Lady Tigers begin district play

With a team mostly made up of freshmen and sophomores, the Lady Tigers struggled in their first three district games with losses to Cameron, Lexington and Academy. Tuesday afternoon’s game in Florence was also a loss, but the Lady Tigers held their own in Williamson County.

More than a dozen earn district honors

Following the conclusion of Milano’s playoff run last weekend, District 27-2A picks were announced by Milano and Thorndale ISD on Facebook. Milano’s Jayce Todd was named the league’s Most Valuable Player, while teammate Layne Telg was named the Offensive Player of the Year.

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At left, Rockdale High School senior Beth Montelongo on the court during the Cameron Tournament last week. Montelongo went 4-0 across the Little River and finished first overall in the girls singles division.

RHS goes 3-0 at home

Rockdale baseball had success on their home field this weekend, going 3-0 against Troy, Manor and Holland at the Tigers’ Highway 79 Classic Tournament that they co-hosted with Thorndale. On Thursday, they opened up tourney play with a 10-2 victory over Class 2A Holland.

Nunn breaks Bassler’s record

Before heading into spring break, Rockdale Junior High eighth-grader r De’Andre Nunn finished with a gold medal in the high jump at the Taylor Relays this past Wednesday, leaping 6-2.

Local lifters headed for state meet

Last week, RHS powerlifting coach Ryan Montalvo announced via Facebook that Tiger lifters Gavin Aguilar and Kevin Liu had officially qualified for the state powerlifting meet later this month.

Rockdale battles at the Boll

This past Thursday, Rockdale High School athletes had their second straight week of going against tough competition.

Lady Dogs weather the storm, 9-7

Although it was just one game, Monday night’s district softball matchup between Thorndale and Milano seemed more like a series. The game that took more than four hours to complete, thanks to a weather delay that kept being prolonged due to non-stop lightning and a little bit of rainfall.

Eagles fall to Mumford in finals, 50-45

SAN MARCOS—Saturday afternoon came down to one game and two teams located less than 30 miles away from each other. The day before, Milano toppled District 30-2A runner up Falls City, 56-27, in a game where the birds outscored a Beaver team more conditioned for the gridiron 31-10 in the second half.

RHS challenged at 64th Relays

Rockdale varsity track teams might have placed fifth and sixth overall at the 64th Rockdale Relays, but endured tough competition at Tiger Stadium Friday. Among the 11 high schools that sent varsity teams to Rockdale, only two were smaller than RHS.