(ESPN High School Report) ROCKWALL – Highland Park defensive back Mark Gottsacker knew things would be OK, even after Rockwall-Heath receiver Amaris Fields burned him for a score a 43-yard, game-tying touchdown near the end of the fourth quarter and drew a taunting penalty by waving a finger in Gottsacker’s face.

With just over a minute left in the game, Fields again found himself open downfield, but this time the ball bounced off his arms and into the hands of Gottsacker.

“Karma comes back to bite you,” Gottsacker said. “The next one hit him right in hands and it tipped out right into my lap.”

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(Dallas Morning News) ROCKWALL — If defense truly wins championships, than Rockwall-Heath is in great shape. The Hawks’ defensive unit forced five interceptions and one fumble Friday night, helping Heath stay undefeated with a 21-13 victory over rival Rockwall at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium.

With Heath trailing 10-7 early in the third quarter of the 10-4A matchup, Justin Peters and Seth Nunnally took matters into their own hands. In less than a minute of play, they intercepted bad passes from Rockwall quarterback Wesley Davis and returned both for scores.

Considering that Heath (7-0, 4-0) was doing virtually nothing on offense after an early seven-play scoring drive, it was critical for the defense to come up with six turnovers.

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ROCKWALL – Undefeated Rockwall-Heath won its sixth game in a row Friday night, blasting McKinney North, 41-7; while Rockwall evened its season record at 3-3 by winning its second straight District 10-4A game, stinging McKinney, 31-22.

Royse City won its first game of the season over Denison, 21-6.

Following are all the scores of County, Area and District 10-4A teams:

ROCKWALL COUNTY SCHOOLS:

Rockwall 31 (3-3, 2-1), McKinney 22 (0-6, 0-3)

Rockwall-Heath 41 (6-0, 3-0), McKinney 7 (3-3, 1-2)

Royse City 21 (1-5, 1-1), Denison (1-6, 0-3)

ROCKWALL AREA SCHOOLS:

Rowlett 38 (4-2, 3-0), South Garland 30 (1-5, 1-2)

Sachse 28 (5-1, 2-1), Lakeview Centennial 9 (1-5, 1-2) 

Forney 56 (2-5, 1-4), Terrell 6 (2-4, 0-4)

North Forney 41 (4-1, 0-0), Crandall 21 (2-4, 0-1)

DISTRICT 10-4A TEAMS:

Highland Park 24 (6-0, 3-0), Wylie 21 (4-2, 1-2)

Wylie East 40 (3-3, 1-2), Richardson Pearce 21 (2-4, 0-3)

By J.J. Smith

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By J.J. Smith. Three players from Rockwall-Heath’s undefeated (31-0) baseball team, ranked first in Area Class 4A, have signed national letters of intent to play at the college level next year.

Pitcher James Baune has signed with Southern Arkansas. Catcher Drew Benefield has signed with Navarro College and third baseman Trevor Holland has signed with Grayson College.

Holland is hitting .482 with 40 hits, 27 RBIs, 12 stolen bases and a team-leading four triples.

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By J.J. Smith. Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath High Schools won’t be playing Royse City, Greenville, Carrollton R.L. Turner or Carrollton Newman Smith High schools in District 10-4A   for the next year in some sports and two years in football after the UIL replaced those schools Monday with Wylie, Wylie East, McKinney and McKinney North for 2010-2012.

District 10-4A now includes Rockwall, Rockwall-Heath, Highland Park, Richardson J.J. Pearce, Wylie, Wylie East, McKinney and McKinney North High Schools.

Royse City and Greenville have been moved to the far-reaching District 13-4A, which means they’ll be traveling all over Northeast Texas to play Texarkana, Sulphur Springs, Mt. Pleasant, Sherman and Dennison.

The Carrollton schools have been placed in District 9-4A, which includes Carrollton Creekview and five Frisco high schools.

There were plenty of mixed feeling about the reshuffling, especially in Royse City.

Royse City football coach Greg Strahm half-jokingly said he’s been contacting all the local businesses to get as many frequent flyer miles as possible for his team.

“It will put a strain on the travel budget, but I’m sure the administration will be very understanding about it.”

“It’s not a scenario I would have ever imagined, but I never would have predicted that Royse City would have had to go all the way to Carrollton for the last two years either.”

“But it’s the way it is now and we’re going to make it work.”

“You can never figure out what the UIL is going to do. There’s been a lot of talk about going east. The “Beast from the East” is very comparable in football with Sherman, Dennison and Sulphur Springs.”

He added that Royse City was able to schedule a non-district week two game with Rockwall, “which should be good for the rivalry,” but they weren’t able to schedule a game with Rockwall-Heath and will try again next year.”

Rockwall High School athletic director and football coach Scott Smith said he thought the reshuffling was exciting.

“It’s exciting to see what will happen every two years. You never know what the UIL will do.”

“It is what it is.”

He said he was glad they could schedule the game with Royse City.

Rockwall-Heath football coach Mickey Moss added that he’s looking forward to the new district, now that it’s been realigned.

“I am looking forward to the new district. I think the district will be more competitive across the board in all sports.”

“I am also disappointed that we are losing Royce City and wish that it would have worked out to play them in football in non-district but we could not get it matched up due to prior commitments.”

McKinney North football coach Mike Fecci said he couldn’t figure out why the Bulldogs and intra-city rival McKinney Lions were moved to District 10-4A. He said he was content in District 9 with the Frisco ISD schools due to familiarity and ease of travel.

“I was pretty shocked by that,” said Fecci, adding that he had no idea why the UIL switched things up. “There’s no rhyme or reason to it. We can’t control it so we play with the hand we’re dealt and try to make the best of it.”

Click here to see a complete list of the new UIL districts.

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By J.J. Smith. Scoring touchdowns on its first six possessions, Rockwall-Heath scored more points in the first half against I-30 Cross-town Classic rival Rockwall than it has in any complete game this season, and the 13th-ranked Hawks clobbered the seventh-ranked Yellow Jackets 55-38 last night at Wilkerson-Sanders stadium, winning the inaugural Congressman Ralph Hall trophy.

Behind the rushing of junior running back Dorian Lawry, who rushed 24 times for 227 yards and five TDs, including 29 and 44-yard runs, Heath (4-1, 2-0) scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and led 21-0 before Rockwall finally scored its first TD.

Heath’s offensive line dominated the line of scrimmage all night. It also protected senior quarterback Kevin Rodgers so well that he was able to complete 13 of 16 passes for 233 yards and three TDs, including long strikes to Tyler Harding for 25 yards, Cameron Wilson for 38 yards and Ryan Peterson for 48 yards.

The Hawks only real mistakes were penalties which hampered them during the second half. They had seven total penalties for 50 yards.

The Yellow Jackets offense had a pretty good night of their own, rolling up 443 yards of total offense, behind Josh Broach’s 24 carries for 121 yards and three TDs, including a 35-yard run and 29-yard pass play from San Dieto State recruit QB Adam Dingwell.

Dingwell completed 14 of 21 passes for 244 yards and two touchdowns, including an exciting 69-yard pass play to Will Beasley to end the scoring for the night. 

But the Yellow Jackets defense had a very difficult time all night, giving up 550 yards of total offense to the Hawks.

The game began well for them, when they stuffed running back Jesse Irokwe with a one-yard loss, but four plays later Heath scored its first TD on Lawry’s 12-yard run and it went downhill from there.

Harding then hauled in his 29-yard pass from Rodgers and Lawry added his 29-yard TD run. Then Broach scored Rockwall’s first TD on an exciting 35-yard run, but Heath already led 21-7 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Hawks scored three more TDs, when Wilson and Peterson scored on their long pass plays and Lawry added his third TD on a seven-yard run. Broach scored twice for the Yellow Jackets, but the score was 41-21 at the half.

In  the second half, Rockwall actually outscored the Hawks, 17-14,  but it just wasn’t enough. Yellow Jacket kicker Ted Gates kicked a 29-yard field goal to open the scoring. But the Hawks answered with Lawry’s seven-yard TD run.

Rockwall’s Del Myles electrified the crowd to begin the fourth quarter scoring with a 56-yard run, injecting some hope in the Rockwall crowd. But now behind 48-32, Lawry ran 44 yards for his and the Hawks last score to take the wind out of the Yellow Jackets’ faint hopes. 

Rockwall’s last score came on Beasley’s 69-yard pass from Dingwell. 

Heath has now won four straight games after a season opening loss to a tough 4-1 Sherman, and appears to be ready to defend its District 10-4A championship crown.

If Rockwall’s defense can toughen up, the Yellow Jackets still stand a good chance of either yet winning the District crown or at least making the playoffs. Only four teams will make the cut, however, and besides the Hawks, at least three other 10-4A teams appear capable this year of making it into the post-season.

Pre-season favorite Highland Park (4-1, 2-0)) continued their winning ways last night, blasting Greenville (3-2, 0-2), 59-12; Carrollton’s Newman Smith (3-2, 1-1) crushed Turner (0-5, 0-2), 48-6; and J.J. Pearce (4-1, 2-0)  beat up rebuilding Royse City (0-5, 0-2), 55-14 in Richardson.

Rockwall will continue District play Thursday night, 7:30 pm, against Turner in Carrollton’s Standridge Stadium.

Friday night Rockwall-Heath will play Newman Smith at Standridge, also at 7:30 pm.

Royse City will seek their first victory when they play at home against Greenville Friday night at 7:30 pm.

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What Rockwall-Heath was able to do pretty much shook the ground in District 10-4A. You see, the Hawks were able to supplant the big bad Highland Park Scots as the district champs.

This year, things will likely be back to normal.

Click here to read this NBC5-TV story.

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ROYSE CITY-The Royse City girls track team, led by triple event winner Megan Frausto (above), and the Bulldogs boys track team each finished in second place behind Highland Park at the District 10A track and field meet April 22-23 at Royse City ISD stadium.

The Bulldogs girls team scored 125 points to Highland Park’s 201.5 points.

The Bulldogs boys team barely lost, 128 to 119.5 points.

Rockwall’s girls and boys teams each finished in fourth place with 73 and 97.5 points, respectively.

Rockwall-Heath’s girls finished in third place with 101 points and the boys took sixth place with 40 points. 

The Royse City girl’s team was led by Megan Frausto,  who won the 400-meter dash (58.15), 800-meter run (2:22.74) and the triple jump (39-1). She finished second in the long jump (18-11 3/4) and anchored Royse City’s 4×400-meter girl’s relay team from sixth to second place.

Skyler Strahm won the girls high jump with a leap of 5-2.

The Bulldogs’ B.J. Farrar won the boys 400-meter dash (51.01) and also ran a leg on the the boys 4×200-meter relay team (1:30.75).

Bulldogs Brock Wempa and Cameron Nichols won the shot-put (51-3 1/2)  and triple jump (43-1 1/4), respectively

Other Rockwall County winners were:

Jasmine Williams, Rockwall-Heath, 100-meter dash (12.32)  

Cody McCoy, Rockwall, discus, 130-9

Ryan Hughes, Rockwall, pole vault, 16-0

The top three finishers in each event will advance to the Region II-4A meet at Denton in two weeks.

For complete results, see below:

VARSITY BOYS

Team standings — 1. Highland Park 128, 2. Royse City 119 1/2, 3. Greenville 101, 4. Rockwall 97 1/2, 5. Newman Smith 74, 6. Rockwall-Heath 40, 7. Richardson Pearce 38, 8. R.L. Turner 21.

Long jump — 1. Josh Cravens, Newman Smith, 21-10 3/4; 2. Cameron Wilson, Rockwall-Heath, 21-5 1/4; 3. Cody Jackson, Rockwall, 21-4 3/4; 4. R.J. Pettigrew, Rockwall, 21-2 3/4; 5. Dijoun Sheppard, Greenville, 21-1/4; 6. John Yancey, Highland Park, 20-1 3/4.

Pole vault — 1. Ryan Hughes, Rockwall, 16-0; 2. Luke Beck, Royse City, 15-6; 3. Joseph Beck, Royse City, 15-0; 4. Grant Gunderson, Rockwall, 14-0; 5. Nick Weber, Highland Park, 13-0; T6. Wynn Posey, Royse City; Chase Lawshe, Rockwall, 13-0.

Shot put — 1. Brock Wempa, Royse City, 51-3 1/2; 2. Manon Steward, Greenville, 49-3 1/4; 3. Tristian Farley, Greenville, 48-3/4; 4. Joey Landess, Highland Park, 46-8 1/4; 5. David James, Rockwall-Heath, 44-1/2; 6. Cody McCoy, Rockwall, 43-9.

Discus — 1. Cody McCoy, Rockwall, 130-9; 2. David James, Rockwall-Heath, 125-5; 3. Cameron Nichols, Royse City, 120-6 1/2; 4. Micah Gibbs, Royse City, 119-1 1/2; 5. C.J. Fregia, Rockwall, 115-2; 6. Fredis Delarosa, Rockwall, 115-2.

Triple jump — 1. Cameron Nichols, Royse City, 43-1 1/4; 2. John Yancey, Highland Park, 43-1/2; 3. Durant Freeman, Greenville, 43-0; 4. Dijoun Sheppard, Greenville, 42-6 1/2; 5. Cobbie Johnson, Greenville, 41-1 1/2; 6. Andre Crow, Rockwall-Heath, 40-10 1/4.

High jump — 1. Cory Coleman, Richardson Pearce, 6-2; 2. Caleb Price, Newman Smith, 6-0; 3. Cameron Wilson, Rockwall-Heath, 5-10; 4. Cole Holland, Richardson Pearce, 5-8; 5. Chris Doyle, Royse City, 5-8.

3200-meter run — 1. Matt Galvin, Highland Park, 10:04.05; 2. Jacob Phillips, Rockwall, 10:13.84; 3. Jorge Alvarez, R.L. Turner, 10:25.71; 4. Ethan Ashley, Highland Park, 10:35.21; 5. Hunter Beauchamp, Rockwall-Heath, 10:48.09; 6. Derrick Yuen, Rockwall, 10:54.64.

4×100-meter relay — 1. Rockwall, 43.34; 2. Highland Park, 43.55; 3. Royse City, 44.08; 4. Newman Smith, 44.62; 5. Richardson Pearce, 45.61; 6. R.L. Turner, 46.31.

800-meter run — 1. Philip Todd, Highland Park, 2:05.87; 2. Andrew Rhodes, Highland Park, 2:07.11; 3. Thorne Pettigrew, Rockwall, 2:08.20; 5. Albert Marban, R.L. Turner, 2:09.84; 6. Jack Hammond, Rockwall, 2:14.95.

110-meter hurdles — 1. Dijoun Sheppard, Greenville, 15.16; 2. Myron Wilson, Newman Smith, 15.35; 3. Ty Johnson, Royse City, 15.39; 4. Erin Francis, Newman Smith, 15.44; 5. Darius Jones, Rockwall-Heath, 15.62; 6. Ryan Rumph, Greenville, 16.08.

100-meter dash — 1. Cobbie Johnson, Greenville, 11.19; 2. Trevor White, Royse City, 11.46; 3. Braxton Bearden, Newman Smith, 11.55; 4. Jarron White, Rockwall, 11.57; 5. Josh Broach, Rockwall, 11.63; 6. Kendial Lawrence, Rockwall-Heath, 11.69.

4×200-meter relay — 1. Royse City, 1:30.75; 2. Newman Smith, 1:31.13; 3. Highland Park, 1:31.88; 4. Greenville, 1:31.90; 5. Rockwall, 1:32.78; 6. Rockwall-Heath, 1:35.19.

400-meter dash — 1. B.J. Farrar, Royse City, 51.01; 2. Chris Carter, Greenville, 51.42; 3. Charlie Burford, Highland Parik, 51.59; 4. Jeb Smartt, Rockwall-Heath, 52.16; 5. Joseph Beck, Royse City, 52.26; 6. Dan Sutherland, Highland Park, 52.50.

300-meter hurdles — 1. Myron Wilson, Newman Smith, 39.95; 2. Casey Lane, Richardson Pearce, 40.44; 3. Ryan Rumph, Greenville, 40.84; 4. Darius Jones, Rockwall-Heath, 41.72; 5. Andrew Rhodes, Highland Park, 41.80; 6. Matt Rich, Royse City, 41.93; 6. Matt Rich, Royse City, 41.93.

200-meter dash — 1. Cobbie Johnson, Greenville, 22.29; 2. Austin Miller, Highland Park, 22.45; 3. Richard Morrison, Royse City, 22.93; 4. Desjuan Morgan, Greenville, 23.20; 5. Antonio Stephens, Rockwall, 23.52; 6. Brookes McIlhenny, Highland Park, 23.52.

1600-meter run — 1. Matt Galvin, Highland Park, 4:40.52; 2. Jacob Phillips, Rockwall, 4:43.22; 3. Jorge Alvarez, Highland Park, 4:48.70; 5. Albert Marban, R.L. Turner, 4:52.01; 6. Jake Hamilton, Highland Park, 4:55.01.

4×400-meter relay — 1. Highland Park, 3:28.04; 2. Greenville, 3:31.33; 3. Richardson Pearce, 3:34.10; 4. Royse City, 3:35.23; 5. Newman Smith, 3:35.60; 6. Rockwall, 3:37.71.

VARSITY GIRLS

Team standings — 1. Highland Park 201 1/2, 2. Royse City 125, 3. Rockwall-Heath 101, 4. Rockwall 73, 5. Newman Smith 62 1/2 6. Greenville 35, 7. Richardson Pearce 22, 8. R.L. Turner 0.

Long jump — 1. Katherine Culwell, Highland Park, 19-1; 2. Megan Frausto, Royse City, 18-11 3/4; 3. 3. Gwen Ricco, Highland Park, 18-6 1/4; 4. Jessica Franklin, Greenville, 18-1 1/2; 5. Maddy Ricco, Highland Park, 17-6 3/4; 6. Jasmine Williams, Rockwall-Heath, 16-11 1/2.

Shot put — 1. Sha’Kia Whetstone, Greenville, 32-7 1/2; 2. Fayrina Merrick, Royse City, 32-5 1/2; 3. Jenna Walden, Newman Smith, 32-5 1/2; 4. Maddy Rico, Highland Park, 32-3 3/4; 5. Laswayze Riley, Royse City, 31-2; 6. Liz Wingate, Richardson Pearce, 30-5.

High jump — 1. Skyler Strahm, Royse City, 5-2; 2. Alicia Janke, Rockwall, 4-10; 3. Kristen Guevara, Newman Smith, 4-10; 4. Arianna Matlaugh, Rockwall-Heath, 4-8; 5. Tori Grace, Richardson Pearce, 4-8; T6. Stephanie Laminack, Richardson Pearce; Genette Bergman, Newman Smith, 4-8.

Discus — 1. Cybill Owusu, Rockwall-Heath, 93-4 1/2; 2. Claire Dal Nogare, Highland Park, 90-5 1/2; 3. Laswayze Riley, Royse City, 89-11; 4. Jenna Walden, Newman Smith, 87-1; 5. Liz Wingate, Richardson Pearce, 86-7 1/2; 6. Jayci Nelson, Royse City, 85-8 1/2.

Triple jump — 1. Megan Frausto, Royse City, 39-1; 2. Brianna Richardson, Rockwall-Heath, 38-9 1/2; 3. Katherine Culwell, Highland Park, 37-8; 4. Jessica Franklin, Greenville, 36-11 1/4; 5. Icenic Frazier, Royse City, 33-11; 6. Candace Tubbs, Newman Smith, 33-8 1/2.

Pole vault — 1. Shelby Kennard, Rockwall, 12-0; 2. Alicia Janke, Rockwall, 12-0; 3. Lindsey Loy, Rockwall, 10-6; 4. Brittany Wenger, Rockwall-Heath, 8-0; 5. Emily McClure, Highland Park, 7-6; 6. Kelsey Brown, Highland Park, 7-0.

3200-meter run — 1. Sara Sutherland, Highland Park, 11:25.85; 2. Andrea Moeller, Rockwall-Heath, 11:49.25; 3. Lindsey West, Highland Park, 11:50.19; 4. Kelli Hardenbrook, Rockwall, 12:09.21; 5. Meagan Seibert, Richardson Pearce, 12:20.47; 6. Hallie Elledge, Rockwall, 12:46.14.

4×100-meter relay — 1. Highland Park, 47.84; 2. Rockwall-Heath, 49.60; 3. Newman Smith, 50.22; 4. Richardson Pearce, 51.25; 5. Royse City, 51.42; 6. Rockwall, 52.17.

100-meter hurdles — 1. Jessica Franklin, Greenville, 15.42; 2. Jacky Meacham, Highland Park, 17.04; 3. Skyler Strahm, Royse City, 17.13; 4. Caroline Cartwright, Highland Park, 17.46; 5. Heather Fogus, Highland Park, 17.92; 6. Shlley Pashcal-Wagner, Newman Smith, 18.18.

100-meter dash — 1. Jasmine Williams, Rockwall-Heath, 12.32; 2. Raven Alexander, Royse City, 12.59; 3. Diamond Rand, Newman Smith, 12.77; 4. Timeka Sandifer, Newman Smith, 13.17; 5. Jocelyn Denham, Royse City, 13.35; 6. Cara Tolmas, Richardson Pearce, 13.49.

800-meter run — 1. Megan Frausto, Royse City, 2:22.74; 2. Madeline Crank, Highland Park, 2:24.38; 3. Jenna Read, Highland Park, 2:24.47; 4. Jennifer Null, Royse City, 2:29.19; 5. Randi Soldat, Rockwall, 2:30.50; 6. Emma Hollingsworth, Greenville, 2:30.64.

400-meter dash — 1. Megan Frausto, Royse City, 58.15; 2. Courney Okolo, Newman Smith, 59.13; 3. Kaila James, Newman Smith, 1:00.87; 4. Jackie Myers, Rockwall-Heath, 1:02.03; 5. Taylor Sorrels, HIghland Park, 1:02.35; 6. Claire Paschal, Highland Park, 1:02.71.

4×200-meter relay — 1. Highland Park, 1:42.00; 2. Rockwall, 1:45.30; 3. Rockwall, 1:49.17; 4. Rockwall-Heath, 1:49.68; 5. Greenville, 1:50.49; 6. Richardson Pearce, 1:52.33.

300-meter hurdles — 1. Caroline Cartwright, Highland Park, 46.54; 2. Brittany Huggett, Rockwall-Heath, 46.74; 3. Randi Soldat, Rockwall, 47.76; 4. Jacky Meacham, Highland Park, 48.22; 5. Jessica Franklin, Greenville, 48.58; 6. Skyler Strahm, Royse City, 50.68.

200-meter dash — 1. Maddy Ricco, Highland Park, 24.89; 2. Gwen Ricco, Highland Park, 24.97; 3. Jasmine Williams, Rockwall-Heath, 25.06; 4. Raven Turner, Rockwall, 25.99; 5. Kelsey Bass, Highland Park, 27.16; 6. Icenic Frazier, Royse City, 27.36.

1600-meter run — 1. Sara Sutherland, Highland Park, 5:18.99; 2. Jenna Read, Highland Park, 5:24.88; 3. Kelli Hardenbrook, Rockwall, 5:30.76; 4. Madeline Crank, Highland Park, 5:33.80; 5. Andrea Moeller, Rockwall-Heath, 5:34.65; 6. Kendall Howen, Richardson Pearce, 5:35.57.

4×400-meter relay — 1. Highland Park, 4:05.28; 2. Royse City, 4:07.84; 3. Rockwall-Heath, 4:09.28; 4. Newman Smith, 4:09.68; 5. Rockwall, 4:11.13; 6. J.J. Pearce, 4:20.41.

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