RHS faces off with Milano

Rockdale went into Thanksgiving break on a high note after 24-4 run in the second quarter led to a 73-39 victory over Milam County neighbor Milano last Tuesday in the old RHS Gymnasium. “We won, but we didn’t execute,” siad Marcus McNeil, Rockdale High School head basketball coach.

New UIL classification cutoffs

On Monday, the University Intescholastic League released the new enrollment figures for each division for the 2020 and 2021 football seasons. Class 3A-I, Rockdale’s division, changed from 335-504 in 2018 to 350-514 this week. With an enrollment of 443 as of Friday, Oct.

Tiger Stadium playoff action

Bremond’s J.T. Anthony looks to get past Flatonia’s Fidel Venegas during the two teams’ regional semi-final matchup on Friday in Rockdale. Anthony scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime to give the Tigers a 41-35 win and a trip to the regional finals against Falls City next week.

Lady Bulldogs take road trip

Both Thorndale basketball teams head out of town for the weekend for tournament play. The Bulldogs go north to play in the Salado Tournament. THS finished fourth last season at the tourney, beating Corpus Christi-Flour Bluff, Cameron and Pflugerville-Weiss.

SPORTS BRIEFS

RJH baseball makes season debut Tuesday Rockdale Junior High played their fi rst ever baseball game on Tuesday evening. The Tigers fell 8-3 to the Franklin Lions.

Cameron loses, Troy moves on

Milam County football in 2019 came to an end late Friday afternoon when the Cameron Yoemen fell to 2018 state champion Grandview 45-14 in the Region III semi-final game at Waco ISD Stadium.