Lady Tiger lifters finish historic season

Clockwise from top left: Mackenzie Musto, Alondra Rubio, Jesenia Navarro and Jena Locklin competed at the state powerlifting meet in Corpus Christi last week. Reporter/Wynton Thomason

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Top left corner: Daniel Castillo (L) passes while Tiger alum Ethen Hughes (M) and Ryan Nguyen (R) try to stop the current Tiger offense. Top right: Jesus Bocanegra (L) and Chris Olvera (M) chat with Martin Gutierrez (R). Bottom left: Bocanegra guards recent RHS grad Saul Salazar.

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Although 2021 was a mildly unusual year (relative to 2020, that is), Rockdale, Milano and Thorndale schools had 12 state qualifiers, seven playoff teams, two state champions and 10 students commit or sign to college athletic programs.

How to plan a quality trip

Although I love to talk about my experiences I’ve had traveling, I’ve been very apprehensive to write about it or sometimes find it tricky to give traveling advice to people.

Milano’s King leaves Ohio as national champ

After putting up 436 passing yards for University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s offense Friday evening, Milano grad Kyle King is officially a national champion. The Crusaders took down North Central College 57-24 in Canton, Ohio, at the Stagg Bowl, which is the Division III football title game.

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Second annual alumni game has great turnout, Coach Rodriguez proposes to Coach Lozano

Lady Tigers fall to Cameron

Mijah Crawford looks to make a pass during Tuesday afternoon’s 48-29 loss to Cameron at Tiger Gymnasium. Crawford had five points while Julie Bartsch led with 12. Brianna Webb had six, Karli Marburger had five and T’Niyah Miles finished with one. The Lady Tigers are back in action Jan.

Lady Dogs show fight in Salado loss

Going into halftime down by nearly 20 points to Class 4A Salado, the Lady Dogs basketball team was anything but finished. In the second half, the Milam County squad chipped away at the Lady Eagle lead, coming within four points. SHS held off Thorndale in the end, winning 57-48.

King of the Gridiron

After a stellar performance against Division III power University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, which included 22 of 33 passes completed for 309 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-7 victory, Milano native Kyle King says it still doesn’t seem real that he and his University of Mary Hardin-Baylor teammates...

Lady Tigers fight through setbacks in loss to Burton

Rockdale’s Lady Tiger basketball team was forced to adapt with starters Saige Robertson and Ciara Miles benched due to injuries Although they fell short to Burton 47-40 in Saturday afternoon’s game at RHS, their core of Briana Webb, Karli Marburger, Mijah Crawford, T’Niyah Miles, Kyra Miles and...