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HEATH - Rockwall-Heath’s All-American pitching and first baseman sensation Jake Thompson signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play baseball and continue his education at Texas Christian University (TCU) in 2013. Thompson is a senior and will play once more this Spring for the Hawks baseball team. He had previously verbally committed last year [...]
HEATH – The honors keep piling up for Rockwall-Heath pitcher and first baseman Jake Thompson, who was recently named a first team high school All-American by Baseball America and ESPN Rise, first team All-State by the Texas Sportswriters Association and first team by the Dallas Morning News SportsDay. During the 2011 season, the 6’4″ 235 [...]
(ESPN Dallas) HEATH – Last season, Rockwall-Heath, in just its fourth year as a program, came one step away from the Class 4A state baseball tournament before getting swept by Frisco Wakeland in a regional final series. A rematch of that regional final almost materialized this year. But Mesquite Poteet first won a coin toss [...]
FRISCO – Five Rockwall-Heath players slugged home runs as the Hawks blasted Frisco 12-1 Friday night for their second victory in a row over the Raccoons, earning Heath (29-5-1) the right to advance to a Bi-District best of three-game playoff series next weekend against Dallas Molina. Bret Boswell capped a 5-6 series with a late [...]
WYLIE – Rockwall-Heath’s Jovan Hernandez threw a no-hitter and first baseman Jake Thompson slammed three home runs as the Hawks clobbered Wylie East, 11-0, last night to finish the regular season in a tie for first place in District 10-4A with Highland Park with 12-2 records. Jake Bledsoe also hit a homer and Bret Boswell [...]
The Dallas Morning News. The result was so sudden, so unexpected and so resounding no one could have seen it coming. In the aftermath of Frisco Wakeland’s 12-3 victory over Rockwall-Heath in the Class 4A Region II final Saturday, both teams were in shock. In less than three hours, Rockwall-Heath, ranked first in at least [...]
By J.J. Smith. The nation’s top-ranked high school baseball team didn’t look like it last night. For only the second time this year, the Rockwall-Heath Hawks (39-2) were defeated – actually clobbered – by a revved-up Frisco Wakeland (39-10) squad, 14-6, in the first of their best-of-three-game series for the Class 4A Region II championship. [...]
By J.J. Smith (James Baune photo by In Focus Photography). The Class 4A Region II Baseball Championship series between the nation’s top prep baseball team, Rockwall-Heath (39-1), and Frisco Wakeland (29-10) will begin tomorrow at Dr. Pepper Ballpark in Frisco at 7:30 pm. The Ballpark is the home of the Frisco Roughriders minor league baseball [...]
By J.J. Smith (In Focus Photography photo). For the third time in a row USA Today newspaper named Rockwall-Heath the number one high school baseball team in the nation in their Super 25 Index May 27. The Hawks top-ranking came as a result of their string of 37 straight victories, two recent playoff wins over [...]
By J.J. Smith. Playing a playoff double-header yesterday, the nation’s top-ranked Rockwall-Heath baseball team finally lost their first game of the season to Cleburne, 4-3, but came back in the final game of their best-of-three-game series to defeat Cleburne 6-2, advancing to the Class 4A Region II Finals. The Hawks had already beaten Cleburne Thursday [...]
