ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
MAY 16
(MUMFORD)–THE THORNDALE LADY DOGS CAME
INTO GAME 2 OF THEIR REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL SERIES
EXPECTING ANOTHER GOOD BATTLE WITH LATEXO, BUT
THE LADY DOGS JUMPED OUT IN FRONT WITH 2 HOME
RUNS IN THE FIRST 2 INNINGS AND ROLLED ON TO A
12 TO 2 VICTORY IN 5 INNINGS ON THE 10 RUN RULE TO
SWEEP THE SERIES FRIDAY AT MUMFORD.
THE LADY DOGS WERE THE VISITOR AND BATTED
FIRST. NATALIE GARCIA REACHED, THEN, WITH 2 OUTS,
REAGHAN CARLSON HIT A 2 RUN HOME RUN OVER THE
LEFT FIELD FENCE TO GIVE THE LADY DOGS A 2 TO NOTHING
LEAD. THEN BAILEE BAKER DOUBLED, AND THEN KARIS
GINN HIT AN R-B-I TRIPLE TO SCORE BAKER TO GIVE THE
LADY DOGS A 3 TO NOTHING LEAD. IN THE PROCESS, THE
LADY TIGERS CHANGED PITCHES FROM TAYLOR DISE TO
LAUREN WOODARD, THE GAME ONE STARTER.
AFTER GINN RETIRED LATEXO IN ORDER IN THE
BOTTOM OF THE FIRST, THE LADY DOG OFFENSE WENT TO
WORK AGAIN. KASSIDY EUBANKS SINGLED, AND THEN
LANDRI MARTINKA STEPPED TO THE PLATE AND HIT A
2 RUN HOME RUN OVER THE LEFT FIELD FENCE TO EXTEND
THE LADY DOG LEAD TO 5 TO NOTHING. THEN AFTER
GARCIA WALKED, SHE CAME HOME TO SCORE ON AN
R-B-I SINGLE BY CARLSON TO GIVE THE LADY DOGS A
6 TO NOTHING LEAD.
THE LADY TIGERS GOT BASERUNNERS ON IN THE 2ND
AND 3RD, BUT ONE WAS THROWN OUT AND THE OTHER WAS
STRANDED AT FIRST.
THE LADY DOGS PUSHED THE MARGIN TO 10 IN THE
TOP OF THE 4TH. AFTER ANOTHER LATEXO PITCHING
CHANGE, THE LADY DOGS ADDED 4 MORE RUNS
HIGHLIGHTED BY AN R-B-I DOUBLE BY REAGAN TRAHAN
AND A 2 RUN R-B-I DOUBLE BY KELSEY KOVAR. THE LADY
DOGS LED 10 TO NOTHING AFTER 3 AND A HALF INNINGS.
LATEXO GOT ON THE BOARD AND PUT THE 10 RUN RULE
ASIDE FOR THE MONTH WITH A 2 RUN HOME RUN BY
BAILEY OMELINA TO MAKE IT 10 TO 2 IN THE BOTTOM
OF THE 4TH.
BUT THE LADY DOGS CAME RIGHT BACK IN THE
TOP OF THE 5TH, ANSWERING THE 2 RUNS WITH 2 OF
THEIR OWN. NATALIE GARCIA’S R-B-I GROUNDOUT
SCORED MARTINKA, AND KOVAR’S R-B-I SINGLE SCORED
BAKER TO GIVE THE LADY DOGS A 12 TO 2 LEAD.
THEN, IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5TH, GINN INDUCED
LAUREN WOODARD TO FLY OUT TO CENTER, STRUCK
OUT MARISSA ALLISON, AND INDUCED CHARLEE BIANO
TO POP OUT TO 3RD TO END IT AS THE LADY DOGS WON
12 TO 2 IN 5 INNINGS ON THE 10 RUN RULE.
LADY DOG HEAD COACH LANCE BETAK SAYS
IT WAS KEY FOR THE LADY DOGS TO GET ON A ROLL EARLY
AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM ON THEIR SIDE…
“THAT WAS THE THING, THAT’S WHAT WE SAID–THAT
THE PRESSURE WAS ALL ON THEM, SINCE WE ALREADY HAD
A 1-0 SERIES LEAD, ALL THE PRESSURE WAS ON THEM. BUT–
WE COULDN’T RELAX AND LET THEM HAVE A GOOD START
TO THIS GAME AND HAVE TO GO BACK TO MADISONVILLE
TOMORROW. WE WANTED TO FINISH IT TONIGHT. WE HAD
CONFIDENCE IF WE HAD TO GO BACK TO MADISONVILLE
WE COULD DO IT. BUT, WHY WAIT FOR A 3RD GAME?
JUST GO AHEAD AND START RIGHT NOW. THE PRESSURE’S ON
THEM.”
THE THORNDALE BULLDOG BASEBALL TEAM
HAS ADVANCED TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.
THE BULLDOGS RECORDED A SWEEP IN THE AREA ROUND
OF THE POSTSEASON BY BEATING BURTON 10 TO NOTHING
ON THE 10 RUN RULE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, ALSO AT MUMFORD.
BRYSON BERAN GOT THE WIN ON THE MOUND WITH
A COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT, GIVING UP 2 HITS WITH
6 STRIKEOUTS AND NO WALKS. J-D ALCALAR DREW 3 WALKS
AND SCORED TWICE. LUKE MERZ WENT 3 FOR 3 WITH A
SINGLE, 2 DOUBLES, A WALK, 2 RUNS SCORED AND 3 R-B-I’S.
THORNDALE BULLDOG HEAD COACH KELLY KUHL
SAYS THE DOGS TOOK CARE OF THE BASICS…(KUL16A)
“IT STARTS ON THE MOUND. BRYSON BERAN PROBABLY
THREW HIS BEST GAME OF THE YEAR UP TO THIS POINT. WE JUST
HIT THE BALL. YOU GO LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD, WE PUT
UP RUNS EVERY INNING. AND YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHAT GOOD
TEAMS DO.”
KUHL ALSO SAYS THE ENTIRE TEAM MADE THIS
WIN HAPPEN…
“AND THEN WE PLAYED GREAT DEFENSE BEHIND
BRYSON, AND JUST A GREAT OVERALL TEAM PERFORMANCE.
LIKE I TOLD THE KIDS, WE HAD 18 GUYS THERE, AND EVERY
ONE OF THEM BUSTED THEIR TAIL TONIGHT, WHETHER THEY
WERE IN THE DUGOUT …BECAUSE THAT WAS PROBABLY
THE BEST DUGOUT WE HAD ALL YEAR, TOO.”
THE NEXT PLAYOFF ROUND IS SET FOR BOTH THE
BULLDOGS AND LADY DOGS. BOTH TEAMS WILL PLAY AT
LA GRANGE. THE LADY DOGS WILL FACE GANADO IN A BEST
OF 3 SERIES AT LA GRANGE. GAME ONE IS WEDNESDAY AT
6:30 PM. GAME 2 IS THRUSDAY AT 6:30 PM. GAME 3, IF
NEEDED, WILL BE SATURDAY AT 2 PM.
THE BULLDOG BASEBALL TEAM WILL TAKE ON
SHINER IN A BEST OF 3 SERIES. GAME ONE WILL BE
THURSDAY AT 7 PM. GAME 2 WILL BE FRIDAY AT 7 PM.
GAME 3 WILL BE SATURDAY AT 2 PM.
THE CAMERON YOEMEN SWEPT THEIR BEST OF 3
SERIES AGAINST TROY, WINNING 2 TO 1 IN GAME ONE,
AND WINNING 8 TO 2 IN GAME TWO TO SWEEP THE SERIES
AND ADVANCE. THE YOEMEN FACE LORENA IN A BEST
OF 3 SERIES AT LAKE BELTON. GAME ONE IS THURSDAY
AT 7 PM. GAME TWO IS SATURDAY AT 4 PM. GAME THREE
IF NECESSARY WILL BE 30 MINUTES AFTER GAME TWO.
A ROCKDALE TIGER FRESHMAN ATHLETE IS A
STATE SILVER MEDALIST. FRESHMAN TIM GRICE WON
THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE 200 METER DASH AT THE STATE
TRACK MEET THURSDAY. HE SET ANOTHER ROCKDALE
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD WITH A TIME OF 21.26 SECONDS IN
THE 200 METER DASH. HE PREVIOUSLY BROKE A 36 YEAR
OLD RECORD HELD BY VIRGIL CLARK WHE HE RAN 21.47 AT
THE REGIONAL MEET
FOR CAMERON, THE LADY YOE 800 METER RELAY TEAM
OF BRITTANI DRAKE, DAYSHEZ BRADLEY, LAUREN HARRIS AND
BRANDI DRAKE WON THE BRONZE MEDAL, FINISHING 3RD WITH
A TIME OF 1:42.42.
CAMERON’S NATHAN EVANS FINISHED 5TH IN THE 3200
METER RUN WITH A TIME OF 9:49.56 AND FINISHED 5TH IN THE
1600 METER RUN WITH A TIME OF 4:31.11. CAMERON’S LADY YOE
1600 METER RELAY TEAM OF CAMRYN WARD, LAUREN HARRIS,
CRYSTAL DANIELS AND BRITTANI DRAKE FINISHED 9TH WITH
A TIME OF 4:14.14.
CAMERON’S YIERRA FLEMINGS BROUGHT HOME STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD IN TH 400 METERS WITH A TIME OF
55.29 SECONDS. SHE ALSO WON THE 100 METER HURLDES AND
WON BRONZE IN THE TRIPLE JUMP AND WAS 5TH IN THE
LONG JUMP.
LEXINGTON’S DAYLON WASHINGTON WON STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD IN THE 110 METER HURDLES AND
WON THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE 300 METER HURDLES.
CALDWELL JUNIOR DANIEL COWAN WON THE SILVER MEDAL
IN THE 3A BOYS HIGH JUMP.