Softball teams make do until hoops finishes

The Rockdale Lady Tiger softball team started off their week with a 4-4 tie in four and a half innings of play against the Taylor Lady Ducks Monday night.

Tigers regroup, hope to retaliate against Yoemen

Coming off an 56-40 loss to the Franklin Lions on Tuesday, the RHS boys basketball team seeks revenge against their Milam County rival Cameron on Friday. The Tigers half-court trap defense kept their first meeting with the Yoeman close, but it wasn’t enough for the victory at Yoe High gym.

Everything that could go wrong, did

Murphy’s Law was in full effect for Rockdale tennis teams last Friday. Sickness, weather and scheduling got in the way of players getting on the court for the first time in the 2019 season in Pflugerville.

Tigers badgered by Lampasas 3-1

The Rockdale Tiger boys soccer team ended pre-season play with a 3-1 loss in Lampasas on Friday. “It was pretty heated and things got intense,” said Gilberto Rodriguez, Rockdale High School soccer coach. “But I thought we played all sixty minutes of that match.

Senior Kelan Evans

Senior Kelan Evans scored 21 points against the Troy Trojans on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Evans is the leading scorer for RHS and has averaged 12.7 points in 24 games played in the 2018-2019 season.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Correction RHS setter Reese Weise was named to the Texas Sportswriters Association’s honorable mention team. Her name was omitted from last week’s issue of the Rockdale Reporter.

AREA BASKETBALL SCORES

Girls results Rockdale Junior High Jan. 31 Cameron 26, Rockdale 8A 18 RJH 6 4 4 4—18 Cameron 4 7 11 4 —26 Rockdale: Points – Yolianna Castillo 4, Bridgett Grady 4, McKenna Lopez 4, Kina Montelongo 2, Saige Robertson 2, Mijah Crawford 2.