The Lady Panther basketball team tallied two wins this past week before the Thanksgiving break with a 47-39 victory against the Yoakum Bulldogs Tuesday, Nov. 26 and 52-40 win over the Wimberley Texans Monday, Nov. 25.
The Bulldogs took an early lead 15-12 at the end of the first quarter. Scoring was scarce for both teams in the second quarter with Blanco making six points to Yoakum’s five.
The Panther basketball team lost to the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets 62-53 Tuesday, Nov.. 26, and fell to the Stacey Eagles, 62-42, on Monday, Nov. 25. The Panthers are 1-2 on the season.
Against the Yellow Jackets, the Panthers had a low-scoring first half, with St. Anthony leading 10-4 at the end of the first quarter and 25-14 at the half.
The annual Powder Puff Football Game was held Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Panther Stadium. The game is sponsored by Project Graduation.
The senior girls, coached by senior boys, play the junior girls (plus two sophomores), coached by junior boys.
The juniors scored on two touchdown runs by Abby Nichols and one touchdown run by Presley Young.
The Panther basketball team played their season opener at the BHS gym Tuesday, Nov. 19, taking a 68-63 win over the Canyon Lake Hawks.
Both teams shot well in the first quarter with Blanco leading 24-20 at the end of the quarter. The Panthers continued the scoring pace adding another 19 in the second, and holding the Hawks to 11.
The Lady Panther basketball team faced two tough opponents in their first games of the season. The Panthers lost to the Geneva School of Boerne Eagles, 33-19, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and fell to the Canyon Lake Lady Hawks, 55-40, on Saturday, Nov. 23.
In the game against Boerne Geneva, the Eagles built a 10 point lead by halftime, 22-12.
A dozen Blanco High School students are learning to navigate cyberspace with the dexterity of a nimble fighter jet pilot. CyberPatriots is a U.S. Air Force Association competition, after all. Two teams of six students participated in the nationwide competition on Friday, Nov. 15.
“I enjoy seeing the students compete at a national level,” said team sponsor Jamie Krenek, who teaches computer science and Advanced Placement math at Blanco High School.
Ashlee LaRue, a Blanco senior, signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball at the University of Mississippi on National Signing Day Wednesday, Nov. 13.
Ole Miss is an NCAA Division I university in the Southeastern Conference. The Rebels of Ole Miss compete against 12 teams in softball in the SEC, including Louisiana State University and Texas A&M University.
Griffin Johnson, a Blanco senior, signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Colorado Christian University on National Signing Day Wednesday, Nov. 13. Colorado Christian, located in Lakewood, west of Denver, and is an NCAA Division II college in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The CCU Cougars compete against nine other universities, such as, Colorado School of Mines and New Mexico Highlands.
For the last game of the regular season, the Panthers headed north to take on the Johnson City Eagles for an intra-county rivalry matchup. They fell 31-14, and Blanco finished the season with in a three-way tie for the final playoff spot but didn’t make it in due to a coin toss.
The captains were Walton Daves, Marshal Symons, Brandt Wagner and Josh Hogan.
The junior varsity Panther football team may have struggled some with their pre-district opponents posting a 1-4 record, but they finished strong flipping the win-loss column with a 4-1 district record and a Co-District Championship.
The final game of the season against Johnson City was key to clinch a share of the title with Sonora.
