Sports

Thorndale has record setting days in track

News Staff

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 00:00

HOLLAND—Jack Herzog broke a Thorndale High School pole vault record (set back in 1996) at the Lexington Eagle Relays in late March with a vault of 14’7”.

Rockdale boys’ track team places second in district

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Thu, 04/20/2023 - 00:00

The Rockdale varsity boys’ track team put on another strong performance in the District 19-AAA Championships last week at Tiger Stadium. Overall, RHS has 11 athletes that qualified for the area meet in Fairfield this week—10 on the boys’ team and one on the girls’.

Longtime Thorndale girls’ basketball coach stepping down

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Thu, 04/13/2023 - 00:00

After 24 years as head basketball coach for the Lady Bulldogs, Coach Bradley Dickerson is stepping off the court. Dickerson was born into educ at ion and coachi ng—his father, and biggest inf luence, Gordon, was also a coach and many other family members have been teachers.

Impressive performances turned in by JV athletes

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Thu, 04/13/2023 - 00:00

LEXINGTON—At the Lexington Eagle Relays on March 30, Rockdale High School had a few standout junior varsity performances.

Tigers baseballers fall to Academy, 6-0

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Thu, 04/13/2023 - 00:00

The Rockdale High School boys’ varsity baseball team held tough for a while at home against Little River-Academy last Tuesday night. Despite giving up a leadoff home run, the Tigers kept the Bumblebees in check through the first four innings.

Tigers’ bats cool off as district play continues

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Thu, 04/06/2023 - 00:00

After a hot start in district play, RHS baseball hit a rough patch. They dropped both games last week on the road versus Rogers and rival C.H. Yoe in Cameron. ROGERS— Rogers jumped out to 4-run lead in the first inning and never looked back, winning the game 10-0.

RHS boys’ track places second at Eagle Relays

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Thu, 04/06/2023 - 00:00

LEXINGTON—Despite battling several injuries this season the Rockdale High School boys’ track team put in an excellent effort, finishing second overall against a large field of 14 other schools, barely losing to host school Lexington last Thursday night.

RHS places four on All-District soccer teams

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Thu, 04/06/2023 - 00:00

The boys’ All-District Team was announced last week and the Tigers were well represented. Riley Spears won Goalkeeper of the Year honors. He joined Pedroines Tenorio on the First Team All-District squad. Second Team All-District members were Cesar Rodriguez and Saint Medrano.

DISTRICT CHAMPS

DISTRICT CHAMPS—

News Staff

Thu, 04/06/2023 - 00:00

—Lady Tigers girls’ double team of Julie Bartsch (L) and Yolianna Castillo won District 19-AAA in tennis last week by beating Lorena, 6-3, 6-0. The duo will play in the Regional Tournament April 10-11 in College Station.

Rockdale boys track places sixth in Wildcat Relays

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Thu, 03/30/2023 - 00:00

Lady Tigers compete well in Caldwell TEMPLE—The Rockdale track team finished in sixth place overall at last week’s Wildcat Relays. Among the many standout performances is the first-place finish in the 200 meter by Tim Grice. Grice left his competition in the dust with a time of 22.5 seconds.