Keep on cheering, Taytum!

Last Wednesday at Tiger Gymnasium, RHS senior Taytum Young signed her letter of intent to continue her cheerleading career at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. As a former gymnast who didn’t cheer for the Blue-and-Gold until her junior year, Young described the opportunity as unexpected.

Tiger golf makes 14th straight trip to regional tournament

Rockdale High School golf teams wrapped up the District 19-3A tournament on Monday at Temple’s Wildflower Country Club, where the Tigers placed second and earned their 14th consecutive trip to regionals.

Castillo named freshman of the year

With all four representatives knocked out of state championship contention, District 19-4A soccer coaches announced their awards this past Thursday and awarded eight Tiger soccer players with honors.

DISTRICT CHAMPS

Thorndale High School tennis concluded their district tournament in Thrall with a team championship and nine of their members earning a trip to play at the regional tournament. THS senior Chloe Grimm won gold in the girls singles division, beating teammate Kaylee Beason in the finals 6-3,7-5.

Dawgs climb to sixth in state polls

Thorndale Bulldog baseball has breezed their way through district competition, outscoring opponents 103-2 in their first seven games. As a result, the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association has THS ranked sixth in their latest Class 2A poll.

Tigers finish third at Caldwell Relays

Rockdale High School track teams made many positive strides at Caldwell’s Happy Skrabanek Relays last Thursday, where the Tigers placed third as a team and the Lady Tigers earned four bronze and two silver medals.

Tigers put up battle in Rogers

A young Tiger baseball team played tough against perennial powerhouse Rogers, but couldn’t overcome errors Friday night in Bell County, where the Eagles ended the evening on top, 11-1.

Back-to-back: Kylberg repeats

This past weekend was deja vu for Thorndale High School senior Hayden Kylberg, who won his second straight state powerlifting title at Abilene’s Taylor County Expo Center last weekend.

Saturday was for the girls: Golden Girls leave Nationals earning sweepstakes

Over the weekend, Rockdale High School’s Golden Girls competed in San Antonio at Danceline USA’s National Dance/Drill Team Championships. While in Bexar County, the team earned Danceline National Sweepstakes, which means the judges gave them scores of 95 or above on all of their performances.

RHS TENNIS

Rockdale High School tennis teams played in Franklin this past week, where they faced competitors from Cameron, Little River-Academy, Rogers, Bremond, New Waverly, Thorndale, Teague, Lexington and host FHS. Pictured are (L-R) Alejandro Rivera, Tyler Thomas, Mason Willard and Yolianna Castillo.