TP&W FISHING REPORT

Granger SLOW. Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 2.81 feet below pool. Black bass are fair on topwater baits fished over hydrilla. Crappie are good on jigs fished in standing timber. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on cut bait and shad. Yellow catfish are good on live perch.

Rockdale drops district finale in final minutes

Tigers bi-district matchup to be against No. 1 Columbus Friday in Cedar Creek Friday night’s contest against the McGregor Bulldogs will be known as the game that got away from the Tigers.

Thorndale’s disappointing season ends against Hearne

Game stats on page 3B. BRYAN—The Thorndale Bulldogs wrapped up their season on the road against the Hearne Eagles last Friday night. The final score was Hearne 40, Thorndale 7. It was a disappointing season for the Bulldogs who no doubt had high expectations for this squad.

Milano loses fourth in a row to close out their season

The Eagles got shut out on Friday night against the Chilton Pirates in front of a home crowd. The final score was Chilton 42, Milano 0. What started out as a promising season ended Friday. The Chilton Pirates overwhelmed the Eagles by scoring twice in the first quarter on the ground and in the air.

Volleyball season comes to a close

The Lady Tigers wrapped up their season last week with a road loss against the Rogers Eagles. The varsity lost 0-3, the JV lost 0-2. The Lady Tigers went 1-13 in district and 15-24 for the year.

REPAINTED

Members of the Rockdale Tigers football team admire the repaint job of the bell trailer. The trailer was repainted by Scott’s Body Shop. The Tigers retook the bell from Cameron with a 47-21 victory on Oct. 20.

THURSDAY’S TIGERS

The sub varsity Tigers suffered another loss last week against the Little River Academy Bumblebees. The final score was Bumblebees 47, Tigers 20. The Bees were pass crazy in this game. They showed off their skill players by scoring all four of their first half touchdowns through the air.

GAME STATS

Academy 42, Rockdale 21 Rockdale Academy 17 First downs 17 171 Rushing yards 266 8-28-na Passing 8-11-1 89 Passing yards 173 260 Total yards 439 0-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-39 Punts-avg 2-37 Score by quarters Rockdale 0 7 0 14 — 21 Academy 14 14 7 7 — 42 Scoring summary First quarter ACADEMY—3 run...

Academy offensive attack too much for Tigers

ACADEMY—Murphy’s Law that says, “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong” is still a thing. That was the backstory to the Tigers loss against the Little River-Academy Bumblebees. The final score of the game was Bees 42, Tigers 21.

Milano drops third district game

GRANGER—The Eagles lost last week on the road against the Granger Lions. The final score was Lions 51, Eagles 14. The Eagles put the first points on the board with Eagle junior quarterback Anthony Valadez hitting junior standout running back Andres Ruelas for an 11-yard touchdown pass.