(ROCKDALE)–THE ROCKDALE TIGER AND LADY TIGER
BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT.
THE ROCKDALE LADY TIGER BASKETBALL TEAM IS
1 AND 0 IN DISTRICT PLAY AS THEY TRAVEL TO LEXINGTON
TO TAKE ON THE LADY EAGLES. THE LADY TIGERS FELL TO
LEXINGTON IN THE LEXINGTON TOURNAMENT, 50 TO 35.
ROCKDALE DEFEATED CAMERON IN THEIR DISTRICT OPENER
TUESDAY AT TIGER GYM, 45 TO 29. J-V TIPS OFF TONIGHT
AT 5 PM, WITH THE VARSITY TO FOLLOW AT 6:30 PM.
THE ROCKDALE TIGER BOYS TRAVEL DOWN HIGHWAY 79
TO TAKE ON MILAM COUNTY NEIGHBOR THORNDALE IN
A NON-DISTRICT MATCHUP. THE TIGERS DEFEATED ANOTHER
MILAM COUNTY NEIGHBOR TEAM, MILANO, 67 TO 34, ON
TUESDAY AT TIGER GYM. THE BULLDOGS ARE LED BY
FORMER ROCKDALE ASSISTANT COACH JOHN KOVAR, WHO
IS A GRADUATE OF THORNDALE HIGH SCHOOL. THE DOGS
HAVE BEEN IN THE CLASS 2-A STATE TOURNAMENT
3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND PLAYED IN THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME A YEAR AGO. ACTION STARTS AT
5 PM.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ACTION CONTINUES
TONIGHT AS TEAMS PREPARE FOR THE STATE SEMIFINALS.
IN THE CLASS 3-A DIVISION ONE PLAYOFFS, THE
TEAMS IN THE SEMIFINALS ARE QUITE FAMILIAR TO
ROCKDALE. BROCK TAKES ON MALAKOFF IN ONE
STATE SEMIFINAL TODAY AT 4 PM AT THE FORD CENTER
IN FRISCO, TEXAS. ROCKDALE DEFEATED BROCK IN
LAST YEAR’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, WHILE THE
TIGERS UPENDED MALAKOFF IN THE BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF
OPENER IN 2017, AVENGING THE TIGERS’ 2016 PLAYOFF
DEFEAT TO MALAKOFF. IN THE OTHER STATE SEMFINAL,
GRANDVIEW FACES YOAKUM TONIGHT AT 7 PM AT THE
PFIELD IN PFLUGERVILLE. THE TIGERS BOWED OUT IN THE
BI-DISTRICT ROUND TO GRANDVIEW EARLIER THIS YEAR,
WHILE THE TIGERS DEFEATED YOAKUM IN THE STATE
SEMIFINALS A YEAR AGO TO REACH THE STATE TITLE GAME.
A CENTRAL TEXAS TEAM REMAINS ALIVE IN THE
FOOTBALL POSTSEASON. THE LIBERTY HILL PANTHERS FACE
THE CARTHAGE BULLDAWGS TONIGHT AT 7 PM AT THE BERRY
CENTER AT CY-FAIR HIGH SCHOOL. THE PANTHERS ARE A
RUNNING MACHINE ONCE AGAIN IN 2018, OPERATING THE
VAUNTED SLOT-T OFFENSE UNDER COACH JEFF WALKER,
THE FORMER OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR WHO RETURNED IN
2017 TO TAKE OVER THE PROGRAM AFTER THE RETIREMENT OF
COACH JERRY VANCE. THE PANTHERS HAVE SCORED AT LEAST
40 POINTS 10 TIMES THIS SEASON, AND HAVE STACKED UP
OVER 66 HUNDRED YARDS RUSHING.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL–THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY
HARDIN BAYLOR CRUSADERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT. THE CRUSADERS ARE PLAYING
IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE 3RD
CONSECUTIVE YEAR AS THEY TAKE ON MOUNT UNION.
THE CRU ARE THE HOST
TEAM OF SORTS TONIGHT, AS THE GAME IS PLAYED IN
TEXAS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AT WOODFOREST BANK STADIUM
IN SHENANDOAH, JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON. THE CRU BEAT
WISCONSIN WHITEWATER 31 TO 14 IN THE N-C-A-A
DIVISION 3 NATIONAL SEMIFINALS AT CRUSADER STADIUM
IN BELTON LAST SATURDAY. THE TEAM FEATURES LOCAL
PLAYERS SUCH AS ROCKDALE ALUMNUS JOSH SPRINGER AND
CAMERON YOE ALUM AARON SIMS.
THE GAME IS A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR’S NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, WON BY MOUNT UNION, 12 TO NOTHING.
THE PURPLE RAIDERS SNAPPED THE CRU’S 29 GAME WINNING
STREAK A YEAR AGO AND DENIED THE CRU A 2ND CONSECUTIVE
NATIONAL TITLE AFTER MARY HARDIN BAYLOR WON THE
CROWN IN 2016.
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS BEING PLAYED
IN TEXAS, AT WOODFOREST BANK STADIUM IN SHENANDOAH,
AFTER IT WAS PLAYED FOR 25 YEARS IN SALEM, VIRGINIA.
U-M-H-B HEAD COACH PETE FREDENBURG SAYS BEYOND
THE FACTOR OF PLAYING IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP,
THE CRU WILL BE IN FRIENDLY TERRITORY IN TEXAS, WHERE
A LOT OF THEIR FANS CAN TRAVEL…
“I MEAN, IT’S EXCITING FOR US AND OUR PROGRAM TO
GET THERE. TO BE IN TEXAS AND BE A PART OF ALL OF THIS
THAT’S GOING ON IN SHENANDOAH, OBVIOUSLY ADDS
ANOTHER DIMENSION. WE’RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE
WE’RE GOING TO PLAY IN FRONT OF SO MANY FRIENDS AND
FAMILY. IT’S GOING TO BE AWESOME.”
THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST TONIGHT AT 6 PM ON
E-S-P-N-U.
