The Annual Powder Puff game will be Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 PM – Jacket Stadium. This year’s game will be sure to impress . . . as much as last year’s BU vs. Kansas State match up? Hmmmm I don’t know . . . but you won’t want to miss this fun and fiercely competitive event.

The Faith Academy tennis Flames are like the UCLA basketball Bruins of the 1960s and ‘70s; the Yankees, 1949 to 1953; the Canadiens, 1956-60; and the Celtics, 1959-1966. Champions all, with repeat, three-peat, four-peat, five-peat, and “for Pete’s sake” in the mind of their foes. The Lady Flames, April 25 in Waco, captured their fourth TAPPS-2A state tennis title in a row and sixth in the last seven year (The boys won, too, and we will tell you all about their big victory very soon.) ...

LLANO to LUBBOCK—That itinerary probably tells you you are not going to learn anything about Niagara Falls, or Bryce Canyon, or Goliad. If the kids in the back say, “Are we there yet?” I can’t blame them, but these are my paragraphs, for now anyway. It was in Brady, 54 miles into the trip, I saw my first jewel: the Palace Theater.

LUBBOCK—Every athletic career has to end—whether it’s at the Super Bowl or the discus ring on the Texas Tech campus. And the athlete, in the crowd of humanity, always seems to be the first to move on. “This way, please. Next.” On April 26, it was Cierra Jordan’s turn for her high school days to conclude, as she threw the disc for the third and final time at the Region I Meet.

LUBBOCK—When you’ve won 18 races in the long journey of a track season, from San Saba to Bandera to Stephenville, third place is usually not the most indelible memory. But when it comes at the Region I Meet, against some of the state’s incomparable speedsters, you know this is a moment (and a half) in time. “They deserve everything they got,” beamed Llano’s excitable and talented head track coach, Jarrett Vickers.

There were fewer games to report this week as the league game schedules were limited due to the STARR tests being given at the school. However, there were still a few contests in each division that provided plenty of baseball action! Llano 4 Year Old T-Ball Llano Angels vs. Llano Green Machines Game Summary: It was a 4-year old t-ball thriller between the Angels and the Green Machines.

There’s a new golf pro in town. You probably think you’re reading old and older news. Two Pro Golf Management’s first name isn’t big-enough for the number of Llano River Course professionals in the last year. Andrew Winslow is not interested in the past. He’s the boss now, and he hopes the word, stability, becomes as popular as the compliment, “good-looking golf shot.” “I graduated from Texas Tech in 2000,” he told me, “and I have 12 years experience,” running golf cours ...

It wasn’t “a diamond in the rough” for Llano High teams, April 16 and April 19, as much it was “rough on the diamond.” We’ll go Around the Horn of (no) Plenty. Burnet 14, LHS 4 The softball Jackets played a good game at the home of the Lady Dawgs for four and a half innings.

It is unnecessary to review the movie, 42, in the 438 words I’ve used here. Three words would suffice. It is the story of Jackie Robinson as a Montreal Royal in the minor leagues and, more importantly, his rookie year with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, when he became the first African-American to play in the major leagues. I was three-years-old when Robinson was in his first game.

STEPHENVILLE—If you know any descendants of the Wright Brothers, or friends close to the new Boeing 787, or you simply have spent hours on Google checking out the latest aerodynamics’ news and breakthroughs, you are ready to throw the discus against the wind. “The disc is built with the same dimensions as an airplane wing,” said Brownwood head track coach, Don Hood.

STEPHENVILLE—The Relay Ride to the realm of the Red Raiders raced through real estate between Central and North Texas, April 18, and captured two gold medals in the Area round of Track & Field’s postseason road show. The Llano High Flying Fivesome also picked up a fourth, and the above means all three Jacket relay boys’ squads will be in the Region I Meet, April 26-27, in Lubbock. “It’s a great accomplishment,” said Layton Rabb.

Soccer is well underway! Games are as follows: Tuesday 4/16/2013 U-10/12: The Cyclones coached by Julie Lusby defeated the Annihilators coached by Tim Woerndell 5 to 4. Daniel Benitez scored 3 goals and Clare Hoffman scored 2 goals for the Cyclones. Erik Argote scored 3 goals and Abel Martinez scored 1 goal.

It was a busy week 3 for the Llano Little League as there were many games to report. Just a reminder that kids are selling tickets for the annual Little League fish fry on Saturday, May 11th at the Moore Complex. Tickets are $8.00 apiece and all proceeds go to benefit the Llano Little League.

No big innings except the ones by the home team. No comebacks by the visitors. No repeat of their first meeting for goodness sakes. No errors after the game’s first batter. What does all that mean? A 12-2 torment by Llano’s baseball team against Lampasas. “The kids hit the ball hard,” said head coach Mike Ridings, and, “Isaac pitched another great game.” This one, April 9, was decided quickly.

LAMPASAS—Isaac Hutto, with his right arm, and Carter Tatsch, with this legs, were golden boys for Llano in the district 8-AAA Track & Field Meet, April 10-11. They advance to the Area round in Stephenville, April 18. Also progressing in the postseason process are two boys’ relay teams (plus the 4x400, chronicled nearby), the girls’ 4x200 foursome, and Cierra Jordan in the shot put and discus. Sir Isaac Hutto delivered a sound whipping of his foes, and he credited one sound with an assi ...