May 6 - Girls State Golf @ Shadow Glen - Sophia Young - Day 1
May 6 - Government AP Testing - AM
May 6 - Art History AP Testing - PM
May 6 - Freshman Band Camp Day 1 - 4 PM
May 7 - Girls State Golf @ Shadow Glen - Sophia Young - Day 2
May 7 - Letter Jacket sizing at Lunch
May 7 - Freshman Band Camp Day 2 - 4 PM
May 8 - English Lit AP Testing - AM
May 8 - Regional Tennis - Abilene - Justin Karnes and Foster Capshaw - Day 1
May 8 - FFA Banquet - Twin Sisters - 6 PM
May 8 - Freshman Band Camp Day 3 - 4 PM
May 9 - BHS Academic Awards - BHS Gym - 6 PM
May 9 - Regional Tennis - Abilene - Justin Karnes and Foster Capshaw - Day 2
May 9 - Freshman Band Camp Day 4 - 4 PM
May 10 - Macroeconomics AP Testing - PM
May 10 - Freshman Band Camp Day 5 - 4 PM
May 10 - Color guard, Drum major, and Band Leadership Tryouts
The UIL Academics Team competed in the 3A - Region 1 Contest in Abilene (April 27) - places are listed below as reported.
Rylee Aguilar - Prose Interpretation - 1st Place - State Qualifier
Faith Tucker - Ready Writing - 4th Place - State Alternate & Feature Writing - 4th Place - State Alternate
Ella Baker - Ready Writing - 5th Place
Sophie Blankenburg - Science - 20th Place
Fuyu Dai - Accounting - 34th Place
Nic Fox - Number Sense - 43rd Place
Rylee will compete in Prose Interpretation at the UIL State Academic Meet on May 14 and 15 at the University of Texas at Austin. Congratulations to all of the UIL participants and good luck to Rylee at State!
The Blanco FFA Banquet Wednesday, May 8th, at 6:00 PM, at Twin Sisters Dance Hall. Many degrees and awards will be given to members and jr. members. Several individuals and teams will be recognized for their accomplishments, and 2024 senior FFA members will be sent off with a special retiring of the jacket ceremony. The 2024-20245 chapter officer team will also be introduced.
Reggie Johnson and Madison Hunter competed at the UIL State Track Meet in Austin this week. Reggie finished third in the discus with a throw of 169' 4" and 5th in the shot put with a throw of 54' 8.25" (an new BHS record). Madison was 7th in the 100M Hurdles running 15.25.
Congratulations to Reggie and Madison for their accomplishment and thank you for representing Blanco HS well.
The Baseball team played their Bidistrict playoff games on Thursday (May 2) against Merkel at Lake View HS in San Angelo. The Panthers were the first place team in District 5-3A. Merkel was the 4th place team from District 6-3A. The format was a best of 3 series with 2 games scheduled Thursday and one game (if needed Friday) in Llano. The Panthers made short work of the Badgers in game 1 winning 11-1 in five innings due to the 10 run mercy rule. The Panthers took game 2 as well 6-2 to advance to the Area Round next week. The opponent will be the winner of the Jacksboro and Breckenridge games with the date, and time to be determined.
The pad is complete for the Educational Center for the Arts. The second round of concrete for the foundation was poured (Wednesday 4/17). Bricks are on site, and the walls of the ECA are going up. The ECA is scheduled to be completed in the Spring of 2025.
Part of the field house foundation was poured on Thursday (April 25). The field house should be ready early in the upcoming football season.
Check back for more details as the construction process progresses.
In an effort to recognize contributions and accomplishments of BHS students and staff, we will be giving shout outs to individuals or groups who have made and impact, represented Blanco HS well, done a good deed, gone above and beyond expectations, extended a helping hand, received an award, or just did something cool. These are the BHS Shout Outs for the week:
Rylee Aguilar for advancing to the State UIL Meet in Prose Interpretation
Reggie Johnson for finishing 3rd in the Discus and 5th in the Shot Put at the State Track Meet
Madison Hunter for finishing 7th in the 100M Hurdles at the State Track Meet
Panther Baseball for winning their Bidistrict Playoff series against Merkel to advance to the Area round
All BHS students for their efforts on the MAP tests given this week
All BHS staff member for helping to administer MAP tests this week
Our awesome substitute teachers for helping cover classes when staff is gone throughout the year but ESPECIALLY in the Spring with so much going on
Ms. Raley, Ms. Johnson, and the whole technology team helping with MAP testing this week.
Coach Dixon for putting in many miles over the last few weeks supporting our student athletes by going to regional golf, track, softball and baseball playoff games, and the state track meet
Athletic Tickets
Fans can also download the Home Town Ticketing app to their smartphone and order tickets through the app.
Tickets are usually available for purchase 3-5 days prior to the contest. In person (cash) tickets will not be available at the gate/door.
This will only apply to BISD HOME games. We have no control over how other schools sell their tickets. If other venues require online ticketing, we will provide that information as soon as we have it.