Sports

    The Ganado Indians weathered a narrow loss against the Van Vleck Leopards on Friday, Sept. 26, with a final score of 34-24.
    Overall, Ganado was fairly content with the way they played. Offensive coordinator Rick Ragsdale said the Indians gave a tremendous effort. “We struggled to execute offensively and that cost us,” he said, “but our kids played hard.”
    The Indians won the toss and opted to receive. Sophomore Christian Palacios received the ball on the kickoff, and brought the ball to the 20-yard line. The Indians worked their way up the field and in due time, senior quarterback Johnathan Martinez scored the first touchdown of the night on the quarterback keep. The extra-point attempt by Martinez was successful.

Tuesday night varsity volleyball scores!

Edna won against Industrial in three to four games, 25-13 Cowgirls, 25-20 Cobras, 25-18 Cowgirls, and 25-21 Cowgirls.

Ganado won in three games against Louise, 25-14, 25-5, and 25-17.

    The Ganado Maidens played Flatonia on Sept. 16 and won, three games to one. Final scores were 22-25, 26-24, 25-18, and 25-22.
    Taylor Mirelez had 52 attacks, 18 kills, two blocks and a dig, while Sarah Novak had 7 attacks, and a kill. Hannah Janssen added 7 attacks, and 2 kills, Valeria Garcia had 13 attacks, and 5 kills, and Cheyenne Galindo had 7 attacks, 3 kills, and 5 blocks. Alexis Mojica had an attack, and 29 assists, plus Kendal Alvarez’s 2 attacks and a dig. Kylie Hicks had 10 attacks, and 3 kills.
    The Maidens also played Waelder on Sept. 19 and won in three games, 25-9. 25-6 and 25-4.    The win puts the Maidens at a 2-1 in district play.

    The Edna Cowgirls played Tidehaven on Sept. 16 and won in three straight games, 25-7. 25-9 and 25-10.
    Haleigh Evans had 21 assists, 5 digs, 3 kills, and 3 aces, plus Ashley Myers  block, and 10 kills, while Megan Callaway added a block, and 3 kills. Crystal Coulter gave a block, 2 digs, and 2 kill, while Kadi Elledge gave 2 kills.
    Kamryn Roman added 6 digs, and 4 aces, while Kim Ortolon gave 3 digs, and 3 aces. Bailey Brown added an assist, 7 digs, and 2 aces, Haley Mitchell added 5 digs, and Sierra Pruitt gave a block, 5 digs, and 9 kills.
    The Cowgirls also played the Hallettsville Brahmas on Sept. 19 and won, three to two games. Final scores were 25-14, 23-25, 25-17, 13-25, and 15-8.

    The Industrial Cobras played the Hallettsville Brahmas on Sept. and lost, three to two games. Final scores were 25-20, 18-25, 25-21, 22-25, and 12-15.
    Cassidy High had 31 assists, Skylar Chreene had 11 digs, Katie Sparkman gave 7 digs and an ace, and Kayla Weixelman gave 13 kills, 5 blocks, and an ace. Jessica Martin added 22 digs, 6 kills, a block and an ace, while Lauren Brogger had 15 digs, 6 kills, a block and an ace. Taylor McCloud added 3 digs, 9 kills and a block, Kelsey Van Pelt added 4 digs, an assist and 4 kills, while Brendalyn Fojtik added a kill.
    “The girls are working really hard and fighting for each game,” Head Coach Donna Ragsdale said. “Our main goal is to keep working hard and fighting for each game as it comes along.”
    The Industrial Cobras will have played Rice Consolidated on Sept. 23 and will play Tidehaven on Saturday, Sept. 27.

    The Edna Cowboys fell to the Hallettsville Brahmas with a final score of 36-12 on Sept. 19.
    Junior #76 Dylan Kallus said the team with most heart will always win, and the Brahmas were a good team. “We’re going to come out with more heart and intensity next week,” he said.
    Hallettsville won the coin toss and deferred to the second half.  Both the Cowboy defense and Brahmas defense came out strong keeping the first quarter of the game scoreless.
    The Brahmas put the first points on the scoreboard with a touchdown run. Hallettsville lined up for an extra point try, but faked it and ran the ball in for a two-point conversion making the score 8-0 with 7:42 left in the second quarter.

    The Industrial Cobras lost 41-0 against the Van Vleck Leopards in their Homecoming game on Sept. 19.
    Athletic Director and Head Coach Jeff Rogers said they have a plan, and it will work. “Our kids are playing hard and believe in what we’re doing.”
    Turnovers in the first quarter proved costly with Van Vleck taking the lead 7-0 in the first quarter. The Leopards scored three more touchdowns in the second quarter ending the first half of play 28-0, in favor of Van Vleck.
    The Leopards scored early in the third quarter but the Cobra defense held off the Leopards the remaining eight minutes of the third quarter.     The Cobras pulled a big defensive stop on a fourth down by #61 Sean Bastian with two minutes left in the third quarter. It gave the Cobras a sign of hope, but that was soon lost.
    In the fourth quarter with nine minutes left Van Vleck scored their final touchdown of the night, leaving the score 41-0.

The Indians suffered a 41-12 loss from the Goliad Tigers at their homecoming game on Friday. “I think their size and athleticism were just a little bit more than ours,” said Coach Drew Bridges. “They had several more people than us, and we had to use the same boys throughout the whole game. I think that really wore us down.”
    The game began and the Indians kicked off to the Tigers, but a few plays later a fumble was scooped up by Junior Jacob Foltyn. Several plays later a pass was intercepted by Goliad, but the runner was taken down after only a few yards by Senior Austin Alford. After a sack by Sophomore Christian Palacios caused the Tigers to fumble, the ball was returned to the Indians when Sophomore Malcolm Chaisson leapt on top of it. Despite much effort the Indians could not complete several passes and were forced to punt the ball.

    The Cowgirls played and won against Van Vleck in three games, 25-8, 25-18 and 25-11, on Sept. 12.
    Haleigh Evans had 20 assists, seven digs, a kill and five aces, plus Ashley Myers’ two blocks and nine kills. Megan Callaway had two assists, two blocks, seven kills and a dig, with transfer Sierra Pruitt’s assist, five digs, nine kills and an ace. Crystal Coulter gave her team two blocks, a dig and two kills, plus Kadi Elledge’s two blocks and three kills. Kamryn Roman had six digs and a kill, plus Kim Ortolon’s five digs and a kill. Bailey Brown had an assist, four digs, a kill and two aces, Haley Mitchell gave six digs and two aces, while Rylee Morrow added a block.