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For the first time since 2010, the Schulenburg football team is heading to the third round of the playoffs, after winning an area title Friday. Page B3
The members of the Fayetteville volleyball team hold up their state title trophy after winning the 1A championship match Thursday in Garland.
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Fayetteville Wins State Volleyball Title!
The Lady Lions of Fayetteville made the school’s first-ever trip to the state volleyball tournament one to remember. With two stellar days of play Wednesday and Thursday in Garland, the Fayetteville girls dominated Veribest in the state semifinals and then shocked No 1-ranked Blum to win the 1A state title. Lots more coverage in Section B, today.
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La Grange City offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 25 and 26 in observance of Thanksgiving. Waste Management will also have a holiday on Thursday. If you normally get your garbage picked up on Thursday, it will be picked up on Friday. If you normally get your garbage picked up on Friday, it will be picked up on Saturday.
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Left to right, Lari Hopkins, SMMC Case Manager, Jennifer Gill of Elara Caring Home Health making the donation and Mark Kimball, SMMC CEO. St. Mark’s partnered with the Family Crisis Center to conduct a Thanksgiving food drive. The baskets contained everything to make a traditional thanksgiving meal for six people. Its the hospital’s 23rd year to organize the Thanksgiving drive. They collected enough to serve 126 families in Fayette, Lee, Bastrop and Colorado counties. Laurie Quitta, Director of Nursing organized the drive. “It’s the happiest day of the year at St. Mark’s to serve those in need,” said Hopkins. Photo by Andy Behlen
If you smelled wood burning early Friday morning, it was for a good cause. The Holy Smokers at St. James Episcopal Church in La Grange cooked 80 turkeys for the Family Crisis Center. The birds smoked for 11 hours before being distributed to families in Fayette, Lee, Colorado and Bastrop counties. And, the Episcopal Church Women baked some 200 dozen (2,400) cookies to go with the birds. FCC’s Gina Gralinski picked up the cookies and turkeys. She was joined here by Smokers (left to right) Mike Parrish, Bill Rugeley, Tom Tracy, Ed Dykes, Larry Kahanek, Chuck Gibson and Jason Krupala. Photo by Bill Bishop
LHS Seniors Get Job Exposure Courtesy of Local Businesses By AMANDA GIFFORD
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La Grange High School seniors had a chance to explore job opportunities in La Grange last Wednesday. The students were able visit local businesses and participate in hands-on activities as well as observe demonstrations of various skills needed for that business. They also had a chance to practice interviewing skills with the business owner. Lunch was provided for the students and employer at the place of business. The La
Grange Chamber of Commerce, Texas One Stop and Whataburger sponsored the lunches. The High School Life Skills Class, led by Jill Ahrens, provided the breakfast. Kathy Toensing a Transition Specialist with Colorado River Cooperative started this event after attending a conference where she learned about Lubbock area schools that provided this type of opportunity for their students. “This is the third time we are having this event,” Toensing said. “Studies show that if students
work or volunteer in high school they have a higher chance of being employed after high school whether they go to college, trade school or go straight into the work force.” Thirteen local business participated in this one day event, but there was several others who wanted to participate but couldn’t because of lack of staff or time restraints. “La Grange really supports their students,” said Toensing. “Its great to have these connections.”
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At Blooming Junction owner Brooke Smith shows Robyn Lewis how to arrange the perfect bouquet while they waited on a shipment of flowers. Photo by Amanda Gifford
LGISD School Board Talks Roof Repair, Personnel By REGINA KEILERS
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Roof repairs in areas near the high school/middle school cafeteria (shown above) are among the highest priority projects at LGISD currently.
In Friday’s Record we had some big news from last week’s La Grange ISD school board meeting, but here are some more highlights: Roof Replacement Sharon Muzny, LGISD Director of Operations and Tony Nielsen of Claycomb (the architectural company overseeing school renovations) presented their findings on the conditions of the roofing needs for the district. At previous meetings, Muzny indicated that there were five areas of concern and she
would create a prioritized list. At the top of the list are the Hermes Gym 2 and the High School/ Middle School cafeteria. The board agreed that Muzny should proceed with putting these jobs out for bids so that the repairs can begin as soon as possible. New Hires and Resignations New hires that were approved at Monday night’s meeting were: Kylee Hollis – paraprofessional, Norma Harper – food service, and Floyd Rivers, Jr. – transportation. Resignations were accepted from Melodee Frost, Lisa Klekar, and
William Wagner. Honoree Ellee Sodolak was recognized at Monday night’s board meeting for her achievement in placing 86th at the state cross country meet recently. Administrative Reports Superintendent Bill Wagner reported that enrollment is 1,865 as of Friday, Nov. 12. He also stated that there have been very few COVID cases this month. Assistant Superintendent Stacy Eilers reported that the Veteran’s Day program was well See LGISD, back page
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
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Fayetteville’s Mattie Konvicka serves the ball in Thursday’s title match. Photo by Jeff Wick
Fayetteville’s Brooklyn Jaeger watches her spike go past a Blum blocker in Thursday’s state title match. Photo by Jeff Wick
Golden Girls: Fayetteville Wins Title
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It was a championship team led by a record-breaking star. Showing no signs of being a state tournament newcomer (though they were) the Fayetteville Lady Lions made themselves right at home in Garland last week. They swept both their state semifinal and championships matches to earn the school’s first-ever state volleyball title. “They all stepped up and had their best game of the year,” said
Fayetteville head coach Clint Jaeger after his team knocked off No. 1-ranked Blum 25-15, 25-23, 25-22. In that title match Fayetteville’s Brooklyn Jaeger did something no other high school volleyball player had ever done in the history of the Texas state tournament. Her 40 kills in the title match broke the state record for most kills in a championship. “She’s a heck of a player,” said Blum head coach Lauren McPherson of Jaeger, a junior who has verbally committed to
Brooklyn Jaeger Named MVP of the Title Match By JEFF WICK
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There was no question who would be named the MVP of the 1A state title volleyball match. At the conclusion of Thursday’s championship, Fayetteville junior Brooklyn Jaeger was announced as the title match MVP after a performance people will be taking about for years to come. Jaeger had a state-record 40 kills in the match to go along
with 15 digs. “I told myself before the game, think smarter not harder,” Brooklyn Jaeger said. She played smart and she played hard and led her team to a state title. “Every single set we were down, and I was scared we were going to let our nerves and fears get in the way but I’m proud of us for stepping up and fighting hard,” Brooklyn said. See Brooklyn, page B4
even a set to a Class 1A team this season. But they hadn’t played Fayetteville yet. The Lady Lions actually fell See Fayetteville, page B4
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Fayetteville coach Clint Jaeger is believed to be the first Texas coach to lead a team to a state title in baseball and volleyball – and he did so in the same calender year. Before Jaeger’s Lady Lions won the 1A state volleyball title Thursday in Garland, Jaeger’s Fayetteville baseball team won the 1A title in Round Rock in June, beating Kennard 6-4 in the title game. Jaeger was also the head coach when the Lions won the state baseball title in 2012. See Double, page B4
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Sinton Ends La Grange’s Football Season in Area Round By JEFF WICK
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The Leps led early, and then rallied late, but it was not enough. La Grange’s football season ended Friday in a 49-20 loss to the No. 8-ranked Sinton Pirates in the second round of the playoffs at Converse Judson’s D.W. Rutledge Stadium. La Grange had come into this game riding a four-game win streak, but Sinton’s physical defensive front limited the Leps to only 13 total yards rushing. “Football is a physical game,” said La Grange head coach Matt Kates. “I thought we were playing pretty physical the last few weeks, but it was a different level tonight.” Forced to the air, the Leps had success through the passing game, throwing for 297 yards, including 243 by senior Clay Wolff. Wolff threw a 66 yard touchdown pass to Bravion Rogers and a 61-yard score to Dana Baker. Both passes were highlightreel-worthy catches by the receivers – Rogers making a bobbling catch of the ball sandwiched between defenders, and Hall’s a one-handed snag. Both those catches also cut the Sinton lead to two touchdowns, but La Grange could never get closer. La Grange lost three fumbles, which also proved to be costly. “We got to play the No. 8-ranked team in the state and we felt like we competed with them,” said Wolff. “We can feel
proud of ourselves and we gave it all that we had.” The Leps end their season with a 7-5 record –a three win improvement from last year when they missed the postseason. “It was a great accomplishment to get here to round two, but you win some and you lose some,” Baker said.
“I feel like this team overachieved considering where were picked at the beginning of the season (5th) and what happened last year. People counted us out, but we finished second (in district), we came together at the right time,” said La Grange senior linebacker Kadyn Hall. Sinton (11-1) advances to the regional semifinals where
they will face Navarro (9-2). The game started off with a bang for the Leps. Jakobe Wilkerson opened the game with a 35-yard kick-off return, followed by a 37-yard pass from Bravion Rogers to Andrew Faske. That set up the Leps with a first and goal at the Sinton threeSee Leps, next page
La Grange’s Andrew Faske makes a catch for a 37-yard gain on the Leps’ first play from scrimmage Friday. Photo by Darrell D. Gest
Sinton 49, La Grange 20
Score by quarters La Grange 7 0 13 0 – 20 Sinton 7 14 14 14 – 49 Rushes-yards Passing yards Total yards Comp-Att-Int Fumbles-lost Punts-Avg. Penalties-yds
La Grange’s Ryder Imhoff is tackled by a number of players on the Sinton defense Friday. The stout Pirates defense limited La Grange to just 13 rushing yards. Photo by Darrell D. Gest
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Scoring summary First Quarter LA GRANGE – 9:40, Clay Wolff 2 run (Brendan Maddox kick) SINTON –4:11, God Pyeatt 17 pass from Rene Galvan (Landen Longoria kick) Second Quarter SINTON – 8:11, Jerek Sanchez 14 run (Longoria kick) SINTON – :32, Rylan Galvan 5 run (Longoria kick) Third Quarter SINTON – 10:05, Rylan Galvan 2 run (kick blocked)
INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – La Grange: Bravion Rogers 8-18, Ryder Imhoff 3-5, Clay Wolff 3-(-2), Dana Baker 1-(-2), Team 1-(-6). Sinton: Rene Galvan 19-197, Rylan Galvan 24-143, Jerek Sanchez 9-42, Braeden Brown 2-12. Passing – La Grange: Wolff 15 of 22 for 243 with 2 TDs, Rogers 2 of 2 for 54 yards; Sinton: Rene Galvan 4 of 8 for 70 yards with 1 TD. Receiving – La Grange: Bravion Rogers 4-90, Dana Baker 3-77, Jaxon Cooper 3-60, Andrew Faske 1-37, Jaden Williams 3-18, Ryder Imhoff 2-12; Sinton: Rylan Galvan 1-28, Pyeatt 1-17, Kaden McCoy 1-17, Brown 1-9.
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Schulenburg quarterback Tyler Ryba runs the ball for part of his game-high 132 yards rushing Friday. Photos by Audrey Kristynik
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The Shorthorns defense converges in this Kenedy ballcarrier in Friday’s playoff game.
Schulenburg Beats Kenedy to Advance to Third Round of Football Playoffs The Schulenburg Shorthorns are the last Fayette County football team standing. On a night when both La Grange and Flatonia lost their second round playoff games, the Shorthorns beat Kenedy 3712 in their 2A area round game Friday. Schulenburg (6-6) now advances to the regional semifinals where they will face defending state champ Shiner (12-0). That game will be Friday at 7 p.m. in Hallettsville.
These two teams played just three weeks ago in the regular season finale with Shiner winning 46-2. But the Shorthorns get another crack at the Comanches thanks to a dominating win over Kenedy (9-3). Schulenburg sophomore quarterback Tyler Ryba ran for three touchdowns Friday on a night when he had 132 yards rushing. Ryba also threw a touchdown pass to Hayden Schulz.
Kenny King had a 87-yard kick-off return for a touchdown and Keisean Johnson returned a blocked kick 87 yards for two points. This is the farthest the Shorthorns have advanced in the playoffs since 2010.
Schulenburg 37, Kenedy 12 Score by quarters Schulenburg 16 7 7 7 – 37 Kenedy 6 0 0 6 – 12
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Schul. Kenedy 14 15 31-207 56-259 24 22 231 281 3-3-0 2-7-0 0-0 0-0 2-17.5 3-22.7 8-75 11-107
Schulenburg - Johnson 87 blocked kick return, 2:49. Schulenburg - King 87 kickoff return (Cortez kick), 2:32. 2ND QUARTER Schulenburg - Ryba 63 run (Cortez kick), 10:38. 3RD QUARTER Schulenburg - Schulz 11 pass from Ryba (Cortez kick), 1:54. 4TH QUARTER Kenedy - Pena 28 run (pass failed), 10:33. Schulenburg - Ryba 10 run (Cortez kick), 7:28.
Scoring summary 1st Quarter Schulenburg - Ryba 19 run (Misael Cortez kick), 10:24. Kenedy - Chapa 7 run (kick blocked), 2:49.
INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing -- Schulenburg: Tyler Ryba 11-132, Desmond Lewis 12-63, Keanu Anthony 1-13, John Davis 1-3 Rodney Walton 1-1, Keisean Johnson 2-(-1), Team 3-(-4); Kenedy: Geovanni Gibson 21-87. Passing -- Schulenburg: Ryba 3 of 3 for 24 yards with 1 TD; Kenedy: Josh Cruz 2 of 7 for 22 yards. Receiving -- Schulenburg: Hayden Schulz 1-11, Johnson 1-8, Kenny King 1-5; Kenedy: Espinoza 1-15, Reyna 1-7.
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4A Div. 2 Region IV Area round scores Cuero 55, Rockport-Fulton 27 Wimberley 66, Ingleside 0 Geronimo Navarro 55, Port Isabel 7 Sinton 49, La Grange 20 Regional Semifinals Cuero (11-1) vs Wimberley (10-2), 12 p.m. Friday at San Antonio’s Alamodome Geronimo Navarro (9-2) vs Sinton (11-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday at San Marcos’ Bobcat Stadium
4A Div. 2 Region lll Amazingly, La Grange’s Dana Baker would make a one-handed catch on this ball and turn it into a 61yard touchdown. Photo by Darrell D. Gest
ourselves a family and it really is, and it’s led by seniors,” Kates said. “Bunch of great kids that are going to go on and be great people.” But the Leps will return leading rusher Bravion Rogers, leading receiver Jaxon Cooper and a host of other starters towards a 2022 season that will include realigned districts and regions (which will be announced in February). “No doubt the future is bright and we’re going to keep moving forward,” Kates said.
Area round scores China Spring 48, Sealy 7 Carthage 42, Hamshire-Fannett 14 West Orange-Stark 20, Jasper 7 Bellville 41, Rusk 20 Regional Semifinals China Spring (12-0) vs Carthage (11-0), 5 p.m. Friday at Prosper’s Children’s Health Stadium West Orange-Stark (10-1) vs Bellville (12-0), 6 p.m. Friday at Porter’s Randall Reed Stadium
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2A Div. 1 Region IV Area round scores Shiner 64, Three Rivers 7 Schulenburg 37, Kenedy 12 Refugio 69, Flatonia 20 Ganado 60, La Villas 23 Regional Semifinals Shiner (12-0) vs Schulenburg (6-6), 7 p.m. Friday at Hallettsville’s Brahmas Memorial Stadium Refugio (12-0) vs Ganado (7-5), 6:30 p.m. Friday at Port Lavaca’s Sandcrab Stadium
2A Div. 2 Region IV Regional Semifinals Granger (11-0) vs Burton (4-8), 7 p.m. Friday at Elgin’s Wildcat Stadium Eldorado (10-1) vs Falls City (11-1), 7 p.m. Friday at Cedar Park’s Gupton Stadium
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No. 1 Refugio Ends Flatonia’s Football Season in Second Round of Playoffs
Flatonia’s Aiden Gonzales makes a catch and then runs it in for a Bulldog touchdown in the second half of Friday night’s Area Championship game. Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser
The Flatonia Bulldogs saw their football season come to an end Friday with a 69-20 loss to No. 1-ranked Refugio in the second round of the 2A playoffs. Flatonia ends its season with a 5-5 record. Refugio (12-0) advances to play Ganado in the next round. The 20 points Flatonia scored was the second-most anyone had scored on the Bobcats this season. The Bulldogs did most of their damage through the air against Refugio. Junior quarterback Fidel Venegas threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns and he also ran for a touchdown. Flatonia only managed 28 yards rushing Friday Refugio meanwhile amassed 593 total yards – 299 on the
ground and 294 through the air. Refugio’s Eziyah Bland ran for 174 yards and five touchdowns. Antwaan Gross caught three touchdown passes.
Refugio 69, Flatonia 20
Score by quarters Flatonia 0 8 6 6 – 20 Refugio 28 13 21 7 – 69 Rushing yards Passing yards Total yards Comp-Att-Int Fumbles-lost Penalties-yds
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Refugio 299 294 593 24-35-2 0-0 1-10
Scoring summary First Quarter REFUGIO – Antwaan Gross 4 pass from Kelan Brown (Alex Placencia
kick), 9:12 REFUGIO – Jordan Kelley 66 pass from Brown (Placencia kick), 6:16 REFUGIO – Eziyah Bland 4 run (Placencia kick), 3:43 REFUGIO – Bland 3 run (Placencia kick), 0:00 Second quarter FLATONIA – Fidel Venegas 2 run (Alex Hernandez run), 11:40 REFUGIO – Gross 7 pass from Brown (kick failed), 10:16 REFUGIO – Bland 49 run (Placencia kick), 4:13 Third quarter REFUGIO – Eziyah Bland 5 run (Placencia kick), 9:11 FLATONIA -Aiden Gonzales 68 pass from Venegas (pass failed), 7:57 REFUGIO – Bland 1 run (Placencia kick), 5:22 REFUGIO – Gross 7 pass from Brown (Placencia kick), 2:27 Fourth quarter R-Lukas Meza 1 run (Placencia kick),
11:08 F-Titan Targac 22 pass from Venegas (pass failed), 11:08 INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing -- Refugio: Bland 17-1745, Jordan King 8-139, Meza 5-34-1, Benny Flores 5-20, Gross 1-15, Karson Hetting 1-6, Ernest Campbell 1-0, Team 2-(-9); Flatonia: Venegas 10-29, Aiden Gonzales 1-6, Jaidyn Guyton 1-3, Alex Hernandez 2-(-7). Passing -- Refugio: Brown 24-34252-4-2; Flatonia: Venegas 18-44233, 2 TDs and 1 INT; Receiving -- Refugio: Gross 7-50-3, Kelley 4-103-1, Jason Moore 4-29, King 2-20, Chai Whitmire 2-18, Desantos Doomes 2-17, Campbell 1-9, Herring 1-6, Chris Rodriguez 1-2; Flatonia: Hernandez 7-114, Aiden Gonzales 1-68, Keyshaun Green 6-32, Titan Targac 1-21, Guyton 1-1, Reese Ramirez 1-(-2).
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Brooklyn Jaeger Named MVP of The Title Match Continued from front “I’m speechless, I don’t know what to say,” said Brooklyn’s father Clint Jaeger, the head coach of Fayetteville. “I couldn’t be more proud. She loves this game. She works at it. She studies it and it’s her passion and she’s dreamed of this moment, and to see her accomplish it feels really good.” The Blum head coach Lauren McPherson said she knew Brooklyn Jaeger was going to be a hand-full but they couldn’t stop her. “We wanted to do different things to keep No. 7 (Brooklyn) from touching the ball as much as she did and we didn’t execute that as much as we needed to,” McPherson said. “We did a good job of getting touches on her hits but I think we only blocked her one time. I knew we weren’t going to block her every time she hit the ball ... I was hoping we would be able to handle it a little better then we did.”
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Fayetteville Wins Its First-Ever Volleyball State Title
Continued from front behind in all three of their sets in the title match, only to storm back each time. “We knew beforehand that Blum was really good, a solid all-around team and all facets of our game were going to have to be clicking,” said Fayetteville head coach Clint Jaeger. “The
girls stepped up, they kept their composure.” Senior Mattie Konvicka had 40 assists. Sophomore Kayme Schley had five kills and 12 digs. Senior Alley Keen had eight digs and had a long serving run in the first set that fueled a comeback. Marissa Rohde had seven digs and Rylie Dyer had five.
“I’m a little bit shocked,” McPherson said. “No one comes into the state championship thinking that’s what it’s going to go like. They really had some players step up and do things we hadn’t seen them do all year. Props to Fayetteville.” Thursday’s win caps a remarkable season for the Lady
Lions, who compiled a sparkling 46-2 record. The Fayetteville girls for three years straight had seen their seasons end in the regional finals, one win away from going to the state tournament. “We’ve wanted this so bad and dreamt of it for so long, we don’t know how to comprehend
it all,” Schley said. “Every year since my freshman year we’ve been one win away from state every year,” Keen said. “We’ve gotten better. This year not only did we get to come here, but we won it. We’re state champions. Words cannot describe how I feel right now. It’s unbelievable.” Special Championship retrospective coming out in Friday’s newspaper!
2021 Lady Lions Coach: Clint Jaeger Assistant Coach: Marcus Sodek
Marissa Rohde
Alley Keen
Fayetteville’s Peyton Jurecka is all smiles as she waits for her state championship medal.
1 Jae Statham 2 Rylie Dyer 3 Alley Keen 4 Harper Mau 5 Mackenzie Poncik 7 Brooklyn Jaeger 9 Samantha Brown 10 Tara Vitek 11 Peyton Jurecka 12 Kayme Schley
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Three Lady Lions Named All-Tourney At the conclusion of the state title matches, the Texas Girls Coaches Association Volleyball Committee names an all-tournament team. Three Fayetteville players earned that recognition. Here’s that all-tourney team: 1A *Brooklyn Jaeger - Junior - Fayetteville Kayme Schley - Sophomore - Fayetteville Mattie Konvicka - Senior - Fayetteville Addison Willingham - Sophomore - Blum Ruby Rumohr - Sophomore - Blum Emma Scott - Sophomore - Blum
The Fayetteville players celebrate at mid-court after the title game’s final point.
Kayme Schley serving.
Double State Titles for Jaeger in 2021 Continued from front “The seasons are different, baseball last year nobody expected us to go that far. We surprised everybody,” he said. “From the beginning of this (volleyball) season everybody knew who we were. They were scouting us and they knew we were a team to be dealt with.” Fayetteville started this vol-
leyball season winning their first 26 matches. “It was a huge weight to carry,” Clint Jaeger said. “I was actually glad to get that first loss, to get that off our back.” After losing to last year’s 2A state champ Iola to break that 26-match win streak, the Lady Lions rattled off 14 more wins before losing to 2A regional
finalist Bremond in a playoff warm-up match. Six wins later the Lady Lions were state champs, and Coach Jaeger was sharing the title with his daughter Brooklyn, the title game MVP. “When I was little I would always practice at home and he would help me,” Brooklyn said of her father. “He knows when
I hit a rough spot and he knows what to do to calm me down and get me back in my zone.” And the Jaeger household is piling up championship rings now. “It’s great to be in Fayetteville ISD right now,” Clint Jaeger said. “The kids are great, the athletes work hard.”
The Fayetteville coaches talk their players during a tense moment in the state title match.