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1 day ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
Some sources say the odds of hitting a hole-in-one on a Par 4 hole in golf are 6 million to one. Other sources say it’s more like 1 million to one. Either way, such a feat is a once-in-several-lifetimes accomplishment. Only seven pro golfers have ever done it in tournament play. Up until last week, no one had ever hit a hole-in-one on the Par 4 Hole #1 at Frisch Auf! Valley Country Club in La Grange.
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1 week ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
Some kids take it easy during the summer. But not Abbot Acosta, Dilan Barron and Jacob Estrada. This trio of La Grange High School long distance runners are among the hardest working teens you will find.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
After a long run in the basketball playoffs, the Fayetteville Lions didn’t begin their baseball season until March 4. And that opener was a doozy. The Lions beat defending state 2A semifinalist Flatonia 17-16 (despite committing five errors and having to use seven different pitchers). Fayetteville then rolled to a district title, finishing the regular season with a 12-3 record (a lot less games than most teams because of that hoops season).
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” is an elegant way of describing the virtue of persistence. But I like the way Fayetteville pitcher Jack Schley put it instead Saturday in the dugout at Dell Diamond with a gold medal around his neck. “Falling short really sucks,” Schley said. The Fayetteville baseball program is one of the best in the state, and has been for a long time. But for the previous two years they had fallen painfully short of their ultimate goal.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
E aston Jaeger’s last baseball game playing for his dad Clint was a truly special one. Easton, a senior, was named MVP of the state championship game as the Fayetteville Lions, managed by his dad Clint, won the state title Saturday with a 4-2 win over Gordon. That’s why the Jaeger boys are an easy choice as this week’s Fayette County Athletes of the Week – our firstever father-son honorees. “It’s everything,” said Easton of being able to share the title with his father.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
“He wears the rose of youth upon him, From which the world should note something particular.”– From William Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra,As 55 years have passed, the young teacher should have become an old man. But at the ripe old age of 92, James “Doc” Ayres is hardly showing his age. He can still hop up on stage to demonstrate a monologue or show a student the proper way to use a sword in a battle scene.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
The third time was indeed the charm for the Fayetteville baseball team. The past two seasons, the Lions seemed to have state baseball gold within their grasp, only to fall one run short in the title games of 2023 and 2024. But led by a group of six seniors fueled by those nearmisses, the 2025 Fayetteville Lions roared to a state-title by beating Gordon 4-2 Saturday at Dell Diamond in Round Rock. “Second place wasn’t for us this year,” said Fayetteville head coach Clint Jaeger.
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3 weeks ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
While a big senior class of players (six in all) have been a huge part of the Fayetteville baseball team’s march to the state title game this Saturday, the young guys are more than doing their part too. Kandon Kaspar and Dylan Henneke have both emerged as star freshmen for the Lions too. Kaspar is a starting infielder (sometimes third, sometimes first) and Henneke is the starting catcher. Both are hitting well over .300.
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3 weeks ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
For the third consecutive season, the Fayetteville Lions baseball team is headed back to the 1A state title game. The Lions (18-4) will face Gordon (23-5) at 9 a.m. Saturday at Dell Diamond for the 1A title. Fayetteville is hoping the third time is the charm after finishing as state runner-ups each of the last two seasons. Fayetteville will be trying to win its 4th ever state baseball title as this year’s Lions try to join the champs from 1997, 2012 and 2021.
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4 weeks ago | 
fayettecountyrecord.com | Jeff Wick
The Fayetteville baseball team has surged to the state semifinals led by one of their largest group of senior ballplayers ever. A whopping six Lion seniors (Easton Jaeger, Lawson Fritsch, Kellen Lopez, Chance Konvicka, Brody Dooley and Jack Winford) have all played key roles for Fayetteville as it has built a 16-3 overall record. “Watching these guys grow up has been pretty special,” said Fayetteville head coach Clint Jaeger.
