Bulldogs win own tourney

The Thorndale Bulldogs won their own tournament this past weekend behind the scoring of point guard Sam Reaves. “The tournament was full of evenly talented teams,” said John Kovar, THS boy’s head basketball coach. “Every team had at least one loss and it made for great games.

Lady Bulldogs finish third in Tilden trip

Elise Biar and Savanna Taylor made the all-tournament team, and helped the Lady Bulldogs basketball team finish third at the Tilden Tournament. “It was an overnight trip,” said Bradley Dickerson, THS girl’s head basketball coach. “The girls had a great time with each other bonding.

Eagles fly into third in Bryan

The Milano Eagles finished third at the St. Joseph tournament, and leading scorer Christian Thurman was named to the all-tournament team after the Eagles’ 2-1 performance at the Bryan private school. In their first game, the Eagles defeated Magnolia’s Legacy Prep Christian Academy 73-55.

Lady Tigers take fourth in Snook

The Lady Tigers closed pre-district play on Saturday at the Snook Tournament, finishing fourth with a 2-3 record. “We were a little beat up by the third day,” said Meredith Caffey, Rockdale High School girl’s head basketball coach.

Game Warden Field Notes:

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Lost and found While patrolling for hunting violations recently, a San Jacinto County game warden came upon a vehicle in the Sam Houston National Forest.

Tigers learn lessons in first tournament

In their first tournament of the 2018-19 season, the Rockdale Tigers learned valuable lessons, struggled against all class 4A teams and made the consolation round finals at the Lexington Tournament last weekend.

Cat Clash

The Lions met the Panthers at Tiger Stadium on Friday. The Burton Panthers defeated the Granger Lions 47-7 in their Region 3A semi-final game. This was the second playoff game Rockdale hosted at the new field.

Lady Tigers capture third in Lexington

The RHS girl’s basketball team took home the third place trophy after going 3-1 in the Lexington Tournament. “I thought we did pretty well,” said Meredith Caffey, RHS girl’s head basketball coach.

Eleven Tigers make all-district first team

Twenty-four members of the 2018 Rockdale Tiger football team were selected to 38 different spots on the 10-3A Division I all-district teams. This included 11 players picked to the first team, six to the second team, seven honorable mentions and 13 members selected to the academic all-district team.

RJH boys win Thorndale tourney

The seventh grade ‘A’ team had a dominant weekend at the Thorndale Tournament with a first place finish. The eighth grade ‘A’ also made it to the championship game by placing second. In Thorndale, the seventh grade squad blasted Granger 74-3.