MILANO EAGLES FOOTBALL

The Milano Eagles had last week off and will travel to Moody on Friday night to take on the 0-3 Bearcats. The Eagles are 0-2 after losing to both Axtell and Bosqueville. This is the last game before district starts on Friday, Sept. 27, against Iola.

MILANO CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to the Milano Lady Eagles cross country team for winning the recent Milam County Tri-Meet.

Bulldogs claim second victory

RIESEL—The Bulldogs are on a roll and I’m sure it does not surprise anyone. Thorndale is 2-1 after beating the 1-2 Riesel Indians on the road. The final score of this contest was Thorndale 27, Riesel 6. Thorndale went to the air on three out of four of their touchdowns.

THURSDAY’S TIGERS

The Rockdale Tiger JV squad traveled to Lexington last week and came home with a loss, 44-20. Standout players for this game were—OL McKasson Casas, QB Slayde Harris, WR Alex Cooper, LBs Garrett Hutton, Kevin Rodriguez and Kendrick Henderson.

Lexington steamrolls Tigers

Friday was rough for the hometown Tigers. Lexington, who went three deep in the playoffs last year and are picked by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine to win their district, came to town and they turned their 2-0 record into 3-0 record at Rockdale’s expense. The final score was 66-7.

ROCKDALE LADY TIGERS VOLLEYBALL

The Rockdale Lady Tigers split matches last week. They lost in three against Mumford and won in three against Florence. Former Lady Tiger and Head Volleyball Coach Morgan Laughlin shared, “We have had some girls out sick but we have pushed through and I’m very pleased with these athletes.

TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FISHING REPORT

Granger GOOD. Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.56 feet above pool. Black bass are good to 5 pounds on worms and crankbaits fished up river and around main lake cover. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows fished over cover in 6-12 feet of water.

ROCKDALE CROSS COUNTRY

Rockdale’s long distance crew ran last week in the Region III Preview held at Kate Barr Ross Park in Huntsville. Head Cross Country Coach Cheryl Meuth reported all of her team was “competitive.”

THORNDALE VOLLEYBALL

FIRST PLACE—The Thorndale Lady Dogs JV Maroon volleyball team won the recent Holland Tournament

Tigers shut down Hempstead, move to 2-0

HEMPSTEAD—The Rockdale Tigers are 2-0 af ter a w in Fr iday in Hempstead. They beat the Bobcats 28-7 and if not for a pick six early in the first quarter it would have been a defensive shut out.