Former Tiger fireballer passes away

“I’ve seen a lot of things and it’s been one heck of a ride” is what former Major League Baseball prospect Frank Ramirez Jr. told attendees during his induction speech the Rockdale High School Athletic Hall of Honor ceremony last November.

Gibbs hangs it up after 23 seasons

When the Rockdale Tigers’ 2019 season ended last month, RHS seniors weren’t the only ones who were saying good-bye to Friday night football. Bart Gibbs, RISD’s longest tenured coach in the history of the district, also said farewell after 23 seasons on the sidelines for the blue-and-gold.

RHS faces off with Milano

Rockdale went into Thanksgiving break on a high note after 24-4 run in the second quarter led to a 73-39 victory over Milam County neighbor Milano last Tuesday in the old RHS Gymnasium. “We won, but we didn’t execute,” siad Marcus McNeil, Rockdale High School head basketball coach.

New UIL classification cutoffs

On Monday, the University Intescholastic League released the new enrollment figures for each division for the 2020 and 2021 football seasons. Class 3A-I, Rockdale’s division, changed from 335-504 in 2018 to 350-514 this week. With an enrollment of 443 as of Friday, Oct.

Tiger Stadium playoff action

Bremond’s J.T. Anthony looks to get past Flatonia’s Fidel Venegas during the two teams’ regional semi-final matchup on Friday in Rockdale. Anthony scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime to give the Tigers a 41-35 win and a trip to the regional finals against Falls City next week.

Lady Bulldogs take road trip

Both Thorndale basketball teams head out of town for the weekend for tournament play. The Bulldogs go north to play in the Salado Tournament. THS finished fourth last season at the tourney, beating Corpus Christi-Flour Bluff, Cameron and Pflugerville-Weiss.

SPORTS BRIEFS

RJH baseball makes season debut Tuesday Rockdale Junior High played their fi rst ever baseball game on Tuesday evening. The Tigers fell 8-3 to the Franklin Lions.

Cameron loses, Troy moves on

Milam County football in 2019 came to an end late Friday afternoon when the Cameron Yoemen fell to 2018 state champion Grandview 45-14 in the Region III semi-final game at Waco ISD Stadium.