SPORTS BRIEFS

Arroyo places second in horseshoe tourney Taylor resident Pablo Arroyo finished the World Horseshoe Tournament in Buffalo, Tex. on Saturday with a second place trophy. According to friend Patricia Bailey, Arroyo finished the first day of the tourney at the top of the leaderboard.

Thorndale HS fifth in Breazeale Cup

Thorndale HS fifth in Breazeale Cup For the second straight year, Thorndale High School placed fifth in the Breazeale Cup, a list compiled by the Austin-American Statesman that recognizes the top schools in Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Burnet and Blanco Counties.

RHS grads take home gold in Rockdale Open

Rockdale High School Class of 2017 graduates David Franklin and Adrian Salcedo were crowned men’s doubles champions at the 40th Rockdale Open after defeating Tom Maldonado and David Garcia 10-4 and taking down John Hoelter and Michael Zapata in a tiebreaker 11-10 (7-3) on Saturday afternoon in a...

Lady Tiger volleyball set to close out summer play

Rockdale’s summer league volleyball team ended their first week of play on a high note defeating Elgin junior varsity 25-8, 25-6 and Mumford 25-16, 25-17. On Tuesday, the Rock-dale girls defeated Elgin 25-18, 25-22 before beating Elgin JV again 25-21, 25-12.

Football season tickets on sale

Season ticket holders can buy their 2019 Rockdale Tiger football tickets at the RHS Athletic Office. Sales started on Monday and continue through Aug. 13. Season ticket holders can renew their season pass from 8 a.m. to 12-noon, Monday through Thursday.

Cross-country runners set to begin Thursday

Rockdale High School boys and girls cross country teams kickoff the 2019 season next Thursday, Aug. 1, with their first practice at 6:30 a.m. RHS lost four seniors to graduation but have a lot of young talent returning.

Schramm family triumphs in Rockdale Open tourney

Two brothers battled one another for the top spot in the Rockdale Open youth tournament. Ethan Schramm beat twin brother Garrett in a 9-7 match to win first place.

Pierre awarded medical fellowship to TTU-El Paso

Grant Sherrod Pierre, of Hutto, was awarded a fellowship by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with the El Paso Family and Community Medicine Sports Medicine Fellowship Program in El Paso.

YOUTH BASEBALL

ASTROS—The 2019 8U Rockdale Astros placed in the top six teams at the coach pitch state tournament this past week in Temple. From left to right, top row: Head coach Bobby Joe Tindle, Harold Jones, Jeremy Cox.

Rockdale tracksters to run, throw at weekend Summer Games of Texas

Three Rockdale youngsters will be at the Summer Games of Texas this weekend in College Station starting Friday Jaylen Miles earned his way to College Station after battling a case of meningitis to win two gold medals in the 800-meter run and the 200-meter dash. He also won silver in the 400.