In sports,

 

At the UIL State Baseball Tournament yesterday, Douglass is headed to the Class 1A state championship game after a 9-0 win over Dawson in the semi-final round. Douglass will play Flatonia for the title at 9 this morning at Dell Diamond in Round Rock. Flatonia advanced with a 5-3 win over Anson.

 

In the Class 2A semi-finals in Round Rock, Troy beat Idalou, 9-4, and will take on Sunnyvale at noon today in the Final. Sunnyvale got past East Bernard, 4-3.

 

Meanwhile, the Class 3A semi-finals in Austin on the UT campus at Disch Falk Field, Argyle beat Sinton, 5-1 and College Station defeats Lubbock Cooper, 9-8 in eight innings. The 3A state championship game is at 6:30 tonight in Austin.

 

The 4A semi-finals will be in Round Rock this afternoon starting at 4 p.m. as Richmond George Ranch plays Victoria East and at 7 p.m. with Hallsville against Aledo. The 4A title game is at 7 p.m. Friday at Dell Diamond.

 

In 5A, the semis and final are at Dell Diamond on Friday, as Pearland meets Lewisville at noon, followed by San Antonio Reagan versus Humble Atascocita at 3 p.m. The 5A Final is at 11:30 Saturday morning in Round Rock.

 

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-6^th 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.