RHS grad earns District 6-6A crown

Rockdale native Kortlin White (top left) with players from Lewisville High School, where he currently serves as the team’s running back coach and the strength-and-conditioning coach. This past Friday, the Fighting Farmers took down Plano East 38-14 to win a District 6-6A title.

Bocanegra competes Saturday

For the third time in his high school career, Rockdale’s Jesus Bocanegra will compete at the UIL Cross Country state championships.

RHS takes down Lady Bees, earn third straight trip to post-season

After falling to Rogers in their final district game, the Lady Tiger volleyball team was forced to face-off with Little River-Academy to see which team would get their district’s final playoff spot.

Eagles struggle with ranked Granger

MILANO—The Eagles found themselves out-matched in the team’s second-to-last district battle this past Friday with Granger, who handed the Eagles the second loss of their season, 45-14.

Bulldogs return to action

After more than twoand- half months, Thorndale Bulldog football had their first week off from live compet i t ion, g iving them time to rest before a very pivotal part of their season.

Fishing conditions in Central Texas

GOOD. Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 12.98 feet low. Continued, significant cooling has occurred on Lake Belton, enhanced by Tuesday’s strong cold front and the mixing caused by strong winds. We now have uniform water temperatures found down to approximately 45 feet.

Tiger playoff hopes erased in loss to ’Bees

RHS (1-3) and opponent Academy (2-2) came into Friday with the same exact thing on the line. Whichever team left Tiger Stadium victorious would earn District 10-3A-I’s fourth and final playoff spot.

GAME STATS

YHS 47, RHS 21 RHS YHS 14 First Downs 26 124 Rushing 191 8-26 Passing 22-30 110 Passing yards 290 234 Total yards 481 0-0 Fumbles 0-0 5-31 Punts 3-32 5-40 Penalties 7-70 Score by quarters RHS 7 7 0 7 — 21 YHS 13 15 7 12 — 47 Scoring summary First quarter ROCKDALE—Tim Grice 70 run (Daniel Romero...

Eagles fall to Bremond in first loss

Milano’s undefeated streak came to an end on Friday, when the Eagles couldn’t overcome a late second quarter surge by Bremond, losing 36-21. The Tigers, who were coming off two hard-fought losses to ranked district opponents Chilton and Granger, came out firing.

RJH FOOTBALL

Rockdale Junior High football teams struggled in their games with Cameron this past Thursday. The combined seventh and eighth grade “B” team fell short against the Yoe, 7-0.