Bella Marquette, Lucky Leaf 4-H Club Recorder/Historian
The 4-H food challenge was held on Oct. 30. 2017, at the Methodist Church in Johnson City. The teams in the food challenge compete with other teams around Blanco County making their own food dishes without recipes, using the provided ingredients. This event teaches food nutrition as well as teamwork.
“We had 28 kids participate,” Gretchen Sanders, Blanco County Extension Agent-Family and Community Health said.
The Panthers hosted the Comfort Bobcats for their final home game of the regular season. Captains Peyton Van Dyke, Toby Triesch, Griffin Wearden and Chail Knoll met at mid field for the coin toss. Comfort won the toss and deferred to the second half. Tristan Fortner received the opening kickoff and returned the ball 15-yards where Kelby Cox returned as QB for the Panthers.
The Blanco Youth Varsity Football team made up of 5th and 6th graders won the Hill Country Youth Football League (HCYFL) Division II Championship on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017.
For the 6th graders, this made their third championship in a row and secured their third undefeated season in a row. This group has not lost a football game since the 3rd grade, beat every opponent in division I consisting of 4A thru 6A schools.
The Blanco FFA Chapter recently completed a busy fall judging schedule with teams competing in Land Evaluation, Homesite Evaluation, Plant Identification, and Range and Pasture Judging. Overall, more than 30 FFA members represented Blanco at competitions across central Texas.
The Plant Identification team finished third at the Hill District CDE contest, and ninth place at Area competition.
Last year, author Jayne Hover presented to Blanco Elementary primary teachers how to use nursery rhymes to teach reading and writing. K-2 teachers piloted some of the lessons. The following students had their work published in the book “Text Structures from Nursery Rhymes-Teaching Reading & Writing to Young Children.” Students were in 1st grade teacher Mindy Lay’s class, and 2nd grade teacher Kristen Schultz’s class.
On a chilly Friday night in Blanco, the Panthers hosted the Johnson City Eagles for a district game. Captains for the Panthers were Zach Rogers, Toby Triesch, Peyton Van Dyke and Chail Knoll. The Panthers won the toss and deferred to the second half. Blanco kicked to JC and had a streaking Cade Felps in for the stop.
The Blanco girls varsity cross country team earned a second place finish and a trip to state competition at the Region IV Cross Country meet on Monday, Oct 23, 2017, at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
At the District 25 meet on Oct 9, 2017, Blanco placed first in team standings, followed by Lago Vista in second.
Congratulations to the Blanco Panther Band! The Blanco High School Band has earned Area Finalist honors for the 2017 season. The Panther Band competed at the Area E Marching Contest this past Saturday in Cuero, Tx. In the Prelims Blanco placed 7th out of 26, advancing to Area Finals. During Area Finals Blanco Placed 9th just a few spots away from being a State Qualifier.
