Running Yeguas compete at Gatesville XC Invitational

The Running Yeguas ran at the Gatesville Bill Bradley Invitational last Saturday. Senior Ra’Maya Carter was the Somerville girls’ fastest runner in the varsity girls two-mile run with a time of 15:17.4, finishing 26th.

ALANA STRINGFELLOW

Lady Hornet XC places 4th at Giddings Meet

The Lady Hornet cross country team placed fourth at the Giddings Texas Invitational at Camp Tejas last Friday. Caldwell finished with a total of 93 points. Host team Giddings won the team title with a score of 36. La Grange was second with 83 points, and Columbus was third with 85.

Lady Jays lose two

The Lady Jays had a rough week last week, losing on the road to Class 2A Number 8 Thrall and at home to Class 1A Number 1 Fayetteville. In Thrall last Tuesday, Snook fell 12-25, 5-25, 5-25. Kala Lara and Alana Stringfellow led the Snook defense.

Sports Corner

PRETTY CLOSE Don’t call me “Jimmy the Greek” quite yet, but I predicted the Longhorns to take care of UTSA by 24 points and they won 41-20. You do the math, but from where I come from, that’s pretty darn close to a perfect prediction point spread! Boom, I knew that I haven’t lost my touch yet.

Running Yegua XC competes at Moulton

The Running Yegua cross country team ran in the Moulton 34th Annual Invitational 2022 last Saturday with the Somerville girls team finishing sixth in the team standings with 144 points. Johnson City won the team title with 35 points.

Somerville mistake prone in 61-6 loss to Weimar

The Somerville Yeguas fell to Weimar 61-6 last Friday in Weimar. The Yeguas fell to 0-3 for the year, and Weimar improved to 2-1. Weimar led 20-6 after the first quarter and 34-6 at halftime before adding 13 unanswered points in the third quarter and 14 in the fourth.

SPORTS CORNER

ONEOFTHOSEWEEKS -- Have you ever had one of those weeks? You know, where you wanted it to finally end, and you could crawl in a hole and hide. Well, that’s how I felt by Monday morning after most of my weekend sports predictions went terribly wrong. I wanted to wear makeup to work and go incognito.

Somerville vball beats McDade

The Lady Yeguas beat McDade on the road last Tuesday 25-15, 2523, 25-20. Ra’Maya Carter led the team with six kills, five blocks and five digs. Alazia Vela had a strong offensive night at the net with four kills. Abigail Flencher led Somerville in assists with 13.

CJH 7th-grade vball defeats Smithville

The Caldwell Junior High School seventhgrade volleyball teams traveled to Smithville last Thursday, and both teams brought home wins. The seventh-grade A team won in straight sets 25-20, 25-10. Lydia Giese had a strong match with three kills and four assists.