RHS golfers hit the links for charity, raise $2,500

Five decades of Rockdale High School golf team members were represented in the four-person golf scramble this past weekend. Links-men and women from the 1970s, ‘80s, ‘90s, 2000s and 2010s, coaches and fans gathered at the Rockdale Country Club Golf Course to support the community.

New year, new team, new identity

After a 2017 state championship year and before District 10-3A, Division I season begins the 2018 Rockdale High School Tigers football team will be in search of a new identity.

Seventeen and growing: Tiger cross country team is training to run

Rebuilding is the theme for the 2018 Rockdale High School cross country team this season. This year’s distance runners will be hitting the streets of Rock-dale, so honk when you see them practicing on Bush-dale Road early mornings and evenings starting Monday, Aug. 6.

4-Hers wins firsts in shooting sports

Milam Count 4-H shooting sports contestants brought back numerous first-place wins, and more, from recent state competitions. Rifle and pistol competitions were held in Manor. San Antonio hosted the archery games.

Fall sports startups

Team rebuilding, rule changes and record heat will greet the 2018 Tiger football team Monday, Aug. 6 for two-a-days. The 3A University Interscholastic League 2017 State Champion Tigers are ranked No.

TENNIS AT ITS HOTTEST

Rockdale tracksters qualify for state and Junior Olympics

Six Rockdale sprinters qualified for state and Junior Olympics track meets in multiple events, while breaking personal records.

Game Warden Field Notes

Hog hunt goes awry Under the category “you can’t make this stuff up,” on June 11, a Concho County game warden received a report of two vehicles colliding and going off the bridge into the Colorado River.

Another Hall of Fame for Wright

The accolades and awards that Rockdale native and scholar-athlete James Leroy Wright has amassed during his lifetime can fill the halls of Aycock and Rockdale high schools, and this weekend he’ll be adding another honor to his storied career in sports.

Locals shine at Rockdale Open evening matches

A Rockdalian won the 39th Annual Rockdale Open men singles title, while the mens and mixed doubles championships were won by players from Thrall, Taylor and Groesbeck, respectively at Veterans Park, July 11-15.