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

La Grange High School senior Caden Cooper not only directs the floor in basketball as starting point guard, he also leads the team on the gridiron, seizing the lead role of quarterback on the football team. Cooper had himself a night last Friday in a 32-28 win against La Vernia High School, tallying a careerhigh 337 passing yards along with four total touchdowns, two passing and two rushing. His father, David Cooper, is the associate head coach for the varsity football team and is the head coach for the varsity basketball team as well.

La Grange The La Grange volleyball team went to Lockhart Tuesday and swept the Lady Lions 25-14, 25-12, 25-15. The win improved the Lady Leps record to 5-11 overall.

JV Gold won a hard-fought game versus La Vernia with a final score of 8-6. Jarren Woods punched it in for the Leps which was followed by a 2 pt. conversion catch by Jaxon Cooper. The JV Gold’s record this year is now 2-1 and will travel to play Taylor this week.

The Lady Jacks, a local youth softball team, played in the Weimar Lady Aces tournament this weekend and went undefeated to earn a championship ring. Bottom left to right: Brooke Ulrich, Anabella DelaRosa, Brynna Pittman, Briella Vietch, Kyndal Brawley, Abby Cernosek; Top row left to right: Malee Kleiber, Harper Castillo, Bree Dooley, Janiyah Williams, Emory Townsend. Coaches: Amy Dooley, Ronnie Siptak, Curtis Brawley and Amanda Cernosek.

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Tuesday Night Mixed League Week 1-Sept. 8, 2020 Taki’s 4 Halpain Construction #2 3 Just Us 3 Ron’s Bowl of Nuts 3 Fab Four 3 Leward Anders & Sons, Inc.

The Round Top town council met by conference call Monday and approved Mayor Barry Bone’s overall budget for the next fiscal year. It includes a $30,000 deficit from the current year, Bone said.

In one of the biggest fourth quarter comebacks in La Grange football history, the Leps rallied from an 18-point deficit in the final period to stun previously unbeaten La Vernia 32-28 Friday. Senior La Grange quarterback Caden Cooper threw for a whopping 337 yards Friday but used his feet to score the goahead touchdown with just 39 seconds in the game, running for a 16 yard touchdown.

La Grange native J.K. Dobbins played in his first NFL game Sunday with Baltimore and helped lead the Ravens to a 38-6 victory over the Cleveland Browns. Dobbins carried the ball seven times for 22 yards with two touchdowns. Shown above is his first score.