Sports

The number two ranked team in the state, the Columbus Lady Cardinals, improved to 9-0 in district play as well as extended their winning streak to 13 games.

The Columbus Cardinals secure their first win in district play Friday night in front of a packed home crowd.

Traveling to Shiner High School to compete in the Shiner Meet on Saturday, Sept. 30, the Rice Raiders took advantage of the opportunity to run before going to their district meet.

The Rice Raiders boys’ cross-country team competed at the District Meet on Monday, Oct. 9, in Yoakum and came away with a district championship to display in their trophy case.

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 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.