Former La Grange standout pitcher Missy Zoch made her final college outing a memorable one, pitching a complete game in the third place game of the Big 12 tournament as Zoch’s Texas Tech team beat No. 10-ranked University of Texas 5-1.

La Grange middle school schoolers competed at the district tennis tournament earlier this month. Here are the local athletes who medaled at that meet..

Megan Brothers, left, won the Billy Mike and Bobbie Jean Roberts Female Athlete of the Year award, presented by Coach Leslie Coltrain, right. Jordan Scott, left, won the Optimist Club’s Charles Koether Male Athlete of the Year Award, presented by, left to right, Misty Touchet, Christie Steele and Joshua Mertink.

TJ Medina, senior manager for the Schulenburg Shorthorns, was selected “Student Assistant of the Year” by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches for the 20-21 season. TJ was one of only 10 students to receive this honor state wide. TJ also assisted the Shorthorns in football, track, and baseball.

La Grange sophomore pitcher Trenton Barnes came through in the clutch for Leopards baseball Saturday, tossing a complete game shutout in game three of a playoff series against Salado in order to survive and advance. “His overall performance this year’s been solid,” said La Grange head baseball coach Robert Barber. “Young kid still learning the game, still growing in the game. We’ve gotten a lot out of him this year. He came into the year with a little bit of an arm issue and we’ve kind of worked him back slowly. It’s taken a little bit of time. But here lately, he’s just been fabulous on the mound. We gave him the ball the other day with our season on the line and he accepted the challenge. Went out and just completely dominated a very good Salado team.” Not knowing he was going to pitch the series rubber match until right before, Barnes filled the stat sheet with four surrendered hits, nine strikeouts, and no walks in a ‘win or go home’ outing. “If that young man can continue to do that as he gets older, he’s going to be very, very special to this program.” Barnes’ ability to step up big when it mattered has landed him the go-ahead for this edition’s Player of the Week.

La Grange (15-11) vs. Rusk (20-7) Game 1: Thursday 5 p.m.

6A: 1. SA Reagan – 31-3 2.

The Round Top-Carmine baseball team (including Ryker Goehring, above) is ranked No. 4 in the state and has a 15-4 record, but has yet to play a postseason game this season. Byes in the first two rounds have the Cubs awaiting the winner of the Fayetteville/Bartlett series this week. Last Thursday the Cubs did play Sacred Heart in a playoff warm-up game and won 10-3. Jacob Polasek and Alex Pieper both had two-hit games and hit doubles. Pieper drove in three runs. Goehring pitched six innings of seven-hit baseball with 12 strikeouts and Pieper pitched a scoreless final inning. Photo by Paul Kipp

On the state’s biggest track and field stage Thursday, five La Grange Leopards brought home silver medals from the state meet. The La Grange 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams and pole vaulter Dylan Truss all turned in their best-ever performances to claim state runner-up finishes.

Schulenburg’s Taylor Limbaugh and Flatonia’s Ali Janecka participated in the Class 2A state track and field championships Friday morning, which were held at the University of Texas. Lady Horns track star and Texas Tech University commit Taylor Limbaugh ran in the 3200 meter contest Friday morning and finished in second place, lunging past Wink high school’s Autumn Smith by .008 seconds to grasp the silver medal with a time of 11 minutes and 38.70 seconds.