El Campo Leader-News

3 days ago | leader-news.com | Joshua Reese

The El Campo Ladybirds season ended at the hands of the Fredricksburg Battlin’ Billies in a 5-3 loss, in game two at Thrall High School on Friday night. The Ladybirds ended up being swept by the Battlin’ Billies, but in both games, El Campo held the lead forcing Fredricksburg to come from behind. “The girls fought hard and continued to play, however, we just didn’t execute offensively or defensively when we had chances,” Ladybird coach Anna Burton said.

3 days ago | leader-news.com | Joshua Reese

The East Bernard Brahmarettes finished off their sweep over the Blooming Grove Lady Lions, grabbing a 3-0 win in Caldwell Friday evening. The script was the same Friday as in most of the Brahmarettes wins this season, strong pitching and timely runs. East Bernard got seven strong innings from senior Rylie Holder and then three runs early, the combo advanced the Brahmarettes to the regional finals. “Riley is performing at an incredible level right now.

3 days ago | leader-news.com | Joshua Reese

After the El Campo Ricebirds’ worst game of the season in game one against the Calallen Wildcats on Friday night at Legacy Field, they rebounded in game two, but ultimately still fell 3-2, ending their season in the area round of the playoffs at Calallen High School on Saturday. Against the number one ranked in the state, the Wildcats came out in game one and run-ruled El Campo 21-0, with the Ricebirds committing five errors and only picking up three hits.

1 week ago | leader-news.com | Joshua Reese

No one in the 3A classification had a better throw in the discus than East Bernard senior Ty Domel, winning the 2025 state championship earlier this month in Austin. Domel uncorked his state championship-winning throw early on during the allotted six attempts with 180 feet and 11 inches. His throw set the bar and challengers spent the rest of the event trying to break his mark.

1 week ago | leader-news.com | Joshua Reese

Round one saw one Wharton County softball team take a lead in their best-of-three series, while the other will need to come from behind if they want to advance to their respective regional finals. EL CAMPOThe El Campo Ladybirds played the Fredericksburg Battlin’ Billies in a tight game but fell 4-2 Thursday night at Thrall High School. The Ladybirds jumped out to the lead but weren’t able to hang on with Fredericksburg scoring four unanswered runs to steal the win.