By Chuck Licata Before they celebrated Christmas, the LHHS varsity basketball Panthers took a road trip Tuesday (Dec. 20) to Waco La Vega High School. Unfortunately for Barry Boren and his Panthers, the host Pirates weren’t in the Christmas spirit, handing LHHS its second loss of the season, 86-72. The Panthers fell to 14-2 on [...]

Final Score by Chuck Licata The only appropriate way to start this column is to say I hope everyone reading it had a wonderful, warm and family-filled Christmas. And I’m guessing a few of you have loosened your belt buckle a notch, maybe two? There are certainly plenty of LHHS graduates here in town for [...]

By Chuck Licata and James Philpott The volleyball Liberty Hill Lady Panthers may be done for the 2011 season but some of the returning players have already started their off-season play. Take Emilie Philpott – easily the Most Improved Lady Panther of the 2011 season. The junior middle blocker the starting MB for the Austin [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter At first glance, not much appears to have changed for former Liberty Hill Panthers standout Ty Dean. After all, a visitor to the Kansas Wesleyan University basketball website (http://www.kwucoyotes.com/sport/0/1.php) would quickly spot a picture of Dean wearing purple and gold and driving hard to the hoop. Sound familiar? Furthermore, the web [...]

By Monroe Willamson The Brownwood Lady Lions came to Liberty Hill on a roll, and with a score to settle. Earlier in the year, the Lady Panthers beat the Lady Lions by 13 points. In what could be described as a defensive struggle the Lady Lions beat the Lady Panthers 46-43 Tuesday afternoon (Dec 20) [...]

TUESDAY, DEC. 27: Panthers go 2-0 today in Fredericksburg Tournament...beat Hays, 67-60, and Bandera, 76-50.. Panthers play tomorrow at Noon; if they lose they'll play at 4pm, if they win they'll play in the Championship Game at approximately 6pm..  

Tuesday, Dec. 27 LHHS LADY PANTHERS UPDATE: Lady Panthers go 2-0 today in Wimberley Tournament...beat Hays, 58-39, and Rosehill Catholic, 89-25.. Lady Panthers play tomorrow at Noon; win or lose tomorrow they will play Thursday (either 9am or Noon)    

By Chuck Licata Blake Boren, son of LHHS head coach Barry Boren, is enjoying his time these days. The younger Boren heads up the Liberty Hill JV squad while working with his dad on the varsity squad. It’s every kids’ dream. However, Blake certainly takes his position as JV head coach as serious as his [...]

By Chuck Licata The Liberty Hill High School Runnin’ Panthers basketball program has earned some very distinguished victories in its history. Barry Boren’s crew may have added another “landmark win” to that list Tuesday (Dec. 6) at Westwood High School. Boren’s Panthers took on a Westwood Warriors’ team that scored 100 points twice this season [...]

There was plenty of buzz when the Llano Junior High Lady Daubers came to Liberty Hill Dec. 8 but the sting was all LHJH Lady Panthers as the ladies swept their Dauber counterparts in four games. The 7th Gold game was the closest competition of the night, with the Lady Daubers keeping the scoring close [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter The Liberty Hill Panthers and Lady Panthers basketball teams both played home games Monday night (Dec. 12) and both squads won. That’s about where the similarities end. The Lady Panthers scored early and often, helped by a suffocating defense, as they overwhelmed the Moulton Lady Bobkatz 83-25. Coach Matt Kirschner’s #10-ranked [...]

By Chuck Licata Barry Boren’s varsity Panthers basketball team continues to roll through its non-district schedule. This past weekend, the Panthers played in the annaul Coach Smith Tournament in Salado – and blasted four opponents, including the host Eagles, to finish with a 4-0 record and the tournament trophy. The Panthers started Thursday by crushing [...]