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St. Paul volleyball: Lady Cards beat SM Hill Country

The St. Paul Lady Cardinals played a road match at San Marcos Hill Country on Thursday and played in the one-day Bellville Faith Academy Tournament on Saturday. St. Paul 3, Hill County 1 The Lady Cardinals beat San Marcos Hill Country 25-23, 19-25, 25-17, 25-21.
Faith Brown (middle) sets up for a defensive play with Karis Barta (left) and Reese Seibert (right) backing up during a St. Paul JV match against Flatonia on Aug. 15.. Photo by Mark Lube.

Faith Brown (middle) sets up for a defensive play with Karis Barta (left) and Reese Seibert (right) backing up during a St. Paul JV match against Flatonia on Aug. 15.. Photo by Mark Lube.

St. Paul Volleyball: Lady Cards JV vs Flatonia

The St. Paul Junior Varsity played a home match against Flatonia on Aug. 15.
Shiner boys cross country runners from left are Elijah Mesa, Boe Boehm and Kade Matula during the boys varsity race in Yoakum on Saturday. Shiner placed No. 13 with 303 points.  Photo by Raymond Rosas.

Shiner boys cross country runners from left are Elijah Mesa, Boe Boehm and Kade Matula during the boys varsity race in Yoakum on Saturday. Shiner placed No. 13 with 303 points. Photo by Raymond Rosas.

Local cross country:Cross-country teams open in Yoakum

St. Paul and Shiner ISD cross-country teams ran in their first meet Saturday at the Yoakum Invitational. St. Paul Both St. Paul girls and boys opened the season with top 10 finishes. Varsity Girls The Lady Cardinals scored 199 points for eighth place. Top St.
Meghan Blaschke makes a set in the East Bernard match on Friday. Photo by Mark Lube,

Meghan Blaschke makes a set in the East Bernard match on Friday. Photo by Mark Lube,

Shiner volleyball: Shiner wins Silver Bracket in Schulenburg

The Shiner Lady Comanches volleyball team went 5-3 and won the Silver Bracket Championship last Thursday through Saturday in the Schulenburg Championship. Pool A Shiner went 2-1 on the first pool play day Thursday, coming in second in Pool A.
Morgan Lenehan gets close to blocking an Edna shot Aug. 15 in Shiner’s three-set win over the Cowgirls. Photo by Howard Esse.

Morgan Lenehan gets close to blocking an Edna shot Aug. 15 in Shiner’s three-set win over the Cowgirls. Photo by Howard Esse.

Shiner volleyball: LC win home opener vs Edna

The Shiner Lady Comanches volleyball team beat 3A Edna in three, 25-18, 25-22, 25-10 at home Aug. 15. Meghan Blaschke had 10 assists, two digs, one kill; Callie Sevcik added five digs, three kills, two assists, two blocks.

St. Paul football: Cards start with FHS

The St. Paul Cardinals played their second scrimmage of the season, at Weimar on last Thursday and will open at Flatonia Weimar Scrimmage The Cardinals scrimmaged Weimar and Rice Consolidated in Weimar. St. Paul and Weimar each scored one touchdown while the Cardinals scored once against Rice.
Riley Mozisek jumps up to attempt a block on a shot by Flatonia’s Avalon Saavedra Aug. 15 at St. Paul gym. Photo by Mark Lube.

Riley Mozisek jumps up to attempt a block on a shot by Flatonia’s Avalon Saavedra Aug. 15 at St. Paul gym. Photo by Mark Lube.

St. Paul volleyball: Lady Cardinals find way to win in five-set match against Flatonia

The Lady Cardinals needed to make a personnel change in the third set of their season opener against Flatonia with a 2-0 lead in the match. Flatonia took advantage of the change and St. Paul serving struggles in the fourth game to tie the match at 2-2 before St. Paul came back to win the third game.