ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
DEC 8
(ROCKDALE)–THE ROCKDALE TIGERS JUMPED OUT IN
FRONT AND TOOK A BIG LEAD EARLY, BUILT ON THE LEAD
THROUGH THE GAME, THEN HELD ON THROUGH A MILANO
SURGE AS THE TIGERS BEAT MILAM COUNTY NEIGHBOR
MILANO 57 TO 42 AT TIGER GYM TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE TIGERS LED 19 TO 10 AFTER ONE QUARTER.
THE TIGERS GOT FIELD GOALS FROM ROBERT OWENS AND CHRIS
PEREZ TO BUILD THE 9 POINT LEAD. IN THE 2ND QUARTER,
OWENS FOUND HIS SHOOTING RANGE. OWENS HIT TWO
3 POINTERS IN THE 2ND QUARTER AS PART OF HIS 12 POINTS
IN THE FIRST HALF.
THE TIGERS LED 31 TO 16 AT HALFTIME.
IN THE 3RD QUARTER, MILANO’S BIG MAN WESTON
AVRETT GOT ON A ROLL. HE SCORED ON A PAIR OF FIELD
GOALS AND ADDED A PAIR OF THREE POINTERS. HE
CONTINUED TO PROVIDE PROBLEMS FOR THE TIGER
OFFENSE. HIS 6 FOOT 4 HEIGHT WITH LONG ARMS AND
LONG REACH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MILANO 2-3 ZONE
MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE TIGERS TO PENETRATE.
THE LANE. THE EAGLES GOT BACK INTO THE GAME IN
THE 3RD QUARTER AS THE TIGERS WERE HELD TO ONLY
A PAIR OF FIELD GOALS.
THE TIGERS PULLED AWAY IN THE 4TH QUARTER.
AT ONE POINT, MILANO CLOSED THE GAP TO
8 POINTS IN THE 4TH QUARTER, BUT THE TIGERS
USING PRESSURE WERE ABLE TO TURN AWAY THE
EAGLES.
ROCKDALE TIGER HEAD COACH MARCUS MCNEIL
SAYS THE TIGERS DID SOME GOOD THINGS, AND WHILE
IT’S CLEAR THERE’S WORK TO DO, THERE’S A LOT OF
REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC LOOKING AHEAD…
“I’M PLEASED WITH CERTAIN ASPECTS OF OUR GAME,
BUT WE’VE GOT TO CLEAN UP A LOT OF AREAS THAT
ARE NOT REACHING OUR EXPECTATIONS. BUT WE STICK
TOGETHER WITH OUR FOUNDATION OF CARING FOR
ONE ANOTHER, AND PUTTING OURSELVES SECOND.
I’M HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF GOING INTO
THE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND, AND THEN ALSO
GETTING INTO DISTRICT AFTER CHRISTMAS BREAK.”
THE TIGERS WERE LED BY ROBERT OWENS AND CHRIS
PEREZ WITH 18 POINTS EACH AND IVAN BONNER WITH 15.
OWENS HAD 4 THREE POINTERS IN THE GAME.
FOR THE EAGLES, AVRETT HAD 19 POINTS. GAEL
ALCALA HAD 11.
THE TIGERS ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND IN
THE SCHULENBURG TOURNAMENT.
SEVERAL ROCKDALE FALL ATHLETES RECEIVED
RECOGNITION FOR THEIR WORK IN THE CLASSROOM.
SEVERAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND FILM CREW
WERE NAMED TO THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES
ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL STATE TEAM. FOOTBALL
PLAYERS NAMED TO THE TEAM INCLUDE JAKE HASSELBACH
NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM, HAYDEN AGUILAR NAMED
TO THE 2ND TEAM. CREEK WINDHAM WAS NAMED
HONORABLE MENTION.
FOUR LADY TIGER VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS WERE
NAMED ACADEMIC ALL STATE. MALLORY MCDANIEL
WAS NAMED TO THE ELITE TEAM. JUSTIS MAYBERRY WAS
NAMED 2ND TEAM. ANNABELLA WHEELER AND NANCY
PONCE WERE NAMED HONORABLE MENTION.
