Sports

The Weimar High School golf team finished first as the host of their district golf tournament April 3 at Weimar Golf Club with a total score of 374. Hudson Ervin shot 87, Weston Pavlik 94, Dillon Stech 98, Brady Henke 95, and Camden Morrison with a 104.

The Flatonia High School softball team throttled Louise High School March 28 at Lady Bulldogs Field by a final score of 15-0. This score came by mercy rule in three innings as Louise struggled to throw strikes while Flatonia capitalized when the Lady Hornets were able to throw the ball across the plate.

Schulenburg attacks Rice Tournament

Cougars baseball tallied a crucial win March 24 against Van Vleck High School by a final score of 6-2. This was a much needed win for

The Schulenburg High School golf team finished in first place March 27 at Eagle Lake Golf Club. Senior Kaz McBride placed first

Brazos represemts as only area team and host at track meet

Flatonia Track meet photos

The La Grange High School softball team beatdown Taylor High School March 24 at Leop- ards Field by a final score of 12- 2. The Lady Leopards have an overall record just below .500 at 10-13, but have a winning record of 2-1 in district play.

ABILENE – Columbus, Schulenburg, Brazos, and Flatonia High Schools all had powerlifters participate in the state powerlifting meet March 24 at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, with lifters from two of the schools crowning themselves as state champions.

COLUMBUS – The Lady Cardinals softball team mounted an enormous comeback March 21 at Cardinals Field and defeated Yoakum High School by a final score of 15-12. Yoakum tacked on the runs early before Columbus scored nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and closed out the game on defense in the top of the seventh.

The Lady Horns softball team has earned an overall record above the .500 mark under head coach Gilbert Price at 9-5 with a handful of early wins and recently defeating Moulton and Flatonia, which are both teams in the same district. Schulenburg beat Moulton 20-4 and beat Flatonia 11-3.

The Fayetteville High School baseball team won by a wide margin March 14 and 15 as they defeated Somerville in both matches by scores of 13-0 and 25-4. Lions junior Reid Gross drove in four RBI's during the first game while freshman Jack Schley added two and junior Keagan Supak knocked in one.

Lady Cardinals volleyball player Claire Klausmeyer has been lighting it up in club ball after helping lead Columbus to a state tournament last season.

It has been revealed that there are even more powerlifters from the tri-county area who will compete in the state powerlifting meet. Rice has three lifters who quali- fied in Vanessa Marquez, Raegan Nelson, and Bradi Freeman. Maruqez is in the 114 weight class with a squat of 295, bench press of 120, and 260 deadlift for a 675 total. Nelson is in the 132 weight class with a squat of 300, bench press of 140, and 300 deadlift for a 740 total. Freeman is in the 148 weight class with a 325 squat, 180 bench press, and 295 deadlift for a total of 800.

LA GRANGE – The La Grange High School softball team pounded Manor New Tech High School March 13 at Lady Leopards Field in La Grange by a final score of 18-2. La Grange's bats were in full effect and their pitching was also stellar in a blowout win.

SEALY – The Tigers base - ball team defeated Bellville High School March 14 at Aubrey Stuessel Field in Sealy by a final score of 9-0. The Sealy pitching was superb and they were able to get timely hits when they needed them. "What was great, was we had

LA GRANGE – The La Grange High School boys soccer team defeated Rockdale High School March 7 at Leopards Field in La Grange by a final score of 2-0. The Leopards scored an ear- ly goal in the first 12 minutes of the game, then kept their cushion with their defense throughout the game and added another goal in the last minute to put the icing on the cake.

The Bulldogs baseball team is off to a hot start by winning three games in a row to start the season. These wins are over teams such as St. Paul (10-2 fi -

The Columbus High School softball team had a stretch of games toward the end of Feb- ruary where they won five straight with four them being shutouts. These wins came against Smithville (12-0 final), East Bernard (3-0 final), Gon -

Area teams tackle jam-packed Flatonia Tournament

A bunch of powerlifters from the area have qualified for the state powerlifting tournament, which will be held March 24 and 25 at the at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene. Area schools that will represent at the state tournament are Brazos, Columbus and Flatonia. Five girls qualifying from Brazos are Marlena Nunn (1st in regionals) 259+ weight class - squat-430, bench press-215; and dead lift-340 - totaling 985; Sara Rincon-Morales (1st in region - als) 123 weight class - squat-265, bench press-130, and dead lift-240-totaling 635; Tiona Steward (1st in regionals) in the 220 weight class - squat-380; bench press-170, and dead lift-370-totaling 920; Jessica Ramos (2nd in regionals) in the 165 weight class - squat-270, bench press-145, and dead lift-305-totaling 720; and Lily Ber - trand (2nd in regionals) in the 105 weight class - squat-215, bench press-110, and dead lift-215-total - ing 540. Qualifying in boys include Ka - sey Zientek from Brazos in the 220 weight class - squat-650, bench press-365, and dead lift-600- to -