Just reminders from the VFW Ladies Auxiliary:  The Voice of Democracy audio/essay contest (“Is Our Constitution Still Relevant?”) for high school students and the Patriots Pen essay contest (“What Would I Tell Our Founding Fathers?”) for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students are due to the VFW by November 1, 2012. Winners go on to [...]

Calling All Gold Star and Blue Star Mothers   Are you a Gold Star Mother?   A Gold Star Mother is an American mother who had a son or daughter who served and died while serving their nation in a branch of the U.S. military in time of war or conflict.   A Blue Star [...]

by Chuck Licata Complete. That may be a great word to describe the 2012 Liberty Hill High School varsity volleyball team, headed up by ninth-year head coach Gretchen Peterson. Of course, that word is issued by this writer, not the head coach. But no matter who uses the term, the potential is there. Here’s our [...]

by Chuck Licata LHHS head cross country coach Kim Holt likes “flying under the radar” when it comes to the attention given to her program. Holt, who begins her fifth year as head mentor for the cross-country program, likes the spotlight to be on the student-athletes and not on her. And for the most part, [...]

  by Chuck Licata The LHHS volleyball program is loaded with talent, and that spills over to the varsity squad, coached by Gretchen Peterson. The 2012 edition of the Lady Panthers scrimmaged last Friday (Aug. 10 at Hutto) and Saturday (Aug. 11 on their home floor at The Panthers Den). “We were pleased with the [...]

  by Chuck Licata The Liberty Hill High School football teams “warmed up” in 100-plus degree temps last Saturday (Aug. 11) morning in front of a good-sized crowd as the freshman, JV and varsity teams put on inter-squad scrimmages at Panther Stadium. A good appearance by the teams, which had their Photo Day earlier in [...]

by Chuck Licata LHHS head football coach Jerry Vance has seen 35 “first days” of high school football practice in his long, illustrious coaching career. Yet, Vance – who begins Year #12 as head coach of the Panthers – was just as excited Monday (Aug. 6) for Liberty Hill’s first day of practice as he’s [...]

by Chuck Licata The Liberty Hill High School volleyball team, coming off a district championship in 2011, is looking to build on its recent success. Meantime, the school’s cross country program – which saw its boys’ team earn a bronze medal (third-place finish) and saw its girls’ program place fourth at last year’s Class 3A [...]

  by Chuck Licata John Perrin is in his seventh year as Band Director at Liberty Hill High School so he knows the “routine” of Opening Day of band practice at LHHS. As he watched his band practice Monday (Aug. 6), he talked and used terms usually reserved for high school football coaches on Day [...]

Final Score by Chuck Licata There’s still time: To get your business ad, or student ad, in this year’s official Liberty Hill High School Football Program, the only program that sponsors the Liberty Hill All-Sports Booster Club (LHASBC) and the only program to be sold at LHHS football games this season. For more information, e-mail [...]

LHHS multi-sport star verbally commits to New Mexico by Chuck Licata As he announced on his Facebook page, LHHS senior-to-be Jadon Boatright has given a verbal commitment to attend the University of New Mexico (Lobos), an NCAA Division I school where he will be given the opportunity to play in both football and track and [...]