LIBERTY HILL 778-6844 Come see Live classes: our new Kickboxing Boot Camps expansion! TRX Strength & conditioning program for athletes Complimentary Bring in Fitness 0LOLWDU\SUHSÀWQHVV Orientation programs 14 Day 100% this ad for State of the Art Satisfaction Equipment FREE Guarantee FREE Access to Access to 1700 anytimehealth.com Worldwide enrollment! Locations Tanning 14365 Hwy. 29 West, Suite 8, Liberty Hill, TX 78642 ZZZDQ\WLPHÀWQHVVFRPOLEHUW\KLOOW[#DQ\WLPHÀWQHVVFRP 1 2 Message from the Superintendent On behalf of Liberty Hill ISD, I would like to welcome you to a new and promising school year. Liberty Hill is blessed with a strong tradition of supporting the activities of our students. We are pleased to host an event in which our students can compete and demonstrate good sportsmanship. Our student groups have been hard at work since August 5th, preparing for the activity in which they are involved. We are proud of the accomplishment of these students and appreciate your support to help them realize their full potential. Dr. Rob Hart Sincerely, Rob Hart Ed.D Superintendent LHISD 3 Students, Message from the I hope you have enjoyed your summer and are looking forward to an excellent new school year. We are excited to welcome you back into our beautiful new school. Liberty Hill is a community that Liberty Hill High puts education first. There has never been a more exciting time to be a Panther. School Principal This year will begin a new chapter in the rich history of Liberty Hill High School as we continue our tradition of excellence. Our students have earned the reputation of being winners in the classroom and on the field of competition. Last year we received the ACT College Readiness Award for the third year straight year. LHHS celebrated a UIL Academic Regional Championship team that advance three teams to state and brought home a State Championship in Social Studies. Our Sweepstakes winning band advanced to the area marching contest. An unprecedented 42 band members earned Regional honors while six were named to the All State Band. Our Panther athletic teams won five district championships. What honors will you help contribute to our rich tradition? This year you will have the distinction of being the first classes to attend our new state of the art high school. The future is bright for our school and our community. Students, I challenge you to achieve the most out of your high school experience. Join a campus club or organization and get involved. Aim high and commit yourself to giving your best effort to everything that you do. At Liberty Hill High School, we don’t want to be just a great high school. We want to be the best high school in Texas. We look forward to seeing you soon. Proud to be a Panther, Bobby Mabry Liberty Hill High School Principal Liberty Hill Youth Football & Cheer One Town…One Team Proud To Support LHHS As We Build Future Panthers by Teaching the LH System! www.lhyfc.com 4 Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year! What an exciting year this is starting out to be! We have a brand new athletic complex at the new high school, and the facilities at the new junior high are second to none. This year Message from we are laying the ground work to participate in UIL soccer and team tennis beginning in fall of 2014. We expect our athletes to continue to play at the same level of championship play as previous athletes have. I take Jerry Vance great pride in the fact that the Liberty Hill athletics program is recognized as one of the most competitive LHISD Athletic Director TOTAL athletic programs in the state. We have consistently competed in post district play in every sport, we are making deep runs in the play-offs; we are making Winning Championships a habit. We have a great coaching staff, state-of-the-art facilities and a winning attitude. Nothing is lacking. Our programs include volleyball, football, baseball, softball, and the boys’ and girls’ sports of cross country, basketball, track, tennis, power lifting and golf. We are playing in district (8AAA) and playing in a new region (1). Our District includes Burnet, Llano, Lampasas, Brownwood and Gatesville. I would urge each and every student to participate in athletics as well as other extra- curricular activities to enrich your educational experience. We have some of the best coaches, trainers, band directors and sponsors in the state. I believe Liberty Hill I.S.D. is poised to accomplish even greater achievements. Get Involved! Be a Part of Our Successes! I would also strongly encourage all parents and community members to also become involved with and participate in the Liberty Hill All Sports Booster Club. Without the support this organization provides to all Liberty Hill sports, our programs could not and would not be as successful as they are. Once again, welcome back. The coaches and I are looking forward to another stellar year for the LH Panthers! Come out and support us! Go Panthers!!! Let’s win championships in 2013-2014 Jerry Vance Athletic Director Liberty Hill Independent School District 5 LIBERTY HILL COACHES JERRY VANCE MIKE KRISTAN, JR. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FRESHMAN HEAD COACH HEAD FOOTBALL COACH ASSISTANT VARSITY FOOTBALL- OFFENSIVE LINE Athletic Director Jerry Vance is head coach for the Panthers – his 13th HEAD VARSITY BASEBALL COACH since taking over the LHHS football program in 2001. Vance also begins Mike Kristan begins his 15th year at Liberty Hill (and 21th year coaching his 36th year in coach overall. In addition to football, Vance has coached overall). Kristan coaches the Quick Side of the Line on varsity and is head track, men’s & women’s basketball and has taught math, health, coach of the LHHS freshman team. Kristan graduated from Murray State physical education and driver’s education. Vance graduated from Hobbs College with an Associates degree before earning a Masters degree – and High School in Hobbs, New Mexico. He then earned a Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science degree – in Education from Henderson State University. Kristan has also coached degree from West Texas State University and a Master’s Degree in Education from Corpus Christi football, basketball, track and baseball at Grisham and Deerpark Middle Schools as well as Liberty State University. In his time away from school, Vance enjoys fly fishing and reading. Hill Middle School. Mike, who graduated from nearby Westwood High School in 1987, is married to DeeDee Kristan (an assistant principal at LHHS) and has four children: Ryan, Justin, Tanner and Haley. CHARLES “DOC” HARRINGTON Away from his coaching duties, Mike enjoys golf, water painting and sports on ESPN. ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER JOHN HALL Charles “Doc” Harrington handles the duties of head Athletic Trainer, as ASSISTANT VARSITY FOOTBALL- OFFENSIVE BACKS COACH well as Assistant AD, for the Panthers. This season makes his 12th year at ASSISTANT COACH POWERLIFTING Liberty Hill High School and 27th overall. Doc has had stops at El Paso John Hall begins his 3rd year at Liberty Hill (and 24th year coaching Eastwood, Midland Lee, Abilene Christian University and Odessa overall). Hall coaches the offensive backfield in varsity football and assists Permian before coming to Liberty Hill. Doc graduated from the in track and field by coaching the sprinters and high jump. Hall graduated University of Texas-El Paso (BS in Secondary Educations) and then from Texas A&I University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Abilene Christian (MS in Organizational Human Resource Development). He is a graduate of Odessa Education, Biology and Kinesiology. John coached in the following school High School. Doc’s wife, Melissa, is the Head Athletic Trainer at just-opened Cedar Ridge High School. districts before coming to Liberty Hill: Orange Grove, San Marcos, Fort Worth (Western Hill High Doc is very active in the rodeo circuit. School) and Bonham. Hall, who graduated from Bishop (TX) High School, has been married to Deidra for 22 years, has two children, Brian and Robin. Away from coaching, Hall enjoys family time, golf ROBERT DRAPER and classic cars. ASSISTANT HEAD FOOTBALL COACH HEAD POWER LIFTING COACH ANTHONY ESCOBAR ASSISTANT VARSITY FOOTBALL- OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS Robert Draper begins his 9th year at Liberty Hill (and 23rd year of coaching overall). Draper is assistant head football coach as well as the ASSISTANT TRACK COACH head coach of the LHHS powerlifting program. Draper coached football Anthony Escobar begins his 10th year at Liberty Hill (and 12th year coaching and track for eight years at Sweeny High School before mentoring overall). Escobar coaches the outside linebackers in varsity football and also football, track, golf and powerlifting at Needville High School. Robert serves as the school’s head coach for tennis. Escobar graduated from the earned his Masters in Education Administration from Lamar University University of Texas-San Antonio with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology after graduating from Iowa Wesleyan College with a Bachelor of Science before obtaining a Masters degree in Special Education at Southwest Texas degree in Biology. Draper, a graduate of Copperas Cove High School, is married to Lisa and they have State University (now known as Texas State University). Anthony coached at Lanier High School before two children, Kirsten and Colton. In his time away from school, Robert enjoys golf and yoga. coming to Liberty Hill; he’s coached track, basketball, tennis and football in his career. Escobar, a graduate of Southwest High School in San Antonio, is married to Kim and has two children, Brandon and JIMMY DUNCAN Brooklyn. Away from coaching, Escobar enjoys running, fishing and hunting.