The Schulenburg football team hosted Rice for a scrimmage Thursday. Above, new head coach Walt Brock talks to his team after the contest. Below, the Schulenburg defense converges to make a tackle. The Shorthorns open the regular season by hosting Stockdale this Friday at 7:30 p.m. Photos by Darrell D. Gest

Here’s a roundup of local high school volleyball action from over the weekend: La Grange The La Grange volleyball team won a pair of matches Saturday, beating both Hallettsville and Cuero in four sets each. The Lady Leps improved to 3-6 with the wins.

As Turtle Wing Foundation starts their tenth year “helping children with learning challenges in rural areas achieve their full potential,” they are gearing up for their biggest budget yet to help ensure they can provide the much needed services their families are needing through these trying times. In order to reach this goal, the foundation will be holding their First Annual Turtle S’Wing Golf Tournament at Big Easy Ranch in Columbus on September 24.

Well we’re now in the thick of it for hurricane season in the Atlantic, with hurricane force winds across the entire gulf coast at the same time as storms Marco and Laura take aim at the U.S. Listen to the news when it comes these storms as it is still an ongoing situation.

After a five year run, the Fayette County Panthers sixman football team will not play this season. Team founder C.H.

The La Grange football team will host Yoakum Friday at 7 p.m. in the team’s lone preseason scrimmage.

The La Grange volleyball team grabbed its first victory of the season Tuesday afternoon with a sweep of Salado. The Lady Leps (1-5) had lost their first five matches of the season, all against very good teams, including a five-set loss to Caldwell earlier Tuesday morning, so the win over Salado took on a little added importance.

Local football coach David Husmann couldn’t stay retired for long. Husmann, one of the winningest high school head coaches in Texas football history, came out of retirement on Aug. 10 to accept the position of athletic director and head football coach at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Hallettsville.

Volleyball courts around Fayette County were busy with high school matches last week. Here’s a roundup: La Grange The La Grange volleyball team is still looking for its first victory of the season after falling to Columbus on the road Friday in five sets and then dropping a pair of matches Saturday at home to Splendora and Needville.

For the first time in five months, high school sports were back at La Grange High School. Since pandemic precautions back in March abruptly halted high school sports, there have been no games at LHS.