Tigers edge past Caldwell 44-3 6

100 TH CAREER WIN AT ROCKDALE Jeff Miller In his 100th win as Rock-dale’s head coach, Jeff Miller breathed a sigh of relief as his young Tiger team held off the Caldzell Kornets on their-final 13-play drive and got possession of the ball to win the game 44-36.

RHS boys Luna bring home silver from Lex ington meet

Ln their first official meet of the 2019 season, both Rockdale cross country teams came home from Lexington’s Small School Showdown with awards.

Lady Tigers fall to more experienced THS team

Rockdale fell in three sets to Milam County neighbor Thorndale in what was a close 26-24, 25-21, 25-11 game. “ I was happy with how we fought in the first two games,” said Kelsey Hudson, RHS head volleyball coach. “ But I felt like we could’ve played a lot better in the third.

Eagles fall late in Burton 28-7

Milano came up short in the second half to a highly-touted Burton team in a 28-7 loss on the road Friday night. “ We didn’t capitalize on opportunities later in the game,” said Chad Lagrone, MHS head football coach. “ But we did well early on.

Bulldogs can’t outlast Bremond 20-18 in first loss of 2019 season

The Bulldogs faced a challenge in Tex a s F ootball’s 14th ranked team in Class 2A Division L zith all but four starters returning. Falling late in what was their first loss of the 204< season.

AREA VOLLEYBALL

High School Friday, Sept. 6: Thorndale def. Rockdale 26-24, 25-21, 25-11; Milano def. Moody 25-12, 25-20, 25-22. Tuesday, Sept. 3: Thorndale def. Cameron 25-11, 25-11, 25-20. Milano def. Bruceville 25-20, 22-25, 22-25, 25-17, 15-5 Junior Varsity Saturday, Sept.

Tiger JV falls short 14-6 in Caldwell

Rockdale’s j unior varsity football game with Caldzell came dozn to the final quarter with the Tigers losing 14-6 in their second game of the season. RHS lost a fumble on their first series eut jot the ball back after stopping Caldwell from scoring. On their next drive, Rockdale was forced to punt.

Roaring to go

Rockdale football players run out on the field for the beginning of the “Gold Out” game against Caldwell at Tiger Stadium last Friday. Teams all across North America have “Gold Out” games to raise money for childhood cancer research.

RHS junior varsity shut out by Giddings in season opener

SPORTS BRIEFS In their season debut, the Tiger junior varsity football team lost 16-0 at Giddings High School last Thursday. The JV Buffs took the lead early in the game when they scored on an eight-yard touchdown run. Giddings made a two-point conversion was successful following the score.

Tigers trample Buffaloes 48-24 in season opener

Rockdale’s 2019 season started off with a bang when junior Kesean Raven reversed the ball to classmate Cam’Ron Valdez for an 80-yard touchdown on Friday night’s opening kickoff at Tiger Stadium.