Scenes from Senior 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.

Dawgs attack Lions in overtime, 35-33

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.

Fishing conditions in Central Texas

Bastrop GREAT. Water clear; 91 degrees. Work topwaters and small swimbaits around schools of bass blowing up the surface. Fish crankbaits and shaky heads down below the schools to get a lot of bites as well.

Lady Tigers ranked

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.

Taylor tops Tigers in high-scoring affair, 55-41

Reporter staff writer 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.

SPORTS BRIEFS

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.

Lady Tigers go 3-3 at home tourney

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.

RHS runners win at Thrall

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.

Tigers run away with victory in season opener, 38-29

Reporter staff writer TEAGUE—In Rockdale’s season opener, what appeared to be an easy victory quickly turned into a battle until the end. The game started off hot for the Tigers, as they led 17-0 with a little more than eight minutes to go in the first half.

Bulldogs fall to top-ranked Lexington, 35-33

In their first game of the season, Thorndale went back-and-for th with Lexington, who came into the game as the 16th-ranked team in Class 3A-II, a classification above the Bulldogs. However, it was the Lee County team and not the Milam County squad that came out on top, with LHS winning 35-33.