Sports

La Grange swimmer Ben Swisher has had such a great season in the pool that he’s recently qualified for the state swimming meet in San Antonio. Swisher qualified in the 100 yard butterfly event and is the only Leopard swimmer to make it to state this year – and the only swimmer in La Grange history to grasp such an accomplishment.

The Flatonia boys basketball team improved to 27-3 overall and 9-0 in district with a 68-52 win over Shiner at home Tuesday. Here’s some other local action: 1/27/23 North Zulch Boys 60, RTC 39 North Zulch 15 19 12 14 – 60 RTC 5 8 12 14 – 39 RTC scoring: Kannyn Goehring 20, Tanner Schobel 5, Hunter Schobel 4, Tre’Veon Fisher 3, Cody Wunderlich 3, Jacob Polasek 2, Rolando Soto 2.

The La Grange High School Swim team competed in the 2023 Region IV-4A Swim Meet on January 27 & 28. This championship meet is a two day meet with prelims swimming on Friday with the times determining placement in the A final or B final for the Saturday swim. The first and second place swimmer(s) in each event becomes an automatic qualifier for state and the next fastest eight times in the state get a call-up. Region IV on average had six out of the eight call-ups in each event. This makes Region IV a very competitive region full of exceptional swimming talent. For the first time ever the LHS swim team has a swimmer who will compete in the 4A State Meet in San Antonio February 9 & 10.

Tuesday Night Mixed League Week 18 – Jan. 24, 2023 LewardAnders&Sons,Inc.

La Grange hosted a Tri-Meet in powerlifting last week, Individual medalists in their respective weight classes from La Grange are as follows: Boys: Cody Krupala-1st Charlie Herbrich- 2nd Ramon Ortiz- 2nd Corbin Supak-1st Landon Little- 2nd Anthony Weikel-1st Hayden Splawn- 2nd Cooper Imhoff-1st Girls: Miriam Hernandez-1st Diamond Mckenzie-3rd Danyelle McIntyre-1st Elle Sodolak-2nd Yanira Galvan-1st Jazzmin Coleman-1st Teagan Branch-1st Avery Koehl-1st.

The La Grange baseball team will host its annual scrimmage game against alumni this Saturday, Feb. 4, at noon at Leps Ballpark. The Leps graduated a big senior class last season, but return several key players from last year’s team that went to the second round of the playoffs.

The La Grange softball team begins preseason scrimmages Tuesday in advance of their season opener Feb. 13 against Lexington. The Lady Leps went 17-11 last season and 10-0 in district before falling in the first round of the playoffs. They graduated just one senior, Abby Dela Rosa (now playing for St. Mary’s) from last year’s team.

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1/27/23 Flatonia boys 80, Bloomington 31 Flatonia 7 15 21 27 – 80 Bloomington 6 9 8 8 – 31 Flatonia scoring: Keyshaun Green 14, Duke Sodek 5, Camden Bosl 13, Holden Kloesel 21, Dayton Cliffe 8, Keegan Green 5, Luke Law 10, Quade Gillum 4. Record: Flatonia boys are 26-3 overall and 8-0 in district.

The La Grange boys basketball team used a balanced scoring attack to down Caldwell on the road Friday 46-30. No Lep reached double figures in scoring, but three players (Jacob Chovanetz, Jaxon Cooper, and Nate Scott) all scored nine points and Ty Trlicek added eight as the Leps improved to 15-10 overall and 6-2 in district play.