No question, the negatives outweigh the positives in Llano’s disappointing, 35-21 loss to Smithville, on the first of September. There were, however, some—not silver—but “shades of grey” linings.
“You did not see kids giving up,” said Matt Green, but he acknowledged after his debut appearance at Llano Stadium, “Too many mistakes; not t-w-o but t-o-o.”
The Tigers, who were 010 in 2016, marched to the 16-yard line to open the game, but pass coverage by Tyler Gann and Aaron ...
BANDERA—It may have been a first for the Lady Jackets, and, if not, it was a rarity. The Llano girls, in the Bandera Cross Country Invitational, ran a 5K (3.1 miles) at tree-lined City Park, instead of the usual two-mile trip. The longer race is a regular exercise for Classes 5A and 6A.
“Very intense and very hard,” said Meagan Riley.
BANDERA—It has been a rather long wait for the Llano High cross country team to go to a meet, but it was certainly worth it for Andy Wright. He finished third in a talented field of 78 at City Park on the final day of August.
The Jackets bypassed a small meet during the month, and Hurricane Harvey was the reason another was cancelled in Comfort.
“It was one of the hottest days ever,” Wright said, as we return to Bandera.
My son-in-law, John Crabb, gave me sufficient razzing for Baylor, my favorite team—on the field—losing to Liberty, 48-45, on the first big weekend of college football. The Flames, from Lynchburg, Va., are a Division I-AA school, which means they are supposed to be half as good as a Division I college.
The Llano Freshmen and Junior Varsity teams traveled to Marble Falls this past Thursday for their opening games of the season.
With Smithville unable to send their sub-varsity teams to Llano due to the Hurricane Harvey flooding, the Jackets picked up games with the Mustangs who also had their games against Bastrop Cedar Creek canceled due to the flooding.
He is a young man who grew up in a football mecca and played for the team. He played college ball and had one of the most successful assistant-coaching streaks you could have. And yet, he learned more when the numbers were reversed.
Matt Green is now Llano’s head football coach, and we’ve had hints about his football philosophy—especially on offense—but this report—mainly a one-man show—is more about his time, thoughts, and observations on triumph and punishment before arriving ...
COMFORT—The volleyball Jackets won two out of three matches in the tournament here, August 24, and then were told not to return on the 26th because of rain and flooding spawned by Hurricane Harvey.
You will read in the Sports Preview section that it says the Comfort tournament was cancelled. That was my assistant’s work; he’s on probation now.
Some people didn’t think it would take this long, but Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin had not named a starting quarterback by Tuesday morning, August 29. The opener is September 3 in the Rose Bowl against UCLA.
“We’re going to wait,” Sumlin said in a June visit to talk to Aggies in Cedar Park.
Llano High varsity players show off their new orange jerseys with members of the youth football teams. LHS head coach Matt Green expressed great appreciation to the youth football program for purchasing the new orange jerseys for the high school team.
