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The Rice Raiders responded from their most difficult offensive performance of the season to deliver their most adept the following week. Rice suffered a shutout loss at the hands of the Columbus Cardinals before hitting the road to face the Palacios Sharks. By the time the Raiders returned home, they had come away with their season’s best outing offensively and their first close-game victory since a win against Goliad in 2020 after taking a 37-27 win over Palacios in Week 4.
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The Lady Cards have started off their district season the way they were hoping for after coming into the week fresh from a win against county rivals the Rice Lady Raiders. They carried their strong play over from the last week, sweeping both of their opponents in Vs Hallettsville, W, 3-0 Columbus is looking to find the same level of dominating play they had last season during district play. If they can continue performances like their outing against Hallettsville, they’ll be well on their way to securing another district title. The Lady Cards came out swinging against the Lady Brahmas and never let their foot off the gas pedal on the way to a sweep. Columbus ran out to 25-13 win in the first game of the match to quickly take the advantage. Hallettsville returned the effort by reaching the 20-point mark in the second set. However, 20 is as close as the Lady Brahmas would get as the Lady Cards took game two 25-20. Columbus tightened the screws in the final set, holding Hallettsville to just six points in a blowout, match-clinching victory.
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The last time the Cardinals scored over 70 points in a game, then-head coach Dewey Brown was leading his last season for Columbus before giving way to Marley Giddens after the 1941 season. Brown led the Cards to all their top three highest scoring totals, two of which came in that 1941 season with a 72-0 win over Gonzales and an 80-0 win over Flatonia. The Cards hadn’t crossed the 70-point threshold for over eighty years since that 1941 season, not until last week’s game against the North Forest Bulldogs. The Cards dominated on the way to their biggest shutout victory of the century so far and their highest point total since their early days.
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Here is a collection of some photos from the Columbus Homecoming parade that occured a few days prior to the homecoming day game in which the Cards defeated the North Forest Bulldogs.
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WEIMAR WINS BIG FOR HOMECOMING
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This Fall sports season is an exciting one for the citizens of Colorado County as there are many teams with high expectations as well as some talented players on each team. In this week’s column I’ll be giving you a look at the players you should be keeping up with as we move forward into the season. There are many more players that will be making an impact on their respective teams, but these are just a few that I think may play a key part in their teams’ seasons.
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