National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced this year’s National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Llano High School’s outstanding student who won the 2019 scholarship is Heath Buttery. His probably career field is listed as mechanical engineering.
National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state ...
At the School Board Meeting on Monday, May 13, the first item on the agenda was to canvass the recent bond election. The bond was passed by 56.66% of the vote. Since there were no opponents running against the board members up for election, those men were declared elected. Officers of the new board are as followed: President Rick Tisdale, Vice President Cody Fly, and Secretary Jeff Kuykendall.
Superintendent Mac Edwards presented the Prevailing Wage Schedule as Presented for Llano County.
By Art Dlugach
They don’t open the pay window too high for 7-on-7, but quite a comeback by the Jackets in the opener of a doubleheader against Lampasas, May 9, at chilly and rainy Llano Stadium.
“Gosh, we started slowly,” acknowledged offensive coordinator, Ryan Priem. “First three drives they could do no wrong, we could do no right.”
Indeed.
AUSTIN—One race was a runaway where the leader, ignoring the opposition, chased, caught and surpassed the state record. The second race was one of the most exciting during the rainy and cool-at-times State Championship weekend.
What did the contests have in common? Marble Falls sophomore Bailey Goggans won both to rise from “just” a 2018 state champion to an absolute phenom of ’19.
“I had more confidence than last year,” said Goggans to a crowd of reporters, “because I had r ...
If you read any of the Tiger Woods stories concerning his win at the Masters last month, you probably noticed a mention that he has now won 15 majors. The U.S. and British Opens are majors—or Grand Slam events—along with the PGA Championship and the Masters.
What reporters leave out are Tiger’s three U.S.
STONEWALL—Two rockets went up. One came down fine, while the other’s parachute did not open. Coffee beans made it back safely, but worms did not.
There’s your overview of what happened with Llano High’s launch of rockets, May 4, not too far from President Lyndon Johnson’s ranch. Reaching a height of more than 4,000 feet made it a success for both aircraft—about five feet in length.
“The kids did a really good job,” said physics teacher, Neville Triplett, “not only design ...
A very nice showing in Game 2 of a doubleheader with Lampasas on the first night of May.
I know it’s the passing game, so why I am leading with a linebacker’s chores? Well, folks, to remind you, this sport is also a drill for the defense, and Logan Duggar, one of four veteran LBs, had one of the best nights in the history of the game.
WIMBERLEY—The Ducks earned their upset triumph over Llano High and won the bi-district playoff, two games to one.
The series, though, was bizarre. The following messages are not meant to be excuses—they are meant to explain some bizarre developments. “When you play a series like this,” Head Coach Todd Doucet said, “thousands of scenarios come down.”
We won’t go through that many.
HORSESHOE BAY—The man got two standing ovations before he got to the microphone. No surprise, really. College basketball’s Coach of the Year, Chris Beard, heading into his fourth season at Texas Tech, said, “I thought this team could win a national championship,” after the Red Raiders lost to Duke, 69-58, December 5, at Madison Square Garden.
Tech didn’t win, but it lost in overtime in the NCAA championship game to Virginia, 85-77.
Eric and Cheryl Kumerow are two of my heroes this week. Know why? They refused to be interviewed by Sports Illustrated for a story on Nick Bosa, a star defensive end from Ohio State, drafted second overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
It seems that Bosa had a great-grandfather who was a big Mafia guy in Chicago, Tony Accardo.
