MASON—The freshman did awfully well, and the rest of the Llano High cross country team did fine, October 2, in its second meet in four days. Both challenges were in heat in mid-summer form, ignoring the calendar which says autumn is about two weeks old.
Lauren Lee was 19th in a dandy field of 83 on Fort Mason City Park’s golf course.
I’ll admit I don’t watch much regular season baseball, but I am watching some of the playoffs. I do like to see year-end stats, and here are a few good ones:
The Astros (107), Dodgers (106), Yankees (103) and Twins (101) exceeded 100 wins. I wonder how many times that many teams have done that in a season?
Two Llano High School students have gone up a couple of steps on the academic ladder. Seniors Emma Richardson and Quentin Franklin have earned the designation of Commended Students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. This translates to finishing among the top 50,000 students—out of an enrollment of competitors that totaled 1.5 million!
Llano Junior High will host a Scholastic Book Fair beginning Monday, September 30, running until Friday, October 4, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. The fair will close at 3:45 p.m. on Friday, October 4. Funds raised will go toward purchasing reading awards and incentives for junior high students.
Llano Elementary School had 13 students, six staff members, and one board member who participated in the LISD Summer Reading Challenge. The Llano Elementary School Library had a celebration to honor their success on Friday, September 13. Each of these participants received a special invitation to the event. The students, as well as the adults, enjoyed pizza and ice cream sundaes with lots of toppings.
“I wanted to show that I have initiative, and that I could take charge,” is Julie Keyes’ answer to why she wanted to be a leader in this year’s Llano High School Yellow Jacket Band. On how to succeed, she responded, “It takes pride, hard work, and occasional sweat and tears.” Although only a sophomore, Keyes is in charge of an “outgoing and hard-working” group of young, inexperienced musicians.
So far, the best part of her leadership role has been “experiencing how fun it ...
Somewhere, former Llano Jr. High Coach James Saucier is smiling! It was a great day to be a Dauber, as both Llano Jr. High teams hosted the Brady Bulldogs and left Jacket Stadium with convincing victories over the Bulldogs on Thursday, September 12. It was the opening games of the season for the Daubers and both teams played combined A & B team games.
LAGO VISTA—“It’s déjà vu all over again,” were, supposedly, the immortal words of Hall of Fame catcher, Yogi Berra. They weren’t at all funny seconds after Case Kuykendall took the opening handoff here on September 20. Case went down out of bounds with a broken collarbone. He has a sling on his arm, “taking Advil,” and I don’t know how long he’s out.
