Thirteen Blanco High School senior girls comprise the 2017 Homecoming Court, and one of them will be crowned queen on Friday night at halftime of the Panthers’ varsity football game against Lexington at Panther Stadium.
The Lady Panthers volleyball team began District 25 3A play on Sept. 8, 2017, with a 3-0 loss to the Lago Vista Lady Vikings.
Since that loss the quad has tallied seven straight district wins including a 3-1 victory over Lago Vista.
On Oct. 3, 2017, against Lago, the games scores were 25-9, 25-19, 19-25, and 25-15, in favor of the Panthers.
The 8th grade Panthers played the Ingram Warriors on Thursday, Oct. 5th at the Blanco Stadium. Blanco received the opening kick-off. On the first down quarterback Kaleb Meyer made the hand-off to Juan Olmedo who dashed 64 yards for the score. The two-point conversion failed and the Panthers led 6-0 with 7:40 left in the first.
The Panther defense held the Warriors to only four plays.
The 7th grade Panthers hosted the Ingram Warriors Thursday night October 5th, with Captains Collin Romero, Christian Manriquez, Ricky Palacios, and Bennett Brock, winning the coin toss and the Panthers choosing to receive the opening kick-off. Devin Newsome received the kick off and had a 15-yard return. But the Panther offense couldn’t move the ball and was forced to turned the ball over to the Warriors on fourth down.
The Board of Trustees for BISD met Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.
Two middle students were recognized by Principal Korelich for their accomplishments as well as initiative to start a girl’s football team.
The district’s legal counsel presented a legislative update on key bills from 85th Texas Legislative session. Presented as significant bills to the district included: SB 7: Improper Relationships between Educators and Students, SB 179: Bullying & Cyberbuling (David’s Law), SB 693: Seat belt ...
The rain didn’t slow down the JV Panthers as they hosted the Antonian Apaches Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The Panthers kicked off to the Apaches, who made a quick march into the end zone for a TD as well as a two-point conversion with 7:44 left in the first. The Apaches attempted an onside kick but Blanco was able to maintain position.
On a wet field Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, the Varsity Panthers hosted Antonian from San Antonio. Captains for the Panthers Zach Rogers, Tanner Suarez, Paco Vargas, and Brandon Steed as they elected to receive. Rogers kicked off and Walton Daves found his way to the Apache receiver for a devastating tackle that would set the tone for the night.
The Apache offense started their first series, but with hard hits from Toby Triesch and Daves making key stops for the Panthers as well as Aaron Daniels ...
The clash of district rivals, the Blanco Lady Panthers and the Johnson City Lady Eagles, proved to be as exciting as always. The teams entered the Friday, Sept. 22 game with one loss each to district leader Lago Vista. The Panthers won 3-1 with set scores 25-23, 10-25, 25-20 and 28-26.
