ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
JAN 21
(ROCKDALE)–THE ROCKDALE TIGER AND LADY TIGER
BASKETBALL TEAMS RETURN TO ACTION FRIDAY AS THEY
PLAY HOST TO RIVAL CAMERON. THE TIGER BOYS CONTINUE
TO LOOK FOR MOMENTUM, WHILE THE LADY TIGERS SEEK
A 2ND CONSECUTIVE DISTRICT WIN AFTER BEATING
FLORENCE 50 TO 48 ON THE ROAD ON TUESDAY.
THE TIGERS AND LADY TIGERS HOST CAMERON
FRIDAY. KRXT WILL HAVE THE VARSITY DOUBLEHEADER
LIVE. THE VARSITY GIRLS GAME SHOULD START AROUND
6:15 PM, WITH THE VARSITY BOYS TO FOLLOW.
THIS WEEK’S TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL
COACHES POLLS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
IN THE BOYS CLASS 3-A POLL, DALLAS MADISON IS
NUMBER ONE, PEASTER IS 2ND. BROCK IS 3RD. LONDON
IS 4TH. SAN ANTONIO COLE IS 5TH. ACADEMY IS RANKED
18TH IN THE STATE. IN THE BOYS CLASS 2-A
POLL, MARTINS MILL IS NUMBER ONE. CLARENDON IS 2ND.
LIPAN IS 3RD. GRAPELAND IS 4TH. LA POYNOR IS 5TH.
IN THE BOYS CLASS 4-A POLL, FAITH FAMILY IS NUMBER ONE.
YATES IS 2ND. ARGYLE IS 3RD. STAFFORD IS 4TH. CARTER
IS 6TH. IN CLASS 1-A, SLIDELL IS NUMBER ONE. NAZARETH
IS 2ND. CALVERT IS 3RD. GRAFORD IS 4TH. TEXLINE IS
5TH.
IN THE GIRLS CLASS 3-A POLL, SHALLOWATER IS
NUMBER ONE. FAIRFIELD IS 2ND. WINNSBORO IS 3RD.
IDALOU IS 4TH. CANADIAN IS 5TH. LITTLE RIVER ACADEMY
IS RANKED 25TH.
IN THE CLASS 2-A POLL, MUENSTER IS NUMBER ONE.
PANHANDLE IS 2ND. SAN SABA IS 3RD. DOUGLASS IS 4TH.
LIPAN IS 5TH. SNOOK IS 17TH IN THE STATE. MARLIN IS
18TH. IN THE CLASS 1-A POLL, NAZARETH IS NUMBER ONE.
DODD CITY IS 2ND. HUCKABAY IS 3RD. VERIBEST IS 4TH.
SALTILLO IS 5TH. MOULTON IS 8TH IN THE POLL.
IN CLASS 4-A, HARDIN-JEFFERSON IS NUMBER ONE.
CANYON IS 2ND. FREDERICKSBURG IS 3RD. SUNNYVALE
IS 4TH. STEPHENVILLE IS 5TH.
SOCCER–THE TIGER AND LADY TIGER SOCCER TEAMS
ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS WEEK. THE ROCKDALE TIGER
BOYS SOCCER TEAM TRAVELS TO MADISONVILLE TO TAKE
ON THE MUSTANGS FRIDAY, WHILE THE LADY TIGERS ARE
AT MADISONVILLE THE NEXT 3 DAYS FOR TOURNAMENT
ACTION.
THE TIGER BOYS TEAM IS IN ITS 4TH YEAR, AND
CONTINUES TO BUILD THE PROGRAM. THE ROCKDALE TIGER
SOCCER TEAM REACHED THE PLAYOFFS IN THE PROGRAM’S
2ND YEAR OF EXISTENCE. THE TIGERS LOST A NUMBER OF
SENIORS LAST YEAR, AND THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE
PROGRAM CONTINUES.
ROCKDALE TIGER HEAD COACH GILBERTO RODRIGUEZ
SAYS BEING IN A RURAL AREA WHERE SOCCER IS NOT AS
COMMON AS A LEISURE ACTIVITY, MUCH OF HIS JOB IS
ABOUT TEACHING THE GAME…
“I CAME IN WITH THE MENTALITY THAT WE NEED
TO START FRESH, IN THE SENSE OF TEACHING THE KIDS
HOW TO PLAY THE SPORT. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW
THAT WE’RE AN HOUR AWAY FROM ANY MAJOR CITY,
SO A LOT OF THESE KIDS DON’T PLAY OTHER THAN IN
SCHOOL.”
