Sports

    The Edna and Industrial Cross-Country boys and girls’teams competed in a District 28-3A Palacios cross-country meet on Aug. 22 at the Palacios Marine Center. The boys ran three miles and the girls ran two.
    The Industrial Cobra varsity boys brought home first place overall, and freshman Kevin Baez finished 1st with a time of 11:49, while Leo Baez placed 2nd with a time of 12:13. Matthew Kor placed 10th, Montavius Coleman placed 11th and Philip Kolodziejcyzk placed 14th.
    For the Cowboys, Zachery Yendrey placed 28th with a time of 16 minutes, Tre Evans placed 33rd with a time of 18:54, Justin Rainey placed 34th with a time of 19:13 and Tommy Rodriguez placed 35th with a time of 19:19.
    The Industrial Cobra varsity girls placed 3rd overall. Cassidy High placed 4th with a time of 13:01, Sasha Salazar placed 15th, Cheyenne Burton placed 16th, Natalie Boldt placed 21st and Hannah Wood placed 28th.

    The Industrial Cobra football team traveled to Boling on Aug. 20 to compete in a three-way scrimmage with the Louise Hornets and the Boling Bulldogs. The Cobras defeated Louise 2-0 and the Bulldogs defeated the Cobras 2-0. Head Coach and Athletic Director Kensey Allen said it was a great scrimmage and the team played very physical.
    “We had touchdowns coming from Logan Gabrysch connecting with Peyton Prukop on a six-yard touchdown pass, and then scored again in the live quarter with Jay Sandoval finishing off an eight-minute 75-yard drive with a five-yard touchdown run,” said Allen. “We (the coaches) were very pleased on the night and just continue to look forward to working with our players to improve.”
    The Industrial Junior Varsity team plays on Thursday, Aug. 27 at home against Shiner starting at 6 p.m. The Varsity Cobras will trave to Shiner on Friday, Aug, 28 for the first game of the season, starting at 7:30 p.m.

Industrial vs. Calhoun
17-25 (Calhoun), 17-25 (Calhoun), 25-22 (Industrial), 22-25 (Calhoun)
Kayla Weixelman, 7 kills, 3 blocks, 2 digs; Skylar Chreene, 14 digs, 1 kill; Savhannah Kitchens, 11 kills, 2 blocks; Joy Schroeder, 3 kills, 5 blocks; Katie Sparkman, 8 digs; Kelsey Van Pelt, 2 kills, 2 aces; Sarah Kusak, 4 kills, 4 digs; Morgan Gabrysch, 2 digs; Skylar Lenamon, 10 assists, 12 digs, 1 ace; Maddison Heibel, 11 assists, 10 digs, 2 aces; Jenna Gerdes, 1 kill
Industrial vs. St. Joe
27-25 (St. Joe), 25-13 (St. Joe), 25-12 (St. Joe)
Weixelman, 6 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs; Chreene, 9 digs, 1 ace; Kitchens, 5 kills, 1 dig; Schroeder, 4 kills; Sparkman, 11 digs, 1 ace; Van Pelt, 4 kills; Kusak, 1 kill; Morgan Gabrysch, 3 digs; Lenamon, 7 assists, 8 digs; Heibel, 9 assists, 2 digs, 4 aces

Edna vs Flour Bluff
18-25 (Flour Bluff), 24-26 (Flour Bluff)
Bailey Brown, 1 kill, 2 set assists, 2 digs, 1 point; Crystal Coulter, 4 kills, 9 blocks, 4 points; Kadi Elledge, 4 kills, 1 dig, 10 blocks, 4 points; Haleigh Evans, 6 kills, 16 set assists, 8 digs, 1 block, 6 points; Laynee Hyden, 1 block; Paxton Koop, 2 digs; Reagan Luedecke, 1 ace, 9 digs, 1 point; Kim Ortolon, 1 kill, 8 digs, 1 point; Sierra Pruitt, 9 kills, 1 set assist, 1 ace, 12 digs, 1 block, 10 points
Edna vs. Edcouch-Elsa
25-21 (Edna), 25-17 (Edna)
Brown, 4 kills, 9 set assists, 10 digs, 4 points; Coulter, 3 kills, 4 digs, 10 blocks, 3 points; Elledge, 2 kills, 1 ace, 2 digs, 5 blocks, 3 points; Evans, 8 kills, 12 set assists, 1 ace, 8 digs, 3 blocks, 9 points; Luedecke, 1 set assist, 1 dig, 1 block; Ortolon, 14 digs; Pruitt, 6 kills, 2 aces, 12 digs, 8 points
Edna vs. Incarnate Word
25-18 (Edna), 25-18 (Edna)

Gene Ratliff competed against 62 Junior Steer Riders at the World Finals in Abilene, Aug. 5-8. Ratliff covered three of four steers and placed him in the top 10 Junior Steer Riders of the 2015 World Finals. Ratliff is the son of Budd and Jaime Ratliff of LaVernia. His grandparents are Bryan and Becky Miska, Kal Ratliff, John and Chris Pribyl and Richard and Bonnie Palmer.

    A new season of volleyball started up with a day of scrimmages on Aug. 7. Both Ganado and Industrial hosted scrimmages for a variety of teams in the district to test out new girls and get the veterans back up to speed. The Maidens also scrimmaged with Palacios on Aug. 8, while the Cowgirls scrimmaged St. Joseph on the same day.
    The Ganado Maidens had Tidehaven, Bloomington and Pettus present at their tournament, and the varsity Maidens looked to have some new faces this season that are ready to make the volleyball their friend. Familiar faces such as senior Hannah Janssen and junior Cheyenne Galindo were at the net and on the court cheering their new teammates on, and Kendall Alvarez has come back to play on the team as well. Sophomore and setter Alexis Mojica was sitting with her team, but wasn’t playing, so hopefully her skills will still be used on the court.
    Maiden coach Bryan Branch had not commented on the team before press time.

Ganado coaches held a volleyball camp for incoming sixth to ninth graders from July 27-30.

Ganado cheerleaders held a Mini Cheer Camp for Mini-Maidens, grades kindergarten to fifth grade from July 28-30. Girls learned cheers and dances from the older cheerleaders to prepare for the new football season.

Industrial coaches held a volleyball camp for grades three through six from July 20-22. Attendees in alphabetical order Jackie Akin, Desiree Alaniz, Emilee Allen, Paige Borak, Lauren Bowen, Grace Bowers, Kristen Bubela, Riley Costella, Taylor Crow, Ashlynn Gasch, Cali Hammond, Emme Heibel, Emma Hessler, Karys Howard, Cecilia Jalufka, Autumn Kallus, Kailyn Karl, Laya Karl, Aubrey King, Gwyneth Kinsfather, Carley Kruppa, KyLynne Kusak, Falin Lalonde, Alana Lange, Rachel Lange, Vanessa Lange, Allison Leita, Haley Leita, Kimber Linke, Lacey Linke, Emily Marek, Kinsley Martin, Kyleigh Matula, Cara Motley, Maci Nelson, Lola Olsorsky, Lila Perry, Kate Peters, Madison Riddle, Pacie Roe, Meagan Rollinson, Kylie Rozsypal, Chloe Schoeneberg, Macy Stansberry, Faith Villarreal, Lexi Warzecha, Madelyne Wollam, and Shayne Wollam. The camp was sponsored by Bubba Leita Farms, Double G Fence and Pasture Clearing, Clayton P. Van Pelt, CPA, Gabrysch Farms, Hayden Chiropractic and the Heibel family.

    The PrimeTime Sports 2015 National Basketball Championship was held in Dallas from July 22-26, and Edna had a couple of Cowgirls representing. Jaslyn Foley, upcoming sophomore and Acajia Dickerson, upcoming freshman, competed in Dallas on the Wharton Wolfpack Pride team, a team that ranked 8th out of 60 teams.
    This is their first year on the team, and the girls were scouted by Coach Stavon Williams earlier in the year to play for the Amateur Athletic Union and his Wolfpack Pride team.
    “I just wanted to give the girls a chance to play and get them seen,” Williams said. “They were scouted by John Lucas basketball and USA basketball at Nationals.”
    The Wolfpack Pride played five games, won 2 and lost 3. The first one was a win with 59-37 as the final score, then a loss with 54-38, another loss 60-36, and then the team pulled out a win with a score of 42-39. Their last game they lost with a score of 69-60.