TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FISHING REPORT

Granger GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.74 feet above pool. Black bass are good to 5 pounds on worms and crankbaits fished up river and around main lake cover. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 6-12 feet of water.

ROCKDALE CROSS COUNTRY

The Rockdale long distance team traveled to Belton recently. The boys varsity squad—that includes Jonat ha n F u l ler, Alex Cooper, Austin Caldwell, Zeb Skrhak, Jess e Montelongo, Ayden Evans, Shawn Gerren, Emilano Tovar and Aaron Montelongo— finished in second place.

Tigers take down Smithville in opener

Mission accomplished. Weeks ago Rockdale Tiger Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Hunter Hamrick told us the goal was to, “Win games.” That’s what Rockdale did on Friday night under the lights of Tiger Stadium. The Tigers looked good dressed out in old school blue and gold.

Thorndale falls to neighboring Thrall

THRALL—Thorndale hit the road for the first game of the season. They played rival and neighbor Thrall and lost a game that was much closer than its score shows. The final was Thrall 50, Thorndale 29. Thorndale scored three times in the first quarter.

Axtell rolls Milano

AXTELL—Milano traveled to Axtell for the opening of their season and it was no doubt a long bus ride home. The Eagles lost to the Longhorns 52-0.

GAME STATS

Rockdale Smithville 14 First downs na 38-119 Rushing-yards 30-153 8-12-0 Passing na 165 Passing yards 102 284 Total yards 255 4-41 Punts-avg na Individual leaders Rushing— ROCKDALE: Jeremiah Butler 75, 1 TD; SMITHVILLE: Justin Gurley 23-115; Eric Thompson 4-35, Christian Osorio 2-3, Layne...

DISTRICT 11-3A-D1

Season District W-L W-L Rockdale 1-0 0-0 Franklin 1-0 0-0 Troy 1-0 0-0 Cameron 0-1 0-0 Academy 0-1 0-0 McGregor 0-1 0-0 Last week: Rockdale 42, Smithville 27; La Grange 52, Cameron 49; Franklin 46, China Spring 30; Waco Connally 46, Little River-Academy 22; Hillsboro 33, McGregor 11; Troy 52,...

DISTRICT 14-2A-D1

Season District W-L W-L Harper 1-0 0-0 Holland 1-0 0-0 Johnson City 1-0 0-0 San Saba 1-0 0-0 Thorndale 0-1 0-0 Mason 0-1 0-0 Last week: Thrall 50, Thorndale 29; Harper 48, D’Hanis 0; Holland 32, Burton 21; Johnson City 34, Granger 22; Wall 28, Mason 6; San Saba 14, San Antonio Grape Creek 2.

Salado outplays Tigers in final scrimmage

Rockdale to host Smithville for season opener Friday A trip to Salado last week exposed some of the gaps the Rockdale Tigers are trying to fill before the start of the regular season which is just around the corner.

ROCKDALE LADY TIGERS VOLLEYBALL

GRANGER— The Rockdale Lady Tigers hosted Granger last week and had their first home win of the new season. The varsity squad won 25-18, 25-22 and 25-21. Former Tiger and head volleyball coach Morgan Laughlin said, “I’m super pleased with our girls.