From personnel changes to championships, the final year of the first decade of the 2000s was a busy one on the courts and fields of Rockdale County. As 2009 ended, the thoughts of championships lingered in the county with Rockdale’s football team having just made a tremendous run to the state semifinals. When the calendar turned football was put on the back burner, and the signs of a new year were clear as an ending was the first big story.