Thursday afternoon saw the skies open up, dumping an inch and a quarter of rain on Llano in a matter of 30 minutes, then a steady, light rain for an hour. Lightening that accompanied the rain caused a 30-minute delay in the start of freshman and JV Games at Llano Yellow Jacket Stadium.
The Llano junior varsity Jackets came out fast and strong once the game got underway.
One of my favorite recurring themes — themes, not dreams — is when the baseball playoffs should begin. And, since it is now, here I go.
Postseason should start around Labor Day instead of October. That means it ends maybe before October and, oh, by the way, that traditional baseball month: November.
Why end the regular season earlier? One huge reason is college football and the NFL are just kicking off, so, whereas, there ...
Kicking off the college football season, wondering if the Big 12 is good enough for Houston. And also being very candid: you’ve read some of this before, but it’s all still going on, so give me one more chance, and I won’t bother you again till Thanksgiving falls on Wednesday.
Other reactions:
I thought that 109-yard, 34-inch missedfield goal runback by the Cougars’ Brandon Wilson was a Play of the Year candidate — before Labor Day!
On December 29, 2014, I made one of my all-time pronouncements, and that says a lot. It was during the closing seconds of the Texas Bowl, and a sophomore quarterback threw an interception against Arkansas. It was hardly critical with Texas trailing 31-7. The Longhorns had entered the meaningless drive with something like 50 yards total offense. Lake Travis gets that before the National Anthem.
Watching on TV, I turned to my son-in-law, John, an avid Longh ...
SONORA — It was a daffy football game. It was like reading a mystery novel, when, all of a sudden, someone is introduced, and he climbs mountains. Or is a ventriloquist. Kinda like that.
We can tell you the Jackets fought back from injuries and bizarre miscues, while the Bronco quarterback produced a play which combined inspiration from Houdini and Sammy Baugh. And Sonora withstood a brilliant rushing night from Mason Green ...
The Llano junior varsity and varsity cheerleaders took first place in extreme dance, game day cheer and best overall at the Angelo State University cheer camp in July. Pictured front row, from left, are: Chantalle Barret, Brianna Joy, Mackenzie Johnson, Alexus Cotton, Emily Ozanne, Alyssa Stennett and Maya Cherry. Pictured back row, from left, are: Morgan Thibodeaux, Amber Dyess, Lexi Lucas, Brooke Clough, Kennedy Wootan, Meagan Riley, Katie Clausen and Alyssa Pruitt.
The Llano Youth Football and Cheer teams traveled to San Saba this past Saturday to take on the always tough Armadillos. This was the opening game of the season for both teams as they compete in the Hill Country Youth Football League.
On a hot and muggy day, both teams won hard fought games to start out the season victorious.
The Llano Freshman and Junior Varsity teams played different opponents this past week, but both recorded the same winning results!
The Llano Freshman team battled the Marble Falls Mustangs Freshman B team while the JV team took on the Smithville Tigers at Jacket Stadium. Both teams recorded impressive victories and now look forward to playing the Sonora Broncos this Thursday evening in non-district play.
The Freshman team takes on the Broncos at Jacket Stadium at 5 p.m., while the JV plays Sono ...
In their first game of the season, the Llano Junior Varsity Yellow Jacket football team ran over the visiting Tigers from Smithville for a 34-6 victory.
After taking the opening kickoff from Kimble Schuessler, the Tigers were forced to punt, which was blocked by Drew Cooper. It didn’t take long for the Jackets to get the ball in the end zone.
COMFORT — Good name for the dateline to this story. More than a Comfortable beginning to the 2016 cross country season for the Llano Jackets and the head-coaching career at LHS for Lauren Parker Timms.
The top boys finished 9th, 10th, and 11th in a field of 109 at this End of Summer Meet, 20 (picturesque) minutes south of Fredericksburg; the leading girls were all in the top 30 — good enough to leave with medals in a congregation of 86.
“Couldn’t have asked better for the kids ...
