By Chuck Licata These days it’s hard to separate high school athletics from “select team” ball – be it the likes of baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball – as far as emphasis goes. Some will tell you kids these days put more emphasis on select ball than they do high school athletics. Enter the TEXAS [...]

(LHHS Cheer program courtesy photo) Youngsters ages Pre-K to incoming 6th grade practice their cheering during the recent Panthers Spirit Camp. Dee Dee Kristan said the youngsters were versed on how the "Panther Pride" tradition. By Chuck Licata The recently-completed Panthers Spirit Camp – run by LHHS cheerleader coach and assistant principal DeeDee Kristan and [...]

Final Score by Chuck Licata With most of the kids in the Liberty Hill community playing “summer ball,” it reminds me of a great catch made by a 12-year-old who played with one eye. Yep, time to “hark back” for a quick summer-time story from my homeland of Pennsylvania. Most guys over 35 reading this [...]

    Courtesy of LH Wildcats The Liberty Hill Wildcats 6th-grade boys went to Georgetown for a basketball tournament June 24 and came away with the championship trophy. The Wildcats went undefeated in the tournament. The team rolled over five teams in their bracket, beating the Georgetown Fury, the TX Thunder, the 360 Eagles and [...]

By Chuck Licata She was a threat to hit a home run every time she came to bat for the LHHS Lady Panthers back in her playing days (2005-08). She’s played softball at two colleges – at Garden City Community College and now at Missouri Western State University. For those who know her, it’s scary [...]

By Chuck Licata and Diana Ramirez Former LHHS standout catcher Braden Fickel (Class of ’08) is having a good time with fellow grad Brent Bode and a bunch of Liberty Hill baseball players this summer. The “summer” Panthers, coached by Fickel and Bode, are 9-1-1 after 11 games last weekend’s Marble Falls tournament – ironically, [...]

Noritake China - Asian Song pattern #7151. Elegant floral design with gold trim. Eight 5-piece place settings, salt and pepper shaker plus two extra cups. 8 dinner plates (10 5/8 size) 8 salad plates (8 3/8 size) 8 bread/butter plates (6 1/2 size) 8 cup saucers (3 1/8 size) 10 cups GREAT IDEA FOR A [...]

Contributed by Merle Rouillard One of the attractions in Liberty Hill that its citizens can truly be thankful for is the Wall of Honor at the VFW.  Located in downtown at Veterans Park, the Wall of Honor began as a single thought that soon became a literal dream come true when, on July 7, 1994, [...]

Liberty Hill Youth Football and Cheer (LHYFC) will accept early on-site registration and offer uniform fitting for the fall season 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Family First Healthcare, located in the HEB shopping center in Leander. Early registration is $165 per player until June 30th.  Registration fee will increase to $200 [...]

By Chuck Licata Almost to the player, the LHHS Lady Panthers varsity softball team will tell you they under-achieved this past season. Yes, they won the District 25-3A title but fell in two straight games to Yoakum in the area round of the playoffs. Kyli Herman is on record saying as much and now so [...]

  By Chuck Licata LHHS women’s athletic coordinator/head softball coach Coach Charice Hankins and her fine staff guided over 60 participants through Lady Panthers Softball Camp this week. “This was a good week of camp,” Hankins stated. “Our staff worked very hard teaching the kids some skills and improving those skills while being very cognizant [...]