Coach Cochran and Coach Reeves discuss the season ahead This spring, Coach Cochran began retooling a team that won nine games in its debut. The Rockets only return a couple of starters on both sides of the ball, but Coach Cochran and his staff are up for the challenge. On offense, Phillips Blair, a junior…
Gavin and Graham Melton pursue Irish dancing Like a swan, Irish dancers keep their upper bodies perfectly still and perform a rush of kicks using their strong legs and core. Irish dancing to music in the form of reels, jigs, and hornpipes is a colorful, cultural activity with Celtic roots dating back centuries. Being successful…
The Catholic High Rockets earn a tough bounce-back win on Senior night. The Rockets had everything working against them: battered spirits after a blowout loss, the absence of dynamic playmaker Hayden Roaf for the first three quarters, and facing an excellent Marion team with 4-star LSU commit Carius Curne. This game boiled down to the…
The Purple and Gold defeat the City of Gold Catholic High took on the El Dorado Wildcats in nasty weather last Friday at War Memorial. Predicted rain poured on players, coaches, and poncho-clad fans throughout the game. But the Rockets showed that the weather wouldn’t be the only force to be reckoned with. Tough red…
Catholic High holds off a relentless North Little Rock “Grit and Grind” was the phrase Coach Cochran used to define Friday night’s win against NLR. Catholic made multiple defensive stands late in the fourth quarter to hold off a charging NLR. The Rockets survived to win 27 – 17. Catholic will now head into conference…
Catholic High routs Nolan Catholic in DFW This weekend, the Catholic High Rockets faced off against Nolan Catholic in the Catholic Bowl at the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility in Frisco, Texas. The Rockets won handily, 41 – 7. The Rockets dominated in the trenches on both sides of the ball; they controlled the line of…
Catholic High places first at the Bob Gravett Invitational 5K Catholic High’s cross-country team put in work all summer to prepare for the season with a goal in mind: to bring the CHS cross-country program back to its winning ways. “We ran through rainy days, scorching hot days, early mornings, late night races, 6-days-a-week, all…
The Rockets put up a fight against Parkview Photo by Ethan Renard Bleachers were filled and fences were lined with fans from Catholic High and Parkview for the cross-town benefit matchup. The Rockets faced the consensus number-one team in the state on a hot August Tuesday evening. Although the Rockets fell short, the team gained…
Watch reporters Jackson Havel and Rett Palecek investigate the Rocket Tennis Team to find out more about the game.
The runner lines up with his opponents and gets down onto the spikes. The race begins and his mind clears with the heat starting to take effect. Junior Michael Krause overcame doubt in himself to win a conference title. The track team won three events at their spring conference meet. They won the long jump,…
