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Rockdale tennis alumni Abram Maldonado, Class of 1998, returns a serve on Saturday at the city park courts. Reporter/ Nathan Flores

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2025 Rockdale Alumni Tennis

Riding The Pine Nathan Flores

Wed, 09/24/2025 - 10:52

The 2025 Rockdale Alumni Tennis Meet was held on Saturday morning at the city park. There have been 34 state qualifiers in the history of the tennis program at Rockdale High School, with four state champions.

Tiger receiver Alex Cooper scores on a 19-yard pass from QB Greyson Williams against Giddings. Cooper had eight catches for 81 yards against the Buffaloes Friday night at Tiger Stadium. Reporter/Nathan Flores

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ROCKDALE FOOTBALL GAME, SEASON STATS

News Staff

Wed, 09/24/2025 - 10:52

Rockdale (2-2) Giddings (2-2) 21 First downs 16 113 Rushing yards 267 287 Passing yards 113 400 Total yards 380 22-36-2 Passing 10-21-0 3-45 Punts-avg.

Tiger QB Greyson Williams (7) hands off to RB Jeramiah Butler (1) Friday against the highly-ranked Lexington Eagles. Butler had 12 carries for 42 yards on the night. The Eagles handed Rockdale their first loss of the season, 33-7, in Tiger Stadium. Photo by Stacy Henderson

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No. 4 Lexington subdues Tigers

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Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:11

Second-half woes give Rockdale first loss of season The Rockdale Tigers suffered their first loss of the season on Friday night at Tiger Stadium to the No. 4 ranked Lexington Eagles, 33-7.

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AREA FOOTBALL

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Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:11

Season District W-L W-L Thorndale 2-1 0-0 Harper 2-1 0-0 Johnson City 2-1 0-0 San Saba 1-2 0-0 Mason 1-2 0-0 Holland 0-3 0-0 Last week: Thorndale 54, Bartlett 6; Harper 40, Center Point 6; Granger 42, Holland 0; Johnson City 49, Miles 6; Mason 50, Coleman 9; Goldthwaite 49, San Saba 34.

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THURSDAY’S TIGERS

Junior Varsity

Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:11

The Rockdale Tiger JV team played Lexington on Thursday night. The Tigers were defeated by Lexington Eagles JV, 20-14. Offensive standouts for the Tigers were WR King Knox, OL Destin Richardson. Defensive standouts were DL Paxton Stewart, LB Gage Skrhak, DB Cooper Bell.

The Lady Tigers JV (above) and freshman (below) claimed second and third place, respectively, in last week’s Holland Tournament.

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ROCKDALE LADY TIGERS VOLLEYBALL

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Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:11

The Rockdale Lady Tiger varsity volleyball team met with Academy and Lexington over the past week, while the JV and freshman teams played in the Holland Tournament and had a good showing. All three teams fell to Lexington on Tuesday.

Rockdale Tigers Athletics photos

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ROCKDALE CROSS COUNTRY

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Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:11

The Rockdale Tiger cross country teams competed in Lexington and all runners on the varsity and junior varsity placed in the top of 10 of their divisions. Jon Fuller (left) was first place of the meet on the varsity, also placing for varsity was Austin Caldwell (6th) and Zeb Skrhak (8th).

TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FISHING REPORT

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TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FISHING REPORT

News Staff

Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:11

Granger GOOD. Water stained; 81-83 degrees; 0.19 feet above pool. Black bass are good on worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs tipped with Berkley Crappie Nibbles. White bass are fair on slab spoons fished over humps and points.

Food for watching football

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Food for watching football

Kyle’s Kitchen Kyle Cooke

Wed, 09/10/2025 - 11:22

Football season is here and my favorite thing about football season is the snacks you eat while the game is on. This is a very simple one that is both easy and delicious. Serve with tortilla chips.

The Big Blue defense played lights-out football for the first three quarters against the Tarkington Longhorns.

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Tigers saw off the Longhorns

News Staff

Wed, 09/10/2025 - 11:22

Rockdale improves to 2-0 on the season MADISONVILLE—The Rockdale Tigers traveled to Madisonville and picked up where they left off the last time they were under the lights, beating the Tarkington Longhorns, 34-14.