Local track athletes compete in Carl Lewis Invitational meet

HOUSTON—In mid January, Team CTX 5.0, under Coach Fleming of Cameron, competed in the indoor Carl Lewis Invitational Track Meet at the University of Houston. The boys 4x200 team placed first with a time of 1:29:54, ranking them 11th in the nation.

ROCKDALE TIGERS FOOTBALL

ALL BRAZOS VALLEY— Congratulations to junior Tiger football player Sawyer Chalk who was recently selected to The Bryan Eagles’ All Brazos Valley Football Team. Chalk was a second team outside linebacker selection. He is a “do everything” talent and helped Rockdale return to the playoffs.

RHS POWERLIFTING

Rockdale’s powerlifting team competed in the Cameron Yoe Invitational in Cameron on Saturday. “This was a large event with several 5A schools competing and our kids did extremely well,” according to Coach Morgan Laughlin.

RJH BASKETBALL

TOURNEY CHAMPS—The Rockdale seventh-grade Lady Tigers won their own tournament last week, marking the second time this season that they have been tournament champions. Earlier this month they won the Holland Tournament.

ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

The Rockdale Tigers won the inaugural Blue & Gold Cup Tournament last week. On a cold day the Tigers s tarted o ff b y b eating Cameron 3-0. Scoring for the Tigers was Daniel Castillo, Jesus Bocanegra and Angel Rivera. The Tigers with assists were Kevin Valdiva, Pedro Tenorio and Wilmer Sorto.

THORNDALE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

The Thorndale Bulldogs invited the undefeated in district play Holland Hornets into their gym last week and sent them home with their first district loss of the year. The final was 54-35.

ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL POWERLIFTING

T he R o c k d a le H ig h School powerlifting team went to Taylor to compete on Saturday. D.J. Travis won first place, Dylan Jones took second, Shelly Segovia also had a second place, Ragan Roberts placed in third and Bryson Duncan came in sixth, each in their own weight classes.

ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

The Rockdale Tigers basketball team traveled to Troy to take on the Trojans last week. This game ended in a loss for the Tigers, the final score was 59-36.

MILANO HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

The Milano Eagles basketball team played competitively against Flatonia last week. The Bulldogs did, however, end up winning with a final score of 58-50. Milano then faced the Thrall Tigers later in the week and lost 60-27.

MILANO HIGH SCHOOL POWERLIFTING

BUFFALO MEET—Milano powerlifters went to a meet in Buffalo on Jan. 10 with four Eagles placing first in their weight classes. Milano results were: 123 wt. class—1. Drew Werlinger, 840; 3. J.D. Chambers, 720. 132 wt. class—1. Melanee Moccia, 670; 2. Sam Battles, 755. 148 wt. class—1.