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The Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA) named their top picks for the 2021 TSWA Class 2-A, All State Baseball teams. Four Weimar athletes were honored to have been chosen: Trenton Chenard, First Team outfielder; Brady Henke, Second Team Relief Pitcher and Honorable Mention shortstop; Jagger Fishbeck, Honorable Mention First baseman; Hudson Ervin, Honorable mention 3rd baseman.
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Columbus athlete Sarah Randermann was named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association All Star team for 2021. Small Town Preps
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TexStar volleyball coaches Chelsea Soto and Milton Koller work with junior high athletes at the three-day volleyball camp at RHS July 19-21. Citizen
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Columbus wins the Volleyball championship game over LaGrange in the Schulenberg Summer League. Volleyball action took place Wednesday, July 21. Front Row: Karley and Kase Johns. Second Row: Shatyra Scott, Carina Alonso, Molly Olivarez, Audrey Thomson, Sage Thomas. Back Row: Summer League Coach-Cheyenne Huskey, Lainey Schobel, Kenzie Heffley, Ally Tribe, Ember Mandola, Isabel Kainer, Madyson Carter, Mayson Post Courtesy
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Kori Cummings scored a perfect score on the most recent STAAR tests. The Rice Consolidated fourth grade student scored 100 percent on the Math section. She did not stop there. She scored 99 percent on the Reading and Writing sections. Needless to say, Kori has mastered her requirements to move up to the next grade. Kori is a force to be reckoned with as she moves into the fifth grade. Her parents are David and Jennifer Wiese.
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The newest class of cadets at the Rice Texas Challenge Academy practiced their drills Friday, July 23. The class of 121 cadets will graduate in December, and is one of the largest classes on the campus to date. TCA is a five and a half month quasi-military residential academy sponsored by the Texas National Guard. It is a tuition free educational program for teens 16-18 years old who are at risk of failing or dropping out of school. Academic instruction, structure, and discipline are offered to the cadets in an effort to help them build personal accountability and become successful adults. Citizen
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Little did I know when I seized the opportunity to get to know parishioners and others in what was at the time a one-year-old stint as Pastor of two rural parishes a little bit outside Columbus that I was becoming a Columbus Little League supporter near the outset of a golden era for its softball tournament teams. But the Majors final in El Campo on July 19, 2021, had me flashing back to that hot weekend in Seguin July 14-17, 2017.
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The stadiums in El Campo were buzzing with excitement as All- Star softball teams competed for the State title on Monday night, July 19. The Columbus Majors, Juniors, and Minors all made it to the State competition. But the night belonged to the Juniors as they steamrolled Jasper with a final score of 10-1. Pitcher Mia Post consistently delivered while the team performed with a lethal precision that had earned them the right to be the top dog in this fight. A lightning delay in the sixth inning could have taken the edge off the competitive spirit of the Columbus team. However, they came back and held off an attack by Jasper. Allowing one run in the seventh, Columbus finished off Jasper with what started as a missed opportunity for an out on a base steal on third base by Jasper. The opponent tried to force a run into home plate when the ball was misthrown to third base. Columbus was there at home plate with the ball in glove to put a final stop for the last out of the game that propelled the Columbus Junior All-Stars to clinch the State title. The Columbus Junior All-Star team consisted of #2 Abigail Fisher, #8 Isabelle Rodriguez, #15 Jillian Miksch, #21 Kaylea Foster, #7 Mia Post, #3 Ella Berger, #4 Ellie Brown, #10 Sydnie Shepard, #9 Dulce Penaloza, and #13 Molly Garcia.
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