Segovia, Perry have good showing in first trip to state

FRISCO—In what was the first trip for Shelly Segovia and Elizabeth Perry to the state powerlifting meet, the two Rockdale High School sophomores held their own amongst the top competition in Texas. Perry placed 10th in her division while Segovia finished 13th out of 15 lifters.

Tigers open district with two wins

McGREGOR—Tiger baseball displayed offensive dominance on Friday night after batting in nine runs in the second that helped lead them to a 20-0 run-rule victory after five innings. The win comes after opening district play earlier that week with a 10-2 defeat of visiting Lexington.

Lady Tigers finish historic season

On Friday, Rockdale Lady Tiger soccer came up short to Manor’s New Tech High School, falling 2-0 after the Lady Titans scored twice in the second half. Despite the loss in their 2022-23 finale, the Blue-and-Gold had many highlights throughout the year.

RHS baseball, softball opens up district

Over the weekend, Tiger baseball played in their final tournament of the season with losses to Corsicana, Riesel and West. The Blueand- Gold opened up district play at home with Lexington on Tuesday after press time. They play next in McGregor on Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.

TROJAN RELAYS

4. Rockdale, 105; 5. Central Texas Christian School (Temple), 52; 6. Bruceville-Eddy, 22; 7. MCH (Waco), 19; 8.Provindence Prep (Belton), 1. 100M—1. Robert Owens, 11.23. 200M—4. Scott Penny, 24.39 400M—2. Aiden Hirt, 54.03. 800M—4. Cristo Hernandez, 2:08.59 1600M—3. Yovanney Delgadillo, 4:49; 5.

Spring is in the air

My last weekly ‘Bones to Pick’

A COLUMN TO BE NAMED LATER This isn’t officially my last edition, but next week’s space is going to be reserved for a column named “Ten things Rockdale can do to avoid becoming the Mississippi of the Austin Metro.”— wt— If you haven’t heard, my last day is this Friday/ Saturday.

RHS wins medals in 13 events

TROY—Going into a week where Rockdale High School head track coach Chris VanCleave opted to rest many members of his team, RHS still seemed to perform at a high level, with 19 medals won throughout Thursday evening at Troy’s Trojan Relays. “We had kids in a lot of different events,” Van-Cleave said.

Liu, Flowers punch tickets to state powerlifting meet

W EST—A f ter hitting the qualifying total for his respective weight class, Rockdale High School senior Kev in Liu wi l l return to the Texas High School State Powerlifting Championships for the second straight season.

Milam County basketball players earn district awards

Last week, numerous Rockdale, Milano and Thorndale High School boys basketball players earned district honors for their play throughout the 2022-23 season.