Sports

The Rice Raiders showed their apperception for the teachers at Rice Consolidated High School by delivering a 63-0 victory over the Danbury Panthers on Friday, Oct. 6, on Teacher Appreciation Night.

The Rice Lady Raiders dropped their sixth game in a row after losing a three-set match to the Industrial Cobras on Friday, Oct. 6, on their home court.

The Weimar Ladycats lost their first district game of the season to Schulenberg on Tuesday, Oct. 3, while trying to defend their home court.

The Weimar Wildcats picked up their first district win of the season over the Thorndale Bulldogs on the road in Thorndale on Friday, Oct. 6.

The Weimar Wildcats traveled back to Shiner to run in the District Meet on Monday, Oct. 9, and the Ladycats punched their ticket to the Regional Meet.

The Columbus Cardinals won the battle of the undefeated teams Friday night defeating the Madisonville Mustangs 49-21 in Columbus.

The Columbus Lady Cardinals extended their winning streak to 11 wins last week after winning both of their district matchups.

The Columbus Cardinals cross-country team traveled to Giddings, TX to participate in the Camp Tejas meet on Friday, Sept. 29.

The Rice Lady Raiders dropped both district matches last week dropping their district record to 1-6 for the season.

The Harris Weekly Football Rankings have been released for week six and all three local teams are in the top 35 of their classes.

The Rice Raiders lost 14-7 when they traveled to Brazos to take on the Brazos Cougars for their second district game of the season on Friday, Sept. 29.

Chance Parker scored on a 2-yard dive with 30 seconds to play, and the Thrall Tigers (5-1 overall, 2-0 District 13-2A D1) survived a furious second-half comeback to edge the Weimar Wildcats (4-2, 0-2) 38-35 Friday night in Weimar.

The Weimar Lady Wildcats junior high cross-country team can call themselves district champs after their performance in Shiner on Saturday, Sept. 30.

The Weimar Lady Wildcats defeated the Shiner Comanches in a four-set match on Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Shiner to improve their district record to 3- 0.

The Rice Raiders lost their first district game of the season to the Tidehaven Tigers on Friday, Sept. 22, by a score of 52-0.

ALTAIR – The Rice Lady Raiders volleyball team lost two district games last week to Yoakum and Tidehaven to give them a 1-4 record in district play this season. The loss knocked the Lady Raiders down from 5th to 7th place in the standings, but they have not lost sight of their goal this season of improving from last season. With nine games left on their schedule, the Lady Raiders will continue to work every day towards their goal of improvement.

The Weimar Wildcats lost their first district matchup against the Holland Hornets by a score of 43-22 Friday, Sept. 22, on the road in Holland.

The Weimar Wildcats cross country team traveled to participate in the Needville invitational on Thursday, Sept 21, in Needville.

The WJHS Ladycats played Flatonia in Weimar on Monday, Sept. 11. Flatonia has just three teams so only the eighthgrade teams and the seventh- grade A team played. The eighth-grade B-team won both games 25-15 and 25-11. The Ladycats had some fantastic serving by Karina Martinez and Angelic Jenkins. The eighth-grade A-team won in two games, 25-10 and 25-8. MJ Griffin had 12 serves, Kailea Burley had eight serves and Ty’Rianna Rhodes had six serves. Zariah Sims had three big hits and Victoria Sherwood played well on the net.

The Weimar Ladycats picked up their first two wins of their district schedule last week in dominant fashion. The Ladycats went to battle with the Flatonia Bulldogs on Tuesday, Sept. 19, then came back for more against the Louise Hornets on Saturday, Sept. 23, to open district play. The Ladycats knew these were big games and they did not miss a beat when it came to handling business.

The Columbus Lady Cardinal volleyball team improved to 5-0 last week in district play after defeating Tidehaven on Tuesday, Sept. 19, and the Palacios on Friday, Sept. 22, The Lady Cards dominated both matches, sweeping both teams all while celebrating accomplishments from two great players. Sage Thompson and Ally Tribe celebrated their athletic accomplishments they achieved while wearing a Lady Cardinal uniform. Thompson eclipsed the 4,000-assist mark while Tribe reached 2,200 kills in their career and what better way to celebrate than back-to-back district wins.