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Lake Travis running back/tight end Kyle Wakefield throws a touchdown pass to Hudson Card In the first Quarter ofFriday 's game a.,aaJnst V,1ndaa,lft. W,1kefleld had ,1 busy first half. c.1tchln.a a touchdown pa.ss, tnrowlng a touchdown pass and sacking Vipers quarterback Justin Moore during a short stint a.s defensive end, ~oev.Y. YPl.011<.l'l Cavaliers close out regular season with a 40-28 win over Vipers.
By Jay Plotkln COntrlbutlngWrtter
Lake Travis (8·2, 5-1 District 25-6A) Jumped ou t to a 21•0 lead and sacked Vandegnlt (6-4, 4-2) quarterbackJustin Moore seven times to clooe out tire regular sea son with a 40-28 v.in Nov, 10 at Monroe Stadium. The cava.llers sprinted out 10 the bjglead on Matthew Baldwin's right arm. Lake Travis' quarter• back hit Kyle Wakefield and Gar· rett Wilson for first-quarter touch· downs, and Wakefield added a touchdown pass t o Hudson card to put the Vipers In a hole they could never escape from. "You can't start out 21·0 down against the current state cham· pions,• said Vandegrift coacb- Drew Sanders. "That's Just too much to overcome... The Vipers clawed their way back Imo the g;,1ne, cutth1g the deficit to 21-13 early in the third quaner but could never get ckloer as Lake Travis' pass rush consis tently got to Moore. Reid Bacon and Kade Langston each regis• tered a pair ofsa .cks, and Sebas· t1an Monroe, Maul Trevino and Wakefieldi,,t into the act. Bacon's final sack trapped Moore in the end 7.0ne for a sare,y. "I'm real h,;ppy-;;.;th our pass rush,· Lake Travis coach Hank Carter said foUowing the game. •we were getting to the quar· terhack with Just our rour main rushers ... "All week we focused on going totheball,"Monroesaid. "'Jttraos, lated into the game. We needed to have a g.,me to sllow that w,i can be a dominant defeasive line ... After Alex Stadthaus' second fieldi,ialofthe~mebrougJ11Van degrift within 21-13, the cavaliers
~5contlnued on A 10 down. Helefttheg.m,e late in 34 for 235 yards. Smallwood Cavs the fourth quarter after injur rushed for 109 yards on 32 continued from AS ing his left ankle while run carries and two scores. ningfor a shortg;un. Gard had While Sanders liked the responded qulctcly. Baldwln fourcarcheslo:r126yardsand fight his ,eam continues to capped a three-play, JS.yard two scores for the Cavaliers. show, he said a stronger start drive \l1th a 43-yard touch carter said be was gjad the is essential in next week's down pass lo card. When Clvaliers had to respond in playoffgame at San Antonio Isaiah Smallwood cut Lake tense situations against the Johnson. Travis' lead to 31-21 early In Vipers. "\\l!dklclawand~,and the founh quarter, Baldwin "We mostly played some we came back like ""'always added a 66-yard touchdown reallygoodfootballronlght," do,"Sanderssald, "htttlf..._..re run ro g1ve r.he Cavaliers a hesald. "Vandegrlltlsagood going ro make a run In rhe 38-21 lead. ream. Their quarterbock does 6A playoffs, we have to start Baldwin completed 19 of a nkejobgmiogthebailtothe stronger than we have In the 24 passes for 193 ydfds and receivers, they ha"" a really last couple of games.·· three touchdowns wttilerusb Dice l'lllllliDg back, and their Lake 'Travis opens the pla}• lt1g for a career-best 133 yards defense got alter us." ofts agai):ISI San Antonio Mad on nine carries with a touch· Moore completed 22 of ison at home. Lake nav1s• Copeland Gothard breaks up a pass Intended forvandegrlft's Ree.Se W•Uon. Goth.ird Wi15 fl,aaaed for P•5$ Interference on the pl~.PM0T0BY 1'YPLOTlUN Lan Travis 40, Vandegrift 28 WltTIMS ll O 10 t -40 ~ 0 10 J 15 - :zs u.r- Watntld10passlltlfnfl-..n(Dltm -..i ~Wtsal UpahnBatllln(Ddlf- LAT-Qd2soassMWWftlil(~ ""l
...... """"" --...... -·••,.,, ■ Lake Travis 40, Vandegrift 28: The Cavaliers (3-2, 5-1 Oistrict 25{;A) jumped to a 21·0 lead and sacked Vandegrift'sjustln Moo CL.ASS6A CL.ASS!5A CLASS4AANDIIEl.0W ■ 1. Westlake (10-0) def. ■ 1. 0ffpplng Sprlngo (10- ■ 1, Wimberley (9-1) def. Vista Ridge (4-6), SS-14. 0) Clef. Marble Falls (3-7), Hondo (2-8), 50-0. ■ z. cedar Rldg,> (9-1) def. 3S-14. ■ z. Regents (10-0) def. Westwood (S-5),49- 3. ■ 2. Cedar Park (9-1) def. Hyde Park (7-3),26-7. ■ 3. Lal«! 11:!VI< (8-2) (!Of. Elgln (3-7),36.-20. ■ (tit) Salado (g..1) ll ADD ITUP Numbers otnote fromtne latest acuon 1n area hlgll schOOlfoott>alJ: 18 Seconds left on the clock whenAkins SCClfed a touchdOWntodeteat Manor 24,,, 11 and qwllfy fO CLASS6A W-L Pa. COMMENT 1. Westlake 1 o-o 1 s Wltn vk:tOfy ewer Vista Ridge, Chaps capped nrst unbeaten regular season since 2000. 2. Cedar Ridge 9-I 1 2 In past two sea.sons, Raldors h"'e posted • 12- 0 mark In their District 13-6A contests. 3. LakeTraVts &· 2 9 oerenatogaass 6A, 0Mslonl cnampw11openptayorrsaga1nstsanAntonk)Madtson. 4. San Marcos 9-1 6 Fresh offwinning 14-6Ac~5Np,Ratuerswlllfocew.stwood In bl-district l)layoff. S.Bcwle &-2 3 Tnerunner-upln 14-6A, BIAICSOgSW■ klek off20 1 7 postseasonagalnstHendtlci The top re,stiar-season pQrformances In area hlgti scilOOlfootbal tntsseason. Sut>mltadC:IIUonsorcCWTecuons toJ.ameswangemann (JwansemaM@st•t•sm•n.oom; 51 2-445-3659). LONGEST TD PASS Ydl. Play~trl(Ttam) Opponent 99 Ace Wttltehe.adt0BrandOn PIE!rlno (Lampasas) LOrena. 94 RyanGardnertoAndreJones(Taylor) Roblnsoo 93 CourmeyPa.tr1ctge-LeetoTrenton8Yrd(Manor) BoNle 89 c. Patrl,Qge-LeQ to Latremont McCutchfn (Manor)san Marcos 66 2.1chR>ns<oKondollThomas(St-Polnt) PflU80fVlllo LONGEST TD RUN Yd5. Pl.-yer Tea.m Opponent 95 T.!Vl0n Page Giddings Canyool.alflueervllle 44 Cameron Dldter LakeTrav1s Hays, Vandegrift 44 Connor BrONn Bastrop Georgetown 44 JaCOb ZePQ By JayPlotkln Contributing \Yriter THIS WEEK IN DISTRICT 25-6A Team of the Week: Leander (1·9, 1·5) The Uons took out a season's worth of frustrations in 24 min utesagalnst Lehman Friday night. Win1ess entering Friday's season finale, Leander scored 52 straight points 10 top the Lobos 52-14. R.lsbad carter·s 49•yard touch· down pass tled the game, and the Lions rushed for 400 yards and got touchdowns from six differ· ent rushers. xavter Dotson and Adison Larue both rushed for more than 100 yards. With the win, Leander avoided Its sec ond winless season in the last four years. Player of the Week: Ky le Wakefield, Lake 1'raV1s One of Lake Travis' most ver s.1rlle players, Wakefield left his mark in multiple ways in the cav- 01.strtct continued on AlO FINALDISTRICT25-6A STANDINGS T•m"i District overall Westlake(II) &-0 10-0 lakoTravis(I) S-1 8-2 Van Boys basketball to season with 31 touchdowns and for completions tn a game wfth hostalumnlgame ju.st five interceptjons_, and the 43. No other Baylor quarterback Sooners have the most produc had completed even 40 passes In The Lake Travis boys basket tive offense in the oountry a'\itrJg his career. His 63 pass attempts ball program will host its alumni ing 600.7 yards a game. Mayfield also set a Bay]or record. game Nov. 25 at Lake Travis High has 60 points In the lat Cavalettes ofWeekn LEFT:Cava.lettes of the W&ek are (from left) Lauren Thorp, Spirit c.wa1etteoftnew1ek; Jackie FOYt'ler,MISS High Kick: .nd Kend~I Harvey, c:wa1eneoftneweek. BELOW: Members compns1na H-tley eorek's Squad of the week are (front row, f rom left)Avery Roadcap, Ha.Jilt)' 80r@k. K«thryn Ron, K.ayl.a. Holst, Kassldl Bender; (top ro.w) Victoria Mat~, Mellssa Ttevlno .tnd OUvla Wom.ak. COOTI11.9UTEOPMOTOS Cheerleaders ofWeekn Lake navts High SChool cheerleaders oftheweek recoantzed at haJftlme oftht!varslty football aame~alnstV~deartft Friday at Monroe Stadium -.re Spencer Smith {left), var-stty, and s.aueyeaughn. JunJorvarslty~ Lake Travis (8-2, s-1 District 25·6A) went to a 40•,28 vletory over Vandeg_rlft (6-4, 4~2) to close out tha reau1ar season. COHTRl8UTEDPHOTOS UIL/TAPPS FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PREVIEW ■ MCCallum's Alox.ander JtJllan 11 ■ Can Ull - PHOTOS BY STEPHENSP1U.MA.NAH0 JOHN CUTIERRE:z: ■ FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN- UIL/TAPPS FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PREVIEW How playoff contenders stack up So which teams can navigate their way to a state title game? Let's take a look: It's rushhour Think AllSlln's rush•hour traffic Is daunting? Try slowing the rushing attack of these teMm. McCallum's offense fearures senior Alexander Julian, the area's leading rusher this season with 2,029 yards and 20 touchdowns on just 182 carries. Simi Bakare of Cedar Ridge set a sac:hool slngle-sea son record with 24- rushing TDs, and Naida Watson - a Wisconsin pledge-gives unbeaten Westlake a backfield sledgehammer with break away speed. San Marcos won the District 14-6A title behind the one-two rush Ing punch of quarterback Pruden cio calderon (1,398 yards, 23 TDs) and tailbackJamonJohnson (1,042 yards, 13 TDs), but no one runs more than Liberty Hill, whlch grinds out more than 450 yards rushing per game behind lead backs Kyle Harri,.on and Hunter One.ken. Use the passing lane Most of the distr.ict champs in Central Texas thls season leaned on their ground games, but there are still plenty ofhigh-flying attacks hoping to land In Arlington. Lake Travis, the defending Class 6A, DMslon I state-champion, may boast the best passing combination in the area with quarteJback Mat• \J,ew Baldwin (2,858 yards, 31TDs) and receiver Garrett Wilson (60 catches, 1,155 yards, 16 TI>s), but Westwood QB Will Jennings (2,686 yards, 29 TDs) and. his top receiver, Cnmeron Thomas (,75 catches, 1.335 s. 18 TOs). could anrue the point. Such quarterbacb as Wimber· ley'sJoJo Weeks (3,026 yards, 36 TOs), Huuo's Chas.e Griffin (3,280 yards, 34 TOs), Dri pptng Springs' Trevor Greenman (2,201 yards, 30 TOs) and Geori,'ttown's Cooper BeU (2,388 yards, 36 TDs) all lead teams with title hopes. Their four squads are a combined 36"1. Slow down:wort 7:.30 p.m.1 Memortal Stadium (Cedar Creek) CLASS 5A DIVISIOIN II ■ Georgeto,,n (8•2) vs. Hunt svllle (&-1), 7:JO p.m.,A&M consolldat ed HS (Couege sut1on) ■ McCallum (10-0) at Medina Valley ( fr4), 7:30 p,m., PantlM!r Stadium ■ Crockett (3·7) at!Kerrvllle Tlvy (8·2), 7:30 p,m., Antler Sbdlum ■ Hutto (&-2)1/S Branham (6-3), 7:300.m.. Green Stadium (Bryan) CLASS4ADIVISIONI ■ Boerne (S-2) vs. Liberty HIii {7· 2), 7:30 p.m., Tiger Stadium (Dripping Springs) ■ Tayl0< ( fr4) vs. China Spring (7·3), 7:30 p,m., Buckley Stadium (KIiieen) CLASS4ADIVISIONII ■ Giddings ( 5·5) VS. Falrfleld (5-5), 7:30 p.m., COiiege suuon HS ■ Wlmberrey (9*1) vs. carrtzo Sprtngs (3-7), 7:30 p.rn, Ha.r1andale Memorlal Stadium (san Ant011Jo) ■ saIad0 {9•1) vs COiumbus (3-6), 1:30 p.m., Mustang St.adl um ( Manor) CLASS 2A DIVISION I ■ Junction (3-7)vs. Thornctale (4-6), 7:30 p.m., MarDle Falls HS ■ Thrall (B-2) vs. Bract SAT\JRDAY'S GAME TAPPSOIVISIONII ■ Corpus CllrlstlJohn P•ul II ( 6-4) •t Hyde Park (7-3), 1 p.m HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE Thost>toplayoff$klcl THURSDAY CIUS 6A Dtvlslon I Cedar Ridge (9-1 )vs.Aldns(3-7), 7:30p.m., ReevesAtnletlCCOffC)lex Class6ADIVIS1onll SlOfl)'Polnt (5-S)vs. Monor(S-5), 7 p,m., TheP11eld, P1Iugorvllle Class SA Division I Rouse(s-s)vsMagnoll.aWest(&-1 ), 7 p.m., Me,rll Green Stadh,.-n, Bryan Clus3A Dtv1Ilonl LagoVista (6-4)vs.Edna (6-4), 7:30p.m., Momorlol St.lclum, Bo$1rop Lui ng( 4--S)vs. Hollet..,I118(8-1 ), 7:30p.m., cuero High scnoo1 C:lass3ADMslonll Aorence(4-6)vs. Tldenaven(9-0), 7 p.m., CubStadlum,Brenham t=RIDAY Clus6A Dlvlalonl H•ndrlckson (7•3) IIS. eowi. (8-2), 7:30p.m.Burge,St.dl""1 sanAntoniloMaelson ( 4-6) .at Lake Travis (6-2). 7:30pm. HOl/5 ( 4-6 )••· San Antonio Reagan ( 8-2), 7 :30p.m. comaiander Stadlll"n,S.tnAntonto Class6Aotvlslonll Westwood (5-5) •tSOl1 Morcos (9-1 ), 7:30p.m. SonAntmo Ma.GArthur ( s-sJ •tWestlal SATURDAY TAP PS Otvlslon II HYd•Park(7·3) vs. Corpu,Chrlstl John Paul II (6-4), 1 p.m. Rish school football Time Radio SA Madison at Lal Lakenavls quarterback M.atthew Balctwln h ;11 completed 70percent Ofhll PilSStS this fall. Another Cavs QB collecting Div. I offers More programs showing interest in Baldwin. former backup to Brewer. Lake Tr.tVls quarcerbac:k Mon hew llllldwln considered himself a lucky young man when he rec,,lved a scholarship offer 1hi. oummer to play football for Colorado Sette next fall. A~er all, Baldwin spent his Junior season as Charlie Brewer's caddy, taking over games nner Lake Travis had built second-half leads of 40 poln1s or more. When C'.SU made its offer to Baldwin in July, he had never started a high school g;ime. Not exactly tile portfolio one routs ro major,,college recruit• Rick crs. Cantu Give Colorado State's coaches Uoon Further credll. They were 1he firs, 10 Review recognize that Baldwin hrul the r1gllt stuff. In his limited playing ALSO INSIDE time as a junior, he completed ■ PflugervUle 76 percent of his passes and mcwesto fired 10 for touchdowns. He was 8-0lng)rls largely responsible for the Cav• bosketball, C2 aliers' 59-56, double-overtime victory over Cibolo Steele, a game Brewer ]eh in the fourth quarter after tak ing a wldced shot to the head. Unfortunately for CSU - and fortunately for Baldwin - the rest of the country appears to have discovered Oie 6-foot-3, 195-pound QB cantuoontrnueaonc2 Cantu oonUnuect from C1 who rhrlves in a pro--sryle offense. Ohio State ·recendy became one of the latest programs to offer Bald· Win a scholarsliip. They dearly noticed that he had completed 70 percent of his attempts this fall while passing for 285 yards a game. He also 31 TD passes against five inter· ceptions. Minnesota. Rice and Kenrucky have offered scholarships, too. Lake Travis has sent six quanerba.cks to Power Five football programs in the past 12 years: Todd Reestog (Kansas); Gar- rett Gilbert (Texas, SMU); Michael Brewer (Texas Tech, Virginia Tech); Baker Mayfield (Texas Tech, Oklahoma); Dominic De Lira (Iowa State); and Charlie Brewer (Baylor). And it appears Bald· win won't be the last cav aliers quarterback to sign with an FBS program. Cav· aliers coach Rank carter said bis team's backup, sophomore Hudson Card, already bolds a scholar ship o!fer ~om SMU. Eagles fly into post• season: Most of the usual posrseason players, even Ing to work hard and that suspects - Lake Travis, ones with a losing record. is what I really like about Wesdake, Cedar Park to •our ktds a,re extremely this bunch.• name a few - are gear excited aboul all or their The Eagles will face a ing up for the UIL football hard work paying off and rugged roe - 9'I Cedar playoffs. they g Lake Travis SsCO\'Cf 100 have goneo s""'1ger, but I've bul Row~md Wl\11 ll'l~ll'll lO and 1ha hillh school ~nlor mnny klcks. He's un,d." lmprovoo 1hc 1110!1 because the bench Saturday ~Inst doesn't reel 11\ce talent is an Dicker. a former soccer I've becom• more confident K.1.nsas. Issue for 1hc current 1<:hol player, Is a G-fooH, 187- In wha1 I do nnd 1ha1 frees Hl lurvtr1ga down time r1gt11 prep kicker for ti I() 2018 c1,..,,, L.1ke Tntvls reached 1he for 11 on founh down several now," Dicker said. "I've mn per d,e 247SponscomJ)0$1te, stat• championship gam• time$ each game. 11'8 orgu• him rnakc • bunch of lield Dicker com mined 10 1hc In Olcker's sophomore and obu, why theydldn'l escape goals when we're workilljj Lolljjhorns on May 4 and Is Junlor years. ·ii,e Cavaliers d,e USC andOklaJiomaStale rogc1her. lie didn't go to big haWY that his COllti'COreet hope toil'\ backdlffeagaln games with wins. schools,so 1hc fil'!ll 0001,leof will lead him Just down 1hc chit senson. It need., to be f1JCo;d. '"""'5 misses in f,"nt of thnl many street In Austin. H•·• enjoylnll the ride, .should bea1 mOSt opponcnu people played w1th his mind, '"It's a dream come m1e even If foo1ball wnsn·r his w10, ov1.•rwhcl111lr1gsldll, But I lhlnk. As he gl?IS (/\'Cl' lh By Butch Hart have a tough district, but I bea nwi tougheroPfl'll1"l11, contrl0Utln9WTlter think we'll be ready,~ The game was tied at II The l"Jnthers (7-0) rncoo aller 1l1e Fi rst quarter und I lendr1ckson and l'fluger to the championship of the Plugervllle carried a one Y11k• concluded the firsl week Bowle Rc-Yoi.,llful Tourna• point lead Into l11lnlme. of the girls ooskl!tball season meat with an impressive Omw.ee. who was selected with unblemlshc-d N!COrds. 57,51 wln over Liberty HUI, as the tournament's mos1 'Ille Hawkll (3-0) handed llJe top-r.mkoo t1ia111 ln Class voluable player, 5tored o Vandegrift IIS first lo.,s of the 4A by the Texas Association game-high 28 polnis. Klem sea,,ononFr1daywttha42,20 ofB.'.I.SltctbaJJ roaches, In Sat• King and London Clarkson thrMhlJ'111 of the Viper,!, urda,y'•cl,amplonshlpw,me. ~re ruso named to U1e all• Hendrickson raced to a l'flugervllle I.> ranked thlrd tournament team. Shay• 17-ll lead In lhe firsl <1uartcr ln Class6A. Un Vickers lc~J Llberly HIii and extended It to 18 points Ourlng the tournament~ with 14 points while Oethany by lmlftlme. Zoo Nelson IL-d POugervllle accumulated Mcl.eod and Kandyn Faut1c the Hawks with a game-high wins by an av-er~e margin added 12 points each. 21 points, scoring 12 In the of victory of LS polnis. In other acdon, Connally lin;t half. '11,e l'anUiers defe:1ted Ira· 011ened the season with "Zoe played really well didonal siote power Cibolo lossu to Stony Point (64· tonlgh1, and dcfem,tvely, we Steele 57•43. srarr OmcY1.t.-e SI) and Lake Travis (47,36), really did a good Job turn led the olfen,e wilh 13 poini,,, ... Weiss's first-year team, Ing the ball over with our and eight dltferem Panthers coached by Brittany Nel· press,· said Hendrickson scored. oon, will piny only a Junior coach Norma Sierra. "We Uberty Hill (S-1) proved to varsity schedule. BYJlmlrllh respectjvely. Kinneyalso snagged conttltlutlngWrtter eigh1 reboimds. Cedar Creek shot 46 perce.at Bastrop outscored visiting San from the field. Marcos 20-7 In tho founh quar The Eagles lost their final four ter and cruised toa 42-41 victory games against Dripping Springs In a non-district contest Friday. S2•15, A&M Consolidated 62-30, The Bears (2-1) trailed by 12 Lake Travis 53-29, aad Ha),;55-35. points heading into the final •we have to get better at tak· frame. Ing care of the ball,• said Cedar •we used a full-court and half. Creek coachjames Bain said. •we court trap to create turnovers averaged way too many turn• and bad shots to come from nine overs, which Jed to points for down in the middle ofthe fourth the other teams ... quarter and win,· said Bastrop Dripping Springs outscored coach Chris Hicks. Cedar Creek IH in the first quar Point guard Akbiri Lester led ter. The Eagles shot only 19 per u,e Bears with 12 poinlS while post cent frorn uie floor lor u,e contest. FelicityKellysooredJJ . IS, Les· Smith, a 6 ·2 post, led the ter and Kelly each gra~ eight Eagles with six points and eight rebounds. rebounds. Goodloe scored six In other acdon over the week• points and had four rebounds. end, Cedar Creek oompUed a 1-4 Smith and Goodloe are u,e only record at the Dripping Springs two seniors on the team. tourname.nL "We are very Inexperienced The Eagles C?-5) won their first on the varsity level, so just get· contest of the tournament over ting everyone confident In what Cornerstone Chr1st1an 5243. they can do is going to take some Jaelyn Goodloe, a &foot post, time," Bain said. scored t4 points and grabbed U On Tuesday, Bastrop played rebounds. Ashlan Smith andjayla at Austin Crockett, whUe Cedar Kinney added U and 10 points, Creek visited Hays, ELECTIONS School . districts pass tax measures Lake Travis gets $253 million bond approved. By Rachel Alce lflCOO~M&'!p:11)611.MIYI At ihetlllyofthefinru unofficial vote, l.,akc Travis school dls1r1c1 residents approved a $253 mi~ lion bond pacla!ge 1ha1 will fund lhe construction of elementary school No. 7 and middle school No. 3 and olhter dlslrlcl needs. With 5,801 vo:tes 111llled, 74.45 percent of \'Ol'ers casr their bal• IOI h1 favororth~bond. Voten also approved a proposl• rlon 10 move 2 cencs of1he prop• erty tax rate from the district's lnrere.<1 and savings fund over 10 Its malnlcnance and operations fund, keeping: the lox rate the same. Wl1h 5,765 V01"11 inlllNI, 70.53 percent of voten awl'O\-ed of1he rax measure. F_.anes school dlsrrtct voters appro,,-.d the district's proposed "tax swap and drop• measure by a landslide. With 5,882 votes tallied, 88. 76 percent of voters favored lhe llll< rate change, which dropped the tax rate while plac lng more revenue In Its mal.nte• nance and operations fund. 1be proposed LakeTravis bood will pay for the school district's third middle school for approx· lmarely $76.2 million, as well as the district'ssevenlh elementary school for roughly $33.1 million. The bond wtll fund land pur, chases for future school cam· puses and will pay for the ret• rofitUng or old buses with seat belts for $1.3 million. The bond also Includes fond• ing for building renovations and items needed for each campus, including furniture, technology upgrades, tibrarybooks, updated playgrounds, rurt'lmprovements, uniforms for alh1eles and fine arts students, cafeteria equip· SC:hooll contlooed on A6 Aid for Tax Reduc11on, • """'7..e staffsalaries, cut pro Schools Superintendent 8rad Lan· grams or cut staff. continued trom Al caster said. -1 think the reason it's "'This is, simply put.just passing by such a large mar ment and more. filling that hole ... it'sessen gin is we found the right The "penny exchange• or tlally going 10 balance 1he message and equation for "tax swap" asked voters to budget. Witltout it, we'd the community and the decide whether they want have a $2.1 million budget school d istrict,• Superln• romovetwocents from the deficll." tendent Tom Leonard said district's interest and sink Eanes voters approved Tuesday evening before ing fund to Its maintenance a tax measure that moves final voting numbers were 311d Op(>l'ations fund, keep 3.25 cents per $100 prop reported. ing the overall tax rate the erty valuation away from "'For taxpayers, we're same. Oisltkt officials said the district"s debt fund and actually lowering the rate, the revenue is needed for increase the maintenance which is rare - almost no the d1.str'lct•s operadonal and ope.rations fund by 2 one lowers the rate. And budget since state fund cents, thereby decreasing under the system with the ing has decreased by about the tax rate ov.erall District two additional golden pen S200 per studenl over the officials said that if the mea nies, we wiU get additiollti.l past six years. sure didn't pas.s, the district revenue to help us.# •we lost $2.2 million this mlghl have needed 10 make September due to the loss dilticult decisions about Ille contactRaCheI RiCe at 512- of ASATR · Additional State budget, perhaps having to 445-3809. Voters show support in Travis County bond election Jurisdictions that voted, only AJSD facilities and obsolete parks Improvements for $91.5 projects to a $185 rnIIUon ask. 97,169 ens, ballots. That's Just technology)", Lhe Srn1esman million.· Since we've received a little over 13 percent of the .. urged voters to choose the 1'hey went on to urge approval for our bond eligible voters; so, a small hard place and support the suppon for Proposition package, the Commissioners pcrcemage of voters decided bond package.· A, bur nO[ Proposlrlon R Coun ha.< decided to speed lite fate of each of lhese bond Because AlSD touted lhat because, ·though worthy, it up the process to complete requests. rhelr tax rate would not makes sense to delay those these approved projects much With close to 90 pcrcenl increase, leaving out the projects for a future ballot - quicker than those approved Gerald Daugherty choosing not to vote, that Increase in taxes because of if for no other reason than In previous bond elections. Travis County Update sends a mixed signal 10 eVer•rls1og property values, ro hold 1he line on 1ue1; ror lncludoo In lite bond p~ckage elected officials. We're the Statesman did get an Al5D many Central Texans who estimates were dollars for a constantly hearing about estimate of how much tax bills are struggling 10 pay curre.nt program manager consultant A curious thing happened unaff'ordability in Austin and would increase if the bonds tax bills.• Proposition B's and a genera) engineering with all the Nov. 7 bond Travis County, and that our passed. A median-priced AJSD portion of an average ta.xable consultant. These added e lecctons Just held: ,hey all properly taxes are too high. home's tax bill would Increase value honie would be about resources will help us get l passed by overwhelming While this vote may seem by S219 in 2019, and by $353 $12, I'll let you draw your ll1ese 201? approved projects percentage margins, with to say that higher property In 2020. Another lldblt to own conclusions about how completed In a much quicker some very large bond dollars taxes are okay wltJ, our ponder Is Lhat, according 10 a defeallng Propo.ltlon B would tlrne fm111e. and we·re eager at stake, Austin school district citizens, 1 assure you that radio report after the election, have held the line on taxes. to get started on them. had a $I .OS billion package, your Commissioners Court an AISO board member said Here's what citizens can 1 wholeheartedly agree Leander school district's was is mindful of the UlX burden that this SI billion is the first expect for future Travis wilh County Judge Eckhardrs $454.4 mllllon, Lake Travls we ask on the Travis Counry bite of$5 1>1111011 In needs. County bond elections. statement, "'\Ve're incredibly school district's was $253 debt portion or your property 1'hal sounds like there will 1'hrough 2005, we grnceful Lhat 1he voters or mllllon, StTravls County's taxes. be future large .AJSD bond traditionally held bond Travls County agreed that was8S million, 1he smalles1 of The lead-up to 1he elections elections. elections every four years. this pruden1 nnd well-eraOed all these. had some interesting media And lhat Stat,esman With bond elections in 2011, padcage of investments in Why dld I use the term coverage, especially by the coverage of the Travis County and now 2017.. that's six years safety, mobility and open pcrccniage marg1n? All of Austin Amertcan-Starcsmon. bonds? An editorial board between bond elections - space Is wonhy of public the above bonds passed by AJSD's all or nothing $1.05 opinion said, "l!.lnlike the too long wllh all the needs support. Thank you to lite a marg1n ranging from 65 billion bond package received Austin school bonds, which thar build up. In the furore, members of the Citizens pe.roent to 74 percent of the the bulk of the auentlon, but will pass or fall on one ballot we'll do smaller and more Bond Advisory Comrnlllee for people who voted In their Travis County's propositions Issue, the Travis County regular bond elections with developing the bond package respec1lve bond elecllon. g:01 some :menllan. 100. bonds are broken lnlO two well-defined deliverables and and co all our supportent!"' While those are large margins, While lamenting that AISD propositions: Proposition A a clear timeHne to do those lei's tJlke a closer look a1 voters were "'between a rod::• ror road and lnfra~trucnare bond project<. Jusr like this Gcrato DaughCf'tyreJ)(esents lite 1umout. Out of724,725 (soaring tax bills) and a hard Improvements costing $93.4 year, where we whittJed down prednct3 on the Travis CoonlY total registered voters tn the place (the poor state of many million. and Proposition B for over $1 billlon In ldent!6ed comn1s.sk:Jl1ers COtM't. NONPROFIT LTlov helps Green Santa ride again COnlrlbuteorePOrt trlct ·s Edu catlonal Develop, ment Center to sort dona LTlov Is genlng ready 10 dons, pack famllyg1ft boxes jiJ1lleallthe way into another and to help on dislribuaon holiday season seivtngneigh, days. Volunteer, are needed bors in need through the Dec. 4 througt, U. lndividu· Green Santa program. als, groups, clubs and orga• Col1ectlon boxes were nlzar1on5 are Y.-ek:ome. Day, dropped at Lake Travis Karon Kofnov.c (loft) and evening and a.fter·schoo] school district campuses !his Unda soya detnata &Jfts times are open to adults, weelc and a1 local bustnesses to tM LTIOY Grt!utCO lnlS st.Ory. LONGHORNS FOOTBALL UTnee,dsa kicker - how about Dicker? Herman could sme use a leg like that ofLake Travis High srandout - now. By Brian OaVls [email protected] The most Important recruJt Texas coach Tom Herman will sign in December Isn't obvious, nor js he necessarily glamorous. It•s not the two four--star qllaJ'-, SATUl!OAY'S lerbad Lone,hOms conUnued on cs e xtra points. overtime. Texas a t0-7 lead at t hat Longhorns · 1 think the biggest frus. Without any sort of kick point, Instead, Chris War continuea from Cl tratlng one tonight was, I lngpredlctabU!ty, lhe Homs ren m plowed ahead for think it was fourth-and-6 wind up going for it. A lot. a narrow first down, Two left, Texas (5-5, 4·3) must fig on the (Kansas 36): Her• Texas is II for 27 on fourth plays later, Sam Ehllnger ure tllings out i11 search of man said afterward. "I'm down thissea.on. The Homs had to chase down a fum just one more win for bowl not going to line up and are tied for the fourth-most ble for a 34-yard loss, and ellglblllty. aaempta St-yard field goal, anernprs In the nation. This the Homs punted. "'As a kicker~you 're either but are. you going to punt te.am~s success rate is 106th Oklahoma State won 13-10 the most Uked player, the It from the (36-yard line), natlonally. in overtime. F.hlinger threw most hated player or you·re too? That seems a little bit Herman chose to go for a game-ending interception just there,• Dicker told the silly as well.• it on fourth-and-8 from the on lhlrd-and-4. Ifhe simply American-Statesman In May. On founh-and-6, quarter Oklahoma 27-yard line In throws Sooner,; (:luarter'back Ba.ker M~fleld tums aru<11es Into Individual mottvatlon. Grudge vs. TCU fires up Mayfield Ex-Lake Travis star felt slighted by Patterson in recruiting process. 8ySVUMI ~lllbvrton [email protected] TOU and Oklahoma play Sat· urday, with lhe winner taklng firm hold of the top seed in the Big 12 championship game and enhancing a claim to one of tire four national playoff spots. But forget all that talk about rankings and playoffs. There's a compelling subplot unfolding between Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson and Soonersquar· terback Baker Mayfield, 1he cur rent favorite to win the Heisman Trophy. Mayfield Ukes to right wro'l:5- real or otherwise - against him. So what mlgh1 he have in store for TCU, a school be believes slighted him dwing the recruit· Ing !)roc 01.e 12 conth.led on C4 Big12 continued from Cl irritated Ohio State had sung the school song to celebrate In Norman th.e year before.. Dunrethe1PJJ1e,Mayfield promised some Buckeyes faos there would be many more OU touchdowns. He also had some entertaining conversations with Baylor fanstwoweekslaterin Waco. Then Mayfield troll ed Texas Tech, h:is old team, as he walked Into OU's Memo rial Stadium beforetheSooo ers played the Red Raiders on Oct. 28. He wore a shirt that said .. Traitor,. above the outline or the state of Oklahoma. 1'ech fans cre ated the shirt a year ago to mock him when OU was playing in Lubbock. WbyTCU? In interviev.•sWith re.p011- ers throughout the years, Mayfield has Insisted TCU coaches told him they'd offer a scholarship. But one never came. He walked on at Texas Tech in 2013 and transferred to OU after his freshman year. While he was redshirt· Ing at OU In 2014, Mayfield stood in street clothes on the sldellnes at Amon Car• ter Stadiummd broke down the signals called by TCU offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie, who'd been his coach at Tech. The Frogs beat the Sooners 37-33. I During a media availabil ity in Oecembe,- 2015, when the Sooners were readying for a playoff game against , Clemson, M;zyfieldwas~ about bis recruitment. He mendonedTCUandsald Pat terson "'doesn"t like me, and J have no comment about that.· Patterson, who was in San Antonio f-0r the Alamo Bowl, then was asked about Mayfield. He said, "If Baker Mayfield wants to blame • TCU for 128 BCSschools not offering him a scholarship, that's fine.· Before the stanof last sea I son, tJ1erewere more quotes • about Patterson. The TCU 'I've always llked him (Mayfield} and admired the way he competes.' Gaiy Patterson Horned Frogsooacn coach brougllt Chem up after the Frogi; loot to Che Soon· ers 52·45. In bis posrgame newsconterence, Panerson was asked about the official· Ing. He mentioned Mayfield without naming him, saying: ·we talk about sportsman· ship in Utisgame. Their quar terback writes: a whole arti· cle about me, how I treated him wrong. And I can't talk to the officlals? Bottom Hne? 1 wasn't happy with Che offi. dating." Mayfield has yet to lose to TCU when he's Che start• ing quarterback. He beat the Horned Frogs while al Tech 20-IO and is 2-0 at OU The last dme tlile two met in Norman, Mayfield left the game with a head injury on the final play of the first half. The Soooers stopped a two-point attempt in the final mintrt.e to prevail 30-29. While at OU, Mayfield has completed 32 of SO passes againstTCU with four touch downs and no interceptions. He's also nlSlled ror97yards and two touchdowns. Mayfleld wouldn't say much about Patterson this week when he spoke to the media. He called Patterson .. one of the best defensive minds in the game. ., Palterson was more effu sive in his praise ofMayfield "I've always liked him and admired the way he competes.,. Patterson said . .. You've got to love a guy who's a oompe1itor. He's one or0105rs,you'vegot to admire the things he's been able to do.• cont.a.ct Suzanne Harnourton al512-445-3954. 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