SAN ANTONIO — The loss of the game was really not the major problem — it was a close encounter with a good Crystal City squad in the bi-district round of the playoffs. The Javelinas scored the only touchdown in the second half — and won the two-point, post-TD contest — two successes to zero — to win, 22-18, at Veterans Stadium, the night before Veterans Day.
The unfortunate evidence against the Jackets was most bothersome — not taking advantage of ...
That’s the hometown newspaper talking. I’ve warned that guy about that. Wishful thinking, I guess, on his part. The Llano football Jackets meet the Crystal City Javelinas, Thursday, 7:30 pm, November 10, at Edgewood Veterans Stadium in San Antonio in the bi-district round of the playoffs.
If you think you’ve read this before, you Jave — get it now?
Two of Llano High’s finest golfers in school history were back in Llano County for three rounds of play. At the next level? Very much so. Clayton Meyers and Chance Craig (both, Llano Class of 2015), now wearing the colors of Midwestern State, were in a tournament featuring seven of the Top
Ten Division II schools in the nation, October 31-November 1.
“It’s stressful, a lot of work,” acknowledged Clayton.
One net is replaced by two in most gymnasiums across the nation. The volleyball design-of-squares is folded up at midcourt, and attention turns to the nets, rims, and backboards staring at each other at 90 paces — or about 90 feet.
Basketball holds court again, and the Llano Lady Jackets ushered in — unofficially — the Jerry McSherry era in a scrimmage against San Saba, November 3.
The Armadillos, a perennial power, dom ...
GEORGETOWN — The memories of a superb season cannot be erased by a playoff loss, but such a defeat remains painful. The volleyball Jackets’ postseason passport expired on the first night of November after three games in the bi-district round against Caldwell. The Hornets, with several talented girls delivering wicked kills, eliminated Llano, 25-19, 25-17, and 25-21.
“We had a bad night of service-receive,” said head coach John Black.
The Llano Youth Football Varsity 5th and 6th Grade team battled the undefeated Blanco Panthers in the Division II championship game of the Hill Country Youth Football League.
The two teams had battled to a scoreless tie at the end of regulation in their first meeting during the regular season with the Panthers eventually coming out on top in overtime 8-0.
The Llano 7th and 8th Grade Daubers played their final games of the season as the 7th graders played host to the Bandera Bulldogs while the 8th Grade A and B teams traveled to Bandera.
The 7th Graders, playing with a combined A and B team, defeated the Bulldogs 44-20 to finish the season with a 4-3 record.
The Llano Yellowjacket Sub-Varsity teams ended their season facing the Bandera Bulldogs. The Bulldogs did not have enough players to field both a freshman and a junior varsity team, so the Jacket JV headed to Bandera to take on a combined freshman/JV team for the Bulldogs.
The junior varsity ended things with a bang by posting a 40-27 victory over the Bulldogs to up their season record to 7-2.
BANDERA — The Llano Jackets will forever be indebted to the gridiron gods for not deciding 24 minutes of a high school football game was plenty, when they made up the rules 150 years ago — give or take a few months.
The struggling (charitable) Jackets got a chance for vindication, a makeover. It was like Monet getting the lilies right; or the Wright Brothers, the wings; or Eisenhower, Normandy.
HUNTSVILLE — It’s one of the top achievements in high school athletics: going to State in any competition. Meredith Zyetz and Nic George, Llano High cross country sophomores, will run at Old Settlers Park in Palm Valley near Dell Diamond, November 12. They qualified in the Region III race,
October 30.
Both Jackets were capping off — for now — superb comebacks from subpar seasons.
Zyetz ran two miles in 12 minutes and 32 seconds and finished a magnificent 10 ...
