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SPORTS REPORT
2/4/12
(ROCKDALE)--THE ROCKDALE TIGER BASKETBALL
TEAM
CLINCHED A PLAYOFF BERTH FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 15 YEARS
AS THE TIGERS DEFEATED GIDDINGS 51 TO 41 AT
TIGER GYM
FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE TIGERS USED STRONG DEFENSE TO JUMP OUT
TO
A 9 TO 2 LEAD AT THE END OF THE FIRST
QUARTER, WITH
4 DIFFERENT PLAYERS SCORING FOR THE TIGERS.
THE TIGERS
MAINTAINED THE LEAD IN THE 2ND QUARTER AS
GIDDINGS
OFFENSE GOT GOING. THE TIGERS COUNTERED WITH
CHUCK MITCHELL GETTING TO THE BUCKET AND
DRAWING
FOULS. HE SCORED 5 POINTS IN THE FRAME.
GIDDINGS SURGED BACK IN THE 3RD QUARTER WITH
3 POINTERS
FROM DEON BLUE AND GARRY COOPER. BUT THE
TIGERS WERE ABLE
TO HOLD OFF GIDDINGS IN THE 4TH QUARTER, LED
BY AN OFFENSIVE
SURGE BY JAMES DAVID AND A 2ND HALF SURGE BY
ZACH GARZA,
WHO HIT A 3 POINTER IN THE 3RD QUARTER, THEN
CONVERED A
3 POINT PLAY IN THE 4TH QUARTER TO STEM A
GIDDINGS SURGE
LATE.
THE TIGERS CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT FOR THE
FIRST TIME
IN 15 YEARS AND CAN STILL WIN A DISTRICT
TITLE IF THEY CONTINUE
TO WIN. THE TIGERS CELEBRATED THE POSTSEASON
BERTH BY CUTTING
DOWN THE NETS AT TIGER GYM FOLLOWING THE
VICTORY.
ROCKDALE TIGER HEAD COACH DUSTY LOEWE SAYS
THE
TIGERS COULD HAVE SLAMMED THE DOOR A LITTLE
EARLIER,
BUT THE TIGERS FOUND THEIR RHYTHM JUST WHEN
THEY NEEDED
TO...
"I THOUGHT IF WE COULD HAVE KNOCKED THOSE
SHOTS DOWN
EARLIER IN THE GAME, WE COULD HAVE HAD THEM
OUT OF REACH,
AND COULD HAVE ENJOYED AT THE END. BUT, SOME
KIDS CAME UP,
ZACH HIT SOME BIG FAST BREAK LAYUPS.
CHUCK--HE ACTUALLY
HAD SOME BIG REBOUNDS FOR US ON THE
DEFENSIVE END. IN THE
4TH QUARTER, WE KIND OF LOOSENED UP FOR SOME
REASON,
AND STARTED PLAYING THE WAY WE'VE BEEN
PLAYING TO GET
THIS."
THE TIGER J-V FELL TO GIDDINGS 38 TO 24.
PETE HEINTZE LED
THE TIGERS WITH 6 POINTS. THE TIGER FRESHMEN
FELL TO
GIDDINGS 43 TO 28. DEREK WHITSEL WAS THE TOP
SCORER WITH 12.
FOR FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL, ROCKDALE WAS
PLACED
IN DISTRICT 18-3A, WHICH INCLUDES CALDWELL,
MADISONVILLE,
NAVASOTA, ROCKDALE, TAYLOR AND THE NEW
COLLEGE STATION
HIGH SCHOOL. COLLEGE STATION HIGH SCHOOL
ENTERS ATHLETIC
COMPETITION IN CLASS 3-A AND BEGINS
COMPETITION IN ROCKDALE'S
DISTRICT AS BRYAN RUDDER DID IN 2008. UNLIKE
RUDDER, COLLEGE
STATION HIGH SCHOOL WILL NOT FIELD A VARSITY
FOOTBALL TEAM
AND WILL ONLY SHARE A DISTRICT WITH THE
TIGERS IN BASKETBALL.
ROCKDALE TIGER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JEFF MILLER
SAYS
THE DISTRICT IS A GOOD FIT FOR ROCKDALE
I-S-D, THOUGH FOR
OTHERS THE FIT MIGHT NOT BE SO GOOD...
ALL IN ALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY FAIR
DEAL. I'M
DANG SURE NOT SAYING IT'S AN EASY DEAL. I
THINK IT'S VERY
COMPETITIVE, I THINK THAT IT'S PRETTY GOOD
FOR US.
I'M A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED AT THE DISTANCE
THEY WENT.
TAYLOR AND MADISONVILLE HAVE BEEN IN THE
SAME DISTRICT,
IT'S A LONG OL' DISTRICT. I'M A LITTLE BIT
SURPRISED BY THAT."
ROCKDALE TIGER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JEFF MILLER
SAYS
THE DISTRICT IS A GOOD FIT FOR ROCKDALE
I-S-D, THOUGH FOR
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