MASON—Batman and all his bats wouldn’t have made much more of an impression on the Cowgirls or Comfort than the Lady Jackets did in winning at Mason, 20-1, and coming home to outrun the Deer, 13-3. Llano did all its scoring for both contests in nine-plus innings.
The headline highlights, if you’re in a hurry, were a 12- run inning and its little sister, seven, in another; a grand slam by Molly Lindner, who sat out the volleyball season with an injury; the return of Jayme Standhart, af ...
The Todd Doucet era opened in Llano, February 19, as the baseball Jackets got two timely hits, one balk, and two superb performances from the Justin sophomores: Low and Lange. That all added up to a 3-2 win over Canyon Lake.
“When Low and Lange pitch like that,” said the onetime head coach at Burnet and Fredericksburg, “we have a chance to beat anybody in district.
“Lot of young guys {two seniors}.
HORSESHOE BAY—Pay aside, one of the toughest jobs in the country must be Athletic Director at Baylor. True, it’s easier than being the previous A.D., but it’s plenty challenging with NCAA penalties still a possibility for the football program because of sexual assaults and accusations.
Mack Rhoades became the Baylor Athletic Director 19 months ago.
BRADY—There’s a cliché about “running out of superlatives.” That’s accurate if you want to admit that laziness is a family gene. Having trouble coming up with superlatives about Dakoda Trull would be like Marvel not being able to pencil in a 40-yard-dash victory for Superman.
Trull was Superman, February 8, in the Heart of Texas Powerlifting Championships in the Bulldog gymnasium.
BRADY—Dakoda Trull wasn’t the only Jacket to have a gold-medal day at the Heart of Texas Powerlifting Championships, February 8.
Luis “Undefeated” Coronado, Ray “There’s more to life than throwing” Dixon, and Kara “First-timer” Spence also beat the field, and a number of others from LHS had impressive finishes, as the boys were third in a collection of 17, and the girls were fifth.
Coronado, in the 181–pound division, pulled up 535 pounds in the squat; 285, bench press ...
The difficult journey of the 2017-’18 Llano High basketball Jackets concluded February 9 with a 64-43 loss to Salado. Llano wound up 7-22 overall and 1-11 in district.
Tyler Wennes and Dalton Bauman played their final games in a Llano High uniform, while Michael Lockhart was out with an injured right hand.
A single win doesn’t seem like much to the Liberty Hills and UConns, but when you go into the final game of the season with no victories in district play, a W stands for Onederful. 49-33, as convincing as the score, the Lady Jackets over Taylor on the sixth of February.
“Big for us,” said head coach Jerry McSherry.
John Black’s vistas are changing. The volleyball coach is leaving Llano High for Rio Vista (Class 3A), eight miles south of Cleburne.
“It’s a coordinator position {plus volleyball}, close to family and a good opportunity for me,” said Black. On his visit there, “I felt really comfortable; it was a real good feel.” Emily is the daughter of the coach and mom, Lisa, and she’ll be a freshman playing for her dad.
It was sort of like Senator Cornyn knocking on your door and telling you he’s had car trouble and wondering if he could come in from the cold. Hey, mom!
There it was on the UIL printout, in the midst of all the schools Llano always draws for district football opponents.
And now, introducing Llano High’s non-football district. This translates to one that shows enrollments between 505 and 1,149. The Jackets, of course, are a tad closer to the three-digit number, but there are two positives—in some people’s minds—Burnet and Liberty Hill, while both 4A, are not in a league (28-4A, Region IV) with Llano.
