For the 12th year in a row, the Johnson City FFA Wildlife team placed in the top ten at the State Wildlife Career Development Event. The 2019 contest was held at the Welder Wildlife Foundation in Sinton, Texas. Kelan Painter, Brinley Portie, Logan Sadler and Brett Sultemeier with coach and FFA advisor, Steven Meier, placed 7th out of the sixty teams who had qualified from the 12 FFA Areas in Texas.
The Eagles caused quite a stir in District 25-3A Baseball when their 6-5 victory at Blanco last Tuesday knotted three teams in a tie for first place with one game remaining. Blanco, Gateway and JC boasted 9-2 records after the Eagles used another show of solid pitching and defense backed up by consistent contact at bat to avenge the first-round loss to the Panthers at home.
Junior Kalli Dalland made the finals and placed 4th in each of her events at the UIL Region 4-3A Track & Field Championships at Converse-Judson High School last week. On Friday, Dalland threw her best mark (35’10.75”) on the final throw in the preliminary round of the Shot Put. Katryn Hernandez of Skidmore-Tynan won the event with a heave of 43’3.25” on her last throw in the finals; Ashley Taylor (Yoakum) placed 2nd with 37’8.75”.
Ashlyn Davis of Goliad edged Dalland for 3rd Pla ...
The Spirit of Sacrifice, a name which the Alamo Cenotaph is known by commemorates the battle fought there. Bearing the names of the men who fought and died for the freedom of Texas, the monument was erected during the Texas Centennial in 1938. The inscription on the marker tells of this great sacrifice.
An Italian sculptor by the name of Pompeo Luigi Coppini, immigrated to the United states in 1896 and became an American Citizen in 1902, was commissioned to make the sculpture in 1937 for th ...
The Eagle Varsity took advantage of an open date in District 25-3A competition to schedule an old rival – the Center Point Pirates – and came away with a shut-out road victory last Monday night. After three scoreless innings the Eagles drew first blood in the top of the 4th as Wyatt Tumlinson singled and scored on a wild pitch.
Junior Kalli Dalland was a two-event Champion with 1st Place finishes in the Shot Put and Discus at the District 25-3A Meet at Lago Vista last Wednesday and Thursday. Her toss of 36’3-1/4” was more than six feet further than her closest competitor. The 103’0” discus mark outdistanced 2nd Place by ten feet.
Just one week after the final track meet of the season – and sharing the city courts with LBJHS Regional Qualifiers – LBJMS Tennis teams competed in the Ingram Invitational Tournament. Top finishers on Saturday for the Lady Eagles were sisters Hannah and Hadley Snodgrass who had three wins against one loss for a 3rd Place finish in Girls Doubles.
After holding JC scoreless in the top of the first the Lady Vikings of Lago Vista erupted for five runs and cruised to a 9-0 victory over the Lady Eagles last Friday. Lago Vista remains a half game ahead of the Blanco Lady Panthers and a full game ahead of the Florence Lady Buffalos with one game left in the regular season.
Lydia White won three, Jose Sanchez two and Brylinn Scott one gold medal and individual District 25-3A title to cap off a successful 2019 track season for LBJ Middle School. Lydia was one of only two athletes in the meet in any division to take three individual titles as she outdistanced the field with season-best times in the 2400 M Run, 800 M Run and 1600 M Run for the 8th Grade Girls.
A common phrase to hear on the JCISD campuses lately is “Next level!” Credit Coach David Sine with bringing the phrase to the common vernacular of staff, students and parents. Anyone – in any activity – can pursue the “next level”; for JC current coaches and athletic teams it most often refers to raising the level of effort and improving current outcomes, often resulting in reaching the next level of the playoffs.
