After racing out to a 5-0-1 record in the first week of the 2020 season the Varsity Eagles Baseball team scored four straight wins against 4A schools. In the first round of the Llano Invitational on Friday the host team got more than they bargained for as the Eagles held onto a 1-1 tie until the top of the sixth inning.
The Lady Eagles pulled off an upset of San Antonio Cornerstone to highlight a week of tough contests. Cornerstone suffered a loss to the eventual Blanco County Invitational Champion Blanco Lady Panthers – their only other loss in the tournament. Cornerstone jumped out to a 2-0 first-inning lead, but the Lady Eagles battled back with two runs in the top of the 2nd on back-to-back triples by Kori and Kamryn Fiero.
With eight returning starters from a 20-9/9-3 season that ended in the first round of the UIL 3A State Playoffs second-year Head Eagles Baseball Coach Steven Shipley expects his 2020 Eagles to be playing into June.
“We have a lot of varsity experience returning this year, and a lot of athleticism,” said Shipley recently – before his Eagles made their 6-0-1 run in the first week of the season notching a no-hit shutout and a tournament Championship.
The Varsity Eagle Baseball team had a stellar opening week featuring a no-hit shutout against Natalia on Tuesday and a five win – one tie performance in the Comfort Invitational to win the Championship over the weekend. Senior Parker Hughes was credited with the Natalia win, but Senior Wyatt Tumlinson and Sophomore Cade Boyer pitched in to preserve the no-hit shutout that was called according to the run rule after 4-1/2 innings.
Johnson City teams earned a team title and individual event gold medals in the Blanco Invitational Track Meets held last week at Blanco Panther Stadium. The 7th Grade Girls battled to a Co-Championship with 4A Wimberley as Jackie Earley continued her dominance in the distance events started during an undefeated 2019 Cross Country season.
Though first-year Lady Eagle Head Softball Coach Lacy Butler claims that taking the helm at her alma mater “feels pretty crazy!” it appears to be a perfect fit for the program. Butler was a four-year starter with a career which included the Lady Eagles’ most successful playoff run in 2011 that ended in the Regional Quarterfinals.
The Lady Eagles opened Week Three of the 2020 season with a 11-8 victory over the Mason Lady Punchers Monday night. The win came forty-eight hours after JC held off a late comeback by the Lady Horns of Harper in a 9-7 slugfest at Comfort. Bridgette McKennis was 2-2 scoring three runs and Gabby Martinez homered to lead the offense against Mason.
The Eagle Varsity struck pay dirt in their final road contest of the 19-20 Basketball season coming back from a one point deficit in the first quarter to take the 54-31 win. Junior Mason Roberts led all scorers with 12 points and eight of nine Eagles scored. The Eagle defense held the Buffaloes to single digits in each quarter after their twelve point first quarter.
In their final contest of the season the Eagles suffered an 80-33 loss to a playoff-bound Lago Vista team.
LBJ Middle School students represented well at the Special Olympics State Bowling Competition in Austin, TX. Both students bowled against athletes from all over the state to earn awards. Maria Alvarado, a 7th grader, bowled a personal best game of 130 in one of the games in competition. This earned her a well-deserved 1st place gold medal. Eris Stone, a 6th grade student at LBJ Middle School, also made a great showing earning a 4th place ribbon. This is Eris's first year and Maria's ...
Four Johnson City youth Basketball teams competing in the Hill County Hoops Factory Youth League in Marble Falls made it to the Championship in their divisions winning two and finishing runner-up in the others. The players and coaches were honored at the Eagle Varsity game against Gateway on Tuesday. The 3rd & 4th Boys team coached by Katy Odiorne won the Junior Division title while the Girls coached by Anjanette Jackson and Amber Fry were runner-up.
