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.

Thorndale teams stay undefeated

Lady Dog softball got their sixth consecutive win on Friday night, taking down Granger 12-0. THS freshman Karis Ginn allowed just two hits against the Lady Lions and struck out four to add to her total of 65 strikeouts on the season. Natalie Garcia and Emilee Baker led at the plate going 3-for-4.

LADY DOGS GOLF

On Monday, Thorndale Lady Dog golfers placed second as a team at the District 27-2A tournament in Taylor. Pictured with their silver medals are (L-R) Kaylee Beason, Rhynn Bigan, Hope Vickers, Janene Alcalar and Juliette Demaio.

RJH ACE Tigers after-school program has a lot to offer

Rockdale Junior High’s ACE program has lots to offer both students and their families. Tutorial sessions are available in both the mornings and the afternoons for students to get extra help or catch up on missing work. Every morning from 7:15 to 8 a.m. we have Rise and Shine Cafe.

Spring Break In Rockdale

While school might have not been in session this past week, Rockdale still had some stuff going on around town. On Thursday, area resident Tymon Locklin held a free football came on the practice field outside of Tiger Stadium.

Martinka places sixth at state meet

While many people headed to the coast during spring break to relax, Thorndale High School’s Landri Martinka went to Corpus Christi for a chance to win a state powerlifting championship.

Lions forced to improvise at tourney

Every year, the Rockdale Noon Lions Club holds a tournament at the Rockdale Country Club to help raise money for a scholarship awarded to an area student in May.

Locklin holds free football camp

What was originally supposed to be a birthday present for Luke Olivares, a seventh grader at Rockdale Junior High, ended up being a community wide event for area youth looking for something to do while out of the classroom during spring break.