A FAB FOUR on the sideline during a break in football practice. L-R: Presley Lynch; Courtney Reina, on hand to cheer on her brother, Aaron Brown, next on our list, and Drew Cooper. Thumbs up, guys
It’s more “something old” than “something new” for the Llano football Jackets, who began workouts August 6. Three main men of the coaching staff have a year’s experience with their team, and the quarterback, among others, had a superb campaign in 2017—his first on varsity.
“Really feel the difference between Year One and Two,” said head coach Matt Green.
We, of course, don’t know yet what kind of a coach, Dee Heiner, will be at Llano High, but I can tell you this: her volleyball players got an aroma of greatness when Al Bennett arrived in town to direct the camp for high school girls. Bennett, born in Ontario, Canada, won four state championships as Westlake High School’s head coach, 1988-2017.
“In an urban environment,” he told me, “we don’t see {the likes of Llano}.
Indoor camping is not something usually on a teenager’s or family’s agenda in the Good ol’ Summertime, but when it’s basketball or volleyball, there’s an obvious fit.
The Llano High basketball girls worked on a new offense, July 9-11. Scott Richardson, head coach at Christoval, was camp director with his longtime friend, new Lady Jackets’ coach, Todd Lange, watching on the
sidelines.
Not many teenagers in a rural community in Texas get to be on a magazine cover, but 18 football Jackets did because of an idea hatched by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine, the absolute first word on the gridiron sport in high schools in the state.
“I was contacted by Texas Football,” Athletic Director Matt Green told me, and I referred {the caller} to Kevin Kelso of the Booster Club.
I didn’t think I’d ever care who won a Spain-Russia World Cup game. I didn’t think I’d ever use Facebook for quotes. And I didn’t think Steve Golemon would come back to Llano as a head coach. What do you know? All in the same week.
The man who earned Jacket-for-Life and Hall of Fame honors here 1992-2005, is leaving Bandera, where he led the cross country girls to state championships, 2014-’17.
Golemon will mentor the Llano girls and boys in cross country, and he’ll coach di ...
If you read half of this two-part essay on page one on Steve Golemon, you know the coach is returning to Llano. What follows are his thoughts and some comments from a few of his friends.
“The key is the mind: understand what it takes mentally to be at a level where you want to be.
And now, it’s down to one. One left from the Craig Slaughter Four who came to Llano in 2012. Jarrett Vickers was the first to go: to Claude to become a head coach; Slaughter left for Wall about a year ago; and now, offensive line coach, Bobby Williams, is moving to Merkel (near Abilene).
MARBLE FALLS—The Llano 7-on-7 Jackets won a thriller in the fading seconds, June 25, to wrap up a superb spring season that included five victories in their last seven games.
“Best night we’ve had,” head coach Matt Green said to his team on the Mustang Stadium turf.
The final visit in the passing (and pass defense) league meant a confrontation with Fredericksburg in the third and last game.
Cade Fly, who just had superb outings week after week (and sometimes twice a week), hit D ...
After you watch them play for a while, you don’t notice too much they’re carrying two crutches to help make up for having one leg. Many look like teenagers—some are— who’ve earned the right to be called, “Young men.”
The Haitian National Amputee Soccer team, June 16-17, visited Llano County for the second time.
