ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
APR 16
(ROCKDALE)–ROCKDALE TRACK AND FIELD WILL
HAVE 10 ATHLETES REPRESENTING ROCKDALE AT THE
REGIONAL TRACK MEET AFTER QUALIFYING AT THE
AREA MEET IN CROCKETT THIS WEEK.
ON THE BOYS SIDE, REGIONAL QUALIFIERS INCLUDE
CRISTO HERNANDEZ AND JESUS BOCANEGRA IN THE
3200 METER RUN, ALBERT SILVA IN THE 800 METER RUN,
AND ISAAC FUENTES IN 400 METER DASH.
ON THE GIRLS SIDE, REGIONAL QUALIFIERS INCLUDE
THE 1600 METER RELAY TEAM OF HANNAH AND TAYLOR DELZ,
CIARA MILES AND HAILEY WEBB, EMMA WHITSEL IN THE
100 METER AND 300 METER HURDLES, AND IVANNA LUNA IN
THE 3200 METER RUN.
THE ROCKDALE TIGER AND LADY TIGER TENNIS TEAMS
HOSTED THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK. ROCKDALE
GIRLS SINGLE PLAYER YOLIANNA COSTILLA WILL ADVANCE
TO THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT IN COLLEGE STATION
APRIL 26TH. SHE FINISHED 2ND IN DISTRICT IN GIRLS’ SINGLES.
THE ROCKDALE TIGER BASEBALL AND LADY TIGER
SOFTBALL TEAMS HAVE AN OPEN NIGHT ON THE
SCHEDULE TONIGHT. ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL PROM
IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AT APACHE PASS.
IN ACTION ON TUESDAY, THE ROCKDALE TIGER BASEBALL
TEAM FELL TO THE ACADEMY BEES AT HOME TUESDAY, 11 TO 5.
ACADEMY TOOK CONTROL OF THE GAME IN THE
4TH INNING WITH 5 RUNS, INCLUDING AN R-B-I SINGLE,
A 2 RUN R-B-I DOUBLE, AND A COUPLE OF RUNS SCORED
ON THROWING PLAYS. THE TIGERS RESPONDED WITH
3 RUNS IN THE 4TH AND 5TH BUT COULD NOT CLOSE
THE GAP.
THE TIGERS ARE BACK IN ACTION TUESDAY AS THEY
TRAVEL TO ROGERS.
THE ROCKDALE LADY TIGERS TRIED TO BATTLE WITH
ACADEMY EARLY, BUT THE 7TH RANKED LADY BEES WERE JUST
TOO STRONG, AS THE LADY BEES PUT UP 5 RUNS IN THE TOP
OF THE 4TH TO ROLL PAST ROCKDALE, 12 TO 1 IN 5 INNINGS
TUESDAY NIGHT.
ACADEMY POURED IT ON IN THE TOP OF THE
4TH WITH 5 RUNS, HIGHLIGHTED BY A 2 RUN HOME RUN TO
LEFT BY ABBIE HENDERSON, AN R-B-I SINGLE BY RANDEE
JOHNSON AND AN R-B-I DOUBLE BY SUNNY THEIS.
ACADEMY LED 12 TO ONE AFTER 3 AND A HALF. ROCKDALE
WENT 3 UP AND 3 DOWN IN THE 4TH AND 5TH INNINGS
AND THE GAME ENDED ON THE 10 RUN RULE, 12 TO 1 IN
5 INNINGS.
THE LADY TIGERS OPEN THE LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON
TUESDAY AS THEY TRAVEL TO ROGERS.
A THORNDALE COACH REACHED A MILESTONE LAST WEEK.
THORNDALE BULLDOG BASEBALL COACH KELLY KUHL
RECORDED HIS 300TH VICTORY AS BULLDOG HEAD COACH
WHEN HIS TEAM BEAT BARTLETT 11 TO 1. THE DOGS SCORED
7 RUNS IN THEIR FIRST AT-BAT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE GAME.
KUHL TOOK OVER AS BASEBALL HEAD COACH AT
THORNDALE IN 2007. THE BULLDOGS HAD BEEN TO THE STATE
TOURNAMENT IN BACK TO BACK YEARS UNDER PREVIOUS
COACH SCOTT HOLDER IN 2005 AND 2006, WINNING THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2005. KUHL LED THE DOGS BACK TO THE
STATE TOURNAMENT IN HIS FIRST SEASON IN 2007. HE LED THE
DOGS TO RETURN TRIPS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT AT THE
DELL DIAMOND IN ROUND ROCK IN 2009 AND 2010. KELLY
KUHL CHOSE TO BE A COACH AS A RESULT OF THE INFLUENCE
OF HIS DAD, DOUG KUHL, WHO WAS HEAD BASEBALL COACH
AT TAYLOR FROM 27 SEASONS FROM 1986 TO 2013.
