Fishing conditions in Central Texas

Bastrop GREAT. Water clear; 90 degrees. Bass fishing continues to be good for Lake Bastrop. Bass are good in the hot water discharge and grass lines early in the morning with topwaters, shallow crankbaits, small swimbaits, and shaky head finesse worms worked slowly in the current.

Eagles host Itasca, Bulldogs host Leon

Like most high school football teams in the state of Texas, the Milano Eagles will suit up on Friday for their first scrimmage of the season at Pruitt Field, where they will host Itasca, who will make a 220-mile round trip to Milam County to practice with the maroonand- gold.

Time to play: Two-a-days begin at RHS

Nearly 20 percent of Rockdale High School’s enrollment set their alarms well before sunrise for Monday morning. What had so many RHS students up before dawn? It was the first day of practice for the Tiger football team, where 80 student athletes were ready to rock for the 2022 season.

SPORTS BRIEF

Youth volleyball sign-ups for fall Rockdale High School head volleyball coach Melanie Seltzer announced that the school will host a volleyball league for girls in grades first through sixth. Boys in grades first through fourth will also be able to play this upcoming season.

Fishing conditions in Central Texas

Bastrop GREAT. Water clear; 90 degrees. Lake Bastrop is doing great. Reel in schooling bass all day long. Start anywhere, but the discharge is good early and the large flat just outside of the intake area on the north shore is best.

Where are they now?: A Legend of the Ball

(For this year’s second installment of The Reporter’s summer mini-series “Where are they now?”, Rockdale alum Liz Galloway-McQuitter talks about what she’s been up to following her state tourney run as coach of the Lady Tigers.) People from Rockdale know who Liz Galloway-McQuitter is.

Bulldogs and Eagles picked to make 2022 playoffs

A lot of shuffling around happened to form 13-2A-I, Thorndale’s new home.

Youth volleyball league sign-ups for this fall

On Sunday, Rockdale High School head volleyball coach Melanie Seltzer announced that the school will host a volleyball league for girls in grades first through sixth. Boys in grades first through fourth will also be able to play this upcoming season.

Huff earns bronze at Summer Games

This past weekend, incoming Rockdale Junior High sixth-grader Jordyn Huff competed at the 2022 Summer Games of Texas at Corpus Christi’s Cabaniss Stadium, where she took home a bronze medal in the long jump.

Famed football magazine counts Tigers out

In the 63rd edition of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine, the Rockdale Tigers are picked to finish fifth in 11-3A-I this fall, putting the Blue-and-Gold right outside of the playoff picture with a group of teams that Texas Football insider Matt Stepp referred to as the “headline district in...