La Grange’s J.K. Dobbins had the best game of his young pro career Sunday and in the process, set a Ravens record and vaulted Baltimore into the playoffs.

12/30/20 Flatonia boys 51, Snook 43 Flatonia 11 14 5 21 – 51 Snook 10 13 11 9 – 43 Flatonia scoring: Keyshaun Green 3, Holden Kloesel 8, Dayton Cliffe 9, Luke Law 11. Collin Bosl 14, Hagan Wagner 2, Duke Sodek 4.

From the pages of the Tuesday, December 23, 1975 edition of the Fayette County Record: The fantastic La Grange Leopards who have figured out just about every imaginable way to prove their superiority on the football field, took a new page from the play book at Abilene’s P.E. Shotwell Stadium last Friday night as they defeated the Childress Bobcats, 27 to 6, to win the 1975 Texas Class AA high school championship.

The La Grange boys basketball team went on the road Tuesday and lost to College Station High School 38-37. Sophomore Jaxon Cooper led the Leps in scoring with 21 points.

It took half a game for the La Grange girls basketball team to shake some holiday-break sluggishness. That was all the opening Weimar needed.

12/29/20 Flatonia girls 66, Fayetteville 65 Fayetteville 12 21 16 16 – 65 Flatonia 18 19 10 19 – 66 Fayetteville scoring: Emma Jurecka 18, Kayme Schley 8, Brooklyn Jaeger 24, Mattie Konvicka 9, Rylie Dyer 6. 12/29/20 Schulenburg girls 47, Sealy 32 Lady Horns 18 7 16 6 – 47 Sealy 11 7 6 8 – 32 Schulenburg scoring: Erica Otto 4, Jordan Sommer 7, Morgan Marburger 12, Julie Guentert 17, Airyanna Rodriguez 7.

Looking back at the year that was in Fayette County sports, here’s my view on the stories of the year: 1. COVID Impacts – No surprise here that the biggest local sports story was the coronavirus impacts.

This is a story that appeared in the Friday, December 29, 2000 edition of The Fayette County Record after the La Grange football team won the 2000 state title: Like a championship team, the La Grange Leopards (14-2), trailing 17-14 with 5:45 left in the game, drove 94 yards in 11 plays to take a 20-17 lead in the Class 3A State Championship in front of 11,479 fans at Texas Stadium in Irving. But it looked like the 2:35 left was going to be too much time for a come-from-behind victory by the Forney Jackrabbits (11-5).

Waelder Monday Dec. 21 in the Leps’ final game before the Christmas break.

La Grange’s J.K. Dobbins ran for 77 yards and a touchdown as the Baltimore Ravens beat the New York Giants 27-13 Sunday.