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Bush Throws Shutout to Even Series With Hendrickson Cameron Bush shut down Hendrickson, throwing a complete game shutout and leading Round Rock Dragons Varsity to a 1-0 victory on Friday night. The win evened the District 13-6A series at one apiece. Bush scattered four hits over seven innings while striking out four and walking none. In the top of the first, Bush worked around a leadoff double and infield single with a pair of groundouts and a strikeout. The Dragons picked the only run they would need in the first inning. Pat DiLullo led off the bottom half with a […]

In an amazing Game 3, the Dragons scored three runs in the seventh inning and shut down a Klein Collins rally in the bottom of the inning to eliminate the Tigers. The win advanced the Dragons to the 6A Region 2 Semi-final versus the winner of Rockwall Heath and The Woodlands High School. In 2016 the Tigers eliminated the Dragons in a very tight Area-Round matchup. The win by the Dragons was Coach John Carter’s 300th career win, all at Round Rock, his alma mater. Coach Cater was also an assistant coach for the 1997 Dragon team that won the […]

Luke Malone threw a gem in Game 2 but the Tigers scratched out a run in the bottom of the 9th to force a deciding game 3 in a Region 2 Quarterfinal Friday afternoon. After Klein Collins took the lead in the fourth, the Dragons tied the game with a single run in the sixth. After Jordan Williams and Dalton Watts reached on errors, Williams scored on a sacrifice fly from Aidan Shepardson as the throw to the plate bounced off Williams’s helmet to knot the game at 1-1. No one got any more offense going until the Tigers scored […]

The Round Rock Dragons combined a single run in the first and two insurance runs in the sixth with outstanding pitching from Grant Miller to a 3-0 win over Klein Collins, taking a 1-0 lead in the 6A Region 2 Quarterfinal. Due to possible bad weather on Saturday the two teams will meet Friday at 5:00pm in Mumford for Game 2. A Game 3 if necessary would be 30 minutes after Game 2. The win moved the Dragons record to 26-6 and another win would match them up with the Rockwall Heath-The Woodlands HS winner in the Region 2 Semifinal.

Thanks to 9-2 and 11-1 wins over Houston Memorial on Friday May 11, the Dragons eliminated the Houston Memorial Mustangs and will face Klein Collins in a 6A Region 2 Quarter-final. The 13-6A Co-Champion Dragons hold a 25-6 record, while the Klein Collins Tigers, Champions of 15-6A currently have a record of 22-7. The two teams will face off in Mumford, with games set for 7PM on Thursday and Friday, with a third game Saturday at 11AM if necessary. After big crowds the first two series, we would like to encourage everyone to continue their support of Dragon Baseball this […]

Round Rock jumped on Memorial early with five runs in the top of the first and cruised to a 11-1 win and advanced in the 6-A playoffs by winning Area. After Dalton Watts walked, Jake Miller singled to right, advancing Watts to third. Both runners then scored on a double by Aidan Shepardson. Grant Miller then doubled home Shaepardson and later scored on an error by the Memorial shortstop to make the score 5-0 at the end of the top of the first. After Memorial scored a single run in the bottom of the first, Round Rock added two more […]

Round Rock defeated Houston Memorial 9-2 on Friday Behind Grant Miller and Zach Perry’s solid pitching, plus Jake Miller’s three-for-four with four runs batted in at the plate. After the Mustangs opened the scoring in the top of the third with two runs, the Dragons came back and took the lead with three runs in the bottom of the frame. Pat DiLullo singled to start the inning and Jordan Williams walked to put runners at first and second. Dalton Watts then singled on a bunt, scoring DiLullo and advancing Willimas to third. A ground out by Kyle Hawkins scored Williams […]

After the Dragons scored in the top of the second, Akins evened things up at one in the bottom of the second inning. Round Rock took the lead for good with four runs in the third inning. In the third Patrick DiLullo tripled in three runs off of Rudy Reyna, driving in three runs. DiLullo then scored on a hard-hit ball by Jordan Williams to make the score 5-1. The Dragons added three more runs in the top of the fourth on Jordan Williams’s 3-run homer, scoring Aidan Shepardson & Grant Miller, making it 8-1. Luke Malone earned the win […]

Round Rock opened the scoring in the first as Dalton Watts led off with a walk, advanced to third after Jake Miller reached on a misplayed bunt. Aiden Shepardson then walked to set up a 3-run double by Grant Miller that cleared the bases and put the Dragons up 3-0. After Tyler Pettit reached first on a HBP, Johnny Saenz reached on a bunt to load the bases. Pat DiLullo then drove in another run with the bases loaded walk. Mitch Herring finished the scoring and made the score 5-0 on a fielder’s choice. Akins got on the board in […]

Round Rock will open the 2017 playoffs versus the Austin Akins Eagles on Friday May 5 at 7:00pm at Dragon Diamond. Game 2 will be Saturday at 3:30pm at the Toney Burger Center, located at 3200 Jones Road, Austin, Texas. Game 3 (if necessary) would be 30 minutes after Game 2. The Dragons finished the regular season with a record of 21-6, 9-3 in district, Co-Champions of 13-6A. The third place Eagles bring a record of 14-7-1 overall and 7-3 in 14-6A play. The series winner will face the winner of Spring High School, the winner of district 16-6A and […]