Former Tiger makes Class 6A playoff run

While Thorndale and Rockdale were playing in their first round playoff games, area native Kortlin White, now a running backs coach for Class 6A Lewisville, was at his new school’s home stadium taking on McKinney’s Boyd High School in a bi-district matchup.

GAME STATS

Scoring summary First quarter ROCKDALE—Kobe Mitchell 18 pass from Blaydn Barcak (Daniel Romero kick good) 9:55 COLUMBUS—J.J.

Playoffs: Tigers set sights on Columbus

Like the 2020 post-season, the Blueand-Gold are set to face off with Columbus in the bi-district round of the playoffs. Also like the Tigers, they have a young Also like the Tigers, they have a young team with just half of their starters returning from their 2020 regional finalist team.

THS takes Schulenburg to five sets

Things began to look bleak for the Lady Dog volleyball team as Schulenburg had a 19-7 lead midway through the third set Monday night at Smithville in their regional quarterfinal playoff game.

’Dawgs open playoffs with Alto

Getting ready for the playoffs, Thorndale had a unique predicament.

Bocanegra, Koenig run at state

ROUND ROCK—Rockdale and Milano High School sophomores Jesus Bocanegra and Kadance Koenig both made positive strides this weekend at the UIL cross-country state championships where Bocanegra finished 33rd out of 151 runners with a time of 17:09.

We are the champions!

Just because the RHS football team was out of town doesn’t mean that Rockdale students didn’t make use of Tiger Stadium. Far left: Jace Lewis (L) and teammate Kylan Neimann (R) talk strategy during their championship game against the Taylor Ducks on Saturday after noon.

Eagles miss playoffs in finale

Milano’s post-season hopes came to an end this past Friday with a 34-16 loss to Snook on the road. The Blue Jays took an early 16-0 lead before MHS junior Ethan Gordon pushed through the line to score a one-yard touchdown.

Don’t take good things for granted

After Friday night’s game in Rockdale, I stopped by CEFCO for a late night snack. While waiting in line with a bag of chili cheese Fritos, I started to wonder who ended up winning Thorndale’s district championship game with Hearne.

Tigers make playoffs for 10th straight season

For the third time in four weeks, the outcome of a Rockdale Tiger football game was decided on the final drive. Last week in Academy, the Blue-and-Gold failed to deliver as they lost 21-14 to the Bumblebees.