Take a hike!

AUSTIN— Hit the trails at a state park on New Year’s Day and participate in a First Day Hike. As part of the national initiative, Texas State Parks will be hosting a variety of programs for the whole family to enjoy.

Thorndale teams win big

Elise Biar (00) makes a layup against St. Andrew’s on Dec. 14. Last week she was lead scorer against Holland and Thrall with 29 and 17 points respectively.

FISHING REPORT

Fishing is the perfect way to start off the New Year. Here’s a fishing report from the week of Dec. 19 for lakes in the Hill Country Region. Austin Water lightly stained; 52–58 degrees; 0.74’ low. Black bass are slow. Sunfish are slow to fair on cut nightcrawlers and corn.

UIL needs to smooth out kinks

TIGER TRACKS The first game of the inaugural soccer season at Rock-dale High School hasn’t been played, yet coaches and administrators are already noticing that some University Interscholastic League rules need to be amended in order to accommodate smaller 3A and 2A schools.

In a town, where football rules, Iruegas and company work toward a new tradition

After an entire school year of learning the basics of soccer at the club level, the Rockdale Tiger and Lady Tiger soccer teams, now in their fourth week of practices, are ready for their first ever University Interscholastic League 26-4A season.

Tigers fall to Bulldogs, beat Eagles

The Rockdale Tigers lost 66-36 to Thorndale in their final game of pre-district play. “We played hard,” said Sean Coleman, Rockdale High School boy’s head basketball coach. “But that was not enough. “We still have not put a full game together when it comes to executing a game plan,” he said.

Lady Eagles mark first district win

The Lady Eagles got their first district 25-2A win on Friday against the Holland Lady Hornets 46-36. The contest was close early on with Milano, 1-1 in district and 6-12 overall, leading 19-16 at the end of the first quarter.

Lady Bulldogs blast St. Andrews 47-14

The Thorndale Lady Bulldogs improved their overall record to 12-2 with a 47-14 non-district win over Austin-St. Andrew’s on Friday evening. The Lady Bulldogs were led by Elise Biar with 19 points, and Maddie Smith with nine.

Highway 79 battle goes to Bulldogs

The Thorndale Bulldogs defeated the Rock-dale Tigers 66-36 in their final pre-district game on Friday. “I thought we played hard,” said John Kovar, THS boy’s head basketball coach. “We moved around on defense really well.” The Bulldogs took over in the second half, outscoring the Tigers 30-9.

BASKETBALL SCORES

Rockdale Junior High Boys Dec. 17 at McGregor McGregor 24, RJH 8A 23 RJH 1 7 9 6—23 MJH 5 2 11 6—24 Points: RJH – Braden Thomas 9, Lane Rickman 6, Cade Pantaleon 5, Robert Owens 3.