1/17/2020
Rockdale H.S. Basketball
6:15 pm
@ The NEW Rockdale High School Gym
features:
Doubleheader action
Rockdale Tigers
VS
Franklin Lions
Rockdale Lady Tigers VS Franklin Lady Lions
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JAN 17
(ROCKDALE)–THE ROCKDALE TIGER AND LADY TIGER
BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT AS THEY
HOST FRANKLIN. SUB VARSITY ACTION STARRTS AT 5 PM.
THE LADY TIGERS ARE CURRENTLY 2 AND 4 IN
DISTRICT PLAY. THE LADY TIGERS NEED TO STACK SOME
WINS TOGETHER TO STAY IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT. THE
LADY TIGERS FELL TO ROGERS ON TUESDAY 46 TO 42.
THE ROCKDALE TIGER BOYS CONTINUE TO SEARCH
FOR THEIR FIRST WIN IN DISTRICT PLAY. THE TIGERS FELL
TO ROGERS ON TUESDAY 66 TO 49. THE TIGERS LOOK TO
GRAB THEIR FIRST DISTRICT WINS AND GATHER SOME
MOMENTUM.
THE TIGERS ARE LED BY HEAD COACH MARCUS
MCNEIL IN HIS FIRST SEASON HEADING THE PROGRAM.
ROCKDALE TIGER HEAD COACH MARCUS MCNEIL
SAYS THE TIGER BASKETBALL PROGRAM IS BASED ON
FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS…
“SO WE START OFF OUR PROGRAM WITH
BELIEVING, WE COMMIT, WE STICK TOGETHER AS A
FAMILY, AND THEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE
WORK HARD, CONCENTRATE, COMMUNICATE AND
COMPETE. AND SO, WE’RE GOING TO KEEP ON
REITERATING THOSE THINGS, AND IT WILL TAKE OFF
AT THE RIGHT TIME.”
THE TIGERS AND LADY TIGERS HOST FRANKLIN
TONIGHT. KRXT WILL HAVE THE VARSITY DOUBLEHEADER
LIVE TONIGHT.
IT’S A MILAM COUNTY DISTRICT CLASH TONIGHT
AS MILANO AND THORNDALE MEET UP FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS DISTRICT ACTION TONIGHT IN MILANO.
THE THORNDALE BULLDOGS COME INTO THE GAME
RANKED 9TH IN THE STATE IN CLASS 2-A IN THE TEXAS
ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES POLL. THE
DOGS HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD ON A STRONG
BASKETBALL TRADITION.
THORNDALE BULLDOG HEAD COACH JOHN KOVAR
SAYS THE FOUNDATION IS LAID EARLY, AND THEN TEAMS
BUILD ON IT AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH THE PROGRAM…
“WE TRY TO DO ABOUT THE SAME STUFF, JUNIOR
HIGH ON UP, AND THEN JUST ADD LITTLE WRINKLES
WITH EACH GROUP, DIFFERENT WRINKLES WITH EACH
GROUP, JUST DEPENDING ON OVERALL STRENGTH.
BUT WE’RE GOING TO PLAY MAN TO MAN, AND WE’RE
GOING TO GET AFTER YOU, AND RUN THE SAME BASE
OFFENSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST TRY TO PLAY
FUNDAMENTAL BASKETBALL.”
ON THE GIRLS SIDE, THE THORNDALE LADY DOGS
REMAIN UNDEFEATED IN DISTRICT PLAY AND SEEK TO
STAY ON TOP OF THE DISTRICT. THE MILANO LADY
EAGLES PICKED UP THEIR 2ND WIN OF THE SEASON
RECENTLY, BEATING BARTLETT 25 TO 23 A WEEK AGO
ON THE ROAD.
THE MILANO LADY EAGLES ARE LEAD BY HEAD
COACH MATTHUS LOPEZ, IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN CHARGE OF
THE PROGRAM. LOPEZ SAID JUST BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS
BREAK THAT THE LADY EAGLES WERE GETTING THE FEEL
FOR HIS APPROACH AND HIS STRATEGY…
“THEY’RE STARTING TO FIGURE OUT MY SCHEME,
WHAT I LIKE TO DO. I LIKE TO PLAY A LITTLE FAST-PACED
TEMPO. WE WILL PRESS, AND DO ALL THE FUNDAMENTAL
THINGS. BUT YEAH, I’M ONE OF THOSE COACHES WHO
LIKE TO PLAY UP-TEMPO A LITTLE BIT.”
