Dawgs determined to make it back to state

THORNDALE—It’s hard to believe that it’s been eight years since Thorndale has made a trip to the state tournament. To further add to the frustration, the Bulldogs were one step away from playing at Dell Diamond last year, before being swept out by Big Sandy in the regional finals.

AWAY AT COLLEGE

ROCKDALE Jaqualyn Crawford—Oklahoma (football) Davion Mitchell—Houston (football) Wendell Mitchell—Trinity Valley (basketball) Velma Mitchell—McClennan Community College (basketball) Pearce Loth—Texas Lutheran (football) Tucker Tovar—Arkansas-Fort Smith (golf) Joli Carpenter—Concordia (volleyball)...

Schaefer named athlete of the year by NSCA

SEGUIN—Texas Lutheran center fielder and former Thorndale star Riley Schaefer has been recognized as a 2018 National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American Athlete of the Year.

Area teams ready to roll into post season

SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS 2018 The three area softball squads have very different makeups and naturally are approaching the post season from different angles. The Rockdale Lady Tigers will face Troy, Thursday at 7 p.m. at Rosebud-Lott.

Tiger twosome dominate regional tournament

STATE BOUND COLLEGE STATION—If their performance at the regional tournament is any indication of what lies ahead, the Class 3A bracket of the state tennis tournament should be more than a little concerned.

Tiger golfers rally for regional championship

BY BILL MARTIN Reporter Publisher BRENHAM--With his team sitting in third place after the first day of competition, second-year Rockdale golf coach Chris Joslin went all Knute Rockne on his charges, whipping out a football analogy. “I just talked about the state championship game.

Davis pitches Tigers to first district victory

Rockdale’s first district victory of the season was Zac Davis’ first win of the season and both fall into the better late than never category. The Tigers finally picked up their first District 20-3A win of the season after 10 games with a 3-1 victory over Rogers Friday at Tiger Field.

No. 1 Thorndale polishes off district opposition

Now they can get serious. No. 1 Thorndale polished off the last of the district opposition and are primed for the playoffs. The top-ranked Bulldogs finish the regular season 24-3-1 and were perfect in District 27-2A at 12-0. Thorndale will play Blooming Grove in a warm-up game on Saturday at 10 a.m.

SPORTS SHORTS

Trotter attending NFL draft as guest of Irvin Rockdale’s Darien Trotter has been selected to attend the 2018 NFL draft at AT&T Stadium April 26 as a special guest of Michael Irving.

Tigers send seven to Waco

WHITNEY—The Rock-dale Tigers will send seven athletes to the Class 3A, Region III meet Friday and Saturday at Clyde Hart Stadium on the campus of Baylor University in Waco. Three Tigers will be making return trips to Hart Stadium, in Gavin Young, Dylan David and Payton Miller.