The Smallest Aquatic League of Texas (SALT) and Wake Aquatics are proud to announce that 21 swimmers have earned the opportunity to represent Texas at the 2026 State Games of America in State College, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University. The biennial event will bring together approximately 12,500 athletes from all 50 states to compete in one of the nation’s premier amateur sporting events.

The Schulenburg Lady Horn Volleyball Team is proud to announce that they are a recipient of the 20252026 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. It is the 13th consecutive year that the Lady Horns have received the award.

Twenty-seven studentathletes from the Angelo State University Rams and Rambelles track and field teams have been named 2026 NCAA Division II All-Academic Athletes by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

The La Grange Optimist Club Summer Track Team competed at the TAAF Region 3 Meet July 11 in Lago Vista. Some 65 athletes competed in 104 individual events. They also took eight relay teams. The top four in the region advance to State.

The LC Express youth track program has a number of local athletes that are advancing to the Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa Aug. 1-8.

The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps of San Antonio stopped in La Grange for a couple days last week. They’re currently on tour with Drum Corps International, which bills itself as the “Major League” of marching band competition.

Legendary Schulenburg head boys basketball coach Richard Hoogendoorn is resigning. Hoogendoorn told The Schulenburg Sticker last week he chose to resign rather than accept a role as the assistant coach for the team, but is considering other coaching opportunities elsewhere.

For just a few weekends a year, swimmers from the Fayette Area Swim Team (FAST) and Schulenburg Sharks traded in their familiar team colors to join forces with athletes from across the Small Aquatic League of Texas (SALT). Together, the combined team represented SALT at the TAAF Region 5 Swimming Championships, competing against larger programs from Bryan, College Station, Waco, Navasota, and Hamilton.

The Fayette Area Swim Team (FAST) traveled to El Campo on June 27 to compete in the SALT League Meet of Champs, the league’s championship meet that concludes the regular summer swim season. The event brought together the league’s top swimmers from the Fayette Area Swim Team, Columbus Catfish, Schulenburg Sharks, and WAKE Aquatics for a day of elite competition.

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