Lady Tigers beat Franklin in district opener at home

The Rockdale Lady Tigers volleyball team took down the Franklin Lady Lions in their district opener, 26-24, 25-16, 18-25, 25-20 at home on Friday, Sept. 7. “I’m very excited that we opened with a win for district,” said Jennifer Keen, Rockdale High School head volleyball coach.

Mitchell bucks up to 60th in PBR

Ezekiel Mitchell, formerly of Rockdale, won the Ninth Annual Fredericksburg Professional Bull Riding Touring Pro Division event, which brought his national ranking up to 60 from 80th place. “This was great, but it doesn’t compare to last year,” Mitchell said.

Tigers runners excel in Lexington meet

Rockdale cross country runners finished at the front of their respective races at the Lexington Cross Country Meet on Saturday, Sept. 8. “It went really well,” said Coach Cheryl Darby. “The course was longer than our typical race, so we couldn’t work on personal records.

Bulldogs shutout Bremond Tigers

The Thorndale Bulldogs defense shut out the Bremond Tigers to give the Bulldogs their season opening victory at home 34-8 on Friday, Sept. 7. “I was really impressed with how our defense swarmed the ball,” said Scott Hawkins, head football coach and athletic director at Thorndale High School.

Thorndale drops first district game

Thorndale got their first district loss in the “Battle of 79” to Thrall in a sweep on Saturday, Sept. 8, at home. The final score was 19-25, 20-25, 23-25 for the Lady Bulldogs in a close match with their long time rival.

Eagles hang with Burton; next up, Bremond Panthers

Although the score doesn’t reflect it, the Milano Eagles football team played the 2017 state semi-finalist Burton Panthers close in their home debut, Friday, Sept. 7, losing 47-16.

Lady Eagles dominate in district matches

In their second district game and first one on the road, the Milano Lady Eagles beat the Buckholts Lady Badgers 25-9, 25-5, 25-6 on Saturday, improving their record to 14-8 on the season and 2-0 in district play.

Conversions tie up the JV Tigers

The Rockdale junior varsity football team ended their second game of the season with a tie against the Caldwell Hornets, 22-22. Rockdale got off to a quick start with a big 30-yard run by Bryce Gov-an.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Dinner honors football team Blade Bassler, RHS quarterback, safety, kicker and punter, will be the keynote speaker at the Masonic Lodge dinner honoring the 2018 Rockdale High School football program, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Patterson Community Center.

Jones fifth at Tyler Lee Classic, Gutierrez ninth at Lexington meet

The Milano Eagles and Lady Eagles runners made a good showing in Lexington at the high school and junior high levels on Saturday, Sept. 8. In the varsity boy’s race, runner Andy Gutierrez placed ninth with a time of 21:26, and Cinch Pilkey placed 32 with a time of 26:23.2.