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Wharton County Junior College Band student Elizabeth Jeffery of Nada earned a spot on the Texas Community College Band Director’s Association’s All-State Symphonic Band.
Read moreThe track and field teams for both Rice and Columbus had representatives make it to the second and final day of the district meet. The Rice-hosted meet featured the district finals for running events. For the varsity teams’ scores, the Columbus boys and girls finished in seventh and sixth place respectively, while the Rice boys and girls finished in sixth and eighth place respectively. The Columbus junior varsity boys had a strong performance, taking second place as a team in the JV season finale. They were led by Devin Woods, Ezra Hill, Trinity Thompson, Daegan Stevens and Will Fitzgerald who all brought home district championships in their respective events.
Read moreThe Cards’ varsity baseball team split their games this past week despite having consistent hitting from the plate. Columbus used its strong hitting to take a blowout win over Edna, but the defense could not hold up against Yoakum as they fell in a relatively high-scoring game.
Read moreThe Columbus varsity softball team punched in two solid performances last week against a couple of district opponents. They picked up strong wins against Edna and Yoakum to maintain their spot as the second place team in the district. If the Lady Cards continue to win out, they’ll have a chance to take the top spot with a district season finale against the current firstplace team, Hallettsville.
Read moreThe Rice varsity softball team ran into a rare situation against Industrial during their April 5 matchup. Despite finishing with the same number of hits in the game, the Lady Raiders were not nearly as effective in turning those hits into runs as they fell to the Lady Cobras in a 7-1 defeat.
Read moreThe Rice varsity baseball team will be trying to recover after losing back-to-back games by a 16-0 margin against Industrial and then Hallettsville. Citizen
Read moreThe Weimar varsity golf team got the ideal performance in the district meet. The Wildcats came away with two top finishers and the first place trophy in a strong team effort.
Read moreThe Weimar ladycat golfers took fourth place as a team in the district meet with two players qualifying for the regional meet in Corpus Christi. Pictured from left to right with their district meet scores are Leslie Villanueva (140), Kelly McAfee (149), Mary Kate Heger (139), regional qualifier Taylor Smith (104), and fellow regional qualifier Destynee Kremling (107). Courtesy
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