March 22 - Varsity Tennis @ Fredericksburg
March 22 - Baseball @ Comfort - JV 4:30 - Varsity after
March 22 - Softball @ Comfort - 6 PM
March 25 - US Hwy 281 Relief Route Project Meeting - BHS Cafeteria - 4 PM
March 25 - Softball vs Florence - 6 PM
March 25 - Baseball vs Florence - JV 4:30 - Varsity after
March 26 - Boys and Girls Golf District Tournament - Round 1 - @ Vaaler Creek
March 27 - Band UIL Contest - Boerne Champion HS - 11 AM
March 27 - Boys and Girls Golf District Tournament - Round 2 - @ The Buckhorn (Comfort)
March 27 - Boys and Girls Track @ Comfort
March 28 - Early Release - 1 PM
March 28 - Baseball vs Llano - JV 4:30 - Varsity after
March 28 - Softball vs Llano - 6 PM
March 29 - Student and Staff Holiday
April 1 - Regular School Day - NOT a holiday
April 1 - FFA Spring Contest
April 1- Baseball @ Ingram - JV 4:30 - Varsity after
April 1 - Softball @ Ingram - 6 PM
The Blanco ISD school board adjusted the original 2023-24 school calendar several months ago by moving the April 1 holiday to April 8 - which is the day of the eclipse. The reason for that change was that Blanco is expected to be a popular site for visitors to view the eclipse and travel may be difficult. As a result April 1 is a regular school day and April 8 is now a holiday. The online calendars are updated, but if you printed out or saved the original calendar, it now has some incorrect dates on it. Please make note of these changes if you have not already done so.
Blanco ISD will have an early release for students on Thursday, March 28.
Friday, March 29 will be a student and staff holiday.
Monday, April 1 is a regular class day.
Messages from Ms. McLendon - BHS Counselor:
AP Letters were given to students on 3/7/2024 outlining the AP fees and the AP testing calendar. Exams are $30 per AP test your student takes. These funds are due by May 1, 2024 if your child is AP testing.
Please pay any outstanding OnRamps Dual Enrollment fees by May 1, 2024 as well.
The Blanco One Act Play competed in the BiDistrict contest in Clyde on Thursday. They have worked hard and put on great performances this year. Unfortunately they did not advance.
Brody Cox received an all star tech award.
Ryah Denham was honorable mention all star cast
Rylee Aguilar was selected to the all star cast
Congratulations for advancing to BiDistrict and for these individual honors. Ms. Moncus is the One Act Play Director.
Tickets are on sale for the 2024 Prom to be held April 13 at Carriage Hills. Tickets may be purchased in the HS office. The cost is $30. Senior BHS Students attend for free, all other attendees will require a ticket. Students who wish to bring a guest that is not a student at BHS will need to pick up an approval form from the office, fill in required information, get required signatures, and return the form by Wednesday, April 10 at 4 PM.
Nessah Marquette and Alex Hartman competed in the State Powerlifting Meet on Thursday (March 14) in Frisco. Nessah finished 11th and Alex was 13th. Great job ladies!
Donovan Hector, Kaden Elrod, and Brian Perez competed in the Regional Powerlifting Meet in West on Saturday, March 8. All 3 performed well. Kaden Elrod and Donovan Hector qualified for the State Powerlifting Meet in Abilene on Friday (3/22). Congratulations Donovan, Kaden, and Brian!
The BHS Boys and Girls Golf teams competed at Lady Bird Golf Course in Fredericksburg
this week. The boys played Monday. The girls played Wednesday.
The golf teams will be playing their district tournament next week. The first round will be at Vaaler Creek in Blanco on Tuesday (3/26). The second round will be at The Buckhorn in Comfort on Wednesday (3/27).
The JV and Varsity Tennis teams were in the Canyon Lake Tournament. JV plaved on March 7. Varsity on March 8. Both groups did very well in their tournaments. Results are below:
Varsity
Moritz Krueger won 1st place boys Singles
Aidan McCarthy won 3rd place boys singles
Whitney and Wesley Whitehead won 2nd place Girls Doubles
Lillie Smith and Alex Beliveau won Consolation champs in Girls Doubles
Tanner Gibbons and Cristian Alvarez won 3rd in Boys Doubles
JV
Briley Myers and Bailey Smith won 1st in Girls Doubles
Mauricio Serrano andGavin Luker won 2nd in Boys Doubles
Ariadna Gesa and Delanie Zimmerman won Consolation champs in Girls Doubles
Varsity Baseball played in the Blanco Tournament March 8-9. They defeated Luling (7-0), Somerset (3-2), and tied Pearsall (5-5). The JV and Varsity played Harper on March 11. JV won their game. The Varsity lost theirs. Both the JV and Varsity opened District play against Brady on Tuesday (3/19). Both teams won and are 1-0 in district. They will play in Comfort on Friday (3/22), then host Florence (3/26) and Llano (3/28) next week.
The Track teams were in Llano on March 6.
The JV Boys and Varsity Boys both finished third.
The JV Girls and Varsity Girls finished in FIRST place to win their respective divisions of the meet.
There were no meets over Spring Break.
The teams traveled to Kerrville Tivy on Thursday (3/21). Blanco athletes who placed in the top 6 in their event are listed below:
JV Boys
4x100M Relay - 5th place
4x200M Relay - 2nd place
4x400M Relay - 6th place
Triple Jump - 6th place - Foster Capshaw
Shot Put - 2nd place - Holden Burt
Discus - 3rd place - Harrison Gray
Varsity Boys
100M - 4th place - Cole Silva
4x200M Relay - 6th place
4x400M Relay - 5th place
High Jump - 5th place - Brodrick Siwecki
Shot Put - 1st place - Reggie Johnson
Discus - 1st place - Reggie Johnson
JV Girls
100M - 3rd place - Emma Edmondson
200M - 4th place - Maddie Starry
100M Hurdles - 4th place - Avery Flack
300M Hurdles - 5th place - Avery Flack
4X100M Relay - 4th place
4X200M Relay - 3rd place
4X400M Relay - 5th place
High Jump - 5th place - Maddie Starry
Long Jump - 1st place - Maddie Starry
Pole Vault - 1st place - Avery Flack
Varsity Girls
200M - 4th place - Gretschen Grosch
100M Hurdles - 1st place - Madison Hunter
4X100M Relay - 6th place
4X200M Relay - 5th place
Long Jump - 5th place - Gretschen Grosch
The pad is complete for the Educational Center for the Arts. The first round of concrete for the foundation is being poured today (Friday 3/22). This will be done in stages and not all at once. When that is complete, the building will start going vertical and more progress will be noticeable. Completion is scheduled for late Spring 2025.
Things are progressing with the field house. Major work moving dirt for the pad is ongoing. They are working to create the pad and getting it level with the track. 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:
One Act Play for advancing to BiDistrict
Brody Cox for an all star tech award
Ryah Denham for honorable mention all star cast
Rylee Aguilar for being selected to the all star cast
Nessah Marquette and Alex Hartman for their performances at the State Powerlifting Meet in Frisco.
Kaden Elrod, Donovan Hector, and Brian Perez for their performances at the Regional Powerlifting Meet in West.
Kaden Elrod and Donovan Hector for qualifying for the State Powerlifting Meet.
Girls track for winning the JV and Varsity Division of the Llano Track Meet.
Boys track for placing third in the JV and Varsity Division of the Llano Track Meet.
Baseball for their wins in the Blanco Tournament and against Brady in District.
Softball for their win over Brady.
Tennis for their performance at the Canyon Lake Tournament.
Ms. McLendon for organizing a College Fair trip for some of our Senior students.
Mr. Raley for taking students to the College Fair on Wednesday.
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.
