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Sports Round-up 6/4/14

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A Carthage High School football product was among two football players dismissed from the Texas A&M Football program Tuesday by head coach Kevin Sumlin.

 

According to reports, defensive tackle, 20-year old Isaiah Golden was kicked off the Aggies’ squad for failing to meet the school’s standards.

 

A press release from the College Station Police Department says the heavily recruited Golden, along with another Aggie player, 19-year old Darian Claiborne, were arrested on a warrant for aggravated robbery.

 

The incident reportedly occurred May 23 at an apartment complex where three men said they were to have purchased drugs from two suspects, Golden and Claiborne. T

 

he investigation into this incident continues and additional charges and arrests are possible.

 

Golden was also arrested for possession of marijuana back in February.

 

The UIL State Baseball Tournament gets underway this morning at Dell Diamond in Round Rock with the Class A semi-final games. Douglass takes on Dawson at 9 a.m., followed by Anson versus Flatonia at noon. The Class A state championship game is at 9 a.m. Thursday in Round Rock.

 

This afternoon at Dell Diamond, the Class 2A semi-finals are played as Idalou meets Troy at 4 p.m., with East Bernard taking on Sunnyvale at 7 p.m. The 2A Final is at noon Thursday in Round Rock.

 

Meanwhile, the Class 3A semi-finals will begin today on the UT campus at Disch Falk Field, as Argyle meets Sinton at 1 p.m., followed by College Station and Lubbock Cooper at 4 p.m. The 3A state championship game is at 6:30 Thursday in Austin.

 

The 22nd annual Darren Wilson Golf Classic will be held Saturday, June 14th at Center Country Club. This annual tournament is held to raise funds that go to the Darren Wilson Scholarship Fund. The event has raised over $140,000.00 to benefit area students. There will be a large silent auction during the day long event as part of the fundraiser. The format of the one day affair will be a six man scramble. There is a fee of $80 per player. This fee covers the green fee, eight iron shot off one of the par 5 holes. Lunch will be cooked and served by the Shelby County Cookers before the tournament kicks off. You better hurry and get signed up. For more information please contact Larry Horn, Glen Cordray or Joe Whittlesey at the Center Country Club 936-598-7415 or 936-598-5515.

 

The annual Preston Football Camp will be held this Saturday, June 7 at Roughrider Stadium. The camp hours are from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Dwight Preston at 598-2470.

 

There will be a softball camp June 9th-12th at Central Heights High School (located right outside Nacogdoches on 259) Registration fee is $50 before start date, while Walk Up fee is $55. The camp hours are, Grades 3-5, 8am-11am; and Grades 6-8, 1pm-3pm. Camp Director is Coach Iyhia (eye-ya) McMichael who has played professional softball and played for TEAM USA! This is a great camp to attend! If you are interested please contact Coach McMichael at 936-554-2804.

 

Center ISD Tennis will be having summer clinics for incoming 4th-6th graders, incoming 7th-8th graders, and incoming 9th-12th graders. The clinics will be in July and Augustine. If you have any questions, contact Leon Dykes at 590-9610 before 9:00pm. 

 

Saturday, June 7 is an especially great day to go fishing in Texas because it's Free Fishing Day. While fishing is always free in Texas State Parks, on the first Saturday in June you can fish without a fishing license in any public water body in Texas.

 

There will be a gun show Saturday and Sunday at the Windham Civic Center in Center. G&S Promotions is sponsoring the event featuring new and used rifles, shotguns and handguns. The show is open from 9 to 5 Saturday and 9 to 4 Sunday. Admission is $7.

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