CARROLLTON – Carrollton’s Newman Smith broke open a close game that it led only 15-14 at halftime by scoring 37 points in a row with four second half touchdowns and a field goal to run over visiting Rockwall, 43-22, Saturday night at Standridge Stadium. Included were a 71-yard TD run by the Trojans’ Randall Joyner, a 62-yard [...]
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Rockwall-Heath clinches playoff berth, rallies with fourth-quarter TD to beat Pearce, 27-24
RICHARDSON - Down 24-20 in the fourth quarter in a game with serious playoff implications, Rockwall-Heath’s Kevin Rodgers completed a 15-yard pass to Cameron Wilson and Trevor Wilson kicked the PAT as the Hawks rallied to beat Richardson Pearce 27-24 last night at Richardson’s Eagle-Mustang stadium and clinch a playoff berth. Behind the almost perfect passing of [...]
Top-ranked Covenant School tramples Rockwall’s HCA, 52-0, in six-man football
By Jeff Mateer. The Dallas Covenant School lived up to its No. 1 ranking in TAPPS Six-Man Football crushing district rival Rockwall’s Heritage Christian Academy, 52-0, Friday night.   In a game dictated by Covenant’s defense, HCA turned the ball over 5 times in just one half of play. HCA (3-4) returns to action next [...]
Rockwall County’s population grew by 1,950 people, 2.5 percent in 2008
Rockwall County’s population increased by another 1,950 people and 2.5 percent in 2008, according to a new report by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The county population increased from an estimated 76,000 at the beginning of 2008 to 77,950 at the beginning of 2009 – an increase of 2.57 percent. The City of Fate [...]
Experts issue call to reconsider screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer
By Elizabeth Fernandez, UCSF. Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer – the most diagnosed cancer for women and men – have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths from these diseases, argue experts from the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in [...]
The Military View Column: The Afghanistan National Argument
By Jerry Hogan, US Army Lt. Colonel (retired). And the argument goes on! Sitting on one side of the table are the President and his civilian advisors trying to understand military operations so they can make a decision on what the US should do about Afghanistan going forward. On the other side sit the military Generals [...]
Rockwall Noon Rotary, Rockwall ISD kicks off student mentoring program
By Nancy Beaty. When you want an example of good news you don’t have to look any farther than right here in Rockwall County. Recently, more than 100 residents joined with The Rockwall Noon Rotary Club and the Rockwall Independent School District in phase one of their partnering efforts on a Student Mentoring Program. This [...]
Rockwall schools, businesses, health care, law enforcement co-sponsoring Race to End Abuse 5K/Fitness Walk
By J.J. Smith. Family violence, child abuse and dating abuse numbers have all skyrocketed dramatically over the past few years across Rockwall County and Texas.  Now Heritage Christian Academy, Walmart, Rockwall ISD, Rockwall County DA Kenda Culpepper plus over a dozen more businesses, media, health care and law enforcement organizations are teaming up to raise [...]
Rockwall’s Heritage Christian destroys Dallas Lakehill Prep, 60-15, in 6-man football
By Jeff Mateer. DALLAS – Rockwall’s Heritage Christian Academy (HCA) evened its record to 3-3 with an impressive 60 to 15 victory Saturday afternoon over district rival Dallas Lakehill Preparatory, who fell to 6-2. The game ended with 8:44 to go in the 4th quarter pursuant to six-man football’s 45 point mercy rule. HCA’s defense [...]
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