SPORTS BRIEFS

RHS hosts tennis tourney Friday The Rockdale High School tennis team will host Salado and Thrall for a tennis tourney on Friday. The tournament, originally intended for late February, was canceled due to the Texas snowstorm that occurred during that week.

RHS battles in Cameron

Although the Lady Tigers fell to rival Cameron 17-7 Thursday evening, they made the team from across the river earn their win, making up for a 11-1 loss to Lady Yoe in a district opener where RHS only had three hits on March 9.

Delgadillo released from hospital

Coming home from Rockdale Junior High’s track meet Thursday evening, Rockdale ISD athletes Yovanney and Izabella Delgadillo were involved in a three-motor-vehicle accident near FM 1712 and US 77, confirmed by Ernie Glenn, chief of the Minerva Volunteer Fire Department.

Tiger golf headed back to regionals

Following two weeks of play, first at the Campus Course in College Station last Monday and last at Temple Wildflower Country Club this past Monday, the Rockdale Tiger golf team has qualified for the regional tournament in Brenham on Monday, April 19, and Tuesday, April 20, after finishing as the...

Tiger Stadium to host District 19-3A track meet this week

Both Tiger and Lady Tiger track teams kicked off the District 20-3A meet on Wednesday after press time at Tiger Stadium with field events and running prelims taking place throughout the day. Running events began at 4:40 p.m., with the 100/110-meter hurdles.

GAUSE NEWS

We have several boys from Gause that play on the Milano High School baseball team. They had a game Saturday and won. I will try and get the boys’ names who live in Gause. If you read this and have an answer, give me a call.

Tiger fight never dies in 8-3 loss to Rogers

Going into Friday night’s game with Rogers at Tiger Field, the Blue-and-Gold expected a talented opponent, especially since the Eagles run-ruled Florence and Lexington in their first two district games and were coming off a 6-2 win over Academy, a team that runruled Rockdale last Friday.

PLAYOFFS: Season comes to an end

Rockdale’s hard fought journey into the post-season came to a stop late Saturday afternoon in Giddings with a 5-0 loss to Brookshire-Royal after the Falcons had a 14-minute surge where they scored four unanswered goals midway through the first half.

Kylberg named state champion

Thorndale’s Hayden Kylberg had quite the Saturday in Abilene, winning the state powerlifting championship in the 198-pound division with a 375 on bench, 520 on squat and 530 on dead lift for a total of 1,425. The THS junior beat runner-up Daniel Sambrano of La Pryor by 45 pounds.

The Pursuit of Happyness

For the third time this season, RHS sophomore Emma Whitsel won both the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles, taking the former with a time of 16.04, beating out competitors from Giddings and Brenham. In the 300, she beat out Daisha Denson from Caldwell with a 48.87.