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Bellville and Sealy take clubs near familiar stomping grounds in boy's golf tourney

COLUMBUS - Lady Cardinals softball scraped out a feisty win March 22 at Lady Cardinals Filed by a final score of 3-0. Colum bus put the ball on the bat just enough and was solid with their pitching, along with their defense to come up with an impressive win against a respectable Edna team. "The goal today was to try to get all three of our

Cougarettes softball has been hanging afloat with good, young

The Bellville High School baseball team has been showing what they're made of as they've won their last couple of games as of late to get back on track to the .500 mark. After a slow start to the season, the Brahmas seem to be showing flashes of their true playoff poten - tial with satisfying wins against Sealy and Navasota. This team is known for winning and being right there in the postseason for a shot at the state tournament.

Flatonia powerlifter Isaac Vasquez represented the area well at the most recent state pow- erlifting tournament in Abilene by finishing 10th in his weight class at 242 pounds.

SCHULENBURG – The Schulenburg High School baseball team took down Bloomington High School by mercy rule with a final score of 15-0 March 19 at Shorthorns Field. Schulen burg put their pitching strengths in full effect while also putting on a show with their bats.

The Sealy High School baseball team has been on a hot streak and won a good stretch of games recently against Columbus, La Vernia and La Grange.

A good number of boys powerlifters from the tri-county area are heading to Abilene Saturday, March 23 for the Texas High School Powerlifting State Championships tournament. The event will be held at the Taylor County Expo Center at 1700 Highway 36 in Abilene.

Wildcats baseball has been grinding out wins as they are a team that is familiar with winning after going far in the postseason pretty regularly. Weimar has really good pitching and power at the plate. Their size also helps on both sides of the ball with hitting the long ball and making plays at first base, as well as positions like right and left field.

BELLVILLE - The Sealy High School softball team defeated Bellville High School in an area match March 11 at Hacienda Field by a final score

Fayetteville baseball has been known for being very dominant after reaching the state tournament a bunch of times and even winning it a few years back. The Lions started this season on a good note also with back-to-back wins against Somerville High School in a double header.

The La Grange High School softball team has won their last five games in a row after a slow start to the season and also picked up their first district win of the season. La Grange is a school that always possesses ath - letes and the softball team should be included in the conversation of teams that send players to the college ranks.

Cardinals baseball has struggled as of late, but they still post a winning record and a district win with plen -

BELLVILLE - The Bellville High School softball team picked up a win against Wharton High School March 8 at Hacienda Field by a final score of 6-1. The Brahmanettes drove in timely runs when needed and held their own on the defensive end with their gloves, along with having command in the pitching circle. "We're focusing on one game at a time," said Bellville head softball coach Courtney Phillips. "Finish business. Try to finish up, start strong, and play all sev en innings. I think that’s kind of where it's gotten us a little bit in preseason where we kind of get comfortable and we sit still, we make an error, and it backfires on us. We're just trying to take one inning at a time, one game at a time, and score as many runs as we can." Bellville sophomore pitcher Ella Burnett tossed a gem and didn't allow Wharton to do much of anything at the dish. "I think I did pretty good," Burnett said. "I would say that when our de - fense is on, it's on. When we play as a team, it's just great because I love being out there when my defense is working with me. I'm a ground ball pitcher, so I get a lot of ground balls. When my de - fense is working, I think we just play great out there." Bellville took an early 2-0 lead in their very first at bat, then added their third run in the bot - tom of the third inning, which was scored by Burnett on a liner to left field from junior infielder Katie Falk. A successful bunt put runners on second and third later in the inning. This was followed

SAN ANTONIO – Fayetteville boy’s basketball was defeated by Jayton High School by a final score of 65-26 March 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

The Fayetteville High School boy's basketball team has earned their spot to the big dance as they have qualified for the UIL State Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The Lions recently beat Wells High School by a final score of 73-59 in order to get there. Fayetteville is led by second-year head coach Jake Diggs, who's had great suc - cess ever since he stepped foot

WEIMAR – Lady cats softball had a dominant bout and smashed Cameron Yoe High School by a final score of 10-6 March 1 at Wildcats Field after three innings and the time expiration rule as this game was in tournament play. A huge second and third inning for Weimar put them ahead and it was too late for Cameron Yoe to make any kind of comeback as time expired for the next game to be played in a tournament hosted by Weimar.

Brahmanettes golfer Quinn Huffman hits a short approach shot on hole 16 at Brenham Country Club in Brenham