After winning their home football finale 47-31 over Mesquite Horn last week, the 4-5 Rockwall-Heath Hawks will rest on Friday night.

  Rockwall, which has already clinched a playoff spot, will close out the regular football season at home on Friday against the Mesquite Skeeters.

  DALLAS — River Hill of Rockwall earned a trip back to the University Interscholastic League state cross country meet with an eighth-place finish at the Region II-6A meet on Monday.

  The NCAA Board of Governors took the first step Tuesday toward allowing athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to clear the way for the amateur athletes to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.”

  After scoring a season-high in points during a 76-7 victory over North Mesquite, the 6-2 Rockwall Yellowjackets will face 5-2 Tyler Lee on Friday.

  The Rockwall-Heath Hawks will make their final home appearance of the 2019 football season on Friday against Mesquite Horn.

  ROCKWALL — The Rockwall Lady Yellowjackets moved up to first place in District 11-6A volleyball with a 25-23, 27-25, 20-25, 17-25, 15-10 victory on Friday over their crosstown rivals, the Rockwall-Heath Lady Hawks.

  TYLER — Rockwall-Heath and Rockwall finished first and second in the varsity boys division and Rockwall and Heath were first and second in the varsity girls of the District 11-6A cross country meet on Saturday.

  Rockwall’s running game was the difference as the Yellowjackets outscored Rockwall-Heath 38-17 to win the I-30 Football Classic on Friday night before a packed Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium.

  First place in District 11-6A volleyball will be on the line when Rockwall faces Rockwall-Heath at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the Hawks’ gymnasium.

  Rockwall bounced back from a tough loss to defending state champion Longview with a 45-7 District 11-6A football pounding of Mesquite Horn on Friday at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium.

  MESQUITE — Rockwall-Heath is still looking for its first District 11-6A football victory after falling 49-39 to the Mesquite Skeeters on Friday at Hanby Stadium.

  A packed house at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium in Rockwall is expected for the annual I-30 Football Classic on Friday that pits the 3-3 Rockwall-Heath Hawks against the 4-2 Rockwall Yellowjackets.

  After getting their homecoming football game spoiled by Tyler Lee last week, the Rockwall-Heath Hawks will try to ruin Mesquite’s homecoming on Friday.

  The Rockwall Yellowjackets will try to regroup from a tough loss as they resume District 11-6A football play at home on Friday against Mesquite Horn.

  After whipping state-ranked Arlington Martin 45-38 on homecoming, the Rockwall Yellowjackets will take on another state-ranked team in the District 11-6A football opener on Friday.

  Rockwall-Heath will celebrate homecoming and also open District 11-6A football play at home on Friday.

  The 2-1 Rockwall Yellowjackets will celebrate homecoming on Friday night against No. 13 Arlington Martin.

  The Rockwall-Heath Hawks are 3-0 in football for the first time since the 2013 season.

  Rockwall-Heath, off to a 2-0 start in football for the first time since 2015, will take on winless Richland on Friday.

  Rockwall will bring its high-powered offense back to Wilkerson-Sanders Memorial Stadium for a football battle against undefeated Arlington Bowie on Friday.

  After winning their football season opener in a big way, the Rockwall-Heath Hawks will go for their second straight home win on Friday.  The Hawks, who whipped Fort Worth Timber Creek 38-10 in the opener on Thursday, will entertain the Wylie Pirates at 7:30 p.m. at Wilkerson-Sanders.  Heat…

After falling in an offensive shootout to No. 1 Highland Park, the Rockwall Yellowjackets hope for better luck this week on the field and from the skies.The Jackets will take on the 0-1 Rowlett Eagles at 7 p.m. Friday at Homer B. Johnson Stadium in Garland. Last year’s game against Rowlett i…

The Rockwall High School men’s gymnastics team completed in the regional championship meet last week at Highland Park High School – the team finished with a season high (and school history) high score for day two, and took first place in the region.  The team now heads to the state champions…

This year has been an eventful one, with the continued growth throughout Rockwall County, record-breaking flooding, new City Council members in every municipality, top-ranked sports teams and much more. 

The Rockwall High School Yellowjackets (8-3, 5-1) made a more than admirable showing Friday night, ultimately falling to the reigning state champion Allen Eagles (12-0, 7-0) in a 52-40 high-scoring slugfest with over 1,100 combined yards of offense between the two teams.

The Rockwall High School Yellowjackets (8-2, 5-1) claimed a decisive 50-14 victory over the Belton High School Tigers (7-4, 6-2) at Wilkerson-Sanders Memorial Stadium Friday, winning their sixth-straight bi-district title and advancing to round two of the State 6-A playoffs.

ROCKWALL-HEATH HIGH SCHOOLThe Rockwall-Heath High School Hawks (3-7, 2-4) closed out the season on a high note Friday, celebrating a shutout victory over the North Mesquite High School Stallions (3-6, 1-5).

ROCKWALL HIGH SCHOOLThe Rockwall High School Yellow Jackets (6-2) took a 66-0 shutout win over the Tyler Lee Raiders (2-6)  last Friday, solidifying their position as a strong contender for the top of District 11-6A.

ROCKWALL HIGH SCHOOL

The Rockwall High School Yellow Jackets (4-2) quickly took control of the I-30 Classic Friday night and never let go, culminating in a 47-7 victory over the Rockwall-Heath High School Hawks (2-5).

ROCKWALL HIGH SCHOOLThe Rockwall High School Yellow Jackets (1-1) set the tone early in their high-scoring 49-34 victory against the Arlington Bowie Volunteers (2-1), putting up seven points on the very first drive of the game with a 36-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jacob Clark to rec…

ROCKWALLHigh school football season is officially upon us, but the season openers didn’t pan out for either Rockwall team, with the RHS Jackets (0-1) falling to the 5a Highland Park Scots (1-0) and the RHHS Hawks (0-1) coming up short against the Keller Timber Creek Falcons (1-0). Things wer…

Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath high schools are getting ready for the best three months out of the year – football season. Before the teams come under the glow of the Friday-night lights (or Thursday night next week, as the case is for Heath) let’s check in with the teams’ head coaches and thei…

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Rockwall High School's softball season ended in front of a home crowd on Saturday as the Lady Jackets fell, 7-0, to The Woodlands to end a scheduled best-of-three regional quarterfinal series after Game 2.