Rockdale’s junior varsity ended its season with an exciting and heartbreaking 40-39 loss to Lexington in front an enthusiastic crowd at home Tuesday night.
The Tigers were two points behind at the half and they matched shots with the Eagles throughout the third and fourth quarters but came up short at the buzzer.
Colton Bradshaw scored 22 points and Jake Hasselbach had seven.
They finished the season 1-13 in district.
“We really like where both sub varsity teams have come,” said Coach Ethan Noel. “We’re really looking forward to being in the second year of the same system and growing them in that system.”
Feb. 14 – During the Cameron matchup the Tigers struggled to make up for a 17-point deficit in the first quarter, which led to 65-41 loss.
Jake Hasselbach led with 18 while Markell Rougeau had 12.
CHS JV 65, RHS JV 41
Rockdale 4 13 13 11—41 Cameron 21 14 17 13—65 Feb. 11
Franklin JV2 33, RHS JV2 27
Rockdale JV: 27
Franklin JV: 33
Top players: Adrian Rubio, Markell Rougeau.
FRESHMAN—RHS freshmen boys’ basketball team ended their season with a 9-2 district record after Friday’s 53-44 defeat of Cameron.
Because Lexington does not have a freshmen team coaches mixed in some freshman players in Tuesday’s varsity and junior varsity games.
“I love the unity of that group. They enjoy each other and play for each other,” said Coach Marcus McNeil. “If we can keep that up and mix them in with some of our older guys, then I’m hopeful for the future.”
“I have most of them in class and what I really enjoy about those kids is that they work hard in the classroom,” said McNeil, who also has some athletes in his Algebra I classes. “I don’t have to beg them to do their schoolwork and they’re great students and that transfers over to the court.
Coach Ethan Noel agreed, “They’ve been a fun group to coach and they’re a close knit group that really enjoys playing together. We coaches are really focused on how we want to play as a program and want to ingrain that in them. They play great defense and put up great effort, which is something you want to start with.”
RHS 9th 53, Cameron 9th 44
RHS 12 12 16 13—53 CHS 2 14 10 18—44 Top players: Colton Bradshaw, Braden Thomas
RHS 9th 46, Franklin 9th 17
RHS 18 12 8 8—46 FHS 2 4 10 0—16 Points: Robert Owens 18.
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