• The Fayetteville boys finished third as a team at the Shiner Cross Country Meet Saturday. Cole Fenhaus led the way for the Lions with a second place finish.

A weekend of college football upsets leaves us still trying to give away some big money. TCU’s upset of Oklahoma really ruined a lot of ballots (only two of the 60 entries got that one), but no one was 10-for-10.

The La Grange volleyball team went on the road Friday and defeated Manor New Tech 25-3, 25-9, 25-8 to improve to 19-18 overall and 5-1 in district. They remain one game behind Giddings in the district standings.

The Flatonia Bulldogs won their fourth game in a row and took over sole possession of first place in their district with a 37-13 victory at Thorndale Friday. The Bulldogs are now 5-1 overall and 2-0 in district.

The Schulenburg football team continues to look for its first win of the season after falling 43-22 at Hearne Friday night. Keyshawn Langham threw for over 200 yards and Jeremiah Gurode had four touchdown receptions for Hearne.

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The La Grange Leopard football team was off last week and district play starts for the Leps and the rest of 12-4A this week. Cuero has established itself as the clear favorite in the district, but the rest of the district seems wide-open for the taking. The Leps host Smithville this

Remarkably, members of the Koether family have been running the chains and down marker at La Grange football games for 40 years. The late Charles Koether first started on the “chain gang” back in 1982 and his brother Don joined him at some point decades ago when some of the other regulars would go duck hunting. Now Don has been a regular on the chains since 1996 – that’s a span of about 130 home varsity games.

La Grange senior football player Jakobe Wilkerson has clocked a ton of playing time for the Leopards and is putting his talents on full display. In a 38-7 victory against Splendora last Friday, Wilkerson notched a career high of three total touchdowns. Two of them were on the ground and one was a receiving score. It’s clear that Wilkerson has been an essential part for Leopards football.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Thorndale Records: Both teams are 4-1 overall and 1-0 in district.