Fayetteville The Fayetteville volleyball team beat Burton in four sets Friday 25-17, 25-22, 18-25, 25-- 13. The Lady Lions are now 27-2 overall.

The Leopards only have one varsity home football game in September. Somehow they managed to squeeze a month’s worth of excitement into one night in Friday’s 37-27 Homecoming win over La Vernia. Among the highlights:

The Schulenburg football team almost pulled off a huge upset over No. 3-ranked Burton Friday on Homecoming night for the Shorthorns. But the Panthers (3-0) escaped by scoring two late touchdowns as part of a 30-point fourth quarter surge. Schulenburg (0-3) used a 66-yard pass from Tyler Ryba to Kenny Schramek (the duo’s third passing score of the game) to tie the game at 41-41 with just 3:04 left in the contest. But Burton’s Tyrone Gilmon ran for a go-ahead touchdown with 1;01 left and then intercepted a pass and returned it 48 yards for an insurance score with just 36 seconds left in the game. Schulenburg’s Ryba ran for two touchdowns to go with those three touchdown passes but it was not enough.

La Grange 7th Grade 24, Smithville 0 The seventh grade started their season off with a season opening win in Smithville. The Leopards used a strong first half by scoring all 24 points to ride their way to victory. Scoring the first touchdown for the Leopards was David Watson with Rowe Price adding the two point conversion. The next touchdown was a result of a punt return by Traiton Broussard with Price adding his second two point conversion. Broussard then scored the final touchdown and added the two point conversion himself to close the scoring. Also having a good offensive performance was Howard Holmes who had several rushing attempts with some long carries to help set up the touchdowns. The Leopards had good team defense as there were many who contributed. Ryland Jernigan helped preserve the shutout defensively by intercepting a Smithville pass at the goal line in the final seconds. The seventh grade plays their home opener on September 13 against Navasota with the first game beginning at 6:00.

The Flatonia Bulldogs dominated Nixon-Smiley 34-0 Friday to up their record to 2-1. Fidel Venegas, Jaidyn Guyton and Aaron Matura all ran for touchdowns for Flatonia.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Schulenburg Records: Schulenburg is 0-2.

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