ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
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(CAMERON)–THE MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
DAVID GREENE BROWN SANTA GOLF TOURNAMENT IS
COMING UP SATURDAY AT THE CAMERON COUNTRY CLUB.
THE TOURNAMENT IS HELD EACH YEAR TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
THE MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DAVID GREENE
BROWN SANTA PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE CHRISTMAS GIFTS
TO LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN IN MILAM COUNTY AT
CHRSITMAS.
THE FORMAT WILL BE FIVE MAN SCRAMBLE, BUT
INDIVIDUALS ARE WELCOME.
MORNING TEE TIME IS AT 8 AM. AFTERNOON TEE TIME
IS AT 1:30 PM. THERE WILL BE A LIVE AUCTION AND A DRAWING
AT 1 PM. COST IS 60 DOLLARS PER PERSON. OR 100 DOLLARS
GETS YOU 5 DRAWING TICKETS, 2 MULLIGANS, 1 STRETCH
OF TICKETS FOR DRAWING OF A TACTICAL GOLF BAG
(ROCKDALE)–HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL–THE
ROCKDALE TIGERS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY INTO
STATEWIDE PROMINENCE OVER THE LAST DECADE.
AFTER BACK TO BACK RUNS TO THE STATE
QUARTERFINALS IN 2013 AND 2014 AND THE REGIONAL
ROUND IN 2016, FOLLOWED BY THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY IN 2017, THE TIGERS ARE
HIGHLY RESPECTED ACROSS THE STATE ONCE AGAIN,
AND DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL MAGAZINE
SHOWS THAT RESPECT TO THE TIGERS ONCE AGAIN.
THE TIGERS ARE RANKED 7TH IN THE STATE IN THE
DAVE CAMPBELL’S CLASS 3-A DIVISION ONE PRESEASON
POLL. BROCK IS RANKED NUMBER ONE AND DEFENDING
STATE CHAMPION GRANDVIEW IS RANKED 2ND.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IN THE MAGAZINE’S PLAYOFF
PICKS FOR 2020, THE TIGERS ARE PICKED AS THE FAVORITE
TO REACH THE 3-A DIVISION ONE STATE TITLE GAME. THE
MAGAZINE PREDICTS THE TIGERS WILL DEFEAT TROY IN
THE REGION 3 FINAL. DAVE CAMPBELL’S PREDICTS THAT
THE TIGERS WILL EVENTUALLY FALL TO BROCK IN THE
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, IN A REVERSAL OF THE
OUTCOME OF THE 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP WON
BY THE TIGERS. IN THE STATEWIDE PREVIEW ARTICLE FOR
3-A DIVISION ONE, THE MAGAZINE CITES TIGER RUNNING
BACK CAM’RON VALDEZ, WHO HAD OVER 16 HUNDRED
RUSHING YARDS IN 2019, AS THE POWER BEHIND THE
TIGERS’ RUN IN 2020.
THE MAGAZINE PICKS THE TIGERS TO BE THE
CHAMPION OF THE NEW DISTRICT 11-3A DIVISION ONE.
TROY IS PICKED 2ND. CAMERON IS PICKED 3RD. LORENA
IS 4TH. LITTLE RIVER ACADEMY IS PICKED 5TH, CALDWELL
6TH, AND MCGREGOR 7TH. IN THE PREVIEW BLOCK FOR
THE TIGERS, THE MAGAZINE NOTES VALDEZ’ YARDS AND
HIS 27 TOUCHDOWNS FROM A YEAR AGO, ALONG WITH
RECEIVER KESEAN RAVEN WITH 900 RECEIVING YARDS
AND 11 TOUCHDOWNS AS A KEY PLAYER, ALONG WITH
HIS PLAY AS A CORNERBACK ON DEFENSE. RETURNING
SENIOR QUARTERBACK JACE ROBINSON IS NOTED AS
VITAL WITH OVER 24 HUNDRED PASSING YARDS AND
33 TOUCHDOWNS A YEAR AGO.
