Signing day in Thorndale

On Wednesday afternoon, Thorndale’s Bulldog Gymnasium was host to National Signing Day for THS senior softball players Reagyn Trahan, Kelsey Kovar and Emilee Baker.

Lady Tigers rack up district honors

It was announced last week that nine Rockdale volleyball players received honors which were voted on by District 19-3A coaches. RHS junior Yolianna Castillo was named Setter of the Year while her classmate Julie Bartsch was voted on to the first team.

On to the next one

MEXIA—In what was a battle between two high-scoring teams, the outcome of Thorndale’s bi-district playoff game with Alto came down to the final quarter.

RHS hoops to hold alumni game

Tiger Gymnasium is scheduled to hold an alumni game for the Rockdale High School basketball program on Friday, Nov. 19. The game will feature four 10-minute quarters and the “Noth’n but Net” three-point contest during halftime.

Former Tiger makes Class 6A playoff run

While Thorndale and Rockdale were playing in their first round playoff games, area native Kortlin White, now a running backs coach for Class 6A Lewisville, was at his new school’s home stadium taking on McKinney’s Boyd High School in a bi-district matchup.

GAME STATS

Scoring summary First quarter ROCKDALE—Kobe Mitchell 18 pass from Blaydn Barcak (Daniel Romero kick good) 9:55 COLUMBUS—J.J. Hurd 2 run (Javier Mendoza kick good) 8:17 COLUMBUS—Hurd 1 run (Mendoza kick good) 5:01 ROCKDALE—Wyatt Windham 17 pass from Mitchell (Romero kick good) 1:26 Second...

Playoffs: Tigers set sights on Columbus

Like the 2020 post-season, the Blueand-Gold are set to face off with Columbus in the bi-district round of the playoffs. Also like the Tigers, they have a young Also like the Tigers, they have a young team with just half of their starters returning from their 2020 regional finalist team.

THS takes Schulenburg to five sets

Things began to look bleak for the Lady Dog volleyball team as Schulenburg had a 19-7 lead midway through the third set Monday night at Smithville in their regional quarterfinal playoff game.

’Dawgs open playoffs with Alto

Getting ready for the playoffs, Thorndale had a unique predicament.

Bocanegra, Koenig run at state

ROUND ROCK—Rockdale and Milano High School sophomores Jesus Bocanegra and Kadance Koenig both made positive strides this weekend at the UIL cross-country state championships where Bocanegra finished 33rd out of 151 runners with a time of 17:09.5 Friday and Koenig placed 78th out of 150 competitors...