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Surging Fayetteville boy's hoops team gets reps in at practice

The Brazos High School boy’s basketball team has an even record of .500 and are on the right track after battling injuries throughout the year.

The Fayetteville High School girl’s basketball team has struggled throughout the ’23-’24 season, but picked up two big wins recently against McDade and Richards High Schools in backto- back fashion. The McDade game was a 20 point win of 41-21 and the Richards game was a 4941 final result.

Cubs basketball recorded their first win of the season last week against McDade High School in a barn burner by a final score of 78-76.

The Faith Academy Knights Basketball season has begun and the Knights are sitting at 4-8. The season started with wins over Banff and Round Top-Carmine. The Knights then competed in the Somerville Tournament losing to Somerville, Hempstead White and Somerville JV. Over the Christmas break, the Knights played Aristoi Classical and Burton, losing to both. On Jan. 4, the Knights defeated Still Creek Christian. This past Saturday, Jan. 6, they competed in the Banff Tournament going 1-3. Defeating Banff and losing to Pasadena Faith, Humble Christian and the Connection School.

NAVASOTA – The La Grange High School girl’s soccer team took care of Montgomery High School Jan. 4 at Rattlesnake Field by a final score of 3-0. A scoreless first half led to halftime adjustments followed by an onslaught for La Grange as they poured on the scoring with all of their goals being netted in the second half. “We had a great talk at halftime,” said La Grange head girl's soccer coach Lauren Hubbert.

Weimar boy’s basketball is much improved from last year under second year head coach Jakob Rehak.

FLATONIA – Bulldogs boy’s basketball added a mark to the win column Jan. 5 at Bulldogs Gym by defeating Shiner High School with a final score of 72-67. After trailing early, Flatonia found their rhythm in a game that went down to the wire and controlled most of the second half with penetration towards the rim and keeping Shiner’s offense to a minimum. “It boiled down to us executing in the clutch,” said Flatonia head boy’s basketball coach Chris Sodek.

The Bellville High School boy’s basketball team has begun the season at 3-4 after a domi- nant win over Giddings in its first game of the season, but then lost their last three games in a row to El Campo, Sealy, and Somerville.

The La Grange High School girl’s basketball team has kept their winning record intact with back-to-back blowout wins.

LONGVIEW – Listed is the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Volleyball team for the 2023 season. Voting was conducted by TSWA members based on nominations from coaches and media members from around the state.

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COLUMBUS – The Columbus High School girl’s basketball team fell to Second Baptist High School Dec. 18 at the Marley Giddens Center in Columbus by a final score of 61-31.

Weimar head softball coach Roger Maupin was recently awarded with the Texas Softball Coach of the Year honor from the NFHS after leading his team to a state championship win last May.

The Flatonia High School girl’s basketball team is having a great year as they just defeated Ganado High School Dec. 20 by a final score of 50-32. They now have a dazzling overall record of 17-2 in head coach Bethany Mc- Leod's first year and they pos sess one of the best players in the state of Texas, sophomore guard Summer Sodek.

Leopards boy’s basketball added another big win to their resume in head coach Trent Collier's first stint with a pounding of Taylor High School Dec. 20 by a final score of 86-47. The scoring was on full display and La Grange has seemed to find the flow of their offense pretty

The Flatonia boy’s basket- ball team is staying afloat with a record just above .500 after back-to-back wins over Waelder and Weimar.

SEALY – The Sealy High School boy’s soccer team impressed to start the season with a warm up scrimmage against Giddings High School Dec. 11 at T.J.

Lions boy’s basketball is on a much similar pace as they were last year with a double digit win column and some of the wins being in blowout fashion. Ever since Fayetteville head coach Jake Diggs took over a couple years ago, the chemistry seems like its top notch and they also possess good athletes.

ARLINGTON – The Bellville High School football team barely fell in a close one to Gilmer High School Dec. 15 at AT&T Cowboy Stadium in Arlington by a final score of 28-26. It was an offensive battle as Bellville did their usually running and Gilmer scored mostly through the air in a match that came down to the final seconds of the game.