La Grange’s David Cooper has been coaching for decades, so encountering a situation he’s never seen before on the court is unusual. But it happened Tuesday as Cooper’s La Grange boys basketball team beat visiting Austin Achieve 50-36.

The La Grange girls basketball team needed a tough game and they got one Monday. The Lady Leps have been blowing out most of their district competition by wide margins and head coach Heath Golan was concerned his district championship team was not getting battle-tested enough for the upcoming postseason.

It’s hard to find any major local connections to the two teams playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But there’s at least one.

1/26/21 Schulenburg girls 59, Bloomington 15 Lady Horns 12 16 14 17 – 59 Bloomington 4 0 6 5 – 15 Schulenburg scoring: Megan Ohnheiser 4, Erica Otto 16, Jordan Sommer 6, Brooke Redding 2, Kieryn Adams 2, Morgan Marburger 2, Julie Guentert 4, Airyanna Rodriguez 7, Jessalyn Gipson 14. * With this win the Lady Horns clinch at least a share of the District Championship.

The La Grange boys soccer team had an amazing second half Tuesday in Rockdale. After their game with the Tigers was tied 0-0 at halftime, La Grange erupted for four second half goals to beat Rockdale 4-0. Hector Orona scored two goals and Victor Soto and Angel Vazquez each scored one goal.

La Grange junior soccer player Hector Orona has a superior skill set on the field that has put his game at great attention. Orona was recently selected to the 2020 All-VYPE Austin boy’s soccer team and also received a call from the Mexican National Team to let him know they were interested in having him play for the team.

The Fayetteville boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Round Top-Carmine high school Friday night to take on the Cubs in a doubleheader. The Lady Lions started the action by dominating from the opening tip-off and winning their match with a final score of 82-47.

The La Grange High School alumni baseball game against the varsity will be Saturday Feb. 6 beginning at noon.

The La Grange girls soccer team went to Bay City and lost to the state-ranked foe 5-1. Kaelyn Ortiz scored the only goal for the Lady Leps and the defensive standout was Ellee Sodolak.

The La Grange boys basketball team (11-6) hosts Austin Achieve Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Lady Leps (10-4) play Monday at Bryan Rudder and then host Austin LBJ Friday at 6 p.m.