Author Archives: Mike Virdell

PLAY TO WIN by Mikel Virdell

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Mike Virdell

Recording the History of the Fighting Llano Yellow Jackets Few Notes of great interest. Texas Football magazine ranks every UIL football school at the end of each season. They take the last six years for the study, and includes 2024 … Continue reading →

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2024 And The Jackets Record Book

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Mike Virdell

As I work toward getting info into the Jackets record book…I keep finding facts that are a big interest. I’ll be adding to the record book for several weeks. One statistic I found really interesting. As we all know, Dave … Continue reading →

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12-2 Season Brings Rewards

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Mike Virdell

The 2024 Llano Yellow Jackets season was a wonderful success. The third winningest season in school history will live in the minds and hearts of these players forever. And most important, the seniors leave not only with just the records, … Continue reading →

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Jackets 12-2 Magical Season

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Mike Virdell

A season when you were not picked to win your district…a season when star power was lacking…a season when you fall behind in 6 games, by as many as 19 points in a state play off game and still come … Continue reading →

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Jackets Shock Goliad in Heartstopper

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Mike Virdell

The Llano Yellow Jackets shocked the heavily favored Goliad Tigers Friday night at Ferris Complex in San Antonio 30-29 with only 17 seconds left on the clock. The Regional game will go down in LHS history as one of the … Continue reading →

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Area Win Over Orange Grove 34-6

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Mike Virdell

The Llano Yellow Jackets spent last Friday night taking down a good Orange Grove team 34-6 in Area play. Llano has now won 10 games in a row. They have now beaten five teams in a row that had made … Continue reading →

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10-1 Jackets Scorch Crystal City

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Mike Virdell

The Fighting Llano Yellow Jackets defeated the Crystal City Javelinas Friday night in San Antonio by a score of 48-14. The Yellow Jackets now have a season record of 10-1, tied for the fourth best record ever recorded by the … Continue reading →

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2024 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS !!!

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Mike Virdell

The Fighting Llano Yellow Jackets took care of business Friday night on a rain soaked field in Ingram, Texas to hold back the fighting Warriors who had hopes of winning a district title. For the second week in a row, … Continue reading →

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Jackets Swamp Marion 38-12

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Mike Virdell

The fighting Llano Yellow Jackets played their best first half of the 2024 season Friday night, racing out to a 24-0 half time lead against the Marion Bulldogs. Marion came into the game with a 3-1 district record and with … Continue reading →

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Jackets Escape W/ 27-26 District Win

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Mike Virdell

The Llano Yellow Jackets defeated the 2023 District Champions on their own field Friday night to take the lead for the district crown. Playing San Antonio Randolph on Ro-Hawk field is hard enough on its own. But Llano out played … Continue reading →

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