Wildcats are ‘wild card’ at state tourney
Thu, 06/30/2022 - 12:00am
Following a third place finish at the 15-and-under district tournament in Belton, the Rockdale Wildcats assumed their season was over.
Sports
King joins football royalty
Thu, 06/30/2022 - 12:00am
While some people spent their weekend in a tropical paradise or at a nice resort in the mountains, Milano’s Kyle King was near the swamplands of Thibodaux, Louisiana, helping mentor young quarterbacks at the Manning Passing Academy.
Tigers build camaraderie at State 7-on-7 tourney
Thu, 06/30/2022 - 12:00am
COLLEGE STATION— After powering through their State Qualifier Tournament earlier this month with four straight wins over Madisonville, La Grange, Lorena and Franklin, Rockdale came up short this weekend. The Blue-and-Gold eventually fell to Texarkana-Pleasant Grove, 28-18, in the opening round of the State 7-on- 7 Division II Championships this past weekend.
A forward thinking God
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 12:00am
The Blonde (aka my wife Jennifer) and I were watching a not-so-good “made-for-TV movie” on Amazon Prime Video the other day because there was nothing on Dish (surprise).
What the compassion of God looks like
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 12:00am
For eighty-seven years, man-made Audubon Park Hill in New Orleans has stood 30 feet above sea level in the park of its namesake, so that, according to a November 1933 Times-Picayune article, “native-born youngsters of New Orleans could run and boast that they had been on a real mountain.” Just so, the story of Jesus raising of the widow’s son at Nain, found in the seventh chapter of Luke, is a spiritual hill that reveals to otherwise accustomed “spiritual climbers” the compassion of God.