Final Score by Chuck Licata Editor's note: K-MAC Sports will present its 3rd Realignment Show, live from the UIL offices in Austin, Thursday (Feb. 2) morning starting at 8:45 a.m. Go to www.kmacsports.com for the link to the live video/audio show. Even local magician C.J. Johnson couldn’t pull “a rabbit out of the” UIL [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter Back in the early days of the 2011-12 basketball season, LHHS Runnin’ Panthers Head Coach Barry Boren used the phrase “nuts and bolts” players to describe several unsung members of his then-brand new team. It’s a description that seems to fit senior Panthers Guard/Forward Robert Koepl perfectly; a description Koepl himself [...]

By Chuck Licata Both the varsity basketball squads for Liberty Hill High School scored big road victories Tuesday (Jan. 24) at rival Burnet High School. The Lady Panthers (6-0 in District 25-3A, 25-4 overall) took control of 25-3A by handling the Lady Dawgs, 47-34, and pushing Burnet (4-2 in 25-3A) two games back in district [...]

By Linda Lattanzio, Writer Though Burnet parents had said weeks before that the Taylor Ducks basketball program made a strong showing with them, that didn’t prove to be the case Jan. 19 when the Liberty Hill Junior High Lady Panthers met the Taylor Junior High Lady Ducks. The LHJH Lady Panthers walked away with four [...]

Final Score By Chuck Licata Texas football fans and natives of Texas have Darrell Royal. Us Pennsylvania natives and fans lost “our” Darrell Royal, Joe Paterno, early Sunday morning. The timing of the death of “JoePa” – as he’s known famously throughout the world and endearingly across the state of Pennsylvania – is just horrible [...]

By Chuck Licata The Liberty Hill Lady Panthers, ranked #9 in the state in girls’ basketball, swept two games last week – at Salado (Tuesday, Jan. 17) and against Llano (Friday, Jan. 20) at The Panthers Den – to remain unbeaten in District 25-3A. Matt Kirschner’s Lady Panthers won the district “battle of the unbeatens,” [...]

  By Chuck Licata One thing about a Barry Boren team – they’re not only well-coached but will more-than-likely have success in district play. And 2011-12 is no different. Boren’s Runnin’ Panthers moved to 3-0 in District 25-3A after wins at Salado (Tuesday, Jan. 17) and against Llano (Friday, Jan. 20) at The Panthers Den. [...]

2011-12 District 25-3A Standings Girls (as of 1/26)                         District                                                            Overall Team               W        L          Pct.      GB                   W        L          Pct. Liberty Hill       7          0          1.000   -                       27        4          .871 Burnet              5          2          .714     2                      NA Salado             4          3          .571     3                      13        12        .520 Lampasas      3          4          .429     4                      11        16        .407 [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter Kourtney Bevers has not been competing for Liberty Hill High School for a decade. But when you do the math – four years of varsity basketball, three years of varsity softball so far, and a few years of cross-country tossed in for good measure – it’s easy to understand why it [...]

2011-12 District 25-3A Standings Girls (as of 1/25)                         District                                                            Overall Team               W        L          Pct.      GB                   W        L          Pct. Liberty Hill       6          0          1.000   -                       25        4          .862 Burnet              4          2          .667     2                      NA Salado             3          3          .500     2                      12        12        .500 Lampasas      3          3          .500     3                      11        15        .423 Llano               2          [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter “My favorite part about playing here has got to be the system in which we play in,” stated Stephen Graves, a senior on Coach Barry Boren’s Liberty Hill Runnin’ Panthers basketball team. “I've always enjoyed being on a run-and-gun team and just being able to run up the score with high [...]

JV squad beats Taylor counterparts as well By Chuck Licata Co-Publisher   The visiting Taylor Lady Ducks started three sophomores and two freshmen in their game Friday night (Jan. 13) at Liberty Hill against the 9th-ranked Lady Panthers. That inexperience said it all as LHHS scored a 120-12 victory. Liberty Hill scored what is believed [...]