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Emma Schmidt

Emma Schmidt

SH In State Cross Country Meet

WACO – The TAPPS State Cross County Meet was held in cold, windy and muddy conditions Monday. The Sacred Heart Indianettes finished 5th and the Indians 9th. Karley Kostelnik had the best finish for the Indianettes and was 37th with a time of 15:26.
Hayleigh Burns

Hayleigh Burns

Shiner cross country: Shiner cross country sends one to state

The Shiner cross-country program will have one runner at the state meet, senior Lady Comanche Hayleigh Burns. Varsity Girls Shiner came in No. 10 in the 2A Girls 3,200-meter run with 270 points. Burns was the top finisher with eighth place in 13 minutes, 11.62 seconds and a pace of 6:36 a mile.
Chelsea Whiddon slams the ball home for a point in the second set of Shiner’s match at Weimar Oct. 17. Photo courtesy of Howard Esse.

Chelsea Whiddon slams the ball home for a point in the second set of Shiner’s match at Weimar Oct. 17. Photo courtesy of Howard Esse.

Shiner volleyball: Shiner gets big win at Weimar

The Shiner Lady Comanches won at Weimar and beat Flatonia at home in district matches last week. Shiner 3, Flatonia 0 Serving, serve-receive, hitting and blocking was all done to head coach Desiree Nitsch’s satisfaction. Defense is where she would like the Lady Comanches to fine tune.
Sacred Heart’s Rylan Dworsky tries to block a kill attempt by Lady Cardinal Sam Moeller. Moeller had three kills in the match. Photo by Mark Lube.

Sacred Heart’s Rylan Dworsky tries to block a kill attempt by Lady Cardinal Sam Moeller. Moeller had three kills in the match. Photo by Mark Lube.

St. Paul volleyball: SP spikers get third with win over Waldorf

The St. Paul Lady Cardinals  were swept by rival Sacred Heart at home last week and turned around to sweep  Austin Waldorf in a rescheduled game this Monday to seal up third place.

St. Paul football: Lions blank Cards 40-0

It was a rough night for St. Paul against Central Texas Christian Friday night in Temple as the Cards lost a couple of players to injury. The Lions came up with a scoreboard shutout in a 40-0 win, leading 26-0 at halftime. Sam Perez led the St. Paul offense as he rushed eight times for 13 yards.
Ella Amsden against Palacios here Oct. 13. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald

Ella Amsden against Palacios here Oct. 13. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald

Lady Brahma Volleyball

Yoakum 25 25 22 12 LB 14 17 25 17 The Lady Brahmas were defeated by Yoakum here Tuesday, Oct. 10. “We played a heckuva match,” coach Christina Halata said. “If not for having trouble with officials and a lineup disaster, we might have pulled off a win.” Kasey Harper had 11 kills in defeat.
Aleigh Kraatz makes a pass to the front row in the victory over St. Paul. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald

Aleigh Kraatz makes a pass to the front row in the victory over St. Paul. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald

'Nettes Finish Dist. Undefeated

SHINER – With the TAPPS District 5, Division IV title already in tow, the Sacred Heart Indianettes defeated St. Paul 25-20, 25-14, 25-16 Tuesday, Oct. 17. The first set was testy for the Indianettes.