By Chuck Licata One can say this about the 2010-11 Liberty Hill High School athletic season: Man, our Panthers and Lady Panthers runners were good. A combined three gold medals, two silvers, a bronze, a fifth-place finish, a seventh-place finish and a ninth-place finish is what the LHHS track and cross country teams produced in [...]

LH VFW Post 8200 and Ladies Auxiliary puts on very nice Memorial Day ceremony Final Score by Chuck Licata *Kudos to Liberty Hill VFW Post 8200 and the post’s Ladies Auxiliary for putting on a wonderful Memorial Day event on Monday morning, complete with complimentary breakfast and breakfast beverages. The gathering at this year’s event [...]

  We are a Nation at WAR.  Our soldiers are out there protecting us, fighting for us, and dying for us!   Come on out to Veterans Park and help the VFW celebrate Memorial Day.  Citizens, city government officials, police officers and firefighters, school district employees, students, veterans, business owners - this is a great [...]

By Chuck Licata Co-Publisher It was a different district but the same result. The LHHS Lady Panthers won the District 8-3A softball championship in 2010 and Kourtney Bevers was named the district MVP. Fast forward to 2011- and the same can be said as Liberty Hill’s Lady Panthers won the district title (this time, the [...]

District 25-3A MVP  Pitcher: #12  Kourtney Bevers (Jr.), Liberty Hill Defensive Player: #25  Katie Maldonado  (Jr.), Burnet Offensive Player: #4  Bailey Browder (Jr.) , Liberty Hill #1  Tealey Farquhar, Lampasas Newcomer : #20   Shyenne Hicks  (Fr.), Salado   25-3A First Team #2        Bailey Potts                 Sr.  2B Liberty Hill #1        Lorrie Potts                 Jr.   LF Liberty Hill [...]

  Liberty Hill High School A.D./Football Coach Jerry Vance talked with Chuck Licata about the 2010-11 athletic season. Just hit the "CoachJerryVance" link above to hear the interview - enjoy!

By Chuck Licata LHHS Athletic Director/Head Football Coach Jerry Vance took time last week to sit with Liberty Hill Leader co-publisher Chuck Licata (who’s also the owner of LibertyHillSports.com) and talk about the 2010-11 school year which just ended. The year ended on a high note – the LHHS track program produced three gold medals [...]

By Chuck Licata Susie Kemper and Jessica Green of Liberty Hill High School were named to the Class 3A TGCA (Texas Girls Coaches Association) All-State Track and Field Team, it was announced last week. Kemper won the gold medal in the 1,600-meter run in the recent 3A state track & field meet, held May 13 [...]

By Chuck Licata   Kyli Herman (no “e” on the end of her first name) is a typical LHHS junior: awaiting school letting out on June 3 and looking forward to summer vacation. And, those juniors like Herman – a tremendous catcher for the Liberty Hill varsity softball team and one of the best catchers [...]

This week's Pet Tip is dedicated to a beautiful black German Shepherd dog, Bella, who was much loved by her family Terri and Jerry. Bella was only 7 years old when she succumbed to a spinal problem that took away her ability to run and play and then eventually her beautiful spirit. She will be [...]

Final Score, by Chuck Licata So the end is here. No, not that end – I guess the Rapture didn’t happen as expected last Saturday (although it inspired a good joke: “I’m still alive after the supposed Rapture – am I late for my own funeral?”). No, I’m talking about the end of the 2010-11 [...]

The Liberty Hill Veterans of Foreign Wars assisted local Boy and Cub Scouts last Saturday morning replacing American flags on Veterans graves at the Liberty Hill Cemetery.