Rockdale boys track places sixth in Wildcat Relays

Lady Tigers compete well in Caldwell TEMPLE—The Rockdale track team finished in sixth place overall at last week’s Wildcat Relays. Among the many standout performances is the first-place finish in the 200 meter by Tim Grice. Grice left his competition in the dust with a time of 22.5 seconds.

Tiger baseball team off and running to begin district play

Tigers baseball had the daunting task of hosting two of the top teams in the state this week, getting one victory and one defeat. LORENA— On Tuesday the Tigers took out the eighth-ranked Lorena Leopards with a two-run walk-off h omer b y M ason Willard.

TPWD FISHING REPORT

SLOW. Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.28 feet above pool. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits fished over hydrilla and up river around timber. Crappie are good on minnows fished up river at night. White bass are very good on white 1/8 ounce twister tail grubs around Dickerson’s River Bottom.

Tennis doubles teams prepare for district tourney

THRALL—Rockdale High School freshmen Mason Lillard and Brody Willard won their third boys doubles match over Thrall with an 8-4 victory. They will enter the district tournament as the number three seed this week in Belton.

RHS powerlifters set records at state meet

Milano, Thorndale lifters also compete ABILENE—Rockdale powerlifters were finalists in Division 3 of the state powerlifting meet Saturday in Abilene. Br yce Flowers set a new Rockdale High School record with a squat of 655 pounds, which also tied the state record for the 181 lb. weight class.

Fishing in Central Texas

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 14.04 feet below pool. Having finally eclipsed that magic 60-degree mark late last week, the white bass fishing is improving with every passing day.

Segovia, Perry have good showing in first trip to state

FRISCO—In what was the first trip for Shelly Segovia and Elizabeth Perry to the state powerlifting meet, the two Rockdale High School sophomores held their own amongst the top competition in Texas. Perry placed 10th in her division while Segovia finished 13th out of 15 lifters.

Tigers open district with two wins

McGREGOR—Tiger baseball displayed offensive dominance on Friday night after batting in nine runs in the second that helped lead them to a 20-0 run-rule victory after five innings. The win comes after opening district play earlier that week with a 10-2 defeat of visiting Lexington.

Lady Tigers finish historic season

On Friday, Rockdale Lady Tiger soccer came up short to Manor’s New Tech High School, falling 2-0 after the Lady Titans scored twice in the second half. Despite the loss in their 2022-23 finale, the Blue-and-Gold had many highlights throughout the year.

RHS baseball, softball opens up district

Over the weekend, Tiger baseball played in their final tournament of the season with losses to Corsicana, Riesel and West. The Blueand- Gold opened up district play at home with Lexington on Tuesday after press time. They play next in McGregor on Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.