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By J.J. Smith. Class 4A Area Baseball Player-of-the-Year Javon Hernandez scored three touchdowns on short runs and set up another with a 67-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter to lead the Rockwall-Heath Hawks to a 35-28 non-district victory over former Rockwall ISD Athletic Director Mark Elam’s Garland Naaman Forest Rangers last night at Wilkerson-Sanders [...]
By J.J. Smith. A valiant second half comeback bid by 13th-ranked Rockwall was stopped short by an intercepted pass with under two minutes to play and the fourth-ranked West Mesquite Wranglers held on to defeat the Yellow Jackets in an exciting season opener for both teams, 32-28, last night at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium. Down 26-14 at [...]
By J.J. Smith. Ranked 10th in the Dallas Morning News pre-season football poll, the Rockwall-Heath Hawks – led by head coach Mickey Moss – will open their season tonight against Garland Naaman Forest, coached by former Rockwall athletic director and head coach Mark Elam, at 7:30 pm at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium. Elam left the Rockwall ISD [...]
By J.J. Smith. After experiencing a 1-9 rebuilding year in 2009, head coach Greg Strahm’s Royse City Bulldogs welcome back 16 starters and 21 lettermen from last year’s team tonight against the Mesquite Poteet Pirates at 7:30 pm in the opening game for both teams at Bulldogs Stadium in Royse City. This will be the [...]
TimesRecordNews. WICHITA FALLS – The way Zack Eskridge figures it, this will be his fourth season playing football. No, not the Rowlett senior’s fourth year playing college football. His fourth season, period. While that might not warrant loads of optimism from the casual observer, any Mustangs’ fan who saw him play last year will be [...]
By StlToday.com. COLUMBIA, MO – Kendial Lawrence, Mizzou’s 5-foot-9 No. 2 tailback, can sing the advantages of being a little guy with the ball. “It’s easier to get through holes or make people miss,” Lawrence said. “That’s an advantage of being short.” Of course, another responsibility that falls to the tailback in Mizzou’s spread offense [...]
By J.J. Smith. None of the major Rockwall area grocery stores are selling any of the eggs which have recalled by Wright Egg Farms or Hillandale Farms as part of a U.S. salmonella outbreak that is linked to almost 300 illnesses across the United States. Representatives from Brookshire’s, Kroger, Target, Tom Thumb and Walmart food [...]
By J.J. Smith. Approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat sold at Walmart stores nationwide in Marketside Grab and Go Sandwiches has been recalled by Zemco Industries in Buffalo N.Y. because it may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal disease. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the meats may be contaminated [...]
By J.J. Smith. Sales tax revenues increased again in June in Rockwall, Royse City, Heath, Fate and McClendon Chisholm, but decreased in Mobile City. Mobile City and Fate are both down for their fiscal years, compared to last year at this time. This means that many businesses are faring better this year than at the [...]
By J.J. Smith. After-school programs for prekindergarten through sixth-grade students will be operated by Rockwall ISD at six RISD elementary schools, beginning this week. Featuring special interest classes, homework help, fitness fun and nutritious snacks, the “ROCK” (Reaching Out Connecting Kids) program costs $250/mo. per student or $125/mo. for students eligible for free/reduced price lunches. [...]
