ALUMNI SOFTBALL

ALUMNI SOFTBALL—This Saturday, the Lady Tiger Softball Field will host the Rockdale Alumni Softball game to help raise money for the Rockdale Girls Softball League. The opening ceremony will be at 5:30 p.m., with the actual game starting at six.

Heintze to lead offense at Taylor

Things changed for Pete Heintze in the early spring when he received a phone call from former Rockdale assistant Brandon Houston. Houston told Heintze that he had been offered the head coaching job at Taylor High School and wanted the 25-year-old to be his offensive coordinator.

RHS alum hired to lead the Herd

In June, Rockdale’s Morgan Laughlin announced via Facebook that she was named the head volleyball coach at Florence High School. “I’m super excited to get started in Florence,” she said. “I’ve seen the potential in these girls over the past couple of years in previous coaching positions.

Summer hoops action

Thorndale’s Dean Johnson pushes the ball down the left side of the court during the Taylor summer league last month. Photo by Misty McCoy

RCC holding youth golf tourney later this month

Rockdale’s Country Club has a youth golf tourney scheduled for Tuesday, July 20. The event, which is for junior high-aged golfers, will start at 8:45 a.m., and has three flights.

FISHING REPORT

Despite the ongoing droughts in many parts of U.S., lakes in the Texas Hill Country are good to go this summer according to the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife’s website. Lake Austin Water clear; 85 degrees; 0.55 feet low.

Rockdale brothers navigating the coaching world

In early February, Cameron ISD’s board of trustees approved the hiring of Rick Rhoades, who was returning to the school that he took to five state title games, winning three of them.

Milano shines under new stadium lights

Fans at Milano’s Becky Dent Field counted down the seconds until Whinstone’s Chad Harris turned on the stadium’s lights for the first time ever Friday night to start the MHS softball alumni game.

RGSL teams headed for state

Both the Rockdale Dubs (above) and the Thorndale Elite (below) are headed to the Texas Teenage Association of Softball’s 15-and-Under State Tournament in Athens and will play from July 5-9. The Elite won the district tournament in McGregor and the Dubs placed third behind second place Cameron Storm.

Texas Football magazine picks Rockdale for post-season

In the 62nd annual Texas Football magazine, Greg Tepper, the publication’s managing editor, pegged the Rockdale Tiger football team to finish third in District 11-3A-DI behind rival Cameron and Lorena, who is picked to win the seven-team district and was ranked eighth by TF in all of Class 3A-DI.