Athletes from football, volleyball and cross country were recognized this week at the Llano High School fall sports banquet. Here are a few photos from the event.
It happens every two years, and it is here. Reclassification and realignment for extra-curricular activities will be announced Thursday, February 1. Texas high schools will learn whether they go up, down, or stay in the same classification, and they will learn which schools they face in district in football and in other sports and ventures such as band, theater, debate, meat judging, and spelling.
It’s almost a certainty Llano High will remain Class 4A, Division II for football and Class ...
They play a fine game of basketball, but their real wizardry may be in a feel, heart, soul, and connection with fans they, of course, never met before. The Harlem Wizards—five Black men and one white—put on a non-stop show for a predominantly white audience in Llano, January 29, and the same in Marble Falls two nights before, and the fans embraced their presence.
Arthur Lewis, Jr., known as “King Arthur,” was the centerpiece of this whirlwind of entertainment.
BURNET—The ultimate goal in high school athletics is a state championship for individual or team, and Dakoda Trull is the leader in the clubhouse in powerlifting. You may think—and rightly so— it’s early in this discussion, but the regular season is half over, and the Llano High senior lifted an aggregate of 1,770 pounds in the Bulldog gymnasium, and no one in state has
done better.
“A lot of weight two weeks in a row,” said head coach, Clint Easley.
Two Llano girls were hurt, and a freshman for Lampasas hit two big-time three-point field goals down the stretch, and, yes, the Jackets lost a tough one, 41-38. How did your Tuesday night go?
“Got better defensively,” said head coach Jerry McSherry, but, “we can’t get over the hump—something {always} comes up.” It was, indeed, a major improvement from a 50-26 loss at Lampasas in the first meeting.
With the Badgers up 33-32 with 4:05 to play, Taylor Allen—a reserve—tossed i ...
A bad third quarter, perfect free-throw shooting by the Badgers in the fourth, and a comeback that wasn’t quite enough, combined to result in a 52-38 loss for the Jacket boys, January 23, against visiting Lampasas.
“Within striking distance until the last few minutes,” said head coach Chris Armstrong, but he added, “We want more than 40 points.”
An injury to someone named Michael Lockhart is what no one would want.
LAMPASAS—He fell off the chair. I was taking pictures, and I thought what I was seeing was not possible. This young man, fifth in state in powerlifting in 2017, and dominant in the Thursday gatherings a year ago, was in the opening moments of his first competition of 2018—putting the wraps on his legs—and this happens!
The Llano Lady basketball Jackets lined up at the pay window, January 19. The result was about $2,500 in pledges for their program with their free-throw shooting. Didn’t you know? Nothing’s ever free.
The following are some comments on this venture, sort of basketball’s version of soccer’s penalty kick.
Grace Fletcher: “I’m more nervous in the first quarter than the fourth.
SALADO—The Jackets, January 17, appeared to be heading toward two close district wins on the road after going from gym to gym with no district victories since 2015. The streak, alas, ended at one.
The Eagles, down 45-42 with a minute to play, got a free throw, a three-point field goal, and a two to win, 48-45.
BURNET—Roger Staubach can throw a football. I am aware that is not as surprising to learn as that Tua Tagovailoa can throw one, but Roger is a bit older.
The 1963 Heisman Trophy winner from Navy and two-time Super Bowl champion tossed a football—with a dandy spiral—about 20 yards after addressing the Hill Country 100 Club, January 18.
