By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter As a first-year math teacher at Liberty Hill Junior High School, Liberty Hill Junior Varsity Head Coach Blake Boren knows a thing or two about the Laws of Probability. He undoubtedly understands, then, how impressive it is that the District title his JV Panthers captured this year marked the ninth [...]

  By Monroe Williamson, Leader Sportswriter The Liberty Hill girls JV team continued its winning ways with two victories last week over Llano and Salado. Their record is now 17-1. The young Panthers had 5 scorers in double figures, and routed Llano 71-27. Liberty Hill was 3 of 17 from beyond the arc, and 8 [...]

  By Monroe Williamson, Leader Sportswriter Coach Gotcher’s freshmen boys continued to struggle as they lost both games last week. Friday night Lampasas paid a visit to Liberty Hill. Liberty Hill fell to the Badgers 37-36. This proved to be an exciting a game, and was decided by a free throw in the last minute [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Final Scores: VARSITY: Rosue 72, LH Panthers 65 JV: Rouse 71, LH JV 53 FRESHMEN: Rouse 42, LH 13

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter The freshman district title was up for grabs Thursday night (Nov. 3) at Panthers Stadium. Both the Liberty Hill Panthers and their old foes the Burnet Bulldogs came into the contest undefeated in district play at 3-0. But for those who believe in omens, one play midway through the first quarter [...]

Contributed by LHHS coach Mike Kristan Last Thursday the freshman Panther team traveled to Lampasas with 3-0 district record. A cold front blew in but the young team stayed hot when Austin Thrash landed on a loose ball and gave possession to the Panthers. Minutes later from the Panther 12-yard line, Joey Kipfer ran around [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter It finally felt like football weather Thursday night (Oct. 27). With temperatures dropping sharply and blustery winds blowing intermittent spits of rain -- and the occasional punted football –- sideways, Panthers Stadium would not have been a hospitable locale for a pass-happy spread offense. Fortunately the autumnal conditions scarcely affected the [...]

JV Lady Panthers finished tied with Burnet for district co-championship   by Chuck Licata  The LHHS junior varsity volleyball team certainly enjoyed a great ‘ride” through District 25-3A action this season. Kristen Brewer’s JV Lady Panthers certainly worked hard for their accolades. The Lady Panthers finished their 2011 campaign with a 9-1 district mark after [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter Good parents always tell their kids to share. While the Liberty Hill JV Panthers probably listen to their parents off the football field, they were downright selfish towards the visiting Llano Yellow Jackets on Thursday night (Oct. 20). That’s because the Panthers hogged the ball for most of the night en [...]

By Chuck Licata  The Liberty Hill High School junior varsity volleyball team continued its run through District 25-3A with a big win over rival Burnet Tuesday (Oct. 18) at The Panthers Den. Kristen Brewer’s JV Lady Panthers cranked out a 25-21, 22-25, 25-13 victory over their Burnet counterparts. That pushed LHHS to 7-1in District 25-3A [...]