THRALL—The basketball boys picked up two wins in this community east of Taylor, and Brooks Keele summed up that accomplishment: “Already doubled our total of last year.” I guess that’s bad news-good news.
LHS 51, PH 50
In the opener on the last day of November, Michael Lockhart got the ball to Keele, and he hit a 12-footer to give Llano the lead over the Pflugerville-Hendrickson JV with six seconds to play.
Cooper Owens then came up with a last second block to preserve the win.
HARPER—The Lady Jackets played back-to-back basketball doubleheaders, November 30-December 1, and left this small community 22 miles west of Fredericksburg with three wins and one loss, and that one was close and a fine performance.
“We just have to keep playing like this,” said Alexus Cotton.
Alexus, a spirited competitor with a talented left arm, had 12 points in a 46-34 win over Ingram in Llano’s opener in the Longhorns’ round-robin tournament.
“We settled down in the sec ...
It appears to the media (me), Llano High football coaches are on a march to dim the memory—not erasing it, of course—of the 20-14, playoff loss to Crystal City. 2018 is the next number of concern, and their attitude is high on the positive meter.
“I’m really excited,” said head coach Matt Green, who also insisted about his first campaign in Llano: “What a great year.” Indeed.
He was one of the best Llano High ever had, and now he’s running with one of the best teams in the nation. That’s Grayson Freeman, who was home for the holidays, and even spent a moment or two on his old track, with a reporter friend holding the only ticket to the workout.
“At first it was a bit scary,” Grayson said of his introduction to Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado.
The headline references Texas’ 27-23 loss to Texas Tech the night after Thanksgiving. Eyes of Texas? Gabriel, the angel?
I saw the game in person—uh, sort of. I was between rows 70 and 142 or so. Thank you Jumbotron for a good view of the action. Thank you, Gabriel and friends, for the nice weather,
since I was there between four and seven hours.
SAN ANTONIO—Setback was not a contender. Agony got three votes. Heartbreak was eliminated because it’s a cliché. Unimaginable beat out inconceivable in a tiebreak for the title of this all time, postseason saga.
On a pleasant, mostly still night at Incarnate Word University’s Benson Stadium, Crystal City turned a masterpiece of a defensive duel into a masterpiece of a late comeback and beat the Llano High Jackets, 20-14, in the bi-district round of the Class 4A, Division II playoffs. ...
Meet the Magnificent Seven. Llano’s eighth place team in state made All-State. L-R: Anna
Casey, Madison Zyetz, Meagan Riley, Elainia Keeney, Grace Fletcher, Meredith Zyetz, and
Kenzie Johnson—who was also Academic All-State.
SAN SABA—A win’s a win they say—whoever they are—and Llano picked up a pair in the Armadillos’ Girls’ Basketball Tournament, November 16-18.
“Proud of our kids for hanging in there,” said head coach Jerry McSherry, following a 38-34 victory over Cherokee High on the opening day of the event.
Llano (2-6 overall, 2-3 in tourney) never led by more than four until midway through the fourth quarter, when it took a 36-30 advantage.
The football Jackets, for the first time in school history, will meet the same playoff team three years in a row. Crystal City is the foe. Llano won in 2015, 42-26, while the Javelinas prevailed a year ago, 22-18.
The bi-district contest is at Incarnate Word, San Antonio, 7:30, Friday, November 17.
“8-2 translates into confidence,” said head coach Matt Green, concerning Crystal City’s record.
AUSTIN—The Chris Armstrong era for Llano basketball opened at St. Dominic Savio, November 10, and Savio offered an outstanding offensive unit, defeating the Jackets, 8657.
Armstrong, in the difficult role as the team’s fourth head boys’ coach in four years, was upbeat despite the setback. He strongly shook off a suggestion he might be disappointed in the first result: “No, not at all,” and again, ‘No.”
The Eagles opened with a 24-point first quarter, and, “It was never sup ...
