The Johnson City Eagles traveled to Florence to open district gameplay. Even though it was Friday the 13th, the Eagles did not let superstition take over. Instead, they gave the Buffalos bad luck, with a final score of Johnson City 48, Florence 24.
The Eagles brought a well-balanced attack, racking up 299 total yards rushing and 177 yards passing, to score a total of seven touchdowns.
Johnson City made another delivery of relief supplies to the area devastated by Hurricane Harvey last week. The trailer-load went to Ingleside, where local residents estimate 100% of the homes and businesses in town suffered some degree of damage from the storm.
“Before coming to Johnson City, I was pastor of the Ingleside United Methodist Church,” said Lee Romero, now at the First United Methodist Church here.
“It was truly heart-breaking to see houses I knew well showing such obvi ...
Round Mountain is slated to be the home of a rock crushing plant unless local protestors are successful in getting the permit denied next week.
Local land owners, business owners and ranchers from Round Mountain, Marble Falls and the surrounding area lined US Highway 281 last Saturday and Sunday at the site where Asphalt Inc.
The Johnson City Eagles concluded non-district play with a shutout of the Ingram Tom Moore Warriors, final score Johnson City 51, Ingram Tom Moore 0.
The powerful Eagle defense was led by Linebackers Tony Medrano with 6 tackles, Garrison Wood with 5 tackles, Ethan Heinen with 4 tackles, and Defensive End Jaron Pearce with 7 tackles.
Organizers of the Wild Game Dinner are looking forward to serving a delicious variety of game to a large crowd this Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at the Blanco County Show Barn in Johnson City.
This year’s fare includes fried Axis, wild game chili, whole roasted hog, wild boar BBQ, alligator, gumbo, jambalaya, fresh homemade sausage, boiled and fried shrimp, fried pork, brisket, fried taters, along with bacon-wrapped dove and quail.
The lady Eagles had Tuesday night off after defeating the Lady Warriors from Ingram High School last Friday.
The match was decided in three games, Johnson City reaching 25 points before Ingram could break 20. Scores were 25-19, 25-15 and 25-12.
Aleigh Wessels hit ten kills for the night. Also leading on offense was Paige Dalland with nine kills and Bella Mae Swafford with seven kills.
Johnson City, City Council was back to their regularly scheduled meetings on Tuesday, Oct. 3. They met to discuss and hold a public hearing on possible impact fees for future developments. They voted to approve a lease agreement with HC Wireless which could lead to free wireless internet in the city parks and library.
The City Council approved the budget and tax rate at a special meeting on Wednesday Sept. 20.
There were no comments at the public hearing for both the tax rate and budget so the council went into regular session to discuss and approve the tax rate and budget.
The tax rate and levy is increasing to a rate of $0.465 per $100.
September is suicide prevention and awareness month.
Three Blanco County residents took their own life since last September. When adjusted to the national average, this rate is more than double the national rate. With higher suicide rates reported in rural areas, Hill Country Mental Health Developmental Disability Center is trying to expand support and services in Blanco County.
The national suicide rate is 13.26 per 100,000 people.
The Lady Eagles fell to a rival last Friday in Blanco but came back to beat Gateway Prep school in five games on Tuesday Sept. 27.
Eagles vs. Panthers
Johnson City volleyball traveled south to Blanco last Friday to take on the lady Panthers. The match was decided in four sets with Blanco coming out ahead.
The hard-fought match was decided in four sets with Blanco coming out ahead with scores of 23-25, Blanco; 25-11, Johnson City; 20-25, Blanco; 26-28, Blanco.
Aleigh Wessels and Bella ...
