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All season, the Lady Raiders’ varsity softball team has had some struggles with scoring runs as well as preventing their opponents from responding with their own runs. The month of April came with some more difficulties for the Lady Raiders in that regard as to this point, they have allowed three of their four opponents to score into double digits. While they could not keep many of the games close, the Lady Raiders battled to prevent shutouts with just one so far in April. Their lone shutout loss came at the hands of the Tidehaven Lady Tigers to begin last week’s competition. Rice followed that defeat with a trip away from home to Hallettsville where they suffered another blowout defeat.

CARTER TAKES TOP-3 AT REGIONALS

The varsity track and field team for Weimar can boast several athletes who qualified to compete in the regional competition after notching some top finishes and quality performances in the district meet. Weimar qualified in a few separate events, but they have many athletes who will be present at the Kingsville-hosted regional meet from April 28 to April 29. Some of these athletes who qualified will be reaching Regionals for the second season in a row.

The Weimar varsity baseball team had one of their best offensive performances of the season against a Louise team that finds itself near the bottom of the district standings. With the Wildcats still shooting for a postseason spot in the standings, they knew they had to handle business against the Hornets and not allow any mistakes that would slow their progress. With that in mind, the Wildcats went on to put on a complete performance, shutting out the Hornets while putting up nearly 30 runs in a huge 28-0 win.

Weimar senior Abigail Hilley received recognition by the Texas High School Coaches Association for her academic achievements during this tennis season. She was selected as an honorable mention for the Academic All-State Team.

SMITH COMPETES IN GOLF REGIONALS

The Weimar Ladycat varsity softball team had just one game left in their regular season following a big win against Louise. While they will still need to take care of business in the finale against Flatonia, the Ladycats have done just about everything they needed to do to claim the District Championship for themselves. Weimar, a team the TGCA has ranked as the fifth best 2A team in the state, put themselves in the pole position in the district standings after beating fellow top-five team Ganado. The Ladycats matched up with the Lady Indians and handed the no. 3 ranked team their second district loss, both of which came at the hands of Weimar. Ganado went on to lose a third district game to Shiner, another team in Weimar’s stacked district that stands in the top 20 of the state poll. With a path to victory in place, the Ladycats got one step closer to achieving their mission of sweeping the end of district season and claiming their second district championship in three years after defeating Louise in a 15-run shutout.

The Turtle Wing Foundation has been a consistent advocate for children with special needs since their inception in Schulenburg in 2011. Since then, they have partnered with several local area schools to increase the opportunities for these students as well as increasing awareness and acceptance of the different challenges these special needs children face. Columbus was one of the most recent teams to partner with the foundation, playing part in one of the many “Autism Acceptance Games” around the area.

“Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.” –Proverbs 22:15 Registration for the 2023-24 school year is now open to our entire community. Please stop by the school office for the necessary paperwork or with any questions! We’d love to have you as part of our school family!

RAIDER OF THE WEEK

COLUMBUS UIL ACADEMIC TEAMS HAVE REGIONAL QUALIFIERS

On April 4, the John Everett Chapter of the DAR recognized the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1127 for their respect and display of the American Flag. Judy Zachmeyer presented the DAR Flag certificate to Roger Moyers at the VVA 1127 regular April meeting. The DAR also posted a sign in front of the Veterans Memorial Park to acknowledge this honor. The DAR said parades, sporting events, funerals, and the proper disposal of the American Flag are recognized by the VVA. The chapter said a container has been placed in the entry of Veteran’s Memorial Center where people can leave their tattered, torn flag and the VVA will take great care with the disposal.

GULF COAST BLOOD CENTER RECOGNIZES WEIMAR ENCORE LION FOR 25TH YEAR

WEIMAR – The Weimar Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 5875 met April 11 to elect new officers for 2023-2024.

COLUMBUS – Representatives from the Family and Youth Success program met with parents as they picked up their children from day care last week to provide resources that could help them take care of their children.

A More Beautiful Community

Eagle Lake Remembers

CGC APRIL YARD OF THE MONTH

APRIL COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION AWARD

DISTRICT CHAMPION CARDINALS TAKE ON REGIONALS

The Columbus varsity baseball team has turned things around offensively since scoring just two runs against Hallettsville in just their second district loss of the season. The Cards have won four-straight games following the defeat, scoring into double digits in three of their four matchups. Not only have the Cards been able to outhit their recent opponents by a significant margin, but their work on the basepaths has also been at a high level as they brought in plenty of runs last week in a big win against Palacios to start and a shutout victory against Yoakum at the end of the week.