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Goats Crash Tigers Homecoming Celebration!
, , , , , , , There’s an old saying that tells of never grabbing a tiger by its tail. There’s surely another old saying about avoiding making a Goat angry.Last Friday night, the Rockdale Tigers decided to test the latter old saying and got the worst of it as the Groesbeck Goats crashed the homecoming party and returned home with a 32-21 win, to push their season record to (4-1) at the halfway point of the regular season.It was a grueling battle right to the very end, sort of like two titans arm wrestling each other and neither...
Groesbeck clinches playoff berth with win over Madisonville
The Groesbeck Goats tennis squad notched a 13-6 road victory over Madisonville on Thursday. Headinginto the contest, Groesbeck had lost its previous three matchups to Madisonville.With the win, the Goats have now clinched a 4A team tennis playoff berth. It was No. 3 boys singlesplayer Zayne Mills who sealed Groesbeck's win with a straight set victory.The pair of Blake Collier and Zoe Platt remain undefeated in mixed doubles district play. SophomorePeyton deCordova registered her sixth straight win. Three of those victories have come in singles playwhile the other three have come in doubles.Groesbeck was trailing by a set in six different matches and came back to win all six in matchtiebreakers. Comeback winners included Rylee Milstead, Matthew McMillan and deCordova.Also of note, Goats No. 1 boys singles player Tripp Burleson earned his third straight win. He has not losta district singles match since the opening week of the season.Up next, Groesbeck will host Franklin at 4 p.m. on Thursday in the regular season finale. In 2023,Franklin was a state tournament qualifier in team tennis.
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