Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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The Fayette County Record
The members of the Round Top-Carmine converge at mid-court to celebrate their regional title Saturday in Brenham seconds after they beat Fayetteville for the title.
Photo by Jeff Wick
RTC Volleyball Advances to State Tourney By JEFF WICK
The Fayette County Record
A group of young girls wrote an exciting new chapter in the tale of the most storied athletic program in Fayette County Saturday. The Round Top-Carmine Cubettes, (already winners of six state volleyball titles and 20 state tournament appearances) are headed to their 21st state tournament this week after winning the IV-1A regional tournament title Saturday in Brenham. “These girls are something special,” said first-year RTC
head coach Caitie Carney. But the way the Cubettes punched their ticket to state this time was truly unique, as RTC downed district rival and Fayette County neighbor, Fayetteville in three sets, 26-24, 25-14, 25-16. “It’s a small town rivalry, right down the road. They wanted to beat us just as bad as we wanted to beat them,” Carney said. “We just stayed composed and did the little things right.” RTC (21-11) now advances to play Water Valley at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the state semifinals in Garland’s Curtis Cul-
well Center. The winner of that match faces the Neches (39-5)/ Blum (30-14) winner at 3 p.m. Thursday in Garland for the 1A title. There was hardly a volleyball fan left in Northern Fayette County as these two neighbors squared off for the third time this season. RTC had beaten the Lady Lions twice in district play, but early on Saturday Fayetteville tried to show this time would be different. With Fayetteville freshman Brooklyn Jaeger dominating, the Lady Lions built a 22-18 in
Under pressure from a La Marque defensive player, La Grange quarterback Jacob Brandt prepares to unleash a pass in Thursday’s playoff victory in Katy.
that first set, only to see RTC rally for a comeback. “That seems to be a common theme with us, we run slow in the first set. Then they are much better at fighting back,” Carney said. “RTC is deep,” said Fayetteville head coach Clint Jaeger. “They rotate a lot of players in and out. They have a lot of hitters, a lot of height. It’s tough for us to cover all that. We did our best. The first set we almost had them. We lost the momentum in the second set and never could get it back.”
RTC was much more in control of the final two sets. Senior Bayley Ward served the match-winning point with junior Brooke Schobel spiking down the final shot, after which the Cubettes dog-piled on top of one another at mid-court in celebration. “I was ready for it. I was like ‘heck yeah,” Schobel said of that last point. “I’m excited for what the future holds (at state).” Megan Krause led RTC in kills Saturday with 13 and Schobel added 11 kills to go along with a team-high 13 digs. Eilers
La Grange’s D.J. Taylor runs the ball in Thursday’s game. Photos by Darrell D. Gest
Short-Handed Leps Oust La Marque
By JEFF WICK
The Fayette County Record
Short on players but not on determination, the La Grange football team put years of postseason frustration behind them with a 12-7 victory over La Marque in a 4A playoff first round game at a chilly Rhodes Stadium in Katy Thursday. The Leps were 0-for-3 in playoff openers over the last four years, with each of those losses coming by a touchdown or less. “After three years of wanting it, and waiting, this feels so good,” said La Grange safety/receiver Brock Gardiner, who had a touchdown catch Thursday. On paper, it hardly seemed like this would be the Leps team to break that string – especially after a disastrous series of events over the past several days that left La Grange missing numerous key players out with everything from injury to ineligibility to a flu-bug that swept through the team. The Leps faced the fivetime state champion Cougars
by starting a third-string quarterback, third-string kicker, and without their leading rusher, and second-leading receiver. “We suited out only 28 kids from our initial roster (of 40 from opening day),” La Grange head coach Matt Kates said. “We had some JV kids step up, the freshmen stepped up.” How far down the depth chart did the Leps have to dip? Consider this: Freshman Jakobe Wilkerson, who may be a future star but one who had not played a varsity game this season, was running and catching the ball Thursday. Somehow, some way, these Leps overcame the adversity of missing so many. “Coach always says you gotta love adversity and overcome. That’s what we did tonight,” said La Grange’s D.J. Taylor, who scored the game-winning touchdown with 3:04 left in the game. “This was about the perseverance, belief and character of La Grange kids,” Kates said. The La Grange defense was
particularly inspired, allowing La Marque just 96 total yards (all on the ground) after allowing more than 50 points in backto-back weeks the final two weeks of the regular season. “That’s not how we play Leopard defense and we needed to step up,” Gardiner said. “It all started with the defense tonight,” Kates said. “You are how your defense plays most of the time and Coach Cauthern (defensive coordinator) had them ready to play tonight.” No defensive play was bigger than Jacob Brandt’s interception of a Cougar pass with 2:31 left in the game. La Grange had a distinct advantage in the passing game. The Leps managed just 56 yards in the ground, but Brandt threw for 144 yards, while La Marque completed just one pass for no gain on eight attempts. The scoring started in the wildest way imaginable for the Leps. With 4:42 left in the first quarter La Grange lined up to
try a 26 yard field goal, but the snap somehow bounced up and into the arms of back-up kicker Jackson Bundick. He had the presence of mind to lateral the ball to holder and quarterback Jacob Brandt who scrambled around for what felt like an eternity, until lofting up a prayer into the endzone, that Brock Gardiner snagged for a go-ahead touchdown. “I pretty much know that Jacob’s a much better playmaker than I am, I just thought I was doing what was best for the team,” Bundick said. “I don’t even know what I was doing, I was just running for my life,” Brandt said. The ensuing extra point was blocked, but La Grange held onto that 6-0 lead into the third quarter. The Leps missed a golden opportunity to go up by more right before halftime when La Grange’s Coltin Whitaker recovered a fumbled La Marque punt attempt at the Cougar three-yard line with 1:23 left in the half.
But four Brandt quarterback keepers right into the heart of the La Marque defensive front yielded no points. Then to begin the third quarter the Cougars marched 60 yards to take a 7-6, capped off by a DaMarcus Nelson one-yard touchdown run and a Jonathan Hipolito extra point kick. That would be the only lengthy drive La Marque had all night. The Cougars did have a punt return for a touchdown called back because of penalties. The Leps finally re-took the lead with 69-yard scoring drive late in the fourth quarter. Key plays in that march were passes by Brandt of 20 yards to Gardiner and of 30 yards to freshman Bravion Rogers – both on third down. That drive was punctuated by a 15 yard touchdown run by D.J. Taylor with 3:04 left in the game. “This game could have gone either way tonight,” Taylor said. “The O-line stepped up and I got See Leps, next page
led in assists with 27. For most of the Cubettes, this will be their first taste of the state tournament, but the team’s three seniors, Krause, Ward and Cassidy Tiemann were all freshmen on the team back in 2016 when the Cubettes advanced to the state semifinals before losing to Bronte. “Our seniors have preached from the get-go (about going to state),” said Carney, who had never been to state as a coach, but went to state as a basketball player at Giddings High School. See RTC, Page B3
La Grange 12, La Marque 7
Score by quarters La Grange 6 0 0 6 – 12 La Marque 0 0 7 0 – 7 LG La Mar. Rushes-Yds 44-56 29-96 Passing yards 144 0 Total yards 200 96 Comp-Att-Int 9-20-1 1-8-1 Punts-Avg. 3-24 6-37.8 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-yds 5-30 9-86 Scoring summary FIRST QUARTER LA GRANGE – 4:42, Brock Gardiner 9 pass from Jacob Brandt (kick blocked) THIRD QUARTER LA MARQUE – 9:18, DaMarcus Nelson 1 run (Jonathan Hipolito kick) FOURTH QUARTER LA GRANGE – 3:04, D.J. Taylor 15 run (conversion try failed) INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – La Grange: D.J. Taylor 20-58, Jacob Brandt 19-10, Jakobe Wilkerson 3-4, Team 2-(-16); La Marque: Marquis Tarver 11-42, DaMarcus Nelson 9-33, Armond Robinson 3-12, Jauron Reid Jr. 3-6, Izeal Owens 3-3. Passing – La Grange: Jacob Brandt 9 of 20 for 144 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT; La Marque: Cory Halford 1 of 8 for 0 yards with 1 INT. Receiving – La Grange: Ryder Imhoff 3-58, Brock Gardiner 3-37, Bravion Rogers 1-30, Alijah Grant 1-12, Jakobe Wilkerson 1-7. La Marque: Armond Robinson 1-0.
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The Fayette County Record, Tuesday, November 19, 2019
LG Girls Making a Statement On Basketball Court So Far In what has been the best start to a girls basketball season in years, the La Grange girls have started with six wins in their first seven games, including six consecutive victories at the Rice Consolidated Tournament last week – and five of the wins were blowouts with the Lady Leps winning by at least 24 points. The Lady Leps host their first home game of the season Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. against Hallettsville.
La Grange girls 47, Brookshire 40
La Grange 11 11 10 15 – 47 Brookshire 8 6 17 9 – 40 LG scoring: Krissy Henderson 10, Jahze Woods 10, Aaliyah Hunt 10, Megan Brothers 7, Aysia Grant 6, Ashlynn Golan 4
La Grange girls 52, Columbus 28
La Grange 14 10 18 10 – 52 Columbus 6 7 8 7 – 28 LG scoring: Aysia Grant 16, Krissy Henderson 10, Aaliyah Hunt 10, Jahze Woods 5, Megan Brothers 5, Brianna Scott 4, Jayla Blakey 2
La Grange girls 67, Anderson-Shiro 26
La Grange 14 17 15 21 – 67 Anderson-Shiro 7 7 4 8 – 26
LG scoring: Megan Brothers 14, Jahze Woods 10, Ashlynn Golan 8, Aaliyah Hunt 8, Raeshawna Davis 8, Harley Rohde 5, Krissy Henderson 4, Jayla Blakey 4, Ariel Thompson 4, Aysia Grant 2.
La Grange girls 72, Hempstead 33
La Grange 20 14 16 22 – 72 Hempstead 10 11 3 9 – 33 LG scoring: Aaliyah Hunt 17, Ariel Thompson 11, Megan Brothers 10, Brianna Scott 10, Harley Rohde 4, Ashlynn Golan 4, Kalyn Hernandez 4, Raeshawna Davis 4, Megan Brothers 4, Krissy Henderson 2.
La Grange girls 41, Rice 17
La Grange 13 5 8 15 – 41 Rice 3 6 6 2 – 17 LG scoring: Megan Brothers 13, Ariel Thompson 6, Aysia Grant 6, Aaliyah Hunt 5, Jahze Woods 3, Raeshawna Davis 3, Ashlynn Golan 2, Brianna Scott 2, Jayla Blakey 1
La Grange girls 57, Sealy 33
La Grange 23 8 22 4 – 57 Sealy 14 6 4 9 – 33 LG scoring: Megan Brothers 14, Krissy Henderson 13, Aysia Grant 11, Aaliyah Hunt 5, Jahze Woods 5, Jayla Blakey 3, Harley Rohde 2, Ariel Thompson 2, Raeshawna Davis 2
Football Playoff Scores/Schedules 4A Region III
Bidistrict scores Jasper 51, Hardin-Jefferson 27 Bellville 42, Wharton 20 West Orange-Stark 56, Huntington 7 La Grange 12, La Marque 7 Smithville 34, Sweeny 28 Silsbee 52, Shepherd 13 Giddings 50, Houston Kashmere 0 Hamshire-Fannett 50, Center 42 Area Jasper (8-1) vs. Bellville (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Shenandoah’s Woodforest Bank Stadium West Orange-Stark (8-1) vs La Grange (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Conroe’s Moorhead Stadium Smithville (7-4) vs Silsbee (6-4), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Tomball’s Tomball ISD Stadium Giddings (6-5) vs Hamshire-Fannett (7-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Porter’s Randall Reed Stadium
3A Region IV
Bidistrict scores Comfort 40, Schulenburg 31 Stockdale 24, Odem 20 East Bernard 42, Sonora 0 Natalia 49, Hebbronville 14 Poth 47, Taft 0 El Maton Tidehaven 48, Johnson City 6 Corpus Christi London 42, NixonSmiley 14 Ganado 49, Brady 25 Area Comfort (9-2) vs Stockdale (5-6), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Schertz’s Lehnhoff Stadium East Bernard (10-1) vs Natalia (8-3), 7 p.m. Friday at Converse’s Rutledge Stadium Poth (10-1) vs Tidehaven (6-5), 7 p.m. Friday at Corpus Christi’s Wildcat Stadium Corpus Christi London (9-1) vs Ganado (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday at La Vernia’s Bear Stadium,
2A Div. 1 Region IV
Bidistrict scores Holland 73, Junction 14 Three Rivers 41, Kenedy 32 Mason 41, Thrall 20 Weimar 35, Santa Maria 13 Shiner 77, Freer 7 Hearne 41, Brackettville 36 Refugio 63, Wallis Brazos 12 Thorndale 58, Center Point 23 Area Holland (11-0) vs Three Rivers (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday at New Braunfels’ Unicorn Stadium Mason (9-2) vs. Weimar (10-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Dripping Springs’ Tiger Stadium Shiner (11-0) vs Hearne (7-4), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Sealy’s Mills Stadium Refugio (11-0) vs Thorndale (9-2), 6:30 p.m. Thursday at San Antonio’s Heroes Stadium
2A Div. 2 Region IV
Bidistrict scores Bremond 50, Louise 13 Agua Dulce 28, D’Hanis 22 Flatonia 48, Iola 0 La Pryor 40, Premont 0 Falls City 70, La Villa 6 Chilton 28, Burton 21 Bruni 59, Runge 32 Granger 36, Snook 12 Area Bremond (10-1) vs Agua Dulce (10-1), 7 p.m. Friday at Yoakum’s Bulldog Stadium Flatonia (10-1) vs La Pryor (7-4), 7 p.m. Friday at San Antonio’s Benson ‘66 Stadium Falls City (10-1) vs Chilton (7-4), 7 p.m. Friday at Buda’s Shelton Stadium Bruni (5-6) vs Granger (8-3), 7 p.m. Friday at Pearsall’s Laxson Field.
Leps Now Face an Old Nemesis, the West Orange-Stark Mustangs Continued from Page B1 a touchdown for the team.” Taylor had a game-high 58 yards rushing on a night when yards were hard to come by on the ground for both teams. With La Grange up 12-7, the ensuing conversion try by the Leps was fumbled and returned 80 yards by La Marque’s Jacobe Wagner, but he was chased down from behind by Joseph Mueller and Taylor just shy of the goal line. La Marque got the ball back with three minutes left in the game but on the second play of their possession, Brandt put the game away with his interception. The Leps ran out the clock from there. The victory was especially meaningful for Kates, who had coached at La Marque early in his career including on the 2003 state title team. “It’s special to think about all those memories, I told Shone (Evans, La Marque head coach) that once than LM spirit gets in you, it doesn’t leave. I was only there from 2002-2003. It’s a special place, that will always
be special to me. I feel for those kids.” While La Marque’s season ends, La Grange plays on – which was especially meaningful for the players who missed because of the flu Thursday but should be back for next week’s game. “We did it for Dayton (Jarvis), we did it for Dalton (Caughman). We did it for everybody that was sick,” Brandt said. “The seniors that got sick, they can come back and have another game,” Taylor said. La Grange (8-3) now advances to play West OrangeStark (8-1) in the area round of the playoffs. That game will be Friday at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at Conroe’s Moorehead Stadium. These two teams are no strangers to each other. The Leps lost to West Orange in the fourth round of the playoffs 42-7 in 2014, and the Mustangs were state runner-ups that year. West Orange-Stark has won four state titles, including backto-back crowns in 2015 and 2016.
Flatonia Spanks Iola 48-0
The Flatonia Bulldogs looked as dominant in the first round of the playoffs as they did during the regular season. The Bulldogs bashed Iola 48-0 in a Class 2A first round playoff game Friday in Taylor as Flatonia improves to 10-1 overall this season. Flatonia now advances to the area round and will play La Pryor (7-4) Friday Nov, 22 at 7 p.m. at San Antonio Central Catholic High School. The winner advances to the regional round to play the Bremond/Agua Dulce winner. The Bulldogs lost to La Pryor in the second round of the playoffs in 2017 by a 46-20 score. Friday, Flatonia wasted no time putting this game away, jumping out to a 20-0 lead after the first quarter and never looking back. Flatonia senior Dakory Willis ran for four touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass and ended up with 182 rushing yards. Teammate Chris Johnston ran for 133 yards and a touchdown and Devante Williams added a late score for the Bulldogs. Flatonia limited Iola to just 103 total yards and forced three turnovers. Friday’s victory means the Bulldogs have advanced to the second round of the playoffs (or beyond) each of the last five seasons.
Flatonia 48, Iola 0
Score by quarters Iola 0 0 0 Flatonia 20 8 14 Iola First Downs 3 Rushes-Yds 21-40 Passing yards 63 Total yards 103
0– 0 6 – 48 Flatonia 21 41-386 83 469
Above: Flatonia’s Justin Marler goes over the top of the Iola defense in the second half of Friday’s playoff game. Right: Izick Hernandez picks up a first down for Flatonia Friday. Photos by Stephanie Steinhauser
Comp-Att-Int 6-16-2 5-7-1 Punts-Avg. 6-33 1-36 Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-1 Penalties-yds 3-15 5-30 Scoring summary FIRST QUARTER FLATONIA – 7:39, Dakory Willis 19 run (conversion failed) FLATONIA – 4:16, Willis 19 run (conversion failed) FLATONIA – :15, Willis 25 run (conversion run good) SECOND QUARTER
FLATONIA – 11:49, Juan Netro 25 pass to Willis (conversion run good) THIRD QUARTER FLATONIA – 10:57, Chris Johnston 58 run (conversion run good) FLATONIA – 8:00, Willis 55 run (conversion pass failed) FOURTH QUARTER FLATONIA – 4:38, Devante Williams 5 run (conversion run failed) INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – Flatonia: Dakory Willis 10182, Chris Johnston 13-133, Izick Her-
nandez 5-47, Justin Marler 5-11, Dayton Cliffe 2-5, Devante Williams 1-5, Ricardo Olivares 1-3, Jaidyn Gayton 1-1, Taylor O’Reilly 3-(-1), Iola: Adam Crenshaw 10-31. Passing – Flatonia: Juan Netro 5 of 7 for 83 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT; Iola: Blake Driver 5 of 12 for 57 yards with 1 INT, Ricky Flores 1 of 4 for 6 yards with 1 INT. Receiving – Flatonia: Olivares 1-39, Willis 1-25, Holden Kloesel 2-15, Alex Hernandez 1-4; Iola: Crenshaw 3-44.
Comfort Rallies Late to Eliminate Schulenburg
By ANDY BEHLEN
The Fayette County Record
Schulenburg suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Comfort Bobcats, 40-31, in the first round of the high school football playoffs last Friday, Nov. 15. The Shorthorns started off strong. Comfort attempted an onside kick on the opening kickoff but Schulenburg recovered. Comfort appeared to almost stop Horns on 4th down at the Bobcat 45, but Shorthorn receiver Bobby Smith pulled in 23-yard reception on a fake punt. Senior running back Brayden Duarte ran the ball into the end zone on the following play from the 22. The first sign that things might not go well came on the kickoff that followed. Schulenburg attempted to respond with an onside kick of their own, but a flubbed kicked sent the ball tumbling backwards. The Bobcats ended up with the ball on the Schulenburg 45. They scored a field goal on that possession, bringing the score to 3-7 late in the first quarter. Schulenburg scored a field goal on the next possession, making the score 3-10. The Horns then forced Comfort to punt after four downs and took the ball back on their own 32. Schulenburg fumbled the ball on the next play, which set up a six-play touchdown drive by the Bobcats, tying the game 10-10. On the drive that followed, Schulenburg marched from their own 20 to the Comfort 44 before fumbling the ball once more. Comfort was not able to capitalize on that error. They turned the ball over on downs at the Schulenburg 26. Schulenburg scored two plays later on a pass from junior quarterback Brett Janecek to Smith, bringing the score to 10-17 after the extra point. Comfort responded by scoring on the first play after the kickoff with a 75-yard touchdown reception by running back Zachary Vilo from Bobcat quarterback Oscar Falcon. The extra point was no good, which brought the score to 16-17 with 2:49 left in the half. Schulenburg suffered an officiating error on the next drive. On third down and six
from their own 26, Schulenburg Head Coach Brandon Brown attempted to call a timeout as the end of the half neared. The line judge started to step on the field and blow his whistle to signal the time out, but the whistle flew out of his mouth and onto the turf without making a sound. The play went on, and Janecek got sacked in the backfield. That set up a punt on fourth down just before halftime. After halftime, the Shorthorns attempted another onside kick. The ball managed to go in the right direction this time, but Comfort still recovered, although they turned it over three plays later on a fumble. The two teams traded possessions twice before Comfort got on the board again with a field goal late in the third, giving them the lead 19-17. Comfort attempted another onside kick and recovered. They converted that into a touchdown at the beginning of the fourth quarter, extending their lead 2617. Janecek gave up an interception on the next drive. He ended up tackling the ball runner on that play, preventing a defensive touchdown by the Bobcats. It was the only major blemish on an otherwise spectacular performance from the junior quarterback, who didn’t even throw an incomplete pass until halfway through the third quarter. Comfort got the ball back on the
Schulenburg head coach Brandon Brown talks to Luis Lopez in the sidelines during Friday’s playoff game in Floresville.
Shorthorn 19 and quickly scored, bringing the score to 32-17. Schulenburg could not come back. On the following drive, the Horns managed to score a touchdown and convert for two points, but they ate four precious minutes off the clock doing so. With the score 33-25 and 4:42 left in the game, Comfort kept the ball on the ground winding the clock down to 1:51 before scoring again. Now trailing 40-25, the Horns put together a valiant drive and scored on a play that started with two seconds left,
narrowing the gap to 40-31. “I have no words,” said senior running back Temon Glover after the game, with tears running down his face. “I told them you have to win with class and sometimes you have to lose with class,” Brown said after the game. The Shorthorns ended their season with a 6-5 record. Comfort will go on to play Stockdale in the Area round next week. Schulenburg beat Stockdale 1413 in the first game of this season.
Schulenburg’s Brayden Duarte drags a Comfort tackler with him Friday. Photos by Darrell D. Gest
Shorthorn quarterback Brett Janecek throws a pass Friday.
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RTC Wins All-County Regional Final Continued from Page A1 “They’ve wanted it so bad. They want the other girls to experience what they did.” Of course, those seniors want a little different outcome at state this time. “It’s going to be tough,” Krause said. “It’s going to take each and every one of us to work as a team.” With 21 victories, the Cubettes have the fewest wins by far of any of the 24 teams (1A6A) at the state tournament. But the Cubettes feel like they are more battle-tested than most – and RTC hasn’t lost even a single set in the playoffs this season. “We’ve had some bumps and bruises along the way but we’ve finally figured out how to play good volleyball,” Carney said. The Cubettes lost eight of their first 13 matches, but have since gone 16-3. “At the beginning of the season everyone was doubting us. We had to fight to prove them wrong,” Ward said. Saturday’s loss ends another stellar year for the Fayetteville volleyball team which ends its season with a 26-16 record. This is the second consecutive season the Lady Lions saw their season end one win away from a state tournament berth. “We’re headed in the right direction, we just have to get over that hump though,” said Jaeger What’s remarkable was that
this year’s team was almost completely new. “We lost six girls off last year’s team, all six starters,” Jaeger said. “No one expected much of them and they came through all year long and give it everything they could. I can’t say enough about their dedication and work ethic.” Fayetteville will lose two seniors off this team, Colby Deatherage and Cloe Schulle Just to get to Saturday’s final, Fayetteville had to knock off Tilden McMullen County Friday in the regional semis losing the first set 26-28 before winning the next three 25-22, 25-18, 2516, led by 39 kills from Jaeger and 12 from Deatherage. Lan-
dry Wied had 48 assists in that match, Jaeger had 47 digs and Jackie Titus had 26 digs. RTC, meanwhile, got past defending state semifinalist D’Hanis a little easier in their semifinal Friday, sweeping the Cowgirls 25-21, 25-14, 25-13, avenging a loss to them in last year’s regional semis. Kelsey Lunbeck led RTC in kills Friday with 11, Krause had eight and Kate Eilers had 27 assists. Those wins set up Saturday’s in-county regional final. And if that match was any indication, there should be some great 1A battles between these Fayette County teams for years to come.
Battles at the net Saturday between, left, RTC’s Kate Eilers and Fayetteville’s Cloe Schulle; and right between Fayetteville’s Brooklyn Jaeger and RTC’s Brooke Schobel.
RTC’s Road to State Tournament Appearances: 21 (1988, 89, 90, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19) Season Record: 21-11 REGULAR SEASON Opponent Scores Wallis Brazos 25-17, 25-18, 23-25, 17-25, 15-10 Hallettsville 25-17, 23-25, 17-25, 18-25 Wallis Brazos 25-19, 25-23 Franklin 24-26, 25-19, 25-17 Snook 25-22, 25-12 Livingston 15-25, 25-23, 27-25 Anderson-Shiro 21-25, 13-25 Lexington 25-23, 16-25, 18-25 Weimar 27-29, 25-17, 8-25, 17-25 Smithville 25-27, 25-17, 20-25, 25-20, 15-6 Anderson-Shiro 16-25, 11-25, 25-22, 23-25 Iola 12-25, 11-25, 15-25 Lexington 20-25, 23-25, 15-25 Dime Box 25-10, 25-5, 25-15 Snook 25-21, 25-20, 26-28, 30-28 McDade 25-10, 25-7, 25-8 Burton 12-25, 14-25, 18-25 Richards 25-13, 25-13, 25-19 Fayetteville 24-26, 25-17, 25-15, 25-13 Somerville 25-10, 25-11, 25-19 Dime Box 25-4, 25-6, 25-11 Snook 25-17, 25-22, 25-12 McDade 25-8, 25-12, 25-9 Burton 25-19, 25-27, 18-25, 21-25 Richards 25-11, 25-12, 25-12 Fayetteville 25-20, 25-17, 25-20 Somerville 25-19, 17-25, 13-25, 19-25 Giddings 23-25, 26-24, 25-27, 14-25 PLAYOFF GAMES Opponent Scores Runge 25-14, 25-6, 25-20 Austwell-Tivoli 25-22, 25-15, 25-16 D’Hanis 25-21, 25-14, 25-11 Fayetteville 26-24, 25-14, 25-16
The members of the Round Top-Carmine volleyball team pose with their regional title trophy after Saturday’s win. Photos by Jeff Wick
Round TopCarmine’s Kelsey Lunbeck with a block in Saturday’s regional final match.
The 2019 Cubettes Number Name Class Height Soph. 5’6” 1 Ilse Salinas 2 Corina Blazek Junior 5’5” 5 Bayley Ward Senior 5’4” 6 Taylor Nelius Junior 5’6” 9 Delaynie Pesch Junior 5’8” 10 Rylee Handy Fresh. 5’4” 12 Kate Eilers Junior 5’5 14 Jordan Stanley Soph. 5’7” 15 Alexis Hudgen Junior 5’7” 16 Cassidy Tiemann Senior 5’8” 17 Kelsey Lunbeck Junior 6’0” 20 Megan Krause Senior 5’7” 25 Brooke Schobel Junior 5’11”
Head Coach: Caitie Carney Assistant Coaches: Keith Kaiser, Emma Leppard Managers, Trainers, Statisticians Name Position Brooke David Manager Chelsea McDowell Manager
State Volleyball Tournament
The members of the Fayetteville volleyball team pose with their regional runner-up trophy Saturday in Brenham.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 1A, 2A SEMIFINALS Time Conference Schools 11:00 am 1A Semifinals Neches (39-5) vs.Blum (30-14) 1:00 pm 1A Semifinals Water Valley (31-12) vs.Round Top-Carmine (21-11) 3:00 pm 2A Semifinals Crawford (47-4) vs.Burton (34-15) 5:00 pm 2A Semifinals Jewett Leon (42-5) vs.Wink (40-5) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - 3A, 4A SEMIFINALS / 1A FINALS Time Conference Schools 11:00 am 3A Semifinals Bushland (46-1) vs.Vanderbilt Industrial (36-11) 1:00 pm 3A Semifinals Van Alstyne (36-4) vs.Lexington (34-13) 3:00 pm 1A Finals 5:00 pm 4A Semifinals Carthage (41-4) vs.Hereford (34-14) 4A Semifinals Lamar Fulshear (43-4) vs.Kennedale (36-7) 7:00 pm FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 - 5A, 6A SEMIFINALS / 2A FINALS Time Conference Schools 11:00 am 5A Semifinals Canyon Randall (42-3) vs.San Antonio Alamo Heights (35-9) 1:00 pm 5A Semifinals Lucas Lovejoy (46-5) vs.Friendswood (34-17) 3:00 pm 2A Finals 5:00 pm 6A Semifinals Northwest Nelson (48-2) vs.Schertz Clemens (44-4) 7:00 pm 6A Semifinals Fort Bend Ridge Point (46-4-0) vs.Plano West (39-5)
Schulenburg’s Brynlee Hollas spikes a ball between a pair of Goliad blockers Friday. Photos by Audrey Kristynik
Lady Horns Fall in Regional Semis The Schulenburg volleyball team saw its season end just two wins shy of a state tournament berth as the Lady Horns lost to Goliad in five sets Friday in San Antonio in a 3A regional semifinal match. The Lady Horns won the second and the fourth set, but lost the first and the third, sending the match to a fifth set,
Erica Otto spikes a ball Friday.
which Goliad won 16-14. The final scores were 21-25, 28-26, 20-25, 25-14, 14-16. Brynlee Hollas led Schulenburg in kills with 32, Erica Otto had 20 and Jordan Sommer had eight. Erin Treybig led in assists with 53 and Otto had 10. Julie Guentert and Otto led in digs with 29 each, Treybig had 27 and Hollas had 26. Sommer had three aces. Goliad ended up losing to In-
dustrial in four sets Saturday in the regional final. The Schulenburg girls end their season with a 34-12 record and they won bidistrict, area and regional quarterfinal titles. Friday’s match marked the final high school volleyball games for Schulenburg seniors Elizabeth Seyl, Brynlee Hollas, Taylor Demel, Kambri Adams, Madison Landeche, Alexandria Galipp and Erin Treybig.
Schulenburg’s Julie Guentert passes a ball Friday.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 - 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A FINALS Time Conference Schools 11:00 am 3A Finals 1:00 pm 4A Finals 3:00 pm 5A Finals 5:00 pm 6A Finals
Treybig Signs With Abilene Christian
Schulenburg’s Erin Treybig signed her national letter of intent to play volleyball for Abilene Christian University last week. Shown here is her signing ceremony: Front row: Amber Treybig (Sister), Tammy Treybig (Mother), Erin Treybig, Bruce Treybig (Father); Back Row: Donald Zapalac (Schulenburg High School Volleyball Coach), Milton Koller (Texstar Volleyball Club Coach).
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The Fayette County Record, Tuesday, November 19, 2019
DATE AUG. 29 SEPT. 6 SEPT. 13 SEPT. 20 SEPT. 27 OCT. 4 OCT. 11 OCT. 18 OCT. 25 NOV. 1 NOV. 8 NOV. 14
OPPONENT FULSHEAR COLUMBUS LA VERNIA NAVARRO TAYLOR BYE BROOKSHIRE ROYAL CALDWELL SMITHVILLE BELLVILLE GIDDINGS LA MARQUE
LOCATION KATY LA GRANGE LAVERNIA LA GRANGE TAYLOR BROOKSHIRE LA GRANGE SMITHVILLE LA GRANGE GIDDINGS KATY
TIME 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M.
US 28 24 43 22 52 42 25 14 27 21 12
THEM 13 21 39 55 24 12 15 13 52 56 7
Left to right: Images from Thursday’s game: Declan Kates, son of Leps offensive coordinator Will Kates is held aloft and sung Happy Birthday by the players after the win, the LHS Dance team, and a key fourth quarter catch by freshman Bravion Rogers. Photos by Darrell D. Gest
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