By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter Liberty Hill Panthers coach Mike Kristan jokes that the reason his 2012 District Champion baseball club has been so successful is because he’s just gotten out of the way and let his team play baseball. Self-deprecation aside, if there was one undoubtedly inspired move Kristan and his staff made, it was [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter Little League baseball coaches often put their weakest defensive player out in right field, thinking that’s the safest place to hide him (or her). That’s not the case on the close confines of a softball field, however, where everything happens fast and everywhere is in play. It’s even less true in [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter Liberty Hill senior pitcher Matt Parks took to the mound Saturday afternoon (April 12) with the Panthers’ season hanging by a thread. Seven scoreless innings and ten strikeouts later, Parks had shutout the Yoakum Bulldogs and propelled the Panthers into a decisive Game 3. Unfortunately, the Panthers came up short in [...]

Cardwell, Green, Kemper and Waller-de la Rosa represent senior class well at state By Chuck Licata It’s the “End of an Era” for the Liberty Hill High School track & field program. However, as Liberty Hill coach Julie Shaffer pointed out after Susie Kemper finished the 1,600-meter (mile) run at 2:50 p.m. Central time Saturday [...]

Lady Panthers beat Fredericksburg, play Sweeny in Region IV semis By Chuck Licata It’s the month of May, but the Liberty Hill High School softball team continues to believe it’s “March.” As in, a “march” through the UIL Class 3A playoffs – one game at a time, literally. Charice Hankins’ Lady Panthers beat Fredericksburg, 2-1 [...]

Bulldogs win area series against Panthers, 2-1 By Chuck Licata and Merle Bertrand Liberty Hill High School teams just have to quit playing Yoakum High School teams at Cedar Creek High School in Bastrop. The LHHS Lady Panthers fell to the Yoakum Lady Bulldogs in the Region IV area championship series, two games to none, [...]

By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter With a first round play-off bye and time on their hands to fill, the newly-minted District 25-3A Champion Liberty Hill Panthers took a pair of tune-up road trips to Troy High School last week. Monday (April 30) featured a clash of district champions between the Panthers and the 8-3A champion West [...]

LHHS junior finishes second to McLain at regionals By Chuck Licata Lost among the strong senior classes at Liberty Hill High School is a junior class primed and ready to “take over the reigns” next school year. LHHS tennis player Chesney Goza, a junior, continued Liberty Hill’s incredible post-season success for the 2011-12 athletic year [...]

  LHHS junior ‘represents Liberty Hill High School well,’ says Escobar By Chuck Licata Chesney Goza, a Liberty Hill High School junior student-athlete, continued the school’s outstanding year of post-season success by competing at the Class 3A state tennis tournament Monday (April 30) at UT’s Penick-Allison Tennis Center. Goza, though, ran into Abilene Wylie’s state-experienced [...]

Caldwell, Durity, Green, Kemper, Waller-de la Rosa qualify for state meet By Chuck Licata Maybe 10 years from now, followers of Liberty Hill High School will realize the incredibe successful the current LHHS track and field program. One might say, “only” five student-athletes qualified for the Class 3A state track & field meet, to be [...]

By Chuck Licata If you are interested in checking out upcoming football talent, check out Texas Football Academy’s 7 on 7 competition and tournament for middle school players, scheduled weekly through the month of May. Seventh grade teams compete at 5:30 p.m. on Mondays through May 21; eighth grade at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays through [...]

 By Merle Bertrand, Sportswriter Liberty Hill senior outfielder Jacob Olvera will join the United States Marine Corps this fall, where he hopes to become a fighter pilot and an officer. After four years playing for Panthers Head Coach Mike Kristan’s baseball program, Olvera will no doubt enter the Corps with plenty of experience as a [...]