Sports
Area schools take a week off to help stem infections of coronavirus in county
The University Interscholastic League recommended that Texas high schools suspend summer strength and conditioning and skill workouts from July 3-12 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Rockdale struggles loses two, wins one
Early inning struggles cost the Tigers two losses last week as Rockdale recorded a 1-2 record and 3-4 overall in last week’s High School Baseball Summer League games.
Snake bit!
There are more than 600 types of venomous snakes in the world, the United States has only four, and Texas has all of them.
To play or not to play
As a person who loves sports, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t conflicted about the idea of sports starting up amid a global pandemic. On one hand, I would love nothing more than to see my favorite players like Lebron James and James Harden take the court again. To see my hometown Atlanta Braves try to win their first World Series since 1995 would be amazing.