La Grange ISD is selling sport specific season tickets to all home games. Currently those passes are available on thelgisd.netwebsite for the football and volleyball seasons but other sports season passes willbe available closer to the start of each season.

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The Fayette County Record Led by some of the most high-profile college recruits since J.K. Dobbins was in a La Grange uniform, the Leps officially began football practice forthe 2022 season Monday.With seniors like Texas A&M cornerback commit Bravion Rogers and Baylor lineman commit Jaren Woods leading the way, the Leps have some top shelf talent and the state hastaken notice.La Grange is ranked No.

The Texas Girls Coaches Association has released its 2022 volleyball preseason Top 10 poll and three Fayette County teams have made the cut. Defending state champ Fayetteville starts this season as the No.

Saturday, July 16, four members of the 1982 Regional Qualifying La Grange Leopards Golf Team celebrated the 40th Anniversary of that feat by attending the 150th Open Championship at The Old Course in St. Andrew’s, Scotland. The team members included, left to right, Don Koether (Sr) ‘82, Alex von Rosenberg (So) ’84, George Burton (Fr) ’85 and Marc Fitzpatrick (Jr) ’83. The fifth member of the 1982 team was Wayne White (So) ‘84. In addition to attending the Open Championship, the visitors played 18 holes at a venue that hosted the first 12 Open Championships — Prestwick Golf Club, founded in 1851. They also played Dundonald Links, host to the 2017 Scottish Open, and Prestwick - St. Nicholas, the 26th oldest golf club in the world.

On July 8, 15-year-old Flatonia in-coming sophomore Zachary Charanza competed at the 2022 West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games in Las Vegas, Nevada. Zach won a gold medal in discus and bronze medals in shot put and javelin competing in the 15-16 year old division. Zachary just started throwing javelin in May of this year. Zachary also qualified in all three events to compete in the Junior Olympic Games scheduled for Aug. 1-3 at Aggie Stadium on the campus of North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro. The AAU Junior Olympic Games are known as the largest national multi-sport event for youth in the United States. “There’s nothing junior about it” has become the theme of the AAU Junior Olympic Games while growing to over 16,000 participants in over 20 sports. The Games popularity has exploded to now represent all 50 states and several United States territories.

Fans will see some new faces roaming the sidelines on Friday nights at Leopard Stadium. Here’s a roundup of new hires: Aaron Compton, a Milano native who most recently was coaching in Brenham, joins the Leps to coach running backs and will also be a baseball assistant.

Because of COVID precautions, the youth football camp sponsored by La Grange ISD was cancelled the last two years, but the event was back last week, Wednesday through Friday, as about 50 campers joined in the fun, orchestrated by Lep coaches and varsity football players. The incoming freshmen football camp is this Wednesday-Friday, and then the Leps start high school preseason workouts Aug. 1. Here are some images from last week’s camp, which concluded with a punt, pass, and kick competition. Photos by Jeff Wick

La Grange High School sponsored a summer soccer camp for kids last week. It lasted three days and concluded Wednesday night. The younger group (pictured right) were the Kindergarten-3rd graders and the older group (pictured left) were 4th-9th graders. All in all, they had a total of 77 campers. Photos courtesy of Chris Westall