The La Grange volleyball team has officially put its early season struggles in the rear view mirror. The Lady Leps may still only have a 10-22 overall record but they won their first match that really counts Friday, blasting Austin Eastside 25-9, 25-3, 25-6 in the district opener for both teams.

RT-C Beats Somerville The Round Top-Carmine volleyball team won its district opener Friday, beating Somerville 25-16, 25-17, 25-19. Ilse Salinas had 10 kills and seven digs.

The Fayetteville boys cross country team won the Moulton meet last week in the 1A/2A classification and Cole Fenhaus was the individual champion. Here’s how the Lions did: Boys individual medal winners were: Cole Fenhaus (1st) 17:39 Keagan Supak (4th) 19:03 Kolton Vasut (8th) 20:00 Cash Smith (11th) 20:26 Ty Knight (12th) 20:32 Jake Kubala (15th) 20:38 Lawson Fritsch (16th) 20:50 Junior High Girl Medal Winner was: Lainey Gromaski (13th) 16:25 Junior High Boys Team got 5th Place and individual medal winners were: Kole Schmitt (9th) 13:49 Mason Fenhaus (10th) 13:55.

It was hard to know what was the more surprising fact after La Grange’s 28-20 loss to La Vernia Friday. Was it the whopping six turnovers the Leps had? Or the fact that despite all those turnovers La Grange still had a chance to win the game at the end? Maybe the only thing for sure is that the Leps were their own worst enemy Friday.

JV: La Vernia 32, La Grange 28 The JV fell to the La Vernia Bears 32-28 making their record 1-2 for the year. Highlights included touchdown passes from Bennett Barber to Nate Scott and Thai Scott while Jeremiah Dillard had two rushing scores on the ground.

La Grange’s Jaxon Cooper gets up-ended but holds onto the ball after a catch Friday. La Grange’s Andrew Faske chases down a La Vernia ballcarrier.

On homecoming night in Schulenburg, the visiting St. Paul Cardinals (2-1) ruined the party. The defending private school state champs ran for 330 yards on their way to a 34-7 victory over the Shorthorns. Zak Johnson ran for 204 yards and four touchdowns himself.

Flatonia welcomed No. 1-ranked Mart to town Friday and Mart played up to that ranking, beating the previously undefeated Bulldogs 31-0.

La Grange vs. La Vernia When: 7:30 p.m.

Smithville’s football game against Lago Vista, which was schedule for Friday, was cancelled by Lago Vista because of a rising number of COVID cases in that district. Lago Vista actually went to an all-virtual classroom format through Friday. All extracurricular activities will be suspended until Monday. Lago Vista (2-0) is La Grange’s homecoming football opponent on Sept. 24.