August 4, 2021 Issue

Over the course of two weeks, the COVID-19 situation in Blanco County gradually has become more serious, according to a county health official this week. “Unfortunately, COVID-19 is once again on the rise in Blanco County,” said Blanco County EMS Chief Ben Oakley, the county’s infectious disease control officer, on Tuesday.

Three track athletes from the Blanco Track Club have qualified for the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Humble this week. Rhyder Nelson qualified in two events, turbo javelin and high jump. Sidney Johnson and Caroline Seymour both qualified in the javelin. Cameron Nelson coaches the Blanco Track Club members. Practice for the club began in March.

The Blanco Panther football team was picked to finish second in District 13-3A, according to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine. The annual preview picked defending champion Llano to repeat in the district, followed by Blanco as the runner-up. The magazine picked Lago Vista to finish third, followed by Comfort in fourth place and Luling in fifth place. Individual preseason honors went to Llano’s Abel Prince as district offensive MVP and Lago Vista’s Bryce Jackson as district de ...

The Blanco FFA program has recently completed improvements to its show barn located at the high school. As part of the project, all of the old pens in the barn were removed and the barn was given a thorough cleaning. The dirt floor was leveled and compacted, and then a brand new set of pens was installed.

The Blanco Lady Panther volleyball camp was held July 26-28. The camp was divided into two sessions with incoming third through sixth graders attending from 8-10 a.m. and incoming seventh through ninth graders attending from 10 a.m. to noon. Coach Jane Karnes was assisted by upperclassmen and coaches Charlie Stavlo, Michelle Davis and Alex Uberroth.