King named Player of the Week

This past week, Milano High School’s Class of 2018 graduate Kyle King was named the American Southwest Conference’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week along with University of Mary Hardin-Baylor teammate and Troy native Anthony Avila.

Rockdale JV falls to Taylor, 20-0

Rockdale’s junior varsity football team couldn’t catch up to the Taylor Ducks, who scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and one in the fourth to beat the Blueand-Gold 20-0.

GAME STATS

Score by quarters RHS 7 21 7 9 — 44 THS 7 7 0 13 — 27 Scoring summary First quarter ROCKDALE—Blaydn Barcak 15 run (Daniel Romero kick) 4:30 TAYLOR-Conner Cobb 50 pass from Josh Mikulencak (Jarvis Anderson kick good) 0:09 Second quarter ROCKDALE—Barcak 6 run (Romero kick good) 10:35 TAYLOR—Anderson...

Early scoring helps boost Bulldogs over ranked Blue Jays, 31-6

Thorndale remains undefeated after grabbing their second win of the 2021 season over Snook, Texas Football Magazine’s 20th-ranked team in Class 2A-II, 31-6.

Rivalry: Tigers to see familiar faces against Taylor

For the 87th time, the Rockdale Tigers and the Taylor Ducks will go head-to-head with a game in Williamson County Friday evening.

Leopards run past Tigers on last play, 35-29

For Rockdale fans deprived of high school football over the past nine months, last Friday night at Tiger Stadium was everything a spectator probably could’ve asked for. It was a close contest where neither team led by more than a touchdown with an outcome decided on the last play of the game.

RHS named honorable mention

Lady Tiger volleyball went 4-1 this weekend at their own tournament where they were host to 12 different schools ranging from Mumford to Austin’s Travis High School.

Bocanegra wins it all in Thrall

On Saturday morning, Rockdale High School cross country teams traveled across the Williamson County line to compete at Thrall where RHS sophomore Jesus Bocanegra won the varsity boys’ race with a time of 17:46.23.

Thorndale: Dogs eat Dogs, 27-0

Thorndale Bulldog football started their season off hot Friday at home when they defeated Dawson 27-0 thanks to scoring three unanswered touchdowns in the third quarter.

Milano shutout in opener

In what was the debut for both teams’ head coaches, it was Valley Mills coach Robert Featherston who came out on top over Milano’s Nick Morehead 41-0 in the season opener Friday at Milano’s home stadium.