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The Weimar High School softball team is headed back to state with another dominant season.

Schulenburg Shorthorn golf team with Coach Richard Hoogendoorn

COLUMBUS – Columbus Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1127 announces its 3rd annual Benefit Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, June 10, at the Columbus City Golf Club with a tee-off time at 8:30 a.m.

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SAN MARCOS - Bulldogs baseball secured another playoff win May 19 at Rattlesnake Field in San Marcos as Titan Targac pitched another stellar outing with no earned runs allowed in a 5-0 result. Flatonia provided support for Targac with their bats to secure the win.

GEORGETOWN - The Sealy High School baseball team was defeated by Navarro High School at East View High School in Georgetown in a two-game series by scores of 3-2 and 7-2. Sealy was able to take the lead one of the games on their very first at bat with a walk and a double to left field from senior Demarcus Thompson.

The Columbus and Fayette- ville High School baseball teams, along with the Weimar High School softball team, are still standing in the playoffs with a three-game series to play to see who makes it to state. Each has made it to the regional final round. Colum bus baseball faces off with Santa Gertrudis Academy to- day (Thursday, May 25) and the time and place is still being determined.

Columbus, Flatonia and Weimar represented at 2023 UIL Girls State Golf Championships

Garret Nedd, Sealy High School senior signed on to play baseball at Texas Lutheran University (TLU) on May 17 at Sealy High School in Sealy. Nedd was a three-year starter for the Tigers where he pitched and played shortstop. His senior year he had a 10-1 won-loss record and finished with a 0.83 earned run average.

Columbus Cardinals 3A Regional Quarterfinal Champs

Lions baseball recently advanced in the postseason and have kept their playoff success on track as they defeated Medina High School May 11 in a double header by scores of 10-0 and 12-5. The Fayetteville offense has been scorching hot in crunch time as nearly the entire lineup recorded a hit in game one. In game two, the standouts were Lawson Fritsch and Travis Gully, who drove in five RBI's combined.

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After earning a silver medal in last year’s state tournament, Meredith Magliolo from Schulenburg landed a gold medal in the 2A girls high jump competition in this year’s bout. Magliolo’s best jump was a 5-5 with the silver medalist grasping a 5-4.

La Grange sprinter Austen Diggs has put the entire country on notice with his numbers on the track throughout the entire year. Diggs has competed in national tournaments and has done wonders for La Grange track during his tenure. In last weekend’s state track meet at the University of Texas, Diggs grabbed a gold medal in the 200 meter dash and a bronze in the 100 meter dash.

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The Bellville High School baseball team kept their season alive this past weekend by defeating Canyon Lake High School in a best of three series two games to zero.

The Faith Academy Track Team competed at the TAIAO State Meet on Saturday, May 6.

The Fayetteville High School baseball team is looking to reach their second state tournament in three years and are on the right track as they recently defeated Spurger High School May 5 in two games, with both games hav -