King awarded with Lone Star honors

Rockdale High School graduate Frances King finished up her second collegiate season being named to the Lone Star Conference’s Second Team after averaging 11.2 points, 4 assists and 3.6 rebounds in the 18 games that she started during the 2020-21 season for Midwestern State University.

Thorndale gets in on spring football

Under former head coach Scott Hawkins, the Thorndale Bulldog football team threw the ball only 28 times during the entire 2019 season.

McCoy, Pesl top Thorndale athletes

This past Sunday afternoon at Thorndale Volunteer Fireman’s Recreational Hall, THS junior Branson McCoy and senior Ashley Pesl were named Outstanding Male and Female athlete at the school’s athletic banquet.

MILANO ALUMNI SOFTBALL GAME

Milano High School is hosting an Alumni Softball game scheduled for Friday, June 18. Former Lady Eagles interested in participating will need to fill out a form available on the Milano ISD Facebook page. The cost to play is $20 which includes a free shirt for the player.

RHS honors Cleveland at annual athletic banquet

Last Tuesday, Rockdale High School observed the memory of super fan Joe Wayne Cleveland at the school’s annual athletic banquet by announcing they were naming their film deck after him.

Playoff action: Season ends for Thorndale teams

Lady Dog softball was outmatched in Wednesday’s area round showdown at Texas A&M’s Davis Diamond, where they fell 10-7 to Bremond, a team they’d defeated twice during their District 27-2A schedule. “The bottom line is that they outplayed us,” said coach Lance Betak.

Playoff action: Season ends for Thorndale teams

Although the Bulldogs lost their area round opener with Evadale 1-0 in a pitching duel between Thorndale’s Logan Davis and EHS’s Jackson Sylvester, Thorndale started off hot with three runs in game two at Texas A&M’s Olsen Field on Friday.

Lozano named coach of the year

Lady Tiger head coach Shirley Lozano was honored by her fellow District 26-4A coachches, being named Tri-Coach of the Year for the 2020-2021 girls soccer season. Although the Blue-and-Gold only won two games during their campaign, they steadily improved throughout the season.

7-on-7: Tigers head to Needville

Rockdale football players have been getting back into the swing of things playing in their 7-on-7 league on Wednesday in Giddings. On Saturday, the Tigers play in the Needville State Qualifier Tournament with pool play starting at 9 a.m. and the state qualifying round will begin at 11:30 a.m.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Milano summer football camp Milano High School is having their first annual summer football camp June 8-10 at Pruitt Field. The camp is for kids going into grades first through eighth. The cost is $15, which includes a camp t-shirt. Third through fifth graders have camp from 8 to 10 a.m.