KRXT SPORTS
APR 24
(ROCKDALE)–THE ROCKDALE TIGER BASEBALL
TEAM HAS CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 2015. THE TIGERS BEAT RIVAL CAMERON 5 TO 4 ON
THE ROAD TUESDAY.
CAMERON TOOK A 3-0 LEAD IN THE BOTTOM OF THE
FIRST AFTER A PAIR OF SINGLES. THE TIGERS CAME BATTLING
BACK AS LAYTON MOGFORD’S STANDUP R-B-I DOUBLE GAVE
THE TIGERS A 4 TO 3 LEAD IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH.
MASON LILLARD GOT THE WIN FOR THE TIGERS. HE
GAVE UP ZERO RUNS ON ZERO HITS OVER ONE AND
TWO THIRDS INNINGS, STRIKING OUT ONE AND WALKING
NONE. MASON WILLARD GOT THE START, SURRENDERING
SEVEN HITS AND FOUR RUNS (THREE EARNED) OVER FIVE
AND A THIRD INNINGS, STRIKING OUT THREE AND WALKING
TWO.
MOGFORD WENT 3 FOR 4 AT THE PLATE AND LED THE
TIGERS WITH 3 RUNS BATTED IN.
THE TIGERS ARE 18-7-1 ON THE YEAR, AND 9 AND 4 IN
DISTRICT PLAY. THE TIGERS FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON
FRIDAY AS THEY FINISH THEIR SERIES WITH CAMERON AT
HOME. KRXT WILL HAVE THAT GAME LIVE.
TRACK SEASON CAME TO AN END FOR ROCKDALE HIGH
SCHOOL FOR 2024 IN THE REGIONAL MEET LAST WEEK.
ROCKDALE’S T’NIYAH MILES FINISHED 9TH IN THE SHOTPUT
WITH A TOSS OF 31 FEET ONE AND 3 QUARTERS INCHES.
FOR THE TIGER BOYS, JESUS BOCANEGRA FINISHED 9TH
IN THE 3200 METER RUN WITH A TIME OF 10 MINUTES,
44 POINT 4-7 SECONDS.
A FORMER ROCKDALE TIGER FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR AND FORMER TAYLOR DUCK HEAD COACH
HAS NOW BEEN NAMED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT
THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.
BRANDON HOUSTON WAS NAMED OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR AND ASSISTANT HEAD COACH FOR HOWARD
PAYNE UNIVERSITY IN BROWNWOOD, TEXAS.
HOUSTON WAS NAMED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
FOR THE ROCKDALE TIGERS IN 2016, AND HE LED THE
TIGER OFFENSE AS THE ROCKDALE TIGERS WON THE CLASS
3A DIVISION ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2017.
HE PREVIOUSLY COACHED AT PORT LAVACA CALHOUN AND
GRAPEVINE BEFORE RETURNING TO BELL COUNTY AS OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR AND QUARTERBACKS COACH AT BELTON IN
2005. HE SPENT THE 2007 SEASON ON STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARY HARDIN BAYLOR.
HE THEN SERVED AS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND
BACKFIELD COACH AT LORENA HIGH SCHOOL, THEN
RETURNED TO BELTON HIGH SCHOOL AS RECEIVERS COACH
BEFORE COMING TO ROCKDALE.
AFTER THE 2017 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, HOUSTON
WAS NAMED HEAD COACH AT BUFFALO. HE LED THE
BISON TO A HISTORIC 12 AND 1 SEASON AND TO THE
3RD ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
SCHOOL HISTORY. IN 2020, THE BISON WON 12 GAMES AND
ADVANCED TO THE STATE QUARTERFINALS FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY. HE WENT 32 AND 6 AT BUFFALO.
IN 2021, HE TOOK OVER AS HEAD COACH AT TAYLOR
AS THE DUCKS WERE IN THE MIDST OF A 20 GAME LOSING
STREAK. HE HELPED THE DUCKS SNAP THE STREAK
IN THE 2021 SEASON OPENER, BEATING ROBINSON 32 TO 13.
HE LED THE DUCKS TO THE PLAYOFFS IN HIS 2ND
YEAR.
HOUSTON IS A 1991 GRADUATE OF HOLLAND HIGH
SCHOOL. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE FROM
TARLETON STATE IN 1996 AND HIS MASTERS OF ART FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN IN 2017.