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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

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.

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

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 -

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

LA GRANGE – The La Grange High School baseball team fell to Rockdale High School in extra innings by a final score of 9-6 Feb. 27 at Leopards Field. Costly errors in the later in nings from La Grange led Rockdale to tying the game in a close one, then Rockdale finished the job with their bats in extras. “It boiled down to late in the game we just didn’t make pitches,” said La Grange head baseball coach Robert Barber.

SAN ANTONIO – The Columbus High School girl’s basketball team lost to Huntington High School Feb. 29 at the Ala -

The Schulenburg High School softball team has started the season at about even .500 as they recently defeated Snook High School 8-3 and Yorktown High School 11-1. The Lady Horns have shown flashes of great po - tential and have proven that they can put their bats on the ball, along with clean things up in the field as well. Schulenburg is led by head coach Gilbert Price, who has a great knowledge not only for the game, but sports in gener - al as he also helps coach football.

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

Sealy, La Grange, others take on Frisch Auf! in girls golf tourney

Many area athletes earned their stripes on the football field and have now planted their names on the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association All-State football list.

ANDERSON – The Faith Academy track team started their season Feb. 21st at the Anderson- Shiro Meet in Anderson.

LA GRANGE – Fresh out of basketball, sophomore Gabe Mikeska went to his first golf tournament of the delayed season (because of basketball playoffs). Coach Trey Carter accompanied him play at Frisch Auf! Valley Golf Course in the La Grange Leopards Invitational.

Lions boy’s basketball is still alive and very well in the playoffs as they’ve won their last 12 games in a row with the majority of them being by a wide margin. Fayetteville is led by second-year head coach Jake Diggs and has his team playing great system ball with athletes who have natural ability.

KATY – The La Grange High School boy’s basketball team was defeated by Houston Yates High School Feb. 19 at the Merrell Center in Katy by a final score of 81-52. Yates athleticism and ability to get to the rim was the difference in this game as the Lions took control from the very beginning.

The Columbus High School girl’s basketball team is heading back to the Alamodome as they’ve earned a bid to the state tournament for the second year in a row. They sealed the deal with a win against Aransas Pass Feb. 24 by a score of 61-44 earning the 3A Region IV championship.