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Volume 8, Number 21 February 3, 2017
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!” The Blanco ISD
Blanco Elementary Wins District 25-AAA UIL Academic Meet BES Repeats as District Champ with 151-Point Victory Margin
Blanco Elementary captured the District 25-AAA UIL
Academic Meet last Friday, racking up 551 points in a domi-
nating display of determination. The meet was held at In-
gram Elementary.
“Success is the sum of all efforts repeated day in and day
out,” said UIL coordinator Laurie Parker. “If you put forth
the effort, good things are going to happen.”
Sixty-two students in grades 2—5 competed in the meet,
and fifty-one students scored points.
“Not only did they perform well academically, they
showed the other schools that Blanco kids are well behaved
and full of school spirit,” said Parker.
Quotes from some students:
Landry Myers, 3rd grade—”I enjoyed the challenge of
doing different things.”
Gretel Zarate, 3rd grade—”It was fun to go see another
school.”
Hayes Johnson, 5th grade—”It was an honor to compete
in my last year at elementary school. It takes a lot of
dedication and hard work.”
Blanco Elementary School District Champion UIL Academic Team.
(photo Collin Gaskamp)
Co-coordinator Dena Torres said, “I am proud of our UIL team
and UIL coaches at Blanco Elementary. Hard work and effort shine
through with outstanding results. We can tell by the smiles on their
faces what a positive and rewarding experience UIL is for them.”
Principal Jowie Walker said, “The dedication, enthusiasm, and
focus that our students and coaches displayed is inspiring. I am
proud on how they represented Blanco Elementary.”
Board of Trustees
Darrel Wagner, President
Charles Riley, Vice President Tim Nance, Secretary
Joe Hernandez
Troy Immel Larry Kuebel
Liza Struck
Superintendent
Dr. Buck Ford
BES pics on page 2;
results on page 5...
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Basketball Teams on the Road
Tonight at Lago Vista Pictures from the Elementary
District UIL Academic Meet
Both the boys and girls basketball teams travel to Lago Vista
tonight to take on the Vikings in District 25-AAA action.
Girls
The Lady Panthers close out their district slate tonight, look-
ing to avenge a 58—50 loss to the Vikings on January 10. Lago
Vista’s girls are undefeated in district.
“Lago Vista is always aggressive,” said head coach Stuart
Schultz. “We can beat them if we don’t get rattled.”
With a win tonight, Blanco could possibly still claim part of a
district title if Comfort were to beat Lago Vista next week. A
win tonight would clinch at least a second place tie in district
with Comfort.
Boys
Blanco’s boys are playing the best ball in the district, riding a
six-game winning streak after dropping their first two district
contests. On Tuesday, the Panthers defeated previously unbeat-
en Johnson City 50—45.
“We’ve been a resilient team all season long,” said head
coach Derrick Hernandez. “I want to thank the fans for provid-
ing a great basketball atmosphere Tuesday night against John-
son City.”
In regards to the Vikings, Hernandez is respectful.
“Lago is a tough place to play, and they have a bunch of tall
guys with a lot of length,” he said. “If we do some better things
defensively and take care of the basketball, we will give our-
selves a great chance to win the game.”
District 25-AAA
Girls Basketball
Standings
Lago Vista 8—0
Blanco 7—2
Comfort 6—2
Ingram 3—6
Johnson City 2—7
Florence 0—9
District 25-AAA
Boys Basketball
Standings
Johnson City 8—1
Blanco 6—2
Comfort 6—2
Florence 4—5
Lago Vista 3—6
Ingram 3—6
Gateway Prep 0—8
Photos from FFA Hill District Show
(Top to Bottom)) Kolby Marek, Champion American Breed Steer.
Dalton Savanich, 3rd,Light Weight Medium Wool Market Lamb.
Hayden Calzoncit, Pablo Guajardo, Bailey McMain, Steven Shell—
Division Champion Pick-up and Truck Accessories Division.
Brock Nichols with Reserve Grand Champion Steer.
Local FFA Members
Place High at District Show
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Three members of the Blanco FFA Chapter did extremely
well winning top honors and placing high enough to qualify for
the premium sale at the Hill Country District Junior Livestock
Show in Kerrville, Texas.
Sophomore Brock Nichols exhibited the Reserve Grand
Champion Steer of the market steer show. Before winning re-
serve grand honors, Brock placed 1st in the heavy weight exotic
class and won reserve champion of the exotic division.
Also placing high was freshman Kolby Marek, who exhibit-
ed the Champion American Breed Steer. In route to winning
the American division, Kolby placed 1st in the heavy weight
American class.
Finally, senior Dalton Savanich closed out his final district
show with a 3rd place light weight Medium Wool Market
Lamb.
Savanich said, “It’s always nice to place and make the sale at
the district show because of how tough the competition is, but
this year means even more since it is my last time to participate
in the Hill District Show.”
Blanco was also well represented for the first time in the Ag
Mechanics Show winning division champion in the pick-up
and truck accessories division. Exhibitors included Hayden
Calzoncit, Pablo Guajardo, Bailey McMain and Steven Shell.
Shell said, “After doing so well with our Ag Mech project at
the county show, it was really exciting to compete and place
high on the district level as well.”
Other local exhibitors placing animals in the top 10 included:
Kelton Marek, Hanna Garrett, Gage Nichols, Brenna Wallace,
Carly Haack, Raylee Faris, Preslee Faris and Craddock Faris.
Advisors for the Blanco FFA and Blanco Jr. FFA include
Jason and Felice Marek and Calen McNett.
Boy Powerlifters Continue Success at
TSS Gym in San Antonio
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Students at Blanco Middle School
chatted with scientists from the National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) last
Thursday as part of NIDA’s National
Drug and Alcohol Facts Week activi-
ties.
Fifty-two schools from across the
nation participated in the event, which
gave students the opportunity to ask
questions they most want the answers to
about drugs and drug abuse, including
drug effects, how to help friends or
family that are abusing drugs, and what causes addiction.
“Participating in the NIDA Drug and Alcohol Chat Day is a
really great opportunity for our students to not only gain infor-
mation about the dangers of substance abuse, but also have
other questions answered,” said middle school counselor Lisa
Rogers. “The scientists do a great job providing factual infor-
mation about the questions asked, and also provide additional
resources that students can go to if they want to learn more.”
Student Dawson Cox said, “I liked participating in the chat
day. I feel like it’s great that kids can ask questions to someone
through the chat if they aren’t comfortable doing it face to
face.”
Student Katie Skeen said,
“Doing the Drug and Alcohol chat
was very helpful learning different
things about drugs that I didn’t
know. I really liked how you
could see the other people’s chats
and questions as well. I definitely
have a better understanding now
of how bad drugs really are.”
Last Thursday’s event was the
10th anniversary for NIDA’s
Drugs and Alcohol Chat Day.
Next year’s event is already
scheduled for January 22, 2018.
NIDA’s Drug and Alcohol Chat Day
Cont’d from column one... Middle School Students Participate in
NIDA Drug and Alcohol Chat Day
Boys Powerlifting Results
TSS Gym, San Antonio
January 26, 2017
6th Place Team
2nd Place—Kyle Martinez
3rd Place—Jacob Ruiz
3rd Place—Chance Horton
4th Place—Sebastian Flores
4th Place—Christian Flores
4th Place—Beck Nevarez
5th Place—Brock Nichols
Other Lifters: Paco Vargas, Devin Wallace,
Braden Hodge, Will Adams
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District 25-AAA Elementary School UIL Academic Meet
Blanco Middle School Results
January 27, 2017
Second Grade Trent Bath 1st Storytelling, Best Alt Creative Writing
Jolene Forsberg 2nd Storytelling, 2nd Creative Writing
Emma Haley 4th Creative Writing
Mattie Smith 1st Creative Writing
Rex Wisdom 3rd Storytelling
Third Grade
Dominick Avila 3rd Spelling, 2nd Music Memory Team,
3rd Spelling Team
Joe Durham Best Alt Spelling
Abie Fishburn 6th Ready Writing
Donovan Hector 3rd Storytelling
Brayden Hull 4th Music Memory, 2nd Music Memory Team,
2nd Ready Writing, 4th Spelling,
3rd Spelling Team
Justin Karnes 3rd Music Memory, 2nd Music Memory Team,
2nd Storytelling
Connie Kuebel 3rd Spelling Team
McKenna Miles Best Alt Music Memory
Landry Myers 2nd Music Memory Team, 1st Storytelling
Brett Pilon 3rd Ready Writing
Jenna White 6th Music Memory, 2nd Music Memory Team
Fourth Grade
Audrey Baker 2nd Art, 2nd Art Team
Clara Baker 4th Art, 2nd Art Team
Perry Faught 2nd Oral Reading, 1st Ready Writing,
2nd Spelling, 1st Spelling Team
Korina Forsberg 2nd Ready Writing, 1st Spelling,
1st Spelling Team
Cassie Hartman 4th Ready Writing
Jacob Johnson Best Alt Ready Writing
Cordie Kimmel 1st Music Memory Team
Malia Lux 2nd Number Sense, 1st Number Sense Team,
3rd Spelling, 1st Spelling Team
Diego Mendez 1st Music Memory, 1st Music Memory Team
Colby Murphree 1st Number Sense, 1st Number Sense Team
Mariah Newsome 1st Music Memory Team
Carson Riba Best Alt Number Sense
Kylie Ridner 2nd Art Team
Kaylee Romero 5th Music Memory, 1st Music Memory Team,
Best Alt Oral Reading
Olivia Romero 1st Oral Reading
Jordin Torres 3rd Music Memory, 1st Music Memory Team,
3rd Oral Reading
Estevan Vargas 3rd Number Sense, 1st Number Sense Team
Zoe Zbytousky 2nd Art Team
Fifth Grade
Tori Adkinson 5th Music Memory
Alexandra Beliveau 5th Art, 2nd Art Team, 5th Maps/Charts/
Graphs, 2nd M/C/G Team, 4th (tie) Social Studies,
3rd Spelling, 1st Spelling Team
Sophia Blankenburg 5th Listening, 2nd Listening Team,
4th (tie) Social Studies
Mina Broyles 6th Art, 2nd Art Team
Celeste Campa 6th Maps/Charts/Graphs, 2nd M/C/G Team
Marc Flores 2nd Art, 2nd Art Team, 1st Listening,
2nd Listening Team, 2nd Number Sense,
1st Number Sense Team
Hayes Johnson 1st Oral Reading
Brayden LaRue 3rd Number Sense, 1st Number Sense Team
Regan Lozano 6th Ready Writing
Caleb Murrah Best Alt Spelling
Hemma Porter 2nd Spelling, 1st Spelling Team
Keirsten Sauceda 2nd Art Team, 3rd Oral Reading
Torynce Soli 4th Ready Writing, 1st Spelling, 1st Spelling Team
Jack Tabor 2nd Listening Team
Brent Torres 3rd Music Memory, 5th Oral Reading
Davis VanDyke 2nd Maps/Charts/Graphs Team, 1st Number Sense,
1st Number Sense Team
Katherine Windham 2nd Art Team
Elementary District UIL Meet
Team Totals
Blanco 551
Comfort 400
Ingram 226
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