Sports

The LBJ Eagle varsity, junior varsity and middle school cross country teams participated in the 27-2A District cross country meet this past Wednesday, October 29 at Comfort High School. The Eagles came away from the meet with 2 regional qualifiers, a district champion, a district runner up, a district championship team and a total of 16 medals. In the varsity divisions, junior Kelya Jureczki and senior Jesus Sanchez qualified for this weekends regional meet in San Antonio.

This past Friday night the Eagles played their last home game with a loss. The score was San Antonio Randolph 49 Eagles 20. In the first quarter The Eagles were able to score on a 1-yard touchdown run by Senior Wade Pistole, who also kicked the extra point. The next score came in the 3rd quarter when Junior Cody Atwood had a nice 58-yard run for a touchdown, kick was good by Pistole.

Tuesday, October 28th vs. Harper The Lady Eagles met up with Harper last Tuesday night in their final district match. The ladies honored their parents with a beautiful ribbon to say thank you for all of their support during the season. Also honored were Kennedy Bynum and Dana Bushnell-the only seniors that were playing their very last volleyball game in Johnson City.

The Eagles football team traveled to Blanco last Friday night to play the number 6 rated team in the state. The Panthers were as good as their ratings as they defeated the Eagles 55 to 0. The Eagles made only 5 first downs, and had 3 fumbles losing 2.

The Lady Eagles played Brooks Academy in San Antonio on Tuesday night and won easily in 3 games. Fantastic serving by Seleste Mills and Alex Houston helped the Eagles get ahead early in each of the games. “The ladies played a very solid match with limited mistakes”, commented Coach Voron. The Lady Eagles were excited for their next match-up with Blanco on Friday night but fell to the Blanco Panthers in a four-game match.

The Lady Eagles played Brooks Academy in San Antonio on Tuesday night and won easily in 3 games. Fantastic serving by Seleste Mills and Alex Houston helped the Eagles get ahead early in each of the games. “The ladies played a very solid match with limited mistakes”, commented Coach Voron. The Lady Eagles were excited for their next match-up with Blanco on Friday night but fell to the Blanco Panthers in a four-game match.

The LBJ boys & girls cross country teams competed in their final tune up before the district meet on October 29 by running at the Bandera cross country meet this past Wednesday, October 22. The meet had runners participating from all classifications 1A thru 5A. LBJ competed in the varsity boys and girls division, the JV boys division and 7th grade girls division. In the varsity boys race, Jesus Sanchez completed the 3 mile course in a time of 18 minutes 40 seconds, which placed him 64th out of 179 runners.

This Friday, October 31, 2008, will be the annual football parents’ night. We would like to invite you to meet down in the south end zone at 6:25pm. At that time we will start lining up beginning with the cheerleaders, freshmen football players, and their escorts. The introductions will begin at 6:45pm and each mother will receive a small token from the coaches and our Booster Club to thank them for the privilege of coaching their son or daughter.

Defensive line holds the Cougars at the goal. #55 Wesley Outlaw, #53 Chris Eddy, #5 William Bullock, #4 Jordan Jones.

The LBJ Cross Country boys and girls competed this past Saturday, October 18 at the Comfort meet. All runners for JC competed very well and had some high placements in their races. In the varsity girls division, junior Kelya Jureczki placed 19th out of 97 runners finishing the 2 mile course in a time of 13 minutes, 19 seconds.