ROCKDALE LADY TIGERS VOLLEYBALL

Rockdale Lady Tiger Aaliyah Aspilaire (1) returns a volley as Trinity Hurd (3) and Coach Holly Muniz (on the sidelines) look on. The team put in a good week's work to wrap up pre-district play last week, sweeping both Holland and Mumford.

ROCKDALE CROSS COUNTRY

The Rockdale cross country teams traveled to Waco for the Midway Hewitt Kiwanis Invitational and all teams placed in the top 10 of their division.

ROCKDALE JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

Results from last week’s Rockdale Junior High volleyball games against Rogers were: Rogers 7B 25-10 and 25-19; Rogers 8B 25-22 and 25-22; Rogers 7A 25-16 and 25-19; and Rockdale 8A 25-7 and 25-11. Players of the games were: • 7B—Brooklyn Prince. • 8B—Sophia Herrera. • 7A—Sydney Hall, Chanley Garza.

TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FISHING REPORT

Granger GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Black bass are good to 5 pounds on worms and crankbaits fished around cover. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over brush piles in 6-10 feet of water.

Bulldogs, Eagles fall in week 2

Granger 42, Thorndale 21 The Thorndale Bulldogs go to 1-1 on the season as they were beaten by the Granger Lions, 42-21. THIS WEEK— The Bulldogs will host the Bartlett Bulldogs at 7 p.m. Friday at Thorndale’s Bulldog Stadium.

Records meant to be broken

Friday night was a special night for the Rockdale Tigers, as they got an ever-so-important firstgame win of the season and did it while breaking a few records along the way.

Kudos

Rockdale Mayor Ward Roddam stopped by the Tiger Field House Monday morning to congratulate the Tigers on their victory Friday night. He let them know how proud the community is of them and praised them for being 1-0 with the opportunity of going undefeated. Reporter/ Nathan Flores

THURSDAY’S TIGERS

Junior varsity The Rockdale Tiger JV team began their season on Thursday at Tiger Stadium against the Smithville Tigers. Rockdale JV came out on top, 14-13, in a hardfought game. Standouts were Felix Sanchez, Trazell Miller and Ivan Facundo, Kade Lillard, Christian Reyes and Ayden Evans.

Thorndale wins ‘Battle of Hwy. 79’

THOR N DA L E—T he Thorndale Bulldogs are winners of the 2025 Battle of Highway 79. The Bulldogs defeated the Thrall Tigers 31-3 on Friday. THIS WEEK— The Bulldogs will travel to Granger to take on the 1-0 Lions at 7 p.m. Friday.

TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FISHING REPORT

Granger GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. Black bass are good to 5 pounds on worms and crankbaits fished around cover. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over brush piles in 6-10 feet of water.