From LHHS Athletic Director/Head Football Coach Jerry Vance: We will hold a meeting tonight, August1st at 7:00 p.m. This is really for incoming 7th, 9th and any new football players to the district. We want to introduce our coaches, go over some procedures, practice times, and our expectations. We will answer any questions the parents [...]

By Chuck Licata One can overlook the Liberty Hill summer baseball team’s last game, played Thursday (July 28) at the LHHS field against a team from Round Rock. The fact the Panthers lost by an 8-5 score was overshadowed by the fact (1) Liberty Hill finished the summer season with a 17-4-2 overall record; (2) [...]

  By Chuck Licata One can never really be 100 percent sure about anything, especially in these trying times. However, LHHS volleyball mentor Gretchen Peterson is pretty sure about one thing: her sport continues to gain momentum in the Liberty Hill community. And she’s verythankful. “We keep setting the record for largest (camp) turnout each [...]

  By Chuck Licata The reputation of Liberty Hill High School football extends to the yearly football camp held by LHHS athletic director/head coach Jerry Vance and his staff. Vance and his hard-working staff put incoming seventh- , eighth- and ninth-graders through the drills last week during Panthers Championship Football Camp. “The numbers for the [...]

From Victor Ramirez and David Dallmeyer The Liberty Hill Panthers’ summer baseball team finished second in a tournament in Killeen over the weekend. The Panthers, coach by Braden Fickel and Brent Bode, went 2-1-1 for the weekend. The team’s summer season overall record is 17-3-2. The Panthers finish up the summer season this Thursday night [...]

by Chuck Licata It took them two tries but the Liberty-Hill based TEXAS SWAT won a well-deserved national championship today Saturday afternoon (July 23) at the Pony National tournament, held at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. The SWAT (8-1 in the tournament) lost the first championship game to a team from Weslaco Saturday afternoon [...]

  by Chuck Licata Former LHHS football and JV basketball coach Jason Jones is ready to try again. Jones, who left Liberty Hill this week to take over as head basketball coach at nearby Lago Vista High School, is happy to be staying “local,” too. “I’m very happy to be staying in the area,” Jones [...]

  Final Score by Chuck Licata Some observations while I wind up my last few days of visiting family in Connecticut: *Everyone up here is saying I “brought the heat with me.” It’s been 95-plus degrees since I got here last Tuesday and the heat index has been over 100 degrees each day. They finally [...]

by Chuck Licata This past Thursday (July 21), Liberty Hill saw “one of its own” enjoy a farewell get-together before heading off to a new town – and a new chapter in the life for himself and his family. Brian Herman, former LHHS offensive coordinator, is headed up to Eustace with his family this weekend. [...]

Final Score by Chuck Licata Every once in a while – and much less than we’d really like to – we try to perform and promote “public service,” calling attention to a good cause and effort that most people (probably) know about already. In this case, I’d like to make our valued readers aware of [...]

By Chuck Licata One of LHHS senior-to-be William Jacob (Jake) Ramirez’s “claim to fame” accomplishment is – according to his own report – killing a snake. “I killed a snake one time with (teammate) Kolby Keith,” Ramirez joked. “It’s just what we do.” One thing Ramirez – the son of Victor and Diana Ramirez and [...]

By Chuck Licata With the upcoming spotlight this school year on the great class of female senior student-athletes (the likes of Susie Kemper, Kourtney Bevers, Jessica Green, Lorrie Potts, etc.) and their potential to get to state in a combined several sports, there’s one incoming junior who quietly carries that same banner. Meet Chesney Goza, [...]