Sports

Locklin stands out with KU Jayhawks

Rockdale High School graduate Torry Locklin saw his first action as a Jayhawk on Saturday, April 13, throwing 11 yards on five passes and scored once on a 38-yard touchdown run during the University of Kansas inner-squad scrimmage.

THS runners compete in Temple

Five Bulldogs and four Lady Bulldogs ran at the Temple Invitational on Friday, Aug. 16, to open the 2019 cross country season. Mason Drumm led the boys placing 20th with a time of 19:32.90. Ty Pesl placed 42nd with a time of 20:46.

County rivals come together

Rockdale and Cameron High School football players listened to a roster of speakers that included Milam County Judge Steve Young, Rep. Terry Wilson, Senator Charles Schwertner, Houston attorney Wayne Fisher and R.C. Slocum, who was the keynote speaker for the evening.

Rockdale Tiger fans all about the cake

On Monday night, the RHS gymnasium was full of blue and gold for the annual Meet the Tigers social and cake auction hosted by the Rockdale Tiger Athletic Booster Club.

RHS fights to the end at tournament

Rockdale’s 4-3 record was good enough to finish second in the consolation bracket at their first tournament of the season this past weekend in Franklin. “I was pleased with the way we finished both days of the tournament,” Hudson said.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Country Club holds champ tournament Rockdale Country Club is holding a championship golf tourney on Aug. 17-18. The tourney will have divisions for women, men under 65, men ages 65-71 and the super senior division for players older than 72 years of age. Women, seniors and super seniors start at 8 a.

GAME WARDEN FIELD NOTES

At Least He Can Take a Bath Again A Henderson County game warden received a call recently with information about a man who had posted a video of a small alligator in his bathtub on Snapchat.

RHS football is back

Eighty-five young men came out for the Rockdale Tigers’ first practice of the 2019 season. “Honestly, I loved the intensity and I loved the effort,” said Jeff Miller, Rockdale High School head football coach and athletic director.

RHS runners try new method for training

Rockdale High School’s cross country team had 23 runners show up to the schools first practice last Thursday morning. Head Coach Cheryl Meuth said that her team is experimenting with a new training method for the 2019 season.