Cecilio Acosta III, Blanco High School freshman, has qualified for the Gran Prix State Championship Tournament at John Newcombe’s “Newk’s” Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels Friday, Sept. 10 through Sunday, Sept. 12. Acosta accumulated points in Gran Prix Tournaments in the boys’ 14 singles division and qualified for the Capital Area Tennis Association Master’s Tournament in Austin in August.
With the start of the 2021 high school football season, the Blanco cheerleaders, football players, band and fans welcome the return of a different type of mask than the one we have all become so familiar with the past year and a half. The Panthers started their 2021 campaign at Comal ISD’s Davenport High School in Garden Ridge Friday, Aug.
Blanco dropped its 2021 football season opener last Friday, falling 41-27 on the road against Davenport of Comal ISD.
The Wolves held a narrow 28-27 lead late in the third, before adding the final two touchdowns of the game to pull away from the Panthers for the win.
“I told the team this is a learning process.
The Blanco volleyball team posted a 5-2 mark during the past week, including a 5-1 record at the Johnson City tournament.
The Lady Panthers started the week Aug. 24 with a 3-1 loss to the perennially tough Wimberley Texans. Set scores were 19-25, 25-16, 12-25 and 20-25.
Emilee LaRue and Elin Kaiser each had 11 kills in the match.
The Blanco junior varsity football team defeated the Brownwood freshman B team 34-0 Thursday, Aug. 26.
Colby Murphree threw two touchdown passes to Trevin Young. Young also added another touchdown on the ground.
Ryder Moorman and Carson Riba each scored a rushing touchdown. Carlos Chavez kicked four of five PATs.
Defensively, Fabian Carrillo had an interception.
The junior varsity plays Shiner at the Panther Stadium Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Blanco returns seven starters on defense and five on offense as it gets ready to kick off the 2021 season Friday night.
The Panthers, who went 8-4 a season ago and made it to the area round of the playoffs, start the 2021 campaign with a 7:30 p.m. game Friday at Davenport.
Blanco returns six players with varsity experience for the 2021 volleyball season.
Of the six returnees for the Lady Panthers this season are four returning starters in Emilee LaRue and Elin Kaiser at outside hitter, Jaycie Gloor at libero and Lily Porter at setter. However, setter is a new position for Porter in 2021.
“All of my returning players have been looking really strong,” said Blanco volleyball coach Jane Karnes, whose team finished 16-6 a year ago.
The Blanco girls cross country team returns four lettermen, including a regional qualifier, for the 2021 season.
Evelyn Trammell, a junior, led the Lady Panthers’ squad a season ago after finishing seventh at the district meet to qualify for regionals. She finished 48th overall at the regional meet at Corpus Christi.
Joining Trammell as returning lettermen are senior Valen Edwards along with juniors Laci Creswell and Riley Edmondson.
Since opening its season Aug. 10 with a 3-1 win against Burnet, the Blanco varsity volleyball team has played 12 additional contests in the past two weeks to tally a current 9-4 season record.
In the Wimberley tournament Aug. 13-14, the team went 2-3. Against Cedar Creek, the Lady Panthers won 25-15, 25-15.
Tuesday was the first day of school for students in Blanco ISD. Here, Wyatt Staas (1st grade) and Leah Staas (6th grade) are ready for school. See next week’s paper for additional back to school photos.
