Rockdale Relays: RHS competes with tougher schools

At the 65th annual Rockdale Relays, an event that has taken place in eight different decades, RHS track-and-field athletes went up against rigorous competition from bigger schools such as Bryan’s Rudder High School and Georgetown’s East View High.

Bulldogs make run at regional tournament

Last Tuesday, Thorndale basketball had the task of taking on top-ranked Big Sandy in the Region IV quarterfinals, a team that many high school basketball fans around Texas thought would be playing for a state championship later this month.

Tigers head to West

BREMOND—Rockdale baseball went undefeated at their second to last tournament of the season over this past weekend, beating Iola, Normangee and Franklin’s junior varsity.

Segovia, Perry qualify for state meet

DUBLIN—Over the weekend, Rockdale High School students Shelly Segovia and Elizabeth Perry qualified for the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association’s state championship meet in Frisco.

GANADO RELAYS

TEAM—1. Bellville, 208; 2. Rockdale, 120; 3. Wallis-Brazos, 73; 4. Louise, 62; 5. Tidehaven, 53; 6. Ganado, 33. 100M—2. Tim Grice, 11.10; 3. Robert Owens, 11.33; 11. Scott Penny, 12.2. 200M—2. De’Andre Stephens, 23.27; 9. Ivan Bonner, 25.46. 1600M—2. Yovanney Delgadillo, 4:47.81; 3.

Four win gold at Navasota tennis tourney

Rockdale High School tennis players traveled with coach Melanie Seltzer to her former school Navasota last Wednesday, where Yolianna Castillo, Julie Bartsch, Brody Willard and Mason Lillard each left with gold medals.

Bulldogs, Eagles both win big in area championships

On Friday night, the Thorndale Bulldog and the Milano Eagle basketball teams were both crowned as area champions with wins propelling them to regional quarterfinal games on Tuesday after press time.

Bigger schools competing in Rockdale

In his high school debut, Tiger freshman De’Andre Stephens was named as the Ganado Relays “Top Overall Boys Athlete” after racking up 33 of his team’s 120 points with silver medals in the high jump, triple jump, 200-meter dash, mile relay and a gold in the sprint relay.

Miles earns first team honors

Nine Lady Tiger hoopsters win district awards Last week, RHS junior Ciara Miles was picked by 19-3A girls basketball coaches to be a first team all-district selection while senior teammates Saige Robertson and Mijah Crawford were voted on to the second team.

RHS opens tourney play

Lady Tiger sof tbal l played in their first official games of the 2023 season this past week, with a 19-0 shut out over Mumford on Wednesday and a 20-3 loss to Granger on Friday. They play next in the Taylor tournament this weekend. RHS opens district play at home against rival Cameron on Monday.