This past weekend Flatonia High School had three athletes compete in the Boys State Powerlifting Meet in Abilene. Gentry Doyle, fourth from left, competed in the 114 weight class. He finished 10th squatting 245 lbs, benching 130 lbs, and deadlifting 225 lbs for a total of 610 lbs. Josh Ramirez, center, competed in the 220 weight class, he finished 5th place squatting 550 lbs, benching 325 lbs and deadlifting 500 lbs for a total of 1,375 lbs. Tadan Alvarado, right, competed in the super heavy weight class. He finished in 5th place, squatting 610 lbs, benching 340 lbs, deadlifting 530 lbs for a total of 1,480 lbs. “We would like to thank manager Dalton Otto (second from left) for helping at the meet and the parents that made the trip to Abilene to support us at the meet,” coach Shane Walker, left, said.

The Schulenburg Shorthorns competed in the District 28-2A golf meet Monday in Weimar. The boys team finished 3rd overall. Pictured from left to right are Kaz McBride, Jayson Scheafer, Kevin Nieto, Alex Lozano, Claire Antosh, Oz Oldham, Brett Janacek, Jalen Wilson and Jackson Faith. Not pictured is Kenny King.

La Grange boys track phenom Trey East recently traveled with his team for a meet in Hallettsville and didn’t leave empty handed. East broke three meet records in one day, securing a place in history with his times in the 200 meter, 4x100 team relay, and 4x200 team relay.

The La Grange boys and girls golf teams both won district titles this week, and now advance to regionals. The district tourney was played Monday and Tuesday at Colovista.

The third round of the playoffs remains elusive for the La Grange girls soccer team. For the second time in program history, the Lady Leps marched to the second round of the 4A playoffs, but their stellar season was ended Tuesday in Rockdale with a 3-1 loss to Salado.

It was an exciting night on the diamonds as both the baseball and softball teams for La Grange High School competed on their home turf Tuesday. Leps Bash Eastside The baseball team started the action by earning a 13-1 victory over Austin Eastside.

RTC Baseball The Round Top-Carmine baseball team improved to 8-2 overall and 5-0 in district with a 5-4 win over Mumford Tuesday. Alex Pieper pitched a complete game three-hitter with eight strikeouts for the Cubs, and he also hit a double.

Ryne Becker gets ready to hit in Monday’s district golf tournament. Becker earned first place for The Flatonia Bulldog varsity golf team.

At Monday’s board meeting the La Grange ISD trustees approved the hiring of Jason Meng as a new coach and his wife Jaclyn as an elementary teacher. Both worked at LGISD from 2010-2012.

The La Grange boys and girls track teams had their final tune-up meet last week at the Swamp Relays at Rice Consolidated before the district meet this Wednesday and Thursday in Smithville. The La Grange varsity boys placed second with 187 points, just behind meet champ El Campo, which had 190.