Sports

Texas reservoir restoration workshop set for Oct. 6-7

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Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
AUSTIN – Organizations interested in becoming partners on habitat restoration projects in their local lakes can pre-register for the Friends of Reservoirs 9th Annual Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership Meeting, Oct. 6-7 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.

Bulldog XC places in race, prepares for home tourney

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Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
Multiple Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs placed among the top 50 in their respective races during last Thursday’s Salado Tenroc Cross Country Invitational. Thorndale runners competed against some of the most reputable cross ountry programs in Central Texas.

AUSTIN-TATEOUS

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Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
—RHS Golden Girls “towered” above the capital city during Big Blue’s win over Austin Hyde Park Friday. Bottom, Jennifer Garza; middle (L-R) Katia Hernandez and Talayeh Green; top, Tasha San Migel.

CHEERING FOR A CURE

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Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
—Rockdale High School Varsity Cheerleaders sold gold ribbons during the recent “Gold Out” observation to raise money for childhood cancer research. The team raised $400 and donated the funds to Teaming Up For a Cure.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

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Thu, 09/20/2018 - 00:00
—RHS cheerleader toss souvenir footballs into the “home” stands Friday at Taylor’s new Memorial Field after a Tiger score. While the game was on a neutral site it was technically a home game from Rock-dale, having been scheduled as such but moved asforthe new Tiger Field isn’t quite ready.

Battle of Lexington

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Thu, 09/20/2018 - 00:00
In an electrifying fourth quarter that involved five Lexington turnovers and 22 points, the Rockdale Tigers avenged last season’s loss to the Eagles with a 29-27 victory.

Lady Tigers fall to Eagles, beat Lady Yoe in tie-breaker

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Thu, 09/20/2018 - 00:00
The Lady Tigers lost their first 3A III 19 district match of the season to the Lexington Lady Eagles 23-25, 22-25, 25-14, 18-25. “We just didn’t connect as a team on Friday, and it showed,” said Jennifer Keen, Rockdale High School Head Volleyball Coach.

Rockdale junior high boys team wins Caldwell tourney

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Thu, 09/20/2018 - 00:00
The Rockdale Junior High boy’s cross country team placed first at the Caldwell meet on Saturday, Sept. 15, and had many racers place in the top 25 of their respective divisions. “We took home several individual medals against some very large schools,” said Coach Cheryl Darby.

Bulldogs outrun Longhorns 36-8

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Thu, 09/20/2018 - 00:00
The Bulldogs put on a scoring exposition Friday at Ellison Field in Axtell during their 36-8 contest against the Longhorns. “After giving up a long touchdown on the second play of the game, we shut them out after that,” said Head Coach Scott Hawkins.

Lady Bulldogs improve district record to 3-1 with two victories

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Thu, 09/20/2018 - 00:00
The Lady Bulldogs got two shutouts and their second and third 25-2A district wins this week against the Holland Lady Hornets and the Bartlett Lassies. In their most recent match on Saturday, Sept. 15, The Lady Bulldogs swept the Lady Hornets, 25-16, 25-19,25-12 in Holland.