The Llano Freshman Black and Llano JV recorded their second victories of the year, while the Llano Freshman Orange suffered their first defeat.
Comfort JV 28, Llano Freshman Orange 6
Although there were no stats to report, the loss evens the Orange record to 1-1.
Llano Freshman Black 24, Jarrell Frosh 6
The Llano Black team relied on a stingy and opportunistic defense.
The turning point was when the parents of Braxton Vickers and Case Kuykendall were told, “It’s a boy!”
The Jackets had this one won in about the time it takes to sweat through Barney Fife keeping a prisoner in the Mayberry jail.
Llano (2-0) scored a remarkable 30 points in the second quarter and a co-remarkable 49 in two periods.
HORSESHOE BAY—There haven’t been too many coaches to succeed legends and be as successful as Fred Akers was. Those who followed Red Blaik at Army, Wilkinson and Switzer (OU), Lombardi (Green Bay) and Bryant at A&M and ’Bama, had their problems, but Akers led Texas to an 11-1 record in 1977, his first year after the retirement of Darrell Royal.
The cross country Jackets were on school soil, September 7, and produced fine numbers. The boys’ junior varsity, a young bunch, finished second in the team standings, and Anna Casey may not have won the varsity girls’ division, finishing fourth, but she posted her best clocking of the year: 12 minutes, 52 seconds for two miles.
“I am happy with my time,” she told me.
Baritone players are not given the spotlight in marching band shows as frequently as many other instrumentalists, but the LYJB is going against that trend this year by featuring Garath Vetters during “Stairway to Heaven”. According to Vetters, “When I first learned I was going to be a featured soloist, I was surprised and very excited.” A senior who has certainly paid his dues, Vetters’ solo under the Friday Night Lights comes in the middle of the second movement of the Jacket Band
The Llano Freshman and Junior Varsity teams opened up their seasons this past Thursday and all three teams came away with impressive victories. The Llano Freshman Black and Junior Varsity teams hosted the Hondo Owls at Jacket Stadium while the Llano Freshman Orange team traveled to Lake Travis to take on the Cavaliers.
HONDO—It was as perfect as a haircut that satisfies your mother.
It was as dominant as a Queen vs. a pawn.
It was as impressive as a defense which holds the opponent to 97 yards in offense, and Llano High did that in a 33-0 harassment of the Owls on the final Friday night of August.
