This past week, Rockdale High School held their annual ‘Midnight Mile,’ where members of the RHS and RJH cross country teams paired up with a family member or friend to run a mile around the track at night.
Rockdale fans celebrated senior night this past Friday at Tiger Stadium. Left, Bridget Grady performs with the Golden Girls during halftime. Far left, art students at RHS typically make a sign for the players to run through before games.
TAYLOR—The Thorndale Bulldogs and the Granger Lions put on quite the show for the fans at Taylor High School this past Friday night.
Spectators even got their money’s worth with a game that went into double overtime and ended with a Bulldog win.
In the opening quarter, it was Thorndale.
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On Friday evening, the Lady Tigers started off slow in their match with Class 4A Taylor, losing 20-25 in the opening set.
Falling behind early didn’t deter RHS, as they battled to win three straight sets (25-14, 25-18, 25-10) and taking the victhe tory over the Class 4A Lady Ducks.
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On Friday evening, the Blue-and-Gold held their own against rival Taylor, a school that had just three wins last season, but play two UIL classifications above the Tigers as a 4A-Division I school and offered Rockdale a challenge in week two of their 2022 season.
MHS football preps for Central Texas Christian
After inclement weather canceled last week’s game with Huntsville’s Alpha Omega Academy, the Milano Eagle football team returns to play in Temple on Friday evening.
They are set to face Central Texas Christian School.
Rockdale’s Lady Tiger volleyball team started off hot at their own tournament, beating Holland, Round Rock Meridian and Florence, who they bounced back to beat in two straight sets after falling in the first set to coach Morgan Laughlin’s team.
On Saturday morning, the Tiger cross country team won the Thrall Invitational and the Lady Tiger team placed fourth overall, which head coach Cheryl Meuth described as growth from last year.
For the boys, Jesus Bocanegra won the varsity division with a time of 17:07.