Schulenburg Wins Thriller Over Thorndale

The Schulenburg volleyball team won a thrilling regional quarterfinal match over Thorndale Monday in Smithville. The Lady Horns won the second and third sets 25-23, 25- 15 and then bounced back from 26-24 fourth set loss to win the fifth set 15-9.
Schulenburg’s Claire Antosh spikes one of her team-high 11 kills in Monday’s playoff victory over Thorndale in Smithville. Photos by Audrey Kristynik

La Grange Swim Team Shines at Recent Meet

The La Grange High School Swim Team Participated in the Roy and Jean Potts Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 6. Competing against La Grange were 13 other school including Temple, Bosqueville, Copperas Cove, Harker Heights, Killeen, Shoemaker, Stony Point, Vista Ridge, Cedar Park, Columbus, Belton and Lake Belton in attendance. In total there were 423 swimmers participating in the meet. La Grange’s women placed 9th overall and the men placed 6th overall.
Members of the La Grange swim team after the Roy and Jean Potts Invitational.

La Grange Subvarsity Football

LG Freshmen Football Standouts for the last two La Grange freshmen football games. Win @ Bastrop (27-0) -Elijah Haardt - Kick Return for TD, 60 yard rushing TD -Austin Grooms - 55 yard rushing TD -Bryant Meng - 3 yard rushing TD -Orlando Solorzano - Interception -Dalton Landis - Forced Fumble and Fumble Recovery Loss vs El Campo (14-20) -Austin Grooms - rushing TD -Kameron Leonard - rushing TD and 2 point conversion reception -Elijah Haardt - Forced fum -Elijah Haardt - Forced fumble and recovery.

Lady Leps Dominate in Hoops Opener

The La Grange girls basketball program has had back-to-back historic seasons. Two years ago they tied the Two years ago they tied the school record for wins (30).
La Grange’s Keslyn Davis, foreground, and Aysia Grant, background, work together to force a turnover in Tuesday’s season opener against Gonzales. Photo by Jeff Wick

Three County Volleyball Teams Advance to 3rd Round

Fayetteville The second round of the volleyball playoffs was a mixed bag for Fayette County teams. Two squads, La Grange and Flatonia, saw their seasons come to an end, while Fayetteville, Round Top-Carmine and Schulenburg march on to the regional quarterfinals.
Round Top-Carmine’s Ilse Salinas (left) and Bayley Pitts (right) in Thursday’s playoff victory. Photos by Paul Kipp

Locals Shine at State Cross Country Meet

The state cross country meet was held last week at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock, and several county athletes competed. In the 4A girls race, La Grange’s Ellee Sodolak finished 86th out of 152 runners in a time of 12:50, which was her personal best for the season by 25 seconds.
Fayetteville’s Cole Fenhaus was the top local at the state cross country meet, finishing 11th in 1A. He is shown here at regionals. Photo by Amy Fritsch
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