Sports

AREA VOLLEYBALL

High School Saturday, Sept. 21: Milano def. Mumford 25-20, 15-25, 26-24, 25-23; Thorndale def. Holland 25-14, 25-13, 25-16, 25-12. Friday, Sept. 20:. Cameron def. Rockdale 23-25, 21-25,14-25. Tuesday, Sept. 17: Rockdale def. Franklin 21-25,25-22,18-25,21-25,15-13; Thrall def.

Dawgs eat Dogs as THS takes down Dawson 42-6 at home

Thorndale goes 3-1 into their District 13-2A opener after two explosive 20-point quarters in their 42-6 win over Dawson 42-6 at Bulldog Stadium on Friday evening. The score was 0-0 in the first but THS scored three unanswered touchdowns including a 30-yard run by Cain Brymer.

AREA CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

Milano High School/ Junior High at Caldwell Varsity Boys 26. Andy Gutierrez 20:30 JV Girls 13. Mollie Ybarra 15:10 JH Boys 1. Kadence Koenig 12:24 8. Itzel Corillo 14:12 17. Mallory Milla 15:17 63. McKenzie Mathews 18:09 JH Girls 21. Wyatt Koenig 13:20 66. Jude Penick 16:00 67.

GAME STATS

RHS 44, LHS 36 HPB RHS 8 First Downs 23 70 Rushing 232 3-20 Passing 10-14 32 Passing yards 294 102 Total yards 526 1-1 Fumbles 0-0 6-36.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Tiger boys XC finish fifth in McGregor Rockdale’s boys cross country team placed fifth in McGregor with junior Albert Silva and sophomore Seth Davis both runnning the race in 19:08.4. Silva was 22nd beating Davis, who was 23rd out of 120 runners. Other Tigers running were: 32.

Tigers come out fast, strong for third win

In an explosive, highly-energized first half, Cam’Ron Valdez and Kesean Raven accumulated more than 300 yards worth of touchdowns during the Tigers 45-13 win in Lexington on Friday. “We started fast on offense,” said Jeff Miller, Rockdale High School football coach and athletic director.

Eagles block Lady Tigers

In their first District 19-3A contest, the Lady Tigers came up short to neighbor Lexington in a 21-25, 22-25, 22-25 match at the RHS gymnasium on Friday. “I’m proud of the fight we had,” said Kelsey Hudson, Rockdale volleyball coach.

Piece of history returns home

More than 15 years ago, thieves stole Hank Lay-well’s football state championship ring out of his car while he was in Hillsboro.

Eagles fall to Bremond 44-6

Milano fell to 0-3 for the season on Friday night to another top-ranked team after falling victim to undefeated Bremond and their dual-threat offense that had 217 passing yards and 228 yards on the ground.