ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
(ROCKDALE)–ROCKDALE TIGER OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
COMPETED IN ROCKDALE’S FIRST EVER LINEMAN CHALLENGE
AT TIGER STADIUM IN ROCKDALE LAST WEEKEND. THE
LINEMAN CHALLENGE WAS CREATED FOLLOWING 7 ON 7 AS
A COMPETITION FOR OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. THE EVENT
FEATURED ATLAS STONES FROM THE WORLD’S STRONGEST
MAN COMPETITION, BUT WITH 100, 110 AND 120 POUND
DUMBELLS.
LINEMEN CARRIED THE DUMBELLS AROUND IN
DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS.
ROCKDALE’S TEAM FEATURED ATHLETES INCLUDING
A-J SANDOVAL, CHAD DAVID, GAVIN AGUILAR, MASON WILLARD
AND RILEY SPEARS. THE TIGERS PLACED 3RD OUT OF SIX TEAMS.
GIDDINGS WON THE COMPETITION. LA GRANGE FINISHED 2ND.
THE ROCKDALE LINEMAN CHALLENGE WAS PUT TOGETHER
BY ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
RYAN MONTALVO. MONTALVO SAID THE EVENT GAVE THE
LINEMEN A CHANCE TO COMPETE IN THE WAY THE TIGER
7 ON 7 TEAM DOES. HE SAID THE LINEMAN CHALLENGE WAS
SOMETHING HIS TEAMS DID IN THE SUMMER WHEN HE WAS
COACHING IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
PRO BASEBALL–THE ROUND ROCK EXPRESS CONTINUE
THEIR SIX GAME SERIES AT THE DELL DIAMOND AGAINST THE
OKLAHOMA CITY DODGERS THROUGH TUESDAY. FOLLOWING
THAT, THE EXPRESS ARE ON THE ROAD FOR A SIX GAME SERIES
AGAINST THE EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
TUESDAY, JUNE 29TH. THEN THE EXPRESS RETURN HOME TO THE
DELL DIAMOND FOR A 12 GAME HOMESTAND AGAINST 2 TEAMS–
THE SUGARLAND SKEETERS AND THE ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES.
THE EXPRESS’ MAJOR LEAGUE PARENT CLUB, THE TEXAS
RANGERS, CONTINUE THEIR 10 GAME HOMESTAND AS THEY
TAKE ON THE OAKLAND A’S AND THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS.
THE RANGERS CALLED UP ELI WHITE FROM ROUND ROCK EARLIER
THIS MONTH. THE RANGERS MADE THE MOVE WHEN THEY
DESIGNATED KHRIS DAVIS FOR ASSIGNMENT.
