The Panther baseball team played two district games on Saturday, April 23 at the Liberty Hill High School baseball field. Blanco fell to the Jarrell Cougars 5-7. Eddie Calzoncit picked up the loss in relief of Tyler LaRue, both giving up 7 runs on 6 hits and 6 walks. Ty Preiss, CJ Lovalvo, Luis Elizondo, and Jordon Wagner all had 2 hits.
The Panther baseball team played two district games on Saturday, April 23 at the Liberty Hill High School baseball field. Blanco fell to the Jarrell Cougars 5-7. Eddie Calzoncit picked up the loss in relief of Tyler LaRue, both giving up 7 runs on 6 hits and 6 walks. Ty Preiss, CJ Lovalvo, Luis Elizondo, and Jordon Wagner all had 2 hits.
District 25-AAA Track Meet
Middle School Girls Results
8th Grade
Abby Blankenburg—5th 4x400 M Relay
Charity Brewster—5th 4x400 M Relay
Kara Brock—5th High Jump
Kirby Callaway—5th 4x100 M Relay, 5th 300 M Hurdles
Naomi Lopez—5th 4x400 M Relay
Nuri Lopez—5th 4x100 M Relay
Landry Rogers—5th 4x100 M Relay, 5th Discus
Steely Steiner—5th 4x100 M Relay, 1st 800 M Dash,
1st 1600 M Run
Carlie Waxler—5th 4x400 M Relay, 3rd 800 M Dash
7th Grade
Olivia Atchley—6th 4x100 M Relay, 6th 4x2 ...
On Tuesday, April 12 the Panther baseball team beat the Comfort Bobcats 9-2 in a District 25-AAA game. Tyler LaRue went the distance, going 7 innings giving up only 2 hits and striking out 3 to improve to 3-0 on the year. Eddie Calzoncit, CJ Lovalvo, Jordon Wagner, and LaRue all had 2 hits.
The Lady Panther softball team needed only 4 innings to defeat the Comfort Deer 19-4 on Tuesday, April 12. Andrea Calzoncit pitched the first 2 2/3 innings, facing 13 batters with 4 hits, 1 walk, and 3 strike outs. Taylor Boss pitched the final 1 1/3 innings of the game facing 5 batters with 1 hit and 2 strike outs.
Blanco’s track teams were in 7th Heaven at the conclusion of the District 25-AAA track meet last night in Lago Vista.
The girls won their seventh district title in a row, dominat-ing the field by scoring 207 points and qualifying sixteen Panthers to the Area meet. Lago Vista was a distant second with 99 points.
“I’m so proud of our girls’ performances at the district meet,” said girls coach Jane Karnes.
A large number of Blanco FFA and Jr. FFA members exhibited livestock at this year’s San Antonio Livestock Exposition with several qualifying for the premium sale. Headlining this year’s accomplishments by local students is Blanco Jr. FFA member Caleb Meyer, who exhibited the Grand Champion Doe in the Jr. Breeding Boer Goat Show.
The Lady Panther softball team beat the Ingram Lady Warriors 19-3 on Tuesday, April 5 and defeated the Georgetown Gateway Lady Gators 12-5 on Friday, April 8.
Playing at the Ingram High School field, the Panthers went six innings with Andrea Calzoncit pitching five and Taylor Boss going one inning. Calzoncit faced 17 batters with one hit and four strike outs.
The Panther baseball team grabbed an 8-2 win over the Ingram Warriors on Tuesday, April 5. Tyler LaRue picked up the win in relief of Garrett Seales, going 3 innings of “no hit” ball. Eddie Calzoncit and LaRue had the big sticks for the night with each getting 2 hits and driving in 2 runs.
BLANCO—Some veteran,
successful athletes; a
new face or two; and a face
quite well-known, even
though it was his first job as
head coach of Track & Field
in about a decade.
“Always fun watching
them compete, always some
areas [they} may do a little
better.” Oh, where are my
manners? That’s Athletic Di-
Strength, Speed, & Air Show
rector Craig Slaughter, now
the chief guru in track with
the departure of Jarrett
Vickers.
Slaughter hasn’t coached
the sport since his days at
Hearn ...
