The Johnson City Eagles had a great showing at the Natalia Tournament finishing second behind a high ranked AA Brackett. The Eagles are 6-4 on the season and will face Leakey in Leakey Tuesday and open district play Friday at home against Ingram Tom Moore.
The Eagles started the tournament playing a talented Stockdale team.
Last weekend the Lady Eagles competed in the Lady Ro-Hawk Tournament losing three out of their three games but improving with each one.
Coach Katy Taylor knew that when she took the Johnson City Lady Eagle basketball job that it would be a tough task, with most the team graduating last year and moving up to class AAA.
The Lyndon B. Johnson High School senior class is planning a fundraiser dodgeball tournament for their drug and alcohol free “Project Graduation” party.
The Dodgeball tournament is to take place on December 17 at the Hyatt Gym at 10 a.m. Registration for the event starts at 9 a.m. Registration forms can be picked up from the front office of any of the JCISD offices.
The Lady Eagle 7th and 8th grade girls traveled to Ingram Monday evening to take on the Lady Warriors.
Our Lady Eagle 7th graders fell to Ingram, 15-50. The Lady Warriors of Ingram outmatched our Lady Eagles throughout most of the game. The team once again struggled to break a strong Ingram press and ended up turning the ball over many times, each time leading to Ingram baskets.
The Johnson City Lady Eagles had a busy week, playing Cherokee on Tuesday and hosting the LBJ Invitational Tournament. The Lady Eagles won one and lost three last week.
Johnson City faced Cherokee Tuesday and lost a tough fought contest 41-47. The Eagles had the lead after three quarters 35-30, but Cherokee got red hot and scored 17 fourth quarter points compared to the Lady Eagles’ 6 points.
The Johnson City Eagles went 3-3 this past week and are getting better with each outing. The Eagles faced Cherokee Tuesday night and came away with a convincing 77-50 victory. The visiting Indians stayed close for one quarter, trailing the Eagles 12-13 after the 1st quarter. Johnson City caught fire in the second period scoring 30 points and took a 43-24 lead after one half.
The 2017 Johnson City Senior Class is hosting a dodgeball tournament on December 17, 2016 at the Hyatt Gym. Each team includes 6 members and the charge will be $10 per person/$60 per team. Registration forms can be picked up from the office at the elementary, middle, or high school offices.
Johnson City Future Farmers of America member, Cheyenne Henderson won the FFA Creed speaking contest in the Greenhand division at the Area VII Contest in Blanco on November 16.
She will compete in the preliminaries for the State contest in Huntsville on December 2 and hopefully the finals on December 3.
This event is just one way to boost self-confidence, earn recognition, and develop powerful, organized and professional communication skills.
The Johnson City Lady Eagles defeated a talented team from Medina last week to even their season record to 1-1. This was a great win for the girls and it was Coach Katy Taylor's first at Johnson City. Coach Taylor was very pleased with the ladies’ effort on offense and defense and how well they executed on both ends of the court.
Coach Lewis Jenkins opened the 2016-17 basketball season Monday night against a very talented Lake Travis Junior Varsity squad. The Cavaliers are a 6A Powerhouse in all sports including basketball. The Eagles return many of its players from last year’s playoff team and are looking at making another playoff run this season.
The Varsity Eagles played with Lake Travis in the first half, trailing 13-15 after one period and were only down by eight at the half 22-30.
The Cavaliers heated up in the ...
