Sports

How many people will be vying to be the next head football coach/athletic director at La Grange? A lot – if Wednesday was any indication. When reached by phone Wednesday afternoon, La Grange superintendent Andy McHazlett said he’d had five people apply for the position in the last hour – and the vacancy was just posted statewide Wednesday morning.

La Grange senior basketball player Keslyn Davis has been putting her senior leadership on display by fueling her team to an undefeated start in district play about halfway through the season, all while playing through a knee injury.

In a battle for early control of the District 28-2A boys basketball standings, Flatonia beat Schulenburg 69-54 Friday, led by a 20-point night from Holden Kloesel and 17 from Jaidyn Guyton. Aaron Janacek led the Shorthorns with 10 points.

The La Grange girls soccer team placed fifth overall at their first tournament of the season in Navasota. Here’s a recap: Thursday Jan.

After losing to Giddings Tuesday to fall out of first place, the La Grange Leps bounced back in a big way Friday downing Manor New Tech 46-38 to leap-frog them in the standings. La Grange (13-9 overall, 4-1 in district) now sits all alone in second place, one game behind the Buffaloes.

Led by a 12-point night from Summer Sodek, Flatonia beat Schulenburg in a district girls basketball game Friday. 1/13/23 Flatonia girls 34, Schulenburg 29 Schulenburg 9 6 6 8 – 29 Flatonia 10 4 10 10 – 34 Schulenburg scoring: Jessalyn Gipson 12, Landry Zapalac 2, Brooke Redding 5,Tamara Otto 4, Rilee Sanchez 2, Haylie Goode 4.

The Fayetteville basketball teams went to Carmine Friday and swept Round Top-Carmine in a pair of varsity games. The Fayetteville boys won 71-30 and the Lady Lions won 44-35 1/13/23 Fayetteville boys 71, RTC 30 Fayetteville 16 25 14 16 – 71 RTC 10 2 9 9 – 30 RTC scoring: Kannyn Goehring 12, Tre’Veon Fisher 8, Jacob Polasek 5, Cody Wunderlich 3, Hunter Schobel 1, Tanner Schobel 1.

The La Grange girls closed out the first half of district play with a 61-20 win Friday at Manor New Tech. Freshman Kylie Trlicek led the way with 16 points for La Grange.

1/10/23 RTC girls 54, McDade 41 RTC 18 11 16 9 – 54 McDade 8 6 11 16 – 41 RTC scoring: Mallory Krause 15, Tess Eilers 15, Jill Eilers 15, Kennedy Flinn 8, Avery Nelius 4, Kim Rohde 2, Somerlin Coil 2. Record: RTC girls are 6-5 overall and 4-2 in district.

The La Grange boys had a rough time in Giddings Tuesday losing 35-31 in a key District 224A basketball battle. The Leps led by one going into the final quarter but couldn’t hold it on a night when offense was hard to come by for both teams.