, RTC 15:53.4 131st Daylin Pitts, RTC 15:53.9 139th Tess Eilers, RTC 16:12.2 * RTC finished 16th out of 16 1A girls teams 2A Boys (out of 147 runners) 60th Oscar Guerrero, Flatonia 18:59.0 63rd Duke Sodek, Flatonia 19:03.4.

Two County Teams Advance, Two Eliminated

In an epic area round playoff match Saturday in Brenham the Schulenburg volleyball team outlasted Thorndale in a fivesetter thriller. The Lady Horns won the odd-numbers sets while Thorndale grabbed the even-numbered ones before Schulenburg prevailed 15-12 in the decisive fifth set.
The members of the Schulenburg volleyball team celebrate a point Saturday in their playoff match as Thorndale players see their match slipping away. Photo by Audrey Kristynik

Flatonia Wins District Title

The Flatonia Bulldogs are district champs! With their eighth consecutive victory Friday, a 49-17 beat down of Holland, the Bulldogs clinched the District 13-2A title. It is the first football district title for the Bulldogs since the 2016 team, which went four rounds deep in the playoffs.
The Flatonia Bulldogs earned the title of District Champions on Friday after defeating the Holland Hornets 49-17. The Bulldogs traveled to Holland as a last minute decision was agreed upon to play at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon to avoid inclement weather. The Bulldogs will travel to San Antonio next Thursday to take on Junction in the Bi-District playoff game. Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser

Lady Leps Advance to Area

In a Halloween night playoff match Monday in Sealy, the La Grange volleyball team really spooked Houston North Forest, winning 25-2, 25-5, 25-8. The Lady Leps improved their record to 27-19 overall and now advance to the area round of the 4A playoffs, where they were set to play Salado (30-15) Thursday Nov.
La Grange’s Hailey Hill hits a ball in the regular season volleyball finale against Giddings. Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser
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